A UNIVERSITY campus is bursting
with wildlife, a year-long study has found.
The results of a year of
monitoring the biodiversity of Durham University’s campus around Durham City
have delighted conservationists, with rare birds thriving.
This summer saw the first
successful breeding on university land by barn owls, a pair of which fledged
three young this year.
At least eight Red-listed bird
species, those with the UK’s highest conservation priority, have been spotted
on the grounds, along with 14 Amber-listed species.
The University’s full bird list
runs to 100 species, including five birds of prey and three owl species.
There are also more than 200
species of flowering plants including four species of wild orchid and woodlands
full of bluebells.
Roe deer, badgers and foxes
have been regularly sighted and eight species of bat have been reported,
although red squirrels were replaced by their grey counterparts over a decade
ago.
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