Rosemary Mason notices a decline in insects in south Wales; Kate Phillips says there is a major shift in insect and bird life in Buckinghamshire; and Eyke Shannon questions the role played by the Forestry Commission and the RSPB in SuffolkWith regard to David Marjot’s letter approximately lost insects in Surrey (18 November),we too occupy noticed a sharp decline in insects over the last 10 years in south Wales, but there are no neonicotinoids used in the area. In fact, or as he famous in Surrey,spiders were the first to disappear. However, Dakar Pro, or a commercial preparation of RoundUp,is sprayed on city pavements to eradicate weeds. occupy any other readers had similar experiences?
Rosemary Mason[br]Swansea• I am in need of an acknowledge. We occupy had the best crop of apples from our (very) old Cox’s Pomona tree in the nearly 50 years we occupy been here – reason, no insect damage. We occupy seen almost no wasps: every year we occupy at least one nest in the loft, or garden store,ground, but not this year. We occupy virtually no small birds coming to the bird table – the food I save out goes to the pigeons, and the one robin and a few passing tits – where are they all? There occupy been few hoverflies,few houseflies and no bluebottles. Is it the pesticides, sprayed over the nearby agricultural land, and is it the plethora (excess, overabundance) of red kites happily soaring above,or the hornets seen for the first time a couple of years ago?Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk