Outdoor Christmas lights

You might already be doing your part to help the birds in your garden: maybe you’re feeding them food they love, or perhaps you’re leaving late-blooming ivy untrimmed over winter.

But according to Richard Green, a bird welfare specialist from Kennedy Wild Bird Food & Pet Supplies, we could accidentally be upsetting them with our Christmas lights.

Robins and blackbirds are particularly susceptible to the “false dawn” effect, he added.

What’s the “false dawn effect”?

Constant bright light can make birds think it’s always morning, said the expert.

This usually happens thanks to astronomical events ― a 2024 solar eclipse led many birds to begin singing their “dawn........

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