In the breeding season, 112 species were found, of which breeding was confirmed for 56. During the winter months, a remarkable 121 species were recorded in that 10km square. The city stands in the 10km square SO85 (to help discover the grid reference of any area, I recommend the Bedfordshire Natural History Society’s wonderful website site : ). I thought that it might be of interest to provide information about provisional Atlas results from some key areas along The Monarch’s Way – starting, like the Way, in Worcester. And a lot of information about the state of the nation’s birds is available at. In the interim, some results are available at atlas/results by following the link at the foot of the page to the county of your choice. The results are now being analysed and the Atlas will be published in a couple of years time. The Atlas fieldwork was undertaken in the years 2007-2011. We were also encouraged to send in casual records, sightings of birds seen when we were out shopping or watching cricket. Birdwatchers undertook surveys, each lasting two hours, of as many as possible of the 2km tetrads of which the nation is composed: these were undertaken both for the winter season (November-February) and the breeding season (April -July). In a previous Newsletter, I drew attention to the Bird Atlas organized by the British Trust for Ornithology. Part 2 Bird Life along the Monarch’s Way from Colin Brooks Photographs of this stunning bird can easily be found on-line. Most of the birds found in England have been in October and are birds in their first winter that have migrated in the 'wrong' direction from the area where they were born. They spend the winter in south East Asia. Males are slaty blue above.Ī few birds breed in Finland but most are in northern Asia across to China. The female bird is predominantly olive brown with a whitish throat but its tail (which it frequently flicks) is a distinctive metallic blue and it has orange flanks. Red-flanked Bluetails are about the size of a Robin and are in the same family. It may well be that the Houghton Forest bird is the same one and that it has spent the winter here if so, it would be the first Red-flanked Bluetail to do so. The first for Sussex was a bird on Stanley Common near the Hampshire border in November 2010. Through to the end of 2009, only fifty nine had been seen. The Red-flanked Bluetail is an extremely rare bird in the British Isles. It has been seen for several days, most recently in the area where the Monarch's Way footpath to The Dentures meets the bridleway to Trot Row. Part 1 Wild Life Good News in West Sussex from Colin BrooksĪ female Red-flanked Bluetail has been found by the Monarch's Way on the edge of Houghton Forest near the roundabout at the top of Bury Hill. This is a new page where Colin Brooks will give details of the many different birds that can be seen while walking along The Monarch's Way. The Celebration into Charmouth-Trevor's Boot Relay part 10 Oak Apple Day 29th May 2012 Guildhall WorcesterĬhanges to the Route of the Monarch's Way Temporary Amendments to The Monarch's WayĪmanda's Charity Walk Ham Hill to West Bay "PRICES SLASHED" Satmap Digital mapping of The Monarch's Way
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