6 April 2018 04:35:51
The five most abundant birds
spotted were starlings, woodpigeons, fieldfares, rooks and chaffinches
More than 1,000 farmers recorded
121 bird species across 950,000 acres during the fifth successive Big Farmland
Bird Count.
The record-breaking number of
farmers took part in the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT)-led
count between 9
and 18 February.
A total of 25 red-listed species
were recorded, with five appearing in the 25 most commonly seen species list.
These include fieldfares,
starlings, house sparrows, song thrushes and yellowhammers. The most plentiful
of these were fieldfares and starlings, which were seen on nearly 40% of the
farms taking part.
The five most abundant birds
spotted were starlings, woodpigeons, fieldfares, rooks and chaffinches. A total
of 99,712 were found, making up nearly 50% of the total number of birds
recorded – a pattern similar in previous counts.
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