Powerful telescopes are being set up to allow visitors to view wild Peregrine Falcons on the Tate Modern building in London. The birds’ nest nearby, but use the Tate’s iconic 100 metre tall chimney as a daytime roost. The Tate pair are believed to be the first to re-colonise London after peregrines vanished from the Capital in the last Century. Since this pair, … [Read more...] about Falcon spotting at the Tate Modern
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Record corn bunting roost in Bedfordshire
Conservationists are investigating what has caused the largest roost of corn buntings in living memory to settle in a farmer’s field in Bedfordshire. The farm in the village of Stotfold in Bedfordshire currently has 700 corn buntings – thought to be around 4 per cent of the entire UK population – occupying one field. RSPB experts are working with farmer Steve Bumstead to … [Read more...] about Record corn bunting roost in Bedfordshire
National Bat Monitoring Programme
National Bat Monitoring Programme The BCT runs a number of national, annual surveys through a volunteer network to monitor the status of many of our bat species across a range of habitats. Our surveys form the National Bat Monitoring Programme through which we track changes in bat populations. Monitoring bats is essential as it would seem that many of our bat species have … [Read more...] about National Bat Monitoring Programme