As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Sunday 16 June 2019

Bowland hen harrier chicks give 'hope for future'


12 June 2019
The hatching of hen harrier chicks at nests on a private estate for the second year running "gives hope for the future", the RSPB has said.
The charity said it found the hatchlings in four nests on the Bowland Estate in Lancashire's Ribble Valley.
Project officer James Bray said as hen harriers were in severe decline, the birds had been "closely" monitored.
The total number of chicks was unknown, but it was hoped there would be more than the 13 born in 2018, he added.
The beauty spot used to be known as England's last remaining stronghold for breeding hen harriers but 2018 was the first time they had nested since 2015.
The RSPB said the bird of prey was "on the edge of extinction in England", adding that there were only 617 reported breeding pairs across the UK.

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