Day: June 17, 2019
Fair Isle Bird Observatory & Guesthouse
Fair Isle Bird Observatory & Guesthouse
Birding Dad: British White Storks?
York Local Group – The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Tim’s Birding Blog: Iberian Chiffchaffs
A.W.Birder: Always on the lookout for fine birds…: India: Northeast
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS POSTED DAILY,TWITCHES AND MORE!: CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 17TH JUNE 2019
Chicks and ticks
Originally posted on wadertales:
How do ticks affect Golden Plover chicks? By utilising data from an existing study, David Douglas and James Pearce-Higgins have discovered that Golden Plover chicks that carry more sheep-ticks Ixodes ricinus have a lower chance of survival. Their findings are written up as a paper in Bird Study. The work is only based on a small sample and the data don’t identify the… Continue reading Chicks and ticks
Managing water for waders
Originally posted on wadertales:
Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to turn farmland into a haven for breeding waders. The only tools you have at your disposal are tractors and cows and we will give you permission to pump water out of nearby rivers when conditions allow. That’s how it started. These days the diggers look big enough to use on a… Continue reading Managing water for waders
Wolf's Birding and Bonsai Blog 