A HECTIC bird breeding season is expected by the RSPCA this spring and summer across Dorset.
Figures reveal almost 9,000 calls across the country to the animal charity were made about orphaned, sick and injured baby birds last year.
The RSPCA has launched new baby bird advice, with the majority of calls came in during the peak months of May, June and July from animal lovers reporting young wild birds in trouble.
RSPCA’s scientific officer Evie Button said: "The best thing you can do for them is to help them stay in the wild using methods like re-nesting.
"If in doubt, our new, downloadable guides – one for fledglings and one for nestlings – are full of advice and can help to identify whether the young bird is a fledgling – which unless sick or injured, is likely to survive outside the nest without human intervention – or a younger, more vulnerable nestling, which will probably need extra help."
For more, visit www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/wildlife/orphanedanimals/babybirds
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