Charles R Tyler
The project, run by the Dartmoor Upland Bird Nest Group and led by a University of Exeter PhD student, has been studying the breeding of ground-nesting birds for eight years
A new crowdfunding initiative has been launched to help expand bird conservation research on Dartmoor.
The project, run by the Dartmoor Upland Bird Nest Group and led by a University of Exeter PhD student, has been studying the breeding of ground-nesting birds for eight years.
The group have been studying the nests of several declining bird species including robin-sized stonechats, small perching birds whinchats, meadow pipits and cuckoos, in order to better understand their breeding, which is essential to inform conservation.
Each year the group, which consists of local bird enthusiasts, ornithologists and scientists from the University of Exeter, monitor up to 350 bird nests on the upland moors of Dartmoor National Park.
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