Seems that bird life has also been hit by global warming. Early results of the annual Big Garden Bird watch promoted by the Royal Society for Protection of Birds is
projecting a definite shortage in the bird populations.
Andre Farrar, an RSPB officer who completed his survey in his garden near Ashford in Kent yesterday, said:

I haven’t seen a redwing or a fieldfare (a large thrush) which you’d expect to see at this time of year. They are winter migrators, i.e. they come to Britain for the winter. It will be interesting to see if we have more of the birds that stay with us throughout the year, such as the chiffchaff; and whether winter migrators are fewer in number.

Why are there no more birds?

• Winters in the Arctic are no longer that cold, so birds no longer need to migrate to the shores of UK.
• Birds no longer need to forage for vital winter food since the changing weather has left them with enough stocks.
• This might result in changing breeding seasons for the birds and peril for their young one’s

This definitely means lesser cheerful, beautiful birds to enchant your gardens in the future.

Via: The Independent54090