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>Waxwings Come to Wyre – Rosemary Winnall
Waxwings come to Wyre The author describes the presence of 66 Waxwings in her back garden, 2 of which were colour ringed. Other 2005 records from the vicinity are noted. (From the Wyre Forest Study Group’s REVIEW 2005)
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>A Wyre Forest Woodcock – Neville Wilde
Neville Wilde describes his experiences of the Woodcock’s breeding behaviour in the forest. (From the Wyre Forest Study Group’s REVIEW 2004)
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>Woodcock Survey in the Wyre Forest Area – Jim Martin
Woodcock Survey in the Wyre Forest Area – Jim Martin In 2003 the British Trust for Ornithology ran a breeding Woodcock survey across the UK. Jim Martin describes the survey methods and results of his survey in Wyre. (From the Wyre Forest Study Group’s REVIEW 2003)
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>Tawny Nights: observations at the nest sites of Tawny Owls in Wyre Forest – Neville Wilde
Tawny Nights: observations at the nest sites of Tawny Owls in Wyre Forest Neville Wilde provides background information about the Tawny Owl and its evolutionary adaptations to a nocturnal lifestyle. He describes his observations of their behaviour at their nest sites in Wyre and mentions some of the other breeding birds in the forest. (From [...]
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>Bird Surveys in Wyre Forest 2001-2002 – Jim Martin
Bird Surveys in Wyre Forest 2001-2002 – Jim Martin Jim Martin describes the three Breeding Bird Surveys undertaken in the Wyre Forest (From Wyre Forest Study Group’s REVIEW 2002)
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>Woodpeckers of Rock Coppice – Rosemary Winnall
Rosemary Winnall describes how she conducted a study of Great Spotted, Lesser Spotted and Green Woodpeckers in Rock Coppice between 1987 and 1990 . She describes how she located their nest holes and how she recorded their behaviour and nesting success. She measured standing deadwood in the 65 hectares of Rock Coppice, mapping its distribution and [...]
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>Wyre Forest, Cuckoos and the Secret – Neville Wilde
Neville Wilde describes how Edgar Chance discovered and filmed for the first time, the Cuckoos’ secret of laying their eggs in the nests of other birds, by dedicated fieldwork at Pound Green Common between the years 1918 and 1921. Neville then describes his efforts to photograph Cuckoos and their young in the Wyre Forest. (From [...]
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>Bird Surveys in the Wyre Forest in 2000 – Jim Martin
Bird Surveys in the Wyre Forest in 2000 – Jim Martin Jim Martin describes the bird surveys that he completed during 2000 including the Common Bird Census (2) and Breeding Bird Census (3). He notes records of interest. (From Wyre Forest Study Group REVIEW 2000)
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>Observations of a Camouflage Posture adopted by the Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) – Neville Wilde
Observations of a Camouflage Posture adopted by the Nuthatch – Neville Wilde Neville Wilde reports interesting behaviour that he observed of Nuthatches being pursued. This appeared in the Wyre Forest Study Group REVIEW 2000.
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>The Birds of Dowles Brook
The Birds of Dowles Brook – Michael Harrison 16 years of survey work along Dowles through the BTO’s Waterways Bird Survey. (From Review 2006)
