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Nice to see 'Ratty' the Water vole on 'SpringWatch Live' and iPlayer today, in Hannah Stitfalls interview with Steve Backshall... See comments.
The song thrush is a bird which has declinred in numbers in the UK and has become red listed.
The RSPB attributes this to - The decline in song thrush numbers has probably been caused by the loss and degradation of preferred feeding and nesting habitats.
Loss of hedgerows and wet ditches removed feeding and nesting sites, while increased land drainage and tillage are likely to have reduced the number of earthworms and other crucial invertebrate prey available to song thrushes on farmland.
Grazed permanent pasture (especially cow pastures) and woodland are important habitats with plenty of food for song thrushes. Both of these have been lost or degraded in many lowland areas.
Fortunately in Argyll the song thrush still thrives in good numbers.
This little beauty was happily foraging in the the hedgerow.
Song Thrush - Turdus Philomelos
Ganavan - Scotland
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After many years of taking photo's of the Lesser Fuzzy Warbler' as I have come to fondly call these characters, seem to have managed to do away with the 'fuzzy'
There'll be a few more to come.
Please see Suffolk April 2017 album. www.flickr.com/photos/wendycoops224/albums/72157682818547896
Magical morning in a small, low tent, listening to the sounds of frogs and cuckoos in the forest. Photographing the hoopoe.
Early morning owl watching is not confined to ageing photographers.
This lovely grouse was also taking note of the nearby action.
Red Grouse - Lagopus Lagopus Scotica
Yorkshire Dales
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