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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Bird of Interest 15 – Blackcap and Recent Research
Young avian migrants of many species are able to find their species- or population-specific wintering area without the help of conspecifics. In orientation tests hand-raised birds have been demonstrated to choose appropriate population-specific migratory directions, suggesting a genetic basis to … Continue reading
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Bird of Interest 15 – Blackcap
The Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) is a well-marked and distinctive warbler. The Blackcap has an engaging and musical song, and is easy to identify in all plumages. The sexes are dissimilar.
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Data Collection Day 15 – Redhatch Copse
Today was the turn of my first dawn sample at Redhatch Copse, behind Sibly Hall. It was very cold this morning – about 4 degrees – but 12 species were still spotted, with a further 5 species being recorded. In total 17 … Continue reading
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Buried by invertebrates!
Hello budding entomologists this blog is about the pitfalls (no pun intended) of invertebrates trapping and surveying. More specifically, I am talking about the phylum Arthropoda and not other phyla, such as Mollusca and Annelida. I am secondly avoiding the subject of Mollusca, as after a weekend of … Continue reading
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Data Collection Day 14 – Pearmans Copse
Tonight was the time for my data collection at Pearmans copse woodland, which is a 9 acre site near the m4. It has managed coppiced ash, hazel and field maple and is classed as a wildlife heritage site. Unfortunately, the weather … Continue reading
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Bird of Interest 14 – House Sparrow and Recent Research
The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a very social bird. It is gregarious at all seasons when feeding, often forming flocks with other types of bird. It also roosts communally, its nests are usually grouped together in clumps, and it engages … Continue reading
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Bird of Interest 14 – House Sparrow
The House sparrow (Passer domesticus), is a familiar species, in part because of its affinity for human habitation. The house sparrow frequently dust-bathes, and is often seen in small groups on house roofs. Where it is fed in urban parks, it can … Continue reading
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Nitrophilous Lichens
Nitrogen loving (nitrophilous) lichens grow well in situations where there are relatively high levels of nitrogen compounds. Large quantities of nitrogen compounds enter our atmosphere from vehicle exhaust, through artificial agricultural fertiliser input (and subsequent decay into air bore pollutants) … Continue reading
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Tagged fungi, lichen, nitrophilous, physcia adscendens, physcia tenella, pollutants, soredia, thallus, xanthoria parietina
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Data Collection Day 13 – Redhatch Copse
Redhatch Copse is defined as ancient semi-natural woodland, which is composed of native tree species that have not obviously been planted. Ancient woodland is likely to have existed continuously since 1600. Looking at maps dating from the mid-1700s to present … Continue reading
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Bird of Interest 13 – Nuthatch and Recent Research
Whenever territories vary in quality in a consistent way, individual birds may develop behaviour that allows them to maximize territory quality. Individuals may settle preferentially in good territories or shift to better sites whenever possible. The benefit of this selective … Continue reading
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