Silent spring in our village.
This morning, I woke up early. One blackbird was singing in our neighbourhood. When it stopped (to find something to eat, I guess), it became silent.
In the 1990s, dozens of songbirds would've been singing, sometimes making so much noise that it was hard to sleep.
We live in a village near Utrecht with lots of (small) gardens and fields and parks around it.
The decline happened gradually, over the years. I don't think there's a single cause, like DDT in Rachel Carson's time. But it's part of a big biodiversity crisis here in the Netherlands.
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It's called the shifting baseline syndrome right?
@Sustainable2050 It is a big worry. Only thing to do is to keep reminding people of what's happening, as you do so well. And to support green causes, rewild our gardens, chase the politicians. The message is getting through, keep going!
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@Sustainable2050 They're plentiful, loud & lovely in my neck of the woods (literally, I live on the edge of a wood). Song thrushes, however, seem much fewer than I recall from my childhood days. I recall they were equally numerous.
By far the biggest change: even on short journeys in the car in summer 50 years ago the windscreen accumulated large numbers of insects, and was cleaned automatically whenever it was refueled. Now there are almost none, ever.
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