Don’t Rescue Young Birds

I read the other day that the RSPB is urging home owners not to try and rescue young birds. The RSPB phone lines were jammed in May with calls from concerned people who have found young birds that appear to either abandoned or distressed.

Richard James from the RSPB says:

Many people think that they are helping by placing stray chicks in a box, some greenery or back in the nest they came from. But they could be killing them with kindness and it’s vital that the chicks remain untouched.

Although they sit there looking vunerable and sounding distressed you can be sure that the adult birds will be close by and they will know what to do.