The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Lincolnshire Bird Report 2008
Free to LBC Members - your copy should be arriving soon.....
Full colour ,152pages and 105 images from Lincs in 2008.



New report highlights the Lincolnshire bird winners and losers

A new report issued by the Lincolnshire Bird Club celebrates the success of many of the counties bird species. The Lincolnshire Bird Report is an assessment of the state of Lincolnshire’s birds during 2008 in comparison to other years.

The report has shown that birds of prey such as marsh harrier, peregrine and barn owl fared particularly well in 2008 perhaps due the availability of good quality habitat. Andrew Chick of the Lincolnshire Bird Club said, ‘In 1971 there was only one breeding pair of marsh harriers in the whole country. In 2008 we had 90 breeding females in this county alone.’

Andrew continued, ‘Barn owls also had a very successful 2008 with an estimated 900 pairs in Lincolnshire. This makes Lincolnshire potentially the most successful county in the United Kingdom for barn owls.’

Other species also enjoyed a successful 2008 including Lincolnshire’s waders and waterfowl. John Badley, site manager of the RSPB’s Frampton Marsh and Freiston Shore reserves said, 'This report shows that many of the counties birds are faring well. We are lucky to have some of the best wetlands in Europe, such as The Wash and the Humber and with some exciting habitat creation projects here, the future for birds like knot and wigeon is looking really good.'

John continued, ‘The new Bird Report isn’t just for birdwatchers. Anyone with an interest in Lincolnshire’s bird life will find this a useful and interesting read.’ 

Free to LBC Members. To order a copy of the Lincolnshire Bird Report please send a cheque to the address below:

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£12.00 Per copy + £1.75 Post & Packing Total costs £13.75

For more details, or for bulk order enquiries contact
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Bill Sterling
"Newlyn", 5 Carlton Avenue, Healing,
N.E.Lincs, DN41 7PW
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Cheques made payable to the 'Lincolnshire Bird Club'

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Andrew Chick
Website: http://www.forktail.co.uk/

An excellent report but does anyone else share my views on the way that the Gill and Wright species names have been used instead of the vernacular British names. In Lincolnshire a Magpie is not "Black billed", a Blackbird is not "Common" and a Wren is not "Winter" to name but three. They are Magpies, Blackbirds and Wrens. Fortunately, Mark Grantham got it right in the Ringing Report - at least the BTO show common sense when naming birds that both the expert and beginner can both readily relate to.

Stuart,
As always you are probably right.
I will send the 2009 report to you for proof reading.
Thanks
Andrew

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Andrew Chick
Website: http://www.forktail.co.uk/

Thanks for the offer, Andrew - I will be only too pleased to oblige.
Stuart