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L.R. Griffen, D. Skilling, R.T. Smith and J.G. Young

The Rapid and Continued Decline of the Rook in Dumfriesshire - Results of the 2005 Census

Ornithology

TDGNHAS Series III, 79 (2005), 186(4.05 MB)

Abstract

A survey of the entire county of Dumfriesshire in 1993 recorded a total of 25,489 rook nests. A repeat of the census in 2003 found only 17,853 nests, a decrease of 30%. This decline prompted a survey of a large part of the county in 2004, which confirmed

K. Duffy

The Red Kite Release Project [Lecture to Society on 21st January, 2005]

Ornithology

TDGNHAS Series III, 79 (2005), 192(4.05 MB)

Abstract

Summary of a lecture delivered to the Society on 21st January 2005.
Red Kites were extinct in Scotland by the late 19th century. The first young birds, from Germany and the Chilterns, were released from cages on a private estate forestry site in Galloway