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Moths at the bustard release site
Posted on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 by Andrew Taylor
This summer we have occasionally run a moth trap at the release site, looking especially for scarcer species associated with chalk grassland. In eight attempts between May and September, 144 species were recorded. The most interesting of these included Scarce Forester, which has its main UK population on Salisbury Plain, and Ethmia dodecea, a micro-moth restricted [...]
Post-release monitoring begins
Posted on Monday, October 3rd, 2011 by Andrew Taylor
This year’s chicks arrived from Russia at the beginning of August, then underwent a compulsory 30-day quarantine period, before being transferred into two sets of soft release pens. This is the first year that birds have been released at two sites; with half being released at the long-term release site and the other half at [...]
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