Yellowhammer
£375.00
Acrylic on UK £1 banknote
71 x 152 mm
One of a series of once- very common farmland birds, the second-fastest declining group of birds. This is due to changing farming practices and the loss of stubble fields, which provide seed food in winter. The destruction of hedgerows and their savage cutting back also deprives the birds of nesting sites and winter foraging for food. Powerful modern pesticides reduce insect and weed density.