(post-doc researcher at the ESB group) and (Finnish Museum of Natual History (LUOMUS)) were interviewed by Anniina Wallius (Yle uutiset) about the questionnaire they are conducting to investigate why there are less bird feeders in Finland than in previous years.
Birds strongly rely on feeders placed in the backyard of people´s houses during the hard Finnish winter; however, from LUOMUS found out that in previous winter bird surveys the number of feeding sites has decreased. These findings contradict data from Ruokavirasto that indicates that the amount of bird food imported to Finland has increased. The questionnaire, created as a collaboration between ´s and ´s research groups, will help to better understand the reasons behind this mismatch.
The interview can be accessed here in (min 14:00), here for , and here in (min 05:28).
If you want to contribute to this research, the survey can be accessed in Finnish and in Swedish , until 31.03.2021.