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>The Search for the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker! – Brett Westwood
Brett Westwood led a Study Group field meeting on 26th February 2011 to look for woodpeckers and other birds in Wyre, and he records the occasion. (From Wyre Forest Study Group’s REVIEW 2011)
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>Seeing the Wood(peckers) for the Trees! – Elisabeth Charman and Steve Dodds
Dr. Elisabeth Charman and Steve Dodds from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, describe their research project which aims to find out why Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers are declining nationally. The Wyre Forest is one of their three study areas. (From Wyre Forest Study Group’s REVIEW 2011)
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>White Mandarin Duck at Trimpley – Brett Westwood
Brett Westwood describes the presence of a white Mandarin Duck within a flock on the River Severn at Trimpley, with photographs by John Bingham. (From the Wyre Forest Study Group’s REVIEW 2010)
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>Bird Boxes in the Wyre Forest – Andy Spencer
Andy Spencer describes his ongoing work to study population dynamics and survival rates of Redstarts and Pied Flycatchers in the Wyre Forest. (From Wyre Forest Study Group’s REVIEW 2009)
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>Gannet Rescue! – Alan Beamish
It was with enormous surprise that the author spotted a live Gannet in the middle of the Wyre Forest in July 2008! The article describes how it was captured, and then cared for by the Vale Wildlife Hospital and later the RSPCA before being eventually released at sea. (From Wyre Forest Study Group’s REVIEW 2008)
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>Wyre Forest Woodcock – Rosemary Winnall
Wyre Forest Woodcock – Rosemary Winnall Rosemary Winnall describes how Paul Reade found a Woodcock’s nest and photographs show the location. (From Wyre Forest Study Group’s REVIEW 2007)
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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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