Golden Plover male on Howden Edge (Geoff Carr)
Thursday, 12 September 2013
Golden Plover and Dunlin Breeding in Barnsley
After checking through the survey work that both Dave Pearce and I did this late spring we have a total of 65 pairs of Golden Plover and 28 pairs of Dunlin in the Barnsley recording area. These are birds that were successful breeders with young and obviously there will have been a few failed breeding pairs. An unbelievable total ! I think this is the first time such an intensive study was completed for these species although Nick Addy did cover a lot of the area in the late 1990s.
Golden Plover male on Howden Edge (Geoff Carr)
Golden Plover male on Howden Edge (Geoff Carr)
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4 comments:
I'm not really surprised by the Golden Plover figure (Have you got the pair with 3 young near Thorpe's Brow?). I am however amazed at the figure for Dunlin.
Well done to both. It's not easy going up there
Excellent work Geoff
Yes, great stuff - well done!
Fantastic totals for both species. These are two of the most important species that breed in the Barnsley Area and we now know just how important the Barnsley section of moorland is have the territories mapped for future reference. A good job well done.
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