{"id":134408,"date":"2023-02-06T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/garden-pesticides-are-contributing-to-british-songbird-decline-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2023-02-06T13:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T06:03:05","slug":"garden-pesticides-are-contributing-to-british-songbird-decline-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/garden-pesticides-are-contributing-to-british-songbird-decline-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden pesticides are contributing to British songbird decline, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nScientists urge people to stop \u2018spraying gardens with poison\u2019 and adopt wildlife-friendly practicesGardeners who use pesticides are contributing to the decline of British songbirds, a study suggests.Scientists have urged people to stop \u201cspraying their gardens with poison\u201d in order to halt bird decline and adopt instead wildlife-friendly practices. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/feb\/06\/garden-pesticides-british-songbird-decline-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garden pesticides are contributing to British songbird decline, study finds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Scientists urge people to stop \u2018spraying gardens with poison\u2019 and adopt wildlife-friendly practicesGardeners who use&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-yXS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":142685,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-hedgehog-sightings-on-the-rise-after-years-of-decline-survey-finds\/","url_meta":{"origin":134408,"position":0},"title":"UK hedgehog sightings on the rise after years of decline, survey finds","date":"February 19, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Garden sightings of the creatures up two percentage points, according to Gardeners\u2019 World magazine readersHedgehogs have had some unexpected good news after years of decline in British gardens caused by habitat loss and fragmentation: their numbers may finally be ticking back up again.Readers of BBC Gardeners\u2019 World magazine were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":136007,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/britons-who-keep-gardens-green-should-get-council-tax-cut-study-suggests\/","url_meta":{"origin":134408,"position":1},"title":"Britons who keep gardens green should get council tax cut, study suggests","date":"April 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Move suggested to tackle rise in plastic grass and paving, which exacerbate wildlife loss, flooding and summer heatEco-friendly gardeners should be given a cut in their council tax, scientists have recommended, as research shows cities may have lost as much as 50% of their green garden space over the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":144285,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pesticides-by-stealth-garden-soil-conditioners-killing-worms-experts-fear\/","url_meta":{"origin":134408,"position":2},"title":"\u2018Pesticides by stealth\u2019: garden soil conditioners killing worms, experts fear","date":"May 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Even products marketed as \u2018organic\u2019 may be toxic, say campaigners, with risks for the wider ecosystemGardeners are inadvertently killing scores of earthworms with soil conditioners marketed as \u201corganic\u201d, experts fear, as they call for tighter regulation on products that poison the invertebrates.Earthworms may appear humble, but Charles Darwin thought\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":151326,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/garden-birds-need-a-hedge-against-decline-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":134408,"position":3},"title":"Garden birds need a hedge against decline | Letters","date":"April 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Geoff Bunce thinks replacing garden fences with hedges could help revive dwindling bird populations. 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