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Appendix 10

Proposed Westerly Extension to Hermitage Quarry

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Ecology: Breeding Bird Survey

OAKEN WOOD, BARMING, KENT. BREEDING BIRD SURVEY

October 2009 Revised: February 2010

Field Surveyor: Tim Hodge

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Oaken Wood, Barming, Kent. Breeding Bird Survey. Executive Summary Introduction Kent Wildlife Trust was commissioned by Gallagher Aggregates Ltd. to undertake a breeding bird survey of an area of land at Oaken Wood near Barming, Kent. The survey was required in connection with proposals by Gallagher Aggregates Ltd. to extend their existing ragstone quarry at Hermitage Lane into Oaken Wood. The objectives of the breeding bird survey were to: • Undertake a breeding bird survey within the north-eastern part of Oaken Wood, adopting the same methodology used in three previous site surveys; • Provide a comparison of the 2009 survey with previous site surveys; • Provide an assessment of the current importance of the north-eastern part of Oaken Wood on a geographical level (i.e. national, county or local) both in terms of individual bird species and the assemblage of breeding bird species. Results A total of 37 bird species were recorded in 2009, with breeding confirmed in 36 species. The most numerous species recorded was wood pigeon. Other frequent species, in decreasing order of peak counts, were wren, robin, blue tit, blackbird, blackcap, great tit, chiffchaff, chaffinch and stock dove. This list of abundant species is broadly similar to that for previous years’ surveys. It was however noticeable that the totals for individual species were similar to those for the most recent previous survey (2004) even though the area covered had increased significantly, implying some declines. No species with a restricted national distribution was present in the survey area in 2009. Marsh tit, which has a restricted Kent distribution, was recorded in 2009; this species is continuing to decline, and is now on the Red List of Birds of Conservation Concern. No Schedule 1 species or EC directive Annex 1 species bred in the survey area in 2009. Four UK Red List Birds of Conservation Concern held territory in the area in 2009, namely turtle dove, song thrush, marsh tit and yellowhammer, and one other (linnet) was recorded in the area but territories were located outside the area. Seven UK Amber List Birds of Conservation Concern were present in 2009: kestrel, green woodpecker, dunnock, mistle thrush, whitethroat, willow warbler and bullfinch. Five bird species included within the Kent Red Data Book (KRDB) were recorded in 2009: They are turtle dove, song thrush, marsh tit, linnet (non-breeding) and yellowhammer. Conclusions The survey area has a breeding bird community that is typical of sweet chestnut coppice i.e. poorer in terms of density and species richness than other coppice woodlands. Oaken Wood is typical in these respects, with low diversity and no populations of more than local significance except those of specialist birds such as nightjar (not recorded within the survey area since 1999), tree pipit (not recorded within the survey area since 1999) and marsh tit. The wider decline of nightjar and tree pipit, in Kent at least and evident at Oaken Wood, may be due in part to the reduction in active coppicing. Overall, the breeding bird community of the survey area is of local importance. The species richness of the community is at this level, and the community score for woodland birds is well below SSSI level. The numbers of breeding pairs are small in relation to county or national

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populations. No nationally rare species are present and, with low diversity, only small numbers of notable species breed. The latter include four UK Red List, seven UK Amber List and five KRDB species (note that all the KRDB species are included in the Red or Amber lists). Features of greater importance, identified in earlier surveys of the series at Oaken Wood, have been lost from the survey area. These were breeding nightjar and tree pipit, both present until 1999. Their losses reflect national trends but do diminish the quality of the breeding bird community. Suitable habitat to which both could return remains – and the occurrence of nightjar elsewhere in Oaken Wood in 2009 shows it could return – but their wider population trends militate against it. Many of the other changes in numbers at Oaken Wood over the years also can be attributed to external factors and mirror national trends. These include the increases of blackcap and chiffchaff, and declines of turtle dove, willow warbler and yellowhammer. Some of the trends are of increasing conservation concern, with the declining species conferring greater importance to those areas in which they still occur. However, none of the species present in the survey area in 2009 currently has much more than local significance. The scarcest species is marsh tit, which is still fairly widespread in Britain and Kent, though declining rapidly at both scales.

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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

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THE SITE

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METHODOLOGY

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RESULTS

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5 EVALUATION 5.1 Changes from previous years 5.2 Evaluation Criteria

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CONCLUSIONS

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WILDLIFE LEGISLATION

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REFERENCES

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Figure 1: Figure 2:

Map showing boundary of survey area Map showing location and extent of 34 compartments used during survey

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Appendix 1: Full Survey Results 22 Appendix 2: Distribution of territories of key species 39 Appendix 3: Scientific Names of Bird Species mentioned in the report 57

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OAKEN WOOD, BARMING, KENT. BREEDING BIRD SURVEY 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Kent Wildlife Trust was commissioned by Gallagher Aggregates Ltd. to undertake a breeding bird survey of an area of land at Oaken Wood near Barming, Kent. The grid reference to the centre of the site is TQ717556. 1.2 The survey was required in connection with proposals by Gallagher Aggregates Ltd. to extend their existing ragstone quarry at Hermitage Lane into Oaken Wood. 1.3

The objectives of the breeding bird survey were to: Undertake a breeding bird survey within the north-eastern part of Oaken Wood, adopting the same methodology used in three previous site surveys (1997, 1998, 2004); • Provide a comparison of the 2009 survey with the three previous surveys; • Provide an assessment of the current importance of the north-eastern part of Oaken Wood on a geographical level (i.e. national, county or local) both in terms of individual bird species and the assemblage of breeding bird species. •

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2.1 The survey area comprises the north-eastern part of Oaken Wood and extends to approximately 100 hectares. It comprises a central area proposed for quarrying (approximately 30 hectares) and a wider buffer zone. 2.2 Most of the survey area is predominantly sweet chestnut coppice with low densities of standards. Most compartments are fairly uniform in terms of habitat but some are more variable. Compartment 5 includes an area from which coppice was cleared in 1997, leaving a small number of standards in open ground. Compartment 2 includes an area with clearings and sheds used by the woodmen. Compartment 24 includes a higher density of standards and is not within the coppice management that prevails elsewhere in the survey area. 2.3 Coppice age can have significant effects on breeding bird communities. Most areas have at least 15-20 years of coppice growth and the areas cut during each winter from 2004/05 to 2008/09 are listed below. A map showing recently cut areas is included in Hodge (2009). Years’ growth

Year cut

Compartments

None

2008/09

One year

2007/08

Over half of compartment 6, and the eastern halves of compartments 31 and 33 part of compartment 2 and most of compartment 9

Two years

2006/07

all of compartment 26

Three years

2005/06

most of compartment 25

Four years

2004/05

parts of compartments 5, 17 and 27

2.4 Much of the survey area is designated as Ancient Woodland (www.kent.gov.uk/klis) and is included within the Oaken Wood Local Wildlife Site (MA12). A copy of the Local Wildlife Site schedule is included within Waite (2009). 2.5 A map showing the boundary of the survey area and the location of the proposed quarry area is enclosed at Figure 1 overleaf.


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Figure 1: Oaken Wood, Barming. Map showing boundary of survey area (highlighted in red) and approximate location and extent of proposed quarry (coloured brown). This is a representation only. Do not scale.


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3

METHODOLOGY

3.1 The 2009 survey followed similar studies of a smaller area in 1997 and 1998 (HEC 1997 & 1998) and 2004 (Hodge 2004). The area covered in 2009 is shown in Figure 1. The methodology used in the survey was the same as that employed previously, allowing direct comparison of the results within the area common to the various surveys. 3.2 The survey used a modified version of the territory mapping method used for the British Trust for Ornithology’s Common Birds Census (Gilbert et al. 1998). The standard form of this method requires ten visits through the breeding season, with all birds seen or heard mapped and the resulting registrations analysed to identify clusters representing territories. This is time-consuming, but experienced observers can achieve adequate results through careful fieldwork during fewer visits, as has been the practice in successive surveys at Oaken Wood. Furthermore, at Oaken Wood, where detailed information on the distribution of commoner species has not been required, only the more noteworthy species have been mapped, while others have been counted. The resulting totals provide an indication of the relative abundance of species and a measure of population trends from year to year. 3.3

Five visits were made to the area, in spring 2009. The survey dates were: • • • • •

25 April (dry, 8/8 cloud, wind SW force 1-2) 10 May (dry, 1/8 cloud, light & variable winds) 22 May (dry, 0/8 cloud, light & variable winds) 05 June (dry, 6/8-8/8 cloud, light & variable winds) 23 June (dry, 0/8 cloud, wind E force 1-2)

3.4 As shown above, the visits were made in suitable weather for recording breeding birds, with light winds and no rain. All of the visits were made in the mornings, starting at around sunrise and finishing by 10.30am. Early mornings with fine weather are times when birds are most active and thus most efficiently recorded. 3.5 In 1997, four visits were made, with 5 visits in both 1998 and 2004. The spread of visits has varied a little, with those in 1997 and 1998 made in April and May, and all visits in 2004 made in May. However, the results are not considered to have been materially affected by these differences. 3.6 The 2009 survey area was divided into 34 compartments to facilitate recording. These compartments, shown on Figure 2, were not equal in size but were based on readily distinguished geographical features (mainly rides). Compartments 1-24 had been covered in previous bird surveys in 1997, 1998 and 2004. Compartments 25-34 were added for this year’s survey.


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Figure 2: Oaken Wood, Barming. Map showing the location and extent of the 34 compartments used during the breeding bird survey. The compartment boundaries are shown in blue; the survey area is shown in red. This is a representation only. Do not scale.

3.7 During visits, the whole area was walked so that all points were passed within about 50m. Counts of all birds seen and heard were made for each compartment. Because of the difficulty of detecting birds in woodland, the recorded totals are inevitably smaller than the true totals of birds in the area. However, the use of a series of visits spread through the season and careful slow fieldwork is considered likely to produce a reasonably accurate indication of the relative abundance of species and their distribution. 3.8 For selected key species, all occurrences were mapped (at a scale of 1:10,000) in order to be able to estimate the numbers and distribution of territories. These species included any species on the Red List of Birds of Conservation Concern (Eaton et al. 2009), woodland specialists and other localised species. The species mapped were buzzard, sparrowhawk, Oaken Wood, Barming, Kent. Breeding Bird Survey

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kestrel, turtle dove, green woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker, song thrush, whitethroat, garden warbler, blackcap, chiffchaff, willow warbler, marsh tit, nuthatch, treecreeper, linnet bullfinch and yellowhammer. Linnet, though recorded on the periphery, proved to have no territories within the survey area. 3.9 The survey work and report production was undertaken by Tim Hodge, an experienced consultant ornithologist who was responsible for undertaking the 2004 breeding bird survey.


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RESULTS

4.1 Appendix 1 contains the full results of the survey, showing the counts of each species in each compartment on each of the five visits. A summary of the maximum counts for each compartment together with maximum counts for the whole survey area, on any one visit, is contained in Table 1. The table also shows the numbers of species recorded in each compartment. 4.2 Appendix 2 contains a series of maps showing the distribution of key species (see paragraph 3.8). These maps indicate the general distribution and numbers of territories; this is as accurate as possible given the scope of the survey but should not be taken as definitive. 4.3

Appendix 3 gives the scientific names of all species mentioned in this report.

4.4 A total of 37 species were recorded in the area during the survey. Some territories, including those of buzzard and kestrel, probably extend well outside the survey area. However, it is likely that collared dove and linnet were not breeding within the survey area and that the records of these species, all on the area boundary, derived from territories wholly within surrounding land. 4.5 One additional species – tawny owl – was recorded in Oaken Wood during other surveys in 2009. Being nocturnal, it is not surprising that it was not observed during the present survey, but the habitat is suitable and it is assumed to be present in the area. 4.6 The most numerous species recorded was wood pigeon, with a maximum of 79 individuals counted. Other frequent species, in decreasing order of peak counts, were wren (52), robin (45), blue tit (24), blackbird (23), blackcap (22), great tit (21), chiffchaff (17), chaffinch (15) and stock dove (13). This list of abundant species is broadly similar to that for previous years’ surveys. It was however noticeable that the totals for individual species were similar to those for 2004 even though the area covered had increased significantly, implying some declines. The numbers of species recorded per compartment varied between three (compartment 22) and 21 (compartment 1), but the size of compartments and other factors influence these scores. 4.7 To permit direct comparison with previous years’ surveys, Table 2 gives the maximum count per visit in compartments 1-24 during the 1997, 1998, 2004 and current surveys. Within this area, the same four species in the same order occupy the leading places in rank of abundance: wood pigeon, wren, robin and blackbird. Five of the remaining top ten places also are the same though in slightly different order; the only newcomer to the list of most frequently recorded species was stock dove, which appears to have increased steadily in the area over the years, while bullfinch had returned to its former less abundant status. 4.8 Table 3 summarises the occurrence of species in the prospective quarry area. The maximum count in this zone over the five visits is given, together with the proportion of the numbers in the whole survey area, as the mean and range of the five values.


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Table 1.

Maximum counts in each compartment and study area in 2009

Compartment

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

Sparrowhawk Buzzard Kestrel Pheasant Stock Dove Wood Pigeon Collared Dove Turtle Dove Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker Wren Dunnock Robin Blackbird Song Thrush Mistle Thrush Whitethroat Garden Warbler Blackcap Chiffchaff Willow Warbler Long-tailed Tit Marsh Tit Coal Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Nuthatch Treecreeper Jay Magpie

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 17 12 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 3 0 3 5 2 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2

0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 2 1 4 1 5 3 1 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 2 0

0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 1 2 4 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 5 9 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0

0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0


0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0

0 0 1 0 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 2 5 1 4 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 2

0 0 0 0 1 7 0 2 1 1 2 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1

0 0 0 1 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0

Totals 1 1 3 4 13 79 2 7 6 8 52 8 45 23 10 2 2 6 22 17 7 6 2 2 24 21 1 1 6 4


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Table 1.

Maximum counts in each compartment and study area in 2009

Compartment

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

Carrion Crow Chaffinch Greenfinch Goldfinch Linnet Bullfinch Yellowhammer

1 2 3 0 0 1 0

2 2 0 0 1 1 1

2 2 1 0 0 0 1

1 2 0 0 4 2 0

2 1 1 0 0 0 0

2 1 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1

1 1 0 0 0 1 1

1 1 0 1 2 0 2

0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 2 0

1 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 1 2 1

0 1 0 0 0 2 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 5 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 2 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 1 0

8 15 3 7 4 7 4

Registrations per area

47 28 43 31 23 13 12 10

8

12 11 10 19 23

4

7

9

7

6

3

3

3

5

5

17 17 10

8

24 22 12 11

7

13

354

Species per area

23 22 20 18 16 12 12

9

14

6

7

13

9

9

6

7

3

7

10 19 16 17

8

18 19 15 14 13 13

37


8

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8

1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 7 0 0 0

10 18 21

9

0 1 0 0 0 1 1

0 1 0 0 0 2 0

1 1 0 0 0 2 0

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Table 2. Maximum counts in compartments 1-24 in successive surveys Sparrowhawk Buzzard Kestrel Pheasant Stock Dove Wood Pigeon Collared Dove Turtle Dove Cuckoo Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker Tree Pipit Wren Dunnock Robin Blackbird Song Thrush Mistle Thrush Whitethroat Garden Warbler Blackcap Chiffchaff Willow Warbler Long-tailed Tit Marsh Tit Coal Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Nuthatch Treecreeper Jay Magpie Carrion Crow Starling House Sparrow Chaffinch Greenfinch Goldfinch Linnet Lesser Redpoll Bullfinch Yellowhammer

1997 0 0 3 0 0 50 *1 4 0 3 5 3 18 9 39 27 9 *2 0 5 7 5 9 0 2 0 24 13 0 0 5 *2 3 1 0 5 1 0 1 4 9 7

1998 1 0 *1 0 *1 52 *1 5 1 3 5 2 39 4 56 29 5 4 0 5 6 6 12 0 2 0 30 14 0 1 7 *2 4 0 0 2 4 *2 *6 *2 5 5

2004 1 0 0 1 7 77 *2 2 0 6 6 0 50 6 45 28 9 1 3 5 14 18 4 0 1 2 16 17 1 1 5 3 9 7 *2 13 1 4 *1 0 14 4

2009 1 1 3 1 12 65 *2 0 0 5 7 0 34 7 34 18 6 2 0 5 16 11 2 6 2 1 17 12 1 0 4 2 7 0 0 10 3 7 *4 0 5 3

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Table 3. Maximum counts of each species in prospective quarry area, and numbers in the quarry area as percentages (mean and range of the five visits) of the study area totals Sparrowhawk Buzzard Kestrel Pheasant Stock Dove Wood Pigeon Collared Dove Turtle Dove Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker Wren Dunnock Robin Blackbird Song Thrush Mistle Thrush Whitethroat Garden Warbler Blackcap Chiffchaff Willow Warbler Long-tailed Tit Marsh Tit Coal Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Nuthatch Treecreeper Jay Magpie Carrion Crow Chaffinch Greenfinch Goldfinch Linnet Bullfinch Yellowhammer Totals


maximum 1 1 0 0 6 27 0 0 1 6 21 1 19 14 3 1 0 3 7 5 1 2 0 0 6 6 1 0 2 0 4 6 1 0 4 2 1 113

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% mean 100 100 0 0 28 29 0 0 19 46 43 13 42 43 22 30 0 52 27 27 5 42 0 0 28 26 100 0 23 0 57 21 17 0 25 14 40 32

(min-max) (100-100) (100-100) (0-0) (0-0) (0-50) (24-34) (0-0) (0-0) (0-33) (25-75) (35-46) (0-33) (37-50) (26-61) (0-60) (0-100) (0-0) (0-100) (8-40) (19-36) (0-25) (33-50) (0-0) (0-0) (13-42) (14-33) (100-100) (0-0) (0-50) (0-0) (33-100) (9-40) (0-33) (0-0) (0-100) (0-29) (25-50) (28-28)


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5

EVALUATION

5.1 Changes from previous years 5.1.1 Changes in numbers among birds in Oaken Wood may be due to localised factors, such as the coppicing programme, or to wider population trends. The recording of buzzard for the first time can be attributed to the latter, while the appearance of long-tailed tit, surprisingly absent until this year, may reflect local conditions. Other species which showed significantly higher numbers in 2009 than in any previous year were stock dove and goldfinch; the reasons for their increase are not known but are likely to reflect wider changes. 5.1.2 Overall, there was a significant decline in the numbers of registrations within the area common to all surveys (see Table 2). Species exhibiting the largest declines in absolute terms were wren, wood pigeon, robin and blackbird. It is unknown why this has happened although, in the case of wren and perhaps robin and blackbird, the relatively cold conditions of winter 2008/09 may have contributed. 5.1.3 One species, present in all previous surveys was absent this year in the area common to all surveys (compartments 1-24), although it was present in reasonable numbers in compartments 25-34. This was turtle dove, a species currently undergoing a major decline in Britain. Other species present in one or two previous surveys including 2004 but absent in 2009 were treecreeper (though this too was present in the extra area), starling and house sparrow. The last was probably associated primarily with nearby residential areas rather than the woodland. Treecreeper may well be resident throughout the area in all years but can be difficult to detect after its main song period, which occurs earlier in the spring than the survey dates. 5.1.4 Three species were recorded in 1997 and 1998 but not since, all of which have declined in Kent or Britain over recent years. These species are nightjar and tree pipit (both also present in the area in 1999, as recorded in separate surveys, HEC 1999), and lesser redpoll. Cuckoo, also a declining species, was present in 1998 only. 5.1.5 Separate studies of nightjar and tree pipit in the whole of Oaken Wood have been made annually since 1995 and 1999 respectively (see Hodge 2009). Until 2000, nightjar bred annually in Oaken Wood, with up to six territories in the mid 1990s. The last territory to affect the present survey area was in 1999 although it was centred to the west. The species reappeared, though perhaps only a single unpaired male, in 2009 towards the west end of the wood away from the present survey area. Tree Pipit had ten or more territories in Oaken Wood during the 1990s but then declined. It was absent from the survey area in 2009.


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5.2 Evaluation Criteria 5.2.1 Various methods of describing the importance of areas for birds have been developed, with the work of Fuller (1980) being highly influential in this development. The objective of ornithological evaluation is generally to establish the relative importance of an area within a geographical context (e.g. national, county or local). The three principal attributes of bird communities that are considered are population size, diversity and rarity. 5.2.2 Population size 5.2.2.1 The standard criterion upon which evaluation of population size is based is that if 1% or more of the defined geographical population of a species regularly uses a site, then that site is important at that geographical scale. None of the breeding bird populations in the study area are of significance in this respect, except at a very local level. The number of species holding territory in 2009 was similar to that of 2004, but higher than in 1997 and 1998. Despite this, the loss of several species of conservation concern (nightjar, tree pipit, cuckoo, lesser redpoll and possibly woodcock a few years before) has lessened the ornithological interest of the site. 5.2.3 Diversity 5.2.3.1 The number of species recorded in an area (species richness) is a simple and effective measure of diversity, which can be used to describe conservation value separately for breeding, passage and wintering bird communities. Fuller (1980) provided criteria for each of these 'seasons', including the following for breeding bird communities: national 85+ species, regional 84-70 species, county 69-50 species and local 49-25 species. 5.2.3.2 The survey area supported 36 breeding species in 2009. This figure omits collared dove and linnet (see paragraph 4.4) but adds tawny owl (see paragraph 4.5). The total is slightly higher than the 33 species recorded in 2004, and the 28-29 breeding species in 1997/1998. It is within the range for local importance. 5.2.3.3 A second method of measuring diversity, which takes into account the abundance of individual species, has been developed (Fuller 1980, NCC 1989). This has been devised as part of the procedure for selecting Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), and allocates scores to species based on their national abundance, with the rarer species having higher scores. 5.2.3.4 Using national population estimates from Baker et al. (2006), the breeding bird community of the study area in 2009 scored 20 and the prospective quarry area scored 16, as shown overleaf:


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Species Sparrowhawk Buzzard Stock Dove Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker Garden Warbler Blackcap Chiffchaff Long-tailed Tit Marsh Tit Coal Tit Nuthatch Treecreeper Jay Bullfinch Total

Study area 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 20

Quarry area 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 16

5.2.3.5 The scores are well below the qualifying level of 39 for SSSI selection of woodlands for breeding birds (NCC 1989). For compartments 1-24, the score in 2009 was 16, similar to the scores in 1998 (18.5) and 2004 (17). In each cases, the addition of two points for tawny owl (which is probably present – see paragraph 4.5) would not materially affect the conclusion. 5.2.4 Rarity 5.2.4.1 Various measures of rarity can be employed. One generally accepted criterion is that species with fewer than 1,000 pairs breeding in Britain are described as nationally rare (Fuller 1980). No such species occurs in the area. In 1997 and 1998, the closest species in this category was nightjar, with about 3,400 pairs, but this species was not found breeding in 2004 or 2009. 5.2.4.2 A different way of recording rarity is by distribution rather than by population size. The availability of an atlas (1988-91) of the breeding distributions of birds in Britain and Ireland recorded by 10x10 km grid squares (Gibbons et al. 1993) makes it possible to describe the frequency of occurrence of individual species in terms of the proportions of squares in which they occur. Although not widely accepted, the 30% level forms a useful line below which a species can be described as scarce. This method can also be applied on a more local basis and this has been done for Kent, using the results of the Kent Ornithological Society's atlas (1988-94) of breeding distributions by 2x2km squares (Henderson & Hodge 1998). 5.2.4.3 No species with a restricted national distribution, as defined above, was present in the survey area in 2009. The only such species to have been recorded in the past is nightjar, present in 10% of 10km squares nationally, which was last recorded in the survey area in 1999.


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5.2.4.4 In 1998, three species occurred which have restricted Kent distributions, namely nightjar (5% of 2x2km squares), tree pipit (12%), sparrowhawk (22%) and marsh tit (25%). Nightjar has not been found breeding in the survey area since 1999 (although a male was present in 2009 to the west of the survey area), whilst sparrowhawk now breeds widely throughout Kent. The only species which was recorded in 2004 and 2009 which has a restricted Kent distribution is marsh tit. This species is continuing to decline, and is now on the Red List of Birds of Conservation Concern. Reliable current distribution information for Kent is not available, but preliminary data from fieldwork under way in conjunction with that for the 2007-2011 Britain and Ireland Bird Atlas suggest that its county distribution may have declined by as much as 50% (per Kent Ornithological Society). 5.2.4.5 The occurrence of species that are specially protected by law or otherwise listed as threatened, although not necessarily strictly rare, can also be helpful in establishing the conservation value of sites. Species listed on Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 or on Annex 1 of the European Community directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC) are worthy of special consideration, as are UK BAP ‘Priority Species’, and Birds of Conservation Concern (Eaton et al. 2009). Red List birds of conservation concern (BoCC) are those whose populations are rapidly declining or of global concern. Amber List BoCC include those in moderate decline, rare breeders, internationally important and localised species, and species of European concern. Note that BoCC are not necessarily rare: it is the combination of population size, population trend and distribution that determines their listing. 5.2.4.6 Several other designations affect bird species’ conservation status, such as listing in the Bern and Bonn Conventions, on European wildlife and migratory species respectively. These tend to be less helpful in describing conservation significance as they lack discrimination and in some cases are out-of-date. Species that have occurred at Oaken Wood and are subject to these designations are, though, listed by Waite (2009). 5.2.4.7 No Schedule 1 species or EC directive Annex 1 species bred in the survey area in 2009. One Annex 1 species (nightjar, until 1999) formerly did breed in the area but no Schedule 1 species has been recorded in any of the series of surveys. 5.2.4.8 Analysis of Red and Amber List species takes into account the changes to these lists made recently (Eaton et al. 2009). Four Red List species held territory in the area in 2009, namely turtle dove, song thrush, marsh tit and yellowhammer, and one other (linnet) was recorded in the area but territories were located outside the area. Several others were recorded in the area in 2004, and in some cases in earlier years (see Table 2): cuckoo, starling and house sparrow (the last only as a non-breeding species). Nightjar and tree pipit were present until 1999 (see paragraphs 5.1.4 and 5.1.5). One species (lesser redpoll) was present in 1997-1998, but considered to be breeding in the area only in 1997. All of the Red List species are also considered to be UKBAP Priority species and are included as species of principal importance in England under Section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006. 5.2.4.9 Seven Amber List species were present in 2009: kestrel, green woodpecker, dunnock, mistle thrush, whitethroat, willow warbler and bullfinch. No others currently on the list have been recorded breeding in previous surveys. Two of the Amber List species, dunnock and


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bullfinch, are also listed on the UK BAP as a Priority species and included as a species of principal importance in England under Section 41 of the NERC Act 2006. 5.2.4.10 The Kent Red Data Book (Waite 2000) contains information about 1,300 of the county’s rarest and most threatened species of plants and animals. Based on a 2009 revision of the bird section by Kent Ornithological Society (not yet published), five species present in the survey area in 2009 are included. They are turtle dove, song thrush, marsh tit, linnet (nonbreeding) and yellowhammer, all assigned to grade 2, reflecting their status as UK red list species. 5.2.4.11 Table 4 summarises the information on bird species in the survey area in 2009, showing the maximum counts for the area and for the prospective quarry area, as well as each species’ designations.

Table 4.

Species recorded in the survey area and the prospective quarry area in 2009 and their conservation designations Maxima

Sparrowhawk Buzzard Kestrel Pheasant Stock Dove Wood Pigeon Collared Dove*

all 1 1 3 4 13 79 2

Turtle Dove Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker Wren

7 6 8 52

1 6 21

Dunnock Robin Blackbird

8 45 23

1 19 14

Amber

Song Thrush Mistle Thrush Whitethroat Garden Warbler Blackcap Chiffchaff Willow Warbler Long-tailed Tit

10 2 2 6 22 17 7 6

3 1

Red Amber Amber

Marsh Tit Coal Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Nuthatch Treecreeper

2 2 24 21 1 1


quarry 1 1

Red list / Amber list

UKBAP_P / NERC

Kent RDB

Amber 6 27

3 7 5 1 2

Red Amber

UKBAP_P NERC

2

UKBAP_P NERC

UKBAP_P NERC

2

UKBAP_P NERC

2

Amber Red

6 6 1

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Jay Magpie Carrion Crow Chaffinch Greenfinch Goldfinch

6 4 8 15 3 7

2

Linnet*

4

4

Red

Bullfinch

7

2

Amber

Yellowhammer

4

1

Red

4 6 1 UKBAP_P NERC UKBAP_P NERC UKBAP_P NERC

2

2

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CONCLUSIONS

6.1 This part of Oaken Wood has a breeding bird community that is typical of sweet chestnut coppice. The range and general abundance of breeding species is broadly similar to that described for Longbeech Wood, near Challock, in one of very few detailed studies of this habitat (Fuller & Moreton 1987). A few species are relatively less abundant in Oaken Wood than in Longbeech Wood (e.g. tree pipit, willow warbler and yellowhammer) and a few species are more abundant (e.g. blackcap, chiffchaff, blue tit and wren). One or two species were recorded in one of the surveys but not the other: e.g. willow tit was recorded in Longbeech Wood only, and marsh tit was recorded in Oaken Wood only. Such variation is probably related partly to differences in habitat features, such as the prevalence of species other than chestnut in the coppice and the density of standards, but also to changes in the national populations of individual species since the Longbeech study was made in 19751984. 6.2 The sweet chestnut breeding bird community tends to be poorer in terms of density and species richness than other coppice woodlands. A few species, however, prefer the habitat, including nightjar, tree pipit and yellowhammer. Oaken Wood is typical in these respects, with low diversity and no populations of more than local significance except those of specialist birds such as nightjar, tree pipit and marsh tit. The wider decline of nightjar and tree pipit, in Kent at least and evident at Oaken Wood, may be due in part to the reduction in active coppicing. 6.3 Overall, the breeding bird community of the survey area is of local importance. The species richness of the community is at this level, and the community score for woodland birds is well below SSSI level. The numbers of breeding pairs are small in relation to county or national populations. No nationally rare species are present and, with low diversity, only small numbers of notable species breed. The latter include four UK Red List (turtle dove, song thrush, marsh tit and yellowhammer), seven UK Amber List, seven UK BAP Priority species, and five Kent Red Data Book species. With the KRDB species all included in the Red or Amber lists, there are 11 notable species altogether out of the 35 breeding species (or 36 with tawny owl). One other Red List species (linnet) was recorded in the area but was not considered to be holding territory there. 6.4 Features of greater importance, identified in earlier surveys of the series at Oaken Wood, have been lost from the survey area. These were breeding nightjar and tree pipit, both present until 1999. Their losses reflect national trends but do diminish the quality of the breeding bird community. Suitable habitat to which both could return remains – and the occurrence of nightjar elsewhere in Oaken Wood in 2009 shows it could return – but their wider population trends militate against it. 6.5 Many of the other changes in numbers at Oaken Wood over the years also can be attributed to external factors and mirror national trends. These include the increases of blackcap and chiffchaff, and declines of turtle dove, willow warbler and yellowhammer. Some of the trends are of increasing conservation concern, with the declining species conferring greater importance to those areas in which they still occur. However, none of the species present in the survey area in 2009 currently has much more than local significance. The scarcest species is marsh tit, which is still fairly widespread in Britain and Kent, though declining rapidly at both scales. Oaken Wood, Barming, Kent. Breeding Bird Survey

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WILDLIFE LEGISLATION

The following is a summary of the wildlife legislation as it relates to the species discussed within this report. Further information is available within the individual survey reports. This section is provided for general guidance only. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, this section should not be relied upon as a definitive statement of the law. 7.1 Legal Protection for Breeding Birds in Britain The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) makes it illegal to intentionally kill, injure or take any wildlife bird, and to take, damage or destroy the nest (whilst being built or in use) or eggs. 7.2 The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) is the principle mechanism for the legislative protection of wildlife in Great Britain. It does not extend to Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. This legislation is the means by which the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (the 'Bern Convention') and the European Union Directives on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC) and Natural Habitats and Wild Fauna and Flora (92/43/FFC) are implemented in Great Britain. Similar legislation is enacted to fulfil these obligations elsewhere in the United Kingdom (www.naturenet.net/law/wcagen.html). Full details of the legislation can be found at www.jncc.gov.uk/page-3614. 7.3 The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 was amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act (CRoW Act) in 2000). This Act is primarily designed to strengthen the protection of sites designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI’s) by adding ‘reckless’ to several of the offences and increasing the penalties for wildlife offences. In addition, the government drew up a list of habitats and species of conservation importance. The ‘Biodiversity Strategy for England’ sets out the means by which the Government will comply with its duty under Section 74 of the CRoW Act to take or promote the taking by others of steps to further the conservation of the listed habitats and species. Section 74 of the CRoW Act was superseded by Sections 40 and 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act (2006), updated in 2008. This legislation requires the Secretary of State to publish a list of species of flora and fauna and habitats considered to be of principal importance for the purpose of conserving biodiversity. The S41 list will be used to guide decision-makers such as public bodies, including local and regional authorities, in implementing their duty under Section 40 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 “to have regard” to the conservation of biodiversity in England, when carrying out their normal functions. In particular: • Regional Planning Bodies and Local Planning Authorities will use it to identify the species and habitats that should be afforded priority when applying the requirements of Planning Policy Statement 9 (PPS9) to maintain, restore and enhance species and habitats.


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•

Local Planning Authorities will use it to identify the species and habitats that require specific consideration in dealing with planning and development control, recognising that under PPS9 all plan policies and planning decisions should aim to maintain and enhance, restore or add to biodiversity. All Public Bodies will use it to identify species or habitats that should be given priority when implementing the NERC Section 40 duty.

A full copy of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 can be found on Her Majesty's Stationery Office website at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/ukpga_20000037_en_1 A list of the habitats and species of principal importance included within Section 41 of the NERC Act 2006 can be found at www.ukbap-reporting.org.uk/news/details.asp?X=45. Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation (PPS9) and the accompanying ODPM Circular 06/2005 place a clear responsibility on Local Planning Authorities to further the conservation of habitats and species of principal importance where a planning proposal may adversely affect them. A copy of PPS9 can be found at the following website http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/147408.pdf A copy of the ODPM Circular 06/2005 can be found at the following website: http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/147570.pdf 7.4 Biodiversity Action Plans The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) is the UK Government’s response to the Convention on Biological Diversity signed in 1992. It describes the UKs biological resources and commits a detailed plan for the protection of these resources. The UK BAP was reviewed in 2007 and the latest UK list comprises 1150 Priority Species and 65 Priority Habitats. Lists of the UK BAP Species and Habitats, together with individual action plans is available from the UK BAP website at http://www.ukbap.org.uk/NewPriorityList.aspx. At a county level there is also a Kent Biodiversity Action Plan. Kent is home to 28 UK BAP priority habitats, and 85 UK BAP priority species. The priority habitats are now the focus of Habitat Action Plans produced by the Kent Biodiversity Partnership. 7.5 Red Data Books Red Data Books (RDB) play a crucial role in focussing attention on the plants and animals most in need of conservation action. Species listed in the various Red Data Books have no automatic legal protection. Instead they are concerned with species that are nationally threatened and provide a means of assessing rarity based on IUCN criteria. At a county level there is also a Kent Red Data Book, which is a provisional guide to the rare and threatened flora and fauna of Kent.


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REFERENCES

Baker, H., Stroud, D.A., Aebischer, N.J., Cranswick, P.A., Gregory, R.D., McSorley, C.A., Noble, D.G. and Rehfisch, M.M. 2006. Population estimates of birds in Great Britain and the United Kingdom. British Birds 99: 25-44. Clements, R. 2008. The Common Buzzard in Kent: an update. Kent Bird Report 54 (2005): 157-162. Eaton, M.A.., Brown, A.F., Noble, D.G., Musgrove, A.J., Hearn, R.D., Aebischer, N.J., Gibbons, D.W., Evans, A. and Gregory, R.D. 2009. Birds of Conservation Concern 3. The population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. British Birds 102: 296-341. Fuller, R.J. 1980. A method for assessing the ornithological importance of sites for nature conservation. Biological Conservation 17:229-239. Fuller, R.J. and Moreton, B.D. 1987. Breeding bird populations of Kentish sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) coppice in relation to age and structure of the coppice. Journal of Applied Ecology 24:13-27. Gibbons, D.W., Reid, J.B. and Chapman, R.A. 1993. The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1988-1991. T. & A.D.Poyser, London. Gilbert, G., Gibbons, D.W. and Evans, J. 1998. Bird Monitoring Methods. RSPB, Sandy, Bedfordshire. Henderson Ecological Consultants. 1997. Breeding Bird Survey in the north-east part of Oaken Wood, Barming 1997. Unpublished. Copy held by Gallagher Aggregates Ltd. Henderson Ecological Consultants. 1998. Breeding Bird Survey in the north-east part of Oaken Wood, Barming 1998. Unpublished. Copy held by Gallagher Aggregates Ltd. Henderson Ecological Consultants. 1999. Oaken Wood, Barming. Tree Pipit and Nightjar Surveys. Unpublished. Copy held by Gallagher Aggregates Ltd. Henderson, A. and Hodge, T. 1998. The Kent Breeding Bird Atlas 1988-94. Kent Bird Report 45:134-270. Hodge, T. 2004. Breeding Bird Survey of the north-east part of Oaken Wood. Unpublished. Copy held by Gallagher Aggregates Ltd. Hodge, T. 2009. Oaken Wood, Barming. Tree Pipit and Nightjar Surveys. Report for Gallagher Aggregates Ltd. NCC. 1989. Guidelines for selection of biological SSSIs. Nature Conservancy Council, Peterborough. RSPB. 2002. Birds of conservation concern in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2002-2007. RSPB, Sandy, Bedfordshire. Waite, A. (Ed). 2000. Kent Red Data Book: a provisional guide to the rare and threatened flora and fauna of Kent. Kent County Council, Maidstone. Waite, A. 2009. Oaken Wood, Barming, Kent. Desktop study: ecology. Kent Wildlife Trust. Unpublished. Copy held by Gallagher Aggregates Ltd.


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APPENDIX 1: OAKEN WOOD, BARMING. FULL SURVEY RESULTS The tables on the following pages list the numbers of each species recorded in each compartment (1-34) and the total number recorded on each visit. The numbers on each visit (A-E) are shown on successive lines for each species.


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Table 5. Full Results, Survey of NE Section of Oaken Wood 2009: compartments 1-18

Compartment Sparrowhawk

Buzzard

Kestrel

Pheasant

Stock Dove

Wood Pigeon Oaken Wood, Barming, Kent. Breeding Bird Survey

A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 4 17

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 4 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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Compartment

Collared Dove

Turtle Dove

Green Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Wren


B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

9 11 10 3 17 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 2

12 6 4 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1

4 3 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 2

3 0 2 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 3

4 2 9 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 3

3 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 3

1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1

0 5 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

2 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

0 4 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1

0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

2 1 4 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2

0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2

0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1

0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1

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Compartment

Dunnock

Robin

Blackbird

Song Thrush

Mistle Thrush


D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

3 5 5 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0

1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 3 1 2 5 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2

2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 3 2 0 5 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

2 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 4 4 1 0 1 1 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 2 2 4 0 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0

1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Compartment

Whitethroat

Garden Warbler

Blackcap

Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Long-tailed Tit Oaken Wood, Barming, Kent. Breeding Bird Survey

Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Compartment

Marsh Tit

Coal Tit

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Nuthatch


B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 0

0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0

0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1

0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Treecreeper

Jay

Magpie

Carrion Crow

Chaffinch


D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Greenfinch

Goldfinch

Linnet

Bullfinch

Yellowhammer


Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

2 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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A B C D E

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

34 20 29 47 18

17 28 24 19 20

43 22 22 15 7

21 18 18 10 31

16 23 16 17 11

7 13 9 6 11

11 5 7 8 12

6 4 9 10 6

2 2 8 5 4

10 7 9 12 6

3 3 11 3 4

5 3 5 10 1

8 12 11 9 19

23 15 11 16 6

0 4 3 3 3

1 2 5 5 7

6 7 6 7 9

7 3 6 3 4

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Table 5. Full Results, Survey of NE Section of Oaken Wood 2009: compartments 19-34 & totals Compartment Sparrowhawk

Buzzard

Kestrel

Pheasant

Stock Dove

Wood Pigeon


A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

Totals

0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 4

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 3 4 1 1 2 1 6 4 12 11 13 2 29 79 58

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Table 5. Full Results, Survey of NE Section of Oaken Wood 2009: compartments 19-34 & totals Compartment

Collared Dove

Turtle Dove

Green Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Wren


19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

Totals

C D E Maxima

1 1 0 1

0 0 0 1

1 0 0 1

0 0 0 0

0 2 0 2

0 2 1 2

2 1 2 4

1 2 0 2

0 1 2 2

1 1 1 1

1 3 1 5

7 7 2 7

5 5 2 5

1 2 4 4

0 2 1 2

2 2 2 2

65 75 41 133

A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1

0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 3 5 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2

0 2 0 2 2 5 0 2 5 7 0 8 6 4 5 3 1 11 8 2 4 4 7 19 52 40 44 46

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Dunnock

Robin

Blackbird

Song Thrush

Mistle Thrush


19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

Totals

E Maxima A B C D E Maxima

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1

0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1

2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 5 1 1 0 1 0 1

1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1

48 75 8 5 3 6 3 15

A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima

1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

3 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 4 2 3 3 4 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 5 4 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 3 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

45 43 45 42 28 77 23 22 23 23 23 54 7 4 5 9 10 22 2 1 2 2 2 7

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Table 5. Full Results, Survey of NE Section of Oaken Wood 2009: compartments 19-34 & totals Compartment Whitethroat

Garden Warbler

Blackcap

Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Long-tailed Tit


19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

Totals

A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1

1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 1 3 1 6 6 4 2 12

A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B

0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 0 0

1 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 14 22 12 10 38 13 16 14 17 14 32 7 5 4 4 3 10 3 4

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Marsh Tit

Coal Tit

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Nuthatch


19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

Totals

C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 0 4 12 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2

A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D

2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

24 18 12 16 13 50 21 19 11 14 12 35 0 0 1 0

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Treecreeper

Jay

Magpie

Carrion Crow

Chaffinch


19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

Totals

E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 2 3 6 18 0 2 4 2 2 8

A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 1 1 3 5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1

0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1

5 6 4 8 7 20 11 9 13 11 15 32

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Table 5. Full Results, Survey of NE Section of Oaken Wood 2009: compartments 19-34 & totals Compartment Greenfinch

Goldfinch

Linnet

Bullfinch

Yellowhammer

Totals


19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

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A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima A B C D E Maxima

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 3 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 7 8 2 1 0 1 4 8 4 7 4 6 4 20 4 2 2 4 2 9

A B

6 6

1 1

1 3

3 1

5 1

4 5

17 13

17 7

10 8

5 4

22 24

11 18

4 8

11 6

7 6

10 13

240 208

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Table 5. Full Results, Survey of NE Section of Oaken Wood 2009: compartments 19-34 & totals Compartment C D E


19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

Totals

2 3 1

1 2 3

3 2 0

1 1 2

1 4 2

4 5 3

11 12 12

7 8 7

10 9 4

5 8 6

18 18 24

20 22 9

12 12 10

6 11 7

4 7 4

9 11 8

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APPENDIX 2. OAKEN WOOD, BARMING. DISTRIBUTION OF TERRITORIES OF KEY SPECIES The series of maps on the following pages shows the approximate locations of territories of 17 selected species, including those on the Red List of Birds of Conservation Concern, woodland specialists and other localised species. The territories identified in the survey are shown by green ovals. The boundary of the survey area is shown on the maps in red and the approximate extent of the proposed quarry is shaded in brown. The species covered by these maps are: Buzzard Sparrowhawk Kestrel Turtle Dove Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker Song Thrush Whitethroat Garden Warbler Blackcap Chiffchaff Willow Warbler Marsh Tit Treecreeper Nuthatch Bullfinch Yellowhammer


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Buzzard – 1 territory


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Sparrowhawk – 1 territory


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Kestrel – 1 territory


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Turtle Dove – 5 territories


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Green Woodpecker – 4 territories


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Great Spotted Woodpecker – 4 territories


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Song Thrush – 7 territories


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Whitethroat – 1 territory


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Garden Warbler – 8 territories


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Blackcap – 22 territories


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Chiffchaff – 18 territories


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Willow Warbler – 4 territories


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Marsh Tit – 1 territory


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Treecreeper – 1 territory


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Nuthatch – 1 territory


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Bullfinch – 5 territories


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Oaken Wood breeding bird survey 2009 Yellowhammer – 4 territories


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APPENDIX 3. OAKEN WOOD, BARMING. SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF BIRD SPECIES MENTIONED IN THE REPORT Common Name Sparrowhawk Buzzard Kestrel Pheasant Woodcock Tawny Owl Nightjar Stock Dove Woodpigeon Collared Dove Turtle Dove Cuckoo Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker Tree Pipit Wren Dunnock Robin Blackbird Song Thrush Mistle Thrush Whitethroat Garden Warbler Blackcap Chiffchaff Willow Warbler Long-tailed Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Coal Tit Marsh Tit Nuthatch Treecreeper Jay Magpie Carrion Crow Starling House Sparrow Chaffinch Greenfinch Goldfinch Linnet Lesser Redpoll Bullfinch Yellowhammer


Scientific Name Accipiter nisus Buteo buteo Falco tinnunculus Phasianus colchicus Scolopax rusticola Strix aluco Caprimulgus europaeus Columba oenas Columba palumbus Streptopelia decaocto Streptopelia turtur Cuculus canorus Picus viridis Dendrocopos major Anthus trivialis Troglodytes troglodytes Prunella modularis Erithacus rubecula Turdus merula Turdus philomelos Turdus viscivorus Sylvia communis Sylvia borin Sylvia atricapilla Phylloscopus collybita Phylloscopus trochilus Aegithalos caudatus Cyanistes caeruleus Parus major Periparus ater Poecile palustris Sitta europaea Certhia familiaris Garrulus glandarius Pica pica Corvus corone Sturnus vulgaris Passer domesticus Fringilla coelebs Carduelis chloris Carduelis carduelis Carduelis cannabina Carduelis flammea Pyrrhula pyrrhula Emberiza citrinella

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