CENSUS: GREAT TIT MOST COMMON BIRD IN CZECH REPUBLIC

 Ian Willoughby

 07-01-2019

Over 10,000 people took part in the first ever bird census in the Czech Republic at the weekend. The participants sent information about the birds they had observed in their gardens and elsewhere to the website of the Czech Ornithological Society. Volunteers registered almost a quarter of a million birds of dozens of species. 

According to preliminary results, the most reported bird was the great tit, which finished far ahead of the tree sparrow and house sparrow.

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Rare birds on the rise

A "bird census" has revealed a number of rare species are on the increase at Lake Ellesmere.

The annual Department of Conservation survey, which took place on February 9, counted all birds living on or around the shoreline of the lake.

DOC ranger Cody Frewin said about 55,750 birds, across 39 species, were counted.

There were 429 of the nationally vulnerable wrybill, compared to 128 last year and 125 in 2011.

Wrybill.  Photo: David Hallett

Critically endangered black stilts were also spotted.

About 530 royal spoonbills were counted, which was encouraging as the species only started breeding at Lake Ellesmere last year, Frewin said.

The wide variety of birds showed how important the various natural habitats surrounding the lake were.

The survey involved volunteers and staff from several organisations, including the Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury.

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