The hobby is a fast and agile falcon that migrates to Britain each summer, where it faces habitat pressures affecting its insect prey base and nesting opportunities in open country.
Hobby welfare is tightly linked to the abundance of large flying insects. As dragonfly populations have recovered with wetland restoration, hobby populations have expanded northward and populations have grown. However, continued losses of farmland insects through pesticide use and habitat loss constrain the hobby's food supply. Individual birds must range further to find adequate prey, imposing energetic costs. Supporting wetland restoration and reducing agricultural pesticide use creates direct welfare benefits for hobbies and many other aerial predators and insectivores.