Have the RSPB been reading Landscape Juice?

I had to have a little chuckle this morning when I read an article on the RSPB website.

It seems as though the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds concurs with my view that Golf courses can be wildlife havens.

In an article, Golf courses can help save threatened birds, the RSPB and golf's governing body the Royal and Ancient, have released a new handbook entitled 'Birds and Golf Courses: A Guide to Habitat Management'.

With over 140,000 hectares of heather, grass, bramble and trees that abound golf course fairways, golf course can do much to redeem their poor reputations as over-users of chemicals and fertilisers and work to improve wildlife habitat - I think we should push this a bit further and include native plants and grasses too.

Co-writer of the RSPB book, Nigel Symes, said: “The truth is that every golf course has potential to be a sanctuary for wildlife, and to provide an important stepping stone for birds and other animals whose habitat is under threat."