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The Grasslands
The grasslands areas which I surveyed on campus lie either side of the campus lake. These areas contain many differing grass species and are managed to allow patches of grasses of different heights to occur. Amongst the grassland are various … Continue reading
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Campus Lake Part Three – Other Water Birds and Edge Species
The third and final part to my blogs on the bird species that can be found on the Whiteknights campus lake. Today, I am including the rest of the water birds which were sighted during the survey period, and some … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Birds
Tagged Aegithalos caudatus, biodiversity, campus, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Columba livia, Columba palumbus, Cyanistes caeruleus, Erithacus rubecula, Fulica atra, Gallinula chloropus, Garrulus glandarius, lake, Larus argentatus, Parus major, Periparus ater, Pica pica, reading, reading university, Troglodytes troglodytes, Turdus merula, whiteknights
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The Campus Lake (Part Two)
My previous post started off the list of species that can be found on the lake at Whiteknights Campus. Here is a brief description of some of the species within the family Anatidae that I saw during my surveys:
The Campus Lake
The lake at Whiteknights campus is one of my favourite places to walk; it is surrounded by a woodland border which shows a great diversity in plants, fungi and invertebrates as well as birds. In addition to the species I witnessed … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Birds
Tagged birds, campus, cormorant, crested, great, grebe, grey, heron, kingfisher, reading, university, whiteknights
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A Note On Some Interesting Species
It has been a hectic, tiring and very interesting few weeks! In my previous post, I explained that I was performing some bird surveys around campus to establish an idea of the biodiversity of the area. I have managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Fish, Mammals
Tagged bufo, common carp, common toad, cyprinus carpio, fox, vulpes, whiteknights
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Another Newcomer
Hi, I’m Maddy and I am one of the undergraduate students blogging here about our work for our final year research projects.
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