Castle homes for birds

The Northern Echo;  December 13, 2001 ;     216 words ......encourage the return of the spotted flycatcher, which is declining significantly...location was ideal for spotted flycatcher, which like riverbanks...and gardens. He said: "Spotted flycatcher were at the castle two...

Insect decline spells trouble for bird life.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  September 8, 2004 ;     332 words ......They warned that birds such as the spotted flycatcher, tree sparrow and yellowhammer, which...already declined in recent years -- the spotted flycatcher by a third in the last decade and...birds and animals. CAPTION(S): A spotted flycatcher feeds on a moth. The species is under...

Wanted: the grey squirrel, for crimes against songbirds ; 'Tree rats' raid...

The Independent on Sunday;  November 12, 2006 ;     312 words ......Conservancy Trust revealed that the spotted flycatcher, an endangered woodland bird, suffered...dropped to just 25 per cent. The spotted flycatcher spends the summer in Britain to breed...half in the past 30 years, with the spotted flycatcher one of the worst affected. The grey...

Firms aid drive to boost wildlife; NEST BOXES FOR INDUSTRY SITES AND GIFT...

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  April 24, 2000 ;     282 words ......nationally declining bird. The spotted flycatcher has been dying off since...naturalists to assess spotted flycatcher levels, but still needs...Anyone who has seen a spotted flycatcher in the past few years...

Mistletoe is not just for Christmas

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  July 13, 2007 ;     262 words ......mistletoe high in an ivy-covered oak while watching a spotted flycatcher through my binoculars. It is a good-sized growth, and...keeps a bit of dialect to the fore, m'dearies. As to the spotted flycatcher, it was doing its flying from its perch, catching a flying...

Flight of the birds; Vanishing fast: The spotted flycatcher.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 17, 2008 ;     477 words ......gravestone in search of insects, the spotted flycatcher - sometimes known as the 'parson...We are really concerned about the spotted flycatcher,' said Graham Madge of the Royal...Willow tit (above) - down 77 per cent Spotted flycatcher - down 59 per cent Wood warbler...

bird notes.(Features)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  September 6, 2008 ;     243 words ......flycatcher, wheatear, nuthatch and an interesting leucistic spotted flycatcher. Leucistic is a term used to describe birds with a dilute...Morfa Madryn, Llanfairfechan. CAPTION(S): A leucistic spotted flycatcher seen on the Great Orme

Travel: When East meets West; OCTOBER has to be one of the most exciting...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 12, 2002 ;     430 words ......about to depart for Africa. Then there was the spotted flycatcher sharing a tree with a brambling. This mix of...uk CAPTION(S): UNUSUAL: see if you can spy a spotted flycatcher alongside another bird it would not normally...

Wren flies in to surprise encounter ; The squirrel on the bird table was...

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  September 18, 2008 ;     252 words ......nests in the garden, but only one appeared this year. A spotted flycatcher flits from an oak tree branch just over the garden wall...games with wars and pollution. It begins to rain. The spotted flycatcher flies to a perch in our garden, passing me with an audible...

A quiet start to spring as even cuckoos stay away.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 22, 2008 ;     470 words ......late 1960s. The declines recorded for the turtle dove, spotted flycatcher and tree pipithave been even more dramatic, all down by...dailymail.co.uk THE LESSER-SPOTTED MIGRANTS % fall 1967-2005 Spotted flycatcher (right) 84%Tree pipit83% Turtle dove (right) 82% Marsh...

Sandwich Diary.(Sport)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  July 18, 2003 ;     42 words ...Byline: By Alan Hedley There's so much flora and fauna at St George's that English Nature have produced a hole-by-hole guide to wildlife on the course. Skylarks can be spotted - not to meantion common lizard, brown hare, pied wagtail, wheatear and spotted flycatcher.

Bid to boost the flycatchers.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  February 14, 2004 ;     317 words ......been a general decline in insect prey and that has been implicated in the spotted flycatcher's decline. The Prince's Trust has constructed 500 spotted flycatcher nest boxes, with 300 being distributed free to individuals, schools and...

Faraway birds fall.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  March 21, 2006 ;     80 words ......fall in the number of birds that migrate long distances to Britain, a survey reveals. Birds such as the tree pipit and spotted flycatcher are down 70 per cent in some areas. Eleven out of 34 species showed large national increases while eight recorded big...

Woodland birds on route to extinction as numbers dive

The Independent - London;  July 17, 2008 ;     496 words ......suite of woodland species, from the nightingale to the spotted flycatcher, fell by more than 50 per cent between 1994 and last year...has declined by 67 per cent, nightingale by 60 per cent, spotted flycatcher by 59 per cent and pied flycatcher by 54 per cent. Lesser...

Nesting ecology of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers in South Texas.

Wilson Bulletin;  June 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......predators may render Scissor-tailed Flycatcher nests more susceptible to predation as well...that (1) successful Scissor-tailed Flycatcher nests are placed in shrubs with greater...and June. We found Scissor-tailed Flycatcher nests from May through August 1992 and 1993...