{"id":3548,"date":"2021-09-21T17:32:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T17:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lexreception.com\/blog\/?p=3548"},"modified":"2025-05-27T08:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T08:31:14","slug":"song-thrush-giving-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexreception.com\/blog\/giving-back\/song-thrush-giving-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving back woodland: the song thrush."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LEX Reception has a pledge – to give back<\/a><\/strong> 1% of our revenue to species in need, from the largest to the smallest. In September, we are supporting one of the little guys, the song thrush. The song thrush is native to the UK and northern Europe, and our donation to the Scottish Wildlife Trust will help them create new habitats across Scotland to nurture wildlife. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why song thrushes?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The song thrush is a garden bird that many people in the UK would have grown up seeing fluttering tree to tree. Even if they hadn\u2019t seen one, they would have heard its distinctive song coming from hedges and woodland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These small birds are solitary and mostly feed on worms. They do enjoy snails – they break into the shell by picking up the snail in their beak and smashing it onto a rock! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, populations have declined by up to 50% between 1970 and 1995. Much of their historic feeding and nesting habitat has been lost – woodland habitats were cleared and farmland was drained leaving less food for these birds. It is a Red List Species under the Birds of Conservation Concern review and a Priority Species in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan – meaning we need to act now to stop the decline and support the song thrush population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n