New Species from Climate Change

[chunkychambers]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

Hoopoe could live here, as they did before, irrelevent of the climate - it's a matter of available space and people not hunting them. The same goes for the bustards: I believe there are plans to reintroduce the great bustard. The problem is how many of them will survive speeding motorists and manic 'hunters'?

I think Great Bustards were released to the wild on Salisbury Plain approx 12 months ago, last article I read said things were progresing nicely.

Alan got in first

[Paul mabbott]

Maybe! I know nothing about birds in your peninsula - I'll let you know when they get to South Yorks! Good luck, Paul

Originally Posted by chunkychambers

Perhaps N. Devon eh?? I'll keep a look out!
Egrets are well established here Paul, they are counted at roosts in hundred+ now. I know what you mean about how fast they have settled in most ref. books don't show them as present in the UK. Are you aware of breeding pairs in Somerset and N. Devon?

[Paul mabbott]

Alan does usually get in first! Do they get the Army to protect them? I do suspect that big birds like them wandering around the general countryside would end up in someone's oven. I think they're amazing things - and I wouldn't think of eating one ...

Originally Posted by chunkychambers

I think Great Bustards were released to the wild on Salisbury Plain approx 12 months ago, last article I read said things were progresing nicely.
Alan got in first

[chunkychambers]

You're probably aware that lots of Salisbury plain is in control of the MOD and they make great wildlife guardians, so the only worry the Bustards have are foxes, I can't think of anything else that would get the chance to predate them

[Wild-Woman]

Question-What happened to the great bustard in the first place? Was it human interference again? J

[Andy Warne]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Question-What happened to the great bustard in the first place? Was it human interference again? J

Of course Mainly hunting. Now there is very little suitable habitat left for them, Salisbury Plain is about the only place.

[Earth Hart]

Originally Posted by chunkychambers

Perhaps N. Devon eh?? I'll keep a look out!
Egrets are well established here Paul, they are counted at roosts in hundred+ now. I know what you mean about how fast they have settled in most ref. books don't show them as present in the UK.
Are you aware of breeding pairs in Somerset and N. Devon?

Certainly in Somerset, they have been noted on the Levels for the last 3yrs, how many young raised I don't know.

[nightshade]

You well may see less birds,crossing the Sahara is more difficult for migratory
birds due to longer periods of dry weather,the shift in seasons has had
swallows leaving early,is the food supply going to be ready for them at
the other end
This country has in recent years seen less insects available for swallows,with birds starving