Even though some surveys indicate that more than half of UK households feed their locaI birds, providing a national total of 150,000 tonnes of bird food every year, recent research has concluded that such artificial feeding may be at best ineffective and at worst harmful to wild bird populations, for example by spreading disease. 

Alan is not a professional researcher in this field, but he has had a strong interest in garden birds for many years, and has been following closely the debate over garden bird feeding.

Read more about the talk on the Lit&Phil website.

Quaker Meeting House - link to map

Doors open 7 pm for start at 7.30 pm, finish by 9.30 pm. Free to members and under-25s. £5 charge for other visitors.