| Three churrs for nightjar increase |
| The efforts of an army of twilight bird
surveyors has revealed that the mysterious nightjar, formerly one
of the UK's 40 most threatened birds, now has a population of at least
4,500 males, a welcome increase of over one third since 1992. |
The
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Telegraph
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| Nightjar now in sharp decline in Scotland |
| A national survey of the mysterious nightjar, a summer
visiting bird only active between dusk and dawn, has found it to be
in sharp decline in Scotland. |
this
is north scotland
The
Herald |
| Visitors get bird's eye view of harrier chicks |
| Three tiny hen harrier chicks are proving the main
attraction at a far north nature reserve. |
| this
is north scotland |
| No osprey chicks on loch nest this year |
| The RSPB has said that no chicks will be fledged from
the world famous Loch Garten nest this year, despite the resident
female, EJ, laying four eggs earlier this season. |
| Strathspey
& Badenoch Herald |
| Ospreys beat reality shows |
| With 28 per cent of British households abandoning eating
together around a dining table, family life as we know it is in danger
of becoming extinct. |
| News
& Star |
| Job is strictly for the birds |
| Tell Keith Bowey to go fly his kite and he'll take
it as a compliment. |
| icNewcastle
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| Nature notes |
| Crossbills are wandering about the country looking
for conifer woods that have plenty of cones on the trees. |
| Times
Online |
