I'm a cat lover but I'm still protecting visiting birds from them with these simple and safe changes to our garden – just as David Attenborough recommends in his new series

Cat walking next to navy blue painted wooden garden room behind raised beds filled with soil and potted plants.

I'll always follow pretty much anything David Attenborough does and says, so when I heard his new series Secret Garden starts tonight 5th April 2026, at 6 pm EST on BBC One, it immediately caught my attention. The series, which features five different UK gardens and helps celebrate his 100th birthday, is bound to get people talking because it feels far closer to home than his usual epics.

What I found out is that he highlights a stat that's hard to ignore. He says that pet cats are estimated to kill around 55 million birds a year in the UK. And while he's careful not to villainise them, he does suggest simple measures that could help reduce their hunting success, which might make some cat owners a little on the fence.