Study reveals uncertainty over the benefits of feeding birds in winter
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
Wild bird populations are generally thought to benefit from being given additional food in winter but our understanding of the effects of such food provision is incomplete. The results of a new study, carried out by researchers at the University of Exeter and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), has found that feeding wild blue tits in winter resulted in less successful breeding during the following spring.