Below is the link to RSPB web pages for the Twite Recovery
Project.
A major part of this project is centred on the conservation of
Twite in the South
Pennines . The South Pennines are the main stronghold of Twite in the UK but they are rapidly disappearing due to habitat loss
and changes in farming practices. The project hopes to encourage farmers
and landowners to adopt Twite friendly practices including the preservation of
traditional hay-meadows. Last year,
as part of this project, I made a video to raise awareness of the plight of the
Twite and this is now live on the RSPB website, as well as the Twite Recovery
Project and Pennine Prospects You Tube channels.
There is a possibility of the project being featured on the BBC
in the near future, and I will post any further information as soon as I get
it. In the mean time, if any birders come across any Twite in the South Pennines , please could they pass the information on to the Twite
Recovery Project? Contact details
are on the RSPB website link given above.
Cheers
Steve Cummings
Photo. Brian Sumner
4 comments:
Charlotte Weightman Rspb has been in touch with me asking for photos etc for her newsletter. She seems to be running the project.
Anyone know about bats ?
Had Pipistrelles at Queensbury this evening which is an early sighting for me. Due they usually show at this time of year.
Oops, that should be Do they usually, not Due they usually.
I've had pips on the wing in February. Several bats flying around North Loop this evening
Thanks for that info Steve
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