For 10 years, farmers across 13,500 hectares of southern England coordinated habitat work; one cluster recorded a 346% rise in corn buntings and a 183% rise in butterfly abundance over the decade
- Since 1967, corn buntings have declined by 83% in the UK.
- But over the decade, the bird population around Martin Down, on the Hampshire-Dorset border, has risen by 346%.
- The red-listed bird is not the only one to benefit.
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- Since 1967, corn buntings have declined by 83% in the UK.
- But over the decade, the bird population around Martin Down, on the Hampshire-Dorset border, has risen by 346%.
- The red-listed bird is not the only one to benefit.
Sources: Times of India