{"id":15772,"date":"2023-12-19T15:41:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/?p=15772"},"modified":"2023-12-30T13:10:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T13:10:49","slug":"look-this-way-the-glass-is-half-full","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/2023\/12\/look-this-way-the-glass-is-half-full\/","title":{"rendered":"Look this way: the glass is half full"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A proper winter morning for a change. I\u2019m birdwatching by the window with a cooling coffee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a cluster of blue tits on the birch tree feeder, chaffinches catching crumbs on the ground. One robin, two blackbirds, three red squirrels frisky in the snow. Sights for sore eyes and sad hearts this grim December when there\u2019s precious little seasonal comfort and joy.\u00a0 But look, look! There\u2019s a nuthatch again. Is it the one that likes to pose?<\/p>\n

The window frames a view<\/strong> but what I see depends on whether I\u2019m looking inwards or outwards.\u00a0 My head is so often cluttered with bad news. The places which used to offer comforting glimpses of wonderland \u2013 Planet Earth, wildlife magazines \u2013 now sound alarms of the ways we are laying waste to the natural world. A walk in the woods can stir a nagging fear that the beauty round me is hanging by a thread. Campaigners rightly monitor and mourn what we are losing \u2013 how much we have already lost, and deliberately destroyed \u2013 yet we need to count and celebrate what\u2019s still very much alive. And understand why.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the chillier beginning of this month, I got the chance to do just that here at Pond Cottage. A joyful bird ringing morning brought real-life evidence of a more abundant multitude than Ray and I can see through the windows, or even when we\u2019re out working and walking among the trees.<\/p>\n

At first light, George and Bethia, two very nice young British Trust for Ornithology<\/a> (BTO) volunteers, arrived with all the kit and caboodle you need to gently capture and record feathery bundles of songbirds: mist nets, mini metal rings, pliers, cloth bags, logbook, hot drinks\u2026rechargeable hand warmer (the thermometer said minus five).\u00a0 I\u2019d met George a week earlier when he came to check the lie of our land. \u00a0He has eight years\u2019 experience as a BTO volunteer and an uncanny good eye. \u201cA kingfisher\u201d he noted casually as we walked along the edge of the stream. \u201cRed wings\u201d he added glancing skywards near the bridge.\u00a0 Now, on this cold and frosty morning, he says they have just met a tawny owl halfway along our lane.<\/p>\n

At this time of year sunrise is around 8.30am. The feeders are soon busy. When I venture out, I\u2019m startled to find the mist nets already up, flickering and fluttering with small birds. Feathers of gold, brown, red, blue. At first, I\u2019m a little alarmed. The captives look so small and fragile, caught in mid-air, like autumn leaves. Will they get hurt trying to get free?\u00a0 But the mesh is so fine, \u201cLike cobweb\u201d as 10-year-old grandson Paddy puts it. And the ringers know what they\u2019re doing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Measuring<\/a>\n
The bird ringer gently examines a blue tit\u2019s wings, this one hatched in 2023<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Bethia shows us the ringer\u2019s two-fingered hold \u2013 index and middle finger gently securing the bird\u2019s head while the other hand deftly fits metal ring to leg with ID and location numbers. Then Paddy and I get the extraordinary treat of each releasing a robin. There\u2019s something very special about looking such a small, alert creature in the eye. An unblinking, inquisitive gaze.<\/p>\n

In almost five hours the nets catch a total of 98 birds (each batch ringed and freed within 30 minutes). Mostly tits \u2013 42 blue tits, 19 coal tits, 16 great tits \u2013 but also 3 dunnocks, 5 robins, 2 nuthatches, 1 treecreeper, 1 goldcrest, 1 wren and among 8 chaffinches there\u2019s one from Scandinavia (it has longer wings than British natives). It has travelled more than 500 miles, probably from Norway, in search of a milder winter.<\/p>\n

And counting<\/h2>\n

Counting matters at a time of time of plunging and shifting populations. When bird ringing began in 1909<\/a> BTO was mostly concerned with recording bird movements. Now the main focus is on changing populations. Bethia and George are among 3,000 BTO volunteers spending their spare time ringing a million birds in Britain and Ireland every year. The numbers they record \u2013 the range of species, how many fledglings survive one year to the next, and where they are doing well, or not \u2013 provide crucial information for conservationists (and policy makers) attempting to reverse decline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Currently, less than 10% of public funding given to the industry pays for farming methods that support nature and tackle climate change. This must change.<\/p>\nRSPB SCOTLAND<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n

Around 70% of Scotland is covered with farmland and agricultural funding has made its mark on the landscape. Scotland, for all its apparently wild beauty, is like the rest of the UK \u201cone of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth\u201d<\/a> \u2013 I\u2019m struck by the irony that our little migrant chaffinch has made its long, hazardous journey from Norway\u2019s richer environment. At present Scottish government funding rewards the biggest landowners for destroying habitats, while smaller farmers play catchup.<\/p>\n

Change is so agonisingly slow. Yet, if Scottish politicians have the courage they can grasp the opportunities in the Agriculture and Rural Communities Bill, currently being scrutinised by MSPs. Scottish Environment LINK<\/a> \u2013 an impressive coalition of every environmental organisation you\u2019ve ever heard of and quite a few more \u2013 urges us to write to Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Mairi Gougeon<\/a> asking her to make sure public funding gives both farmers and nature a fighting chance of survival. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Across<\/a><\/figure>\n

I am writing this with a good view of the neighbouring fields. I live on a woodland island surrounded by farmland, and enjoy watching the folds and furrows charting the changing seasons. But it\u2019s sad to see just one forlorn hawthorn on the former field boundary, all that\u2019s left of what was once a hedgerow full of life, a victim of misguided 20th<\/sup> century policy which destroyed half of Scotland\u2019s hedgerows. NatureScot extols the value of hedges<\/a> and field margins but as yet, there are no hedges, trees, or reeds securing the banks of streams which run polluted water through our pond and on down to Loch Leven. Dear Mairi Gougeon, all this could and should change with great benefit to a rebounding multitude of wild creatures (including humans).<\/p>\n

Take a bow Mr and Mrs Nuthatch<\/h2>\n

A tap at the window. George and Bethia beckon with big smiles. The tiny goldcrest \"\"<\/a>is a thrilling find. A young male. \u201cSee these bright orange feathers under the gold cap\u201d, that\u2019s the telltale sign. This is Britain\u2019s smallest bird and our newly ringed captive is swiftly released. \u201cIn these temperatures it needs to be feeding constantly.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Climate change is changing the numbers and the feeding grounds. Goldcrests and nuthatches used to be rare visitors to Scotland. \u201cThe nuthatches\u2019 move north has been remarkable,\u201d responds a naturalist friend excited to read our news, \u201cbreeding was first\u00a0reported in the\u00a0 Borders in 1989 \u2026 \u00a0It would be interesting to know what the current Perthshire population is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, definitely two so far at Pond Cottage, a male and a female. According to BTO, RSPB and Woodland Trust they can lay up to eight eggs in a breeding season so perhaps we can look forward to a healthy increase in 2024. \u00a0It\u2019s not easy to look on the bright side in a chaotic world where my species seems determined to self-destruct. (Perhaps without realising it we are driven mad by our own catastrophic climate change.) But there is more to life than doom. It\u2019s wonderful to watch our dapper little bird being coaxed to pose for a close-up. \u00a0<\/p>\n

We need to rediscover what is through the window. I\u2019m sure we can do better but this birdringing morning shows what a small woodland and wetland planting can support with regular top ups at the bird feeders. It\u2019s a glass half full and if we act now we can top it up further. \u00a0Take a bow, Mr and Mrs Nuthatch.<\/p>\n

With thanks to our BTO volunteers for an unforgettably uplifting experience.<\/p>\n

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First published on the author\u2019s eponymous blog<\/a>. Images: Pond Cottage photographs by Fay Young. Goldcrest Photo By <\/em>Frank<\/em> Vassen from Brussels, Belgium<\/em><\/a> CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia<\/em><\/p>\n

Further reading: BTO Support the future of our birds <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

RSPB State of Nature Report<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: Fay sent this letter to Mairi Gougeon<\/p>\n

Dear Cabinet Secretary<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/div>\n
I am a small landowner with great concerns that the Scottish government plans\u00a0to continue spending most of its farming budget on \u2018direct payments\u2019 to farmers based on how much land they farm.\u00a0<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
This would be a tragically wasted opportunity to reverse the destructive policies which have caused such harm to nature \u2013 and undermined the wellbeing of many rural communities.\u00a0<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
The\u00a0Agriculture and Rural Communities Bill offers what should be an unmissable opportunity to give farmers a chance to produce good food sustainably while tackling climate change and restoring nature \u2013 and ensuring the Scottish Government meets its own climate and nature targets. \u00a0<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Yet this vital chance will be thrown away if public spending continues to give direct payments to farmers with\u00a0limited environmental conditions,<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
I am writing this looking through my window at the neighbouring fields surrounding the small woodland and wetland plot which is home to my husband and I, along with a\u00a0life-enhancing population of birds, bees and red squirrels. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
The surrounding countryside is not so rich. \u00a0Our neighbouring farmers do their best but the present \u2013 and planned \u2013 Scottish government\u00a0agricultural\u00a0funding policy benefits the biggest landowners and gives small farmers insufficient incentive or support to manage their land for the mutual benefit of humans and wildlife.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
It is shocking to learn that Scotland \u2013 where 70% of land is farmland \u2013 is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world.\u00a0<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Please, use the new system to ensure that at least three quarters of public spending on farming supports farmers and crofters to produce food in ways that restore nature and tackle climate change. In this way Scotland can inspire the changes we urgently need to secure a viable way of life now and in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
with hope\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Fay<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Fay Young<\/span><\/div>\n
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