Wood Warbler by Peter Garner, Linford Lakes NR, 2 May 2016

Birds prefer to fly between the gardens of leafy suburban neighbourhoods to visit bird feeders than city terraces or new-build estates, a ground-breaking study tracking the behaviour of hundreds of garden birds has found.

A year-long study into the behaviour of over 450 blue tits and great tits found that a suburban neighbourhood with trees, shrubs and hedges between properties attract far more birds to their feeders than a Victorian urban terrace or manicured, modern housing estate.

Click on the link to read the rest of the article: Electronic tracking of song birds shows roads and urban features influence their choice of gardens