One of the UK’s rarest and most beautiful breeding birds, the dotterel, is declining at a rapid pace, the latest UK’s bird report reveals.
The report, by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said the population of the elusive mountain species had fallen by 40 per cent.
The authors said the breed was found only on the highest mountain tops of Scotland, as such more research is needed to establish what might be causing the decline, and if climate change is a factor.
According to RSPB, the dotterel is unusual in that the brightly-coloured females lead in courtship before leaving the smaller, drabber males to incubate the eggs and raise the young.
Mark Eaton of RSPB, who described the findings as “concerning”, said new research would be conducted with Aberdeen University and SNH to examine the possible causes of the dotterel decline.
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