Whinchat
I always see a few Whinchats near to where I live in the Pennines, though this male was taken in the Harthope Valley in Northumberland. They usually nest in bracken litter on moorlands, but despite that being an abundant habitat Whinchats are scarce and declining. They are red-listed because of a 57% decline 1995-2010. But the European breeding population seems to be holding up which suggests the problem is in Britain rather than on the African wintering grounds. This may be that they are out of synch with their insect prey that peaks earlier due to climate change. In Britain they have also suffered a 47% range decline and have all but disappeared from the lowlands, apart from on Salisbury Plain.
Whinchat
I always see a few Whinchats near to where I live in the Pennines, though this male was taken in the Harthope Valley in Northumberland. They usually nest in bracken litter on moorlands, but despite that being an abundant habitat Whinchats are scarce and declining. They are red-listed because of a 57% decline 1995-2010. But the European breeding population seems to be holding up which suggests the problem is in Britain rather than on the African wintering grounds. This may be that they are out of synch with their insect prey that peaks earlier due to climate change. In Britain they have also suffered a 47% range decline and have all but disappeared from the lowlands, apart from on Salisbury Plain.