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Had a good seven hours estuary birding today but out of time for blogging....hopefully tomorrow.
The Cockersands Straight. Pete Woodruff.
When I saw the late afternoon sun on this reed-lined stretch of road at Cockersands today I had to take a pic and wonder....
....how far back in history would we have to go to see this area of Cockersands as a brilliant vast reed covered land crawling with Bittern and - out on the open grassland - the Great Bustard.
The population of Bittern in Europe is estimated at 34 - 54,000 males.
The estimated UK breeding population stands at 80 males.
The UK winter population stands a 600 birds.
The Great Bustard was hunted out of existence in Britain by the 1840's....well I reckon that rings a bell!!
Great Bustard. Copy Permitted.
....how far back in history would we have to go to see this area of Cockersands as a brilliant vast reed covered land crawling with Bittern and - out on the open grassland - the Great Bustard.
The population of Bittern in Europe is estimated at 34 - 54,000 males.
The estimated UK breeding population stands at 80 males.
The UK winter population stands a 600 birds.
The Great Bustard was hunted out of existence in Britain by the 1840's....well I reckon that rings a bell!!
Hi Peter!!!. What a beautiful header!!!.. Great bird.. Kind regards..
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ReplyDeleteThat reed lined road wouldn't last a week here, it would be flailed down to a few millimeters off the ground!
Courtesy of the ''tidy'' brigade :-(