WILD WARWICKSHIRE

• Wild Warwickshire Is one year old!!!

• VGY has a new mate after only two seasons with an untagged male. VGY has mated with a new male - ATZ and made a nest on the Grand Union Canal Wildwar 16:20, 1 April 2008 (BST)

• Oakley Woods Saved more information on my blog. Blog Wildwar 14:32, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

• Local Biodiversity Action Plans. In an attempt to make the work of the LBAP more accessible a link to the county website is now available : LBAP Wildwar 16:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

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The Song Thrush is a bird that has been in some decline of late. It is slowly beginning to recover. The species is listed as one of Warwickshires Local Biodiversity Action Plan Species. The County plan can be seen at Action Plan

'Song Thrushes inhabit a variety of habitats from woodland, fields and towns. Studies in 1989 showed densities in woodlands to be 25 territories per km2 and in farmland 5 territories per km2 (Brown and Grice, 2005). Work by Mason (2005) has revealed that extinction rates of Song Thrush in woods are 20-30% in woods less then 10 ha in size illustrating a requirement for large stable woodlands (Brown and Grice, 2005). Success in agricultural landscapes is variable, they have been shown not to select fallow in set aside despite the expectation that the increased invertebrates provided by them would be of benefit...'

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Bird Atlas 2007-11 is a huge and exciting project that will map the abundance and distribution of birds in Britain and Ireland during the breeding season and winter. It will be fascinating to look at the changes in distribution since the last breeding and wintering atlases.

We need your help Thousands of birdwatchers will take part in fieldwork throughout the Britain and Ireland. We need all your records – whatever you see, whenever, wherever!

Follow this LINK to find out more

The Mute Swan Database is a comprehensive resource on the Mute Swan in Warwickshire. It contains information on the individual swans recorded in Warwick and the breeding success of several pairs.

It also includes a number of reports and short studies relating to the status of this species in the county as a whole.

Wild Photography is a collection of photgraphs taken by M.C Smith of the Natural World.

Mostly a bird photgrapher some images of animals, plants and insects are also in the growing collection.

The photographer uses both a Canon 400D with a Sigma 135-400mm lens but also uses a Swarvoski 80HD telescope with a Nikon 4500 for digiscoping.

To View the site click HERE