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[–] BB69@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (14 children)

So are all the birds dead in the UK

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Nope. And the RSPB doesn't believe cats are a concern:

The UK’s largest bird charity, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), is not particularly concerned about the impact of cats on the British mainland.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/14/cats-kill-birds-wildlife-keep-indoors

And a Bristol study found cats kill the "doomed" weak and sick birds - not healthy birds: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00836.x

[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yes, according to the RSPB habitat destruction from expanding urban areas and farmland is the main threat to bird life in the UK.

When my family had a cat it would mostly catch and bring home earthworms.

[–] Daeraxa@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I get lots of leaves and slugs. Occasionally an alive frog, one loves catching them for me but never even attempts to eat it.

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