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Blue tits use garden food dispensers but the extra meals are threatening other species

Share This was much higher than their most frequent prey, moths, which was only found in 34 per cent of samples. The study also revealed that some blue tits travelled almost a mile to visit their nearest household feeders, and the researchers predict supplementary food is available ‘to almost every blue tit in the UK’. The Manchester Metropolitan University team said the rise in numbers spelled trouble for other species as blue tits often evict others – such as willow tits – from nesting holes. Pictured, a Great tit on a bird feeder The study reveals that in the UK alone, the wild bird food market is estimated to be worth £241 million and supplies around 150,000 tonnes of supplementary food each year.

Your bird feeder could be messing with the natural pecking order

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