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Sedge Warbler, RSPB Otmoor
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), Otmoor. A migrant wintering in Africa south of the Sahara, and breeding in the UK, the Sedge Warbler can be identified by its scratchy song and the light stripe above the eye.
12 June 2013
Reed Warbler, RSPB Otmoor
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), Otmoor. In the UK, Reed Warblers breed mainly in reed beds in southern England, south Wales, Lancashire and Yorkshire. They are seen in Scotland largely on migration, but at Mersehead it may be worth looking for them in the breeding season.
12 June 2013
Reed Warbler, RSPB Otmoor
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), Otmoor. In the UK, Reed Warblers breed mainly in reed beds in southern England, south Wales, Lancashire and Yorkshire. They are seen in Scotland largely on migration, but at Mersehead it may be worth looking for them in the breeding season.
12 June 2013
Reed Warbler, RSPB Otmoor
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), Otmoor. In the UK, Reed Warblers breed mainly in reed beds in southern England, south Wales, Lancashire and Yorkshire. They are seen in Scotland largely on migration, but at Mersehead it may be worth looking for them in the breeding season. This may be the best view you get of one!
12 June 2013
Reed Warbler, RSPB Otmoor
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), RSPB Otmoor, Oxfordshire. In the UK, Reed Warblers breed mainly in reed beds in southern England, south Wales, Lancashire and Yorkshire. They are seen in Scotland largely on migration, but at Mersehead it may be worth looking for them in the breeding season.
12 June 2013
Turtle Dove, RSPB Otmoor
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) on the RSPB Otmoor nature reserve, Oxfordshire. Turtle Doves, the breeding range of which in the UK is restricted to south-east England, have declined sharply over the past few decades, partly due to intensification of farming and hedge removal, and partly because of shooting in south-west Europe when they are on migration to their wintering grounds in West Africa. Habitat restoration including the encouragement of thorny scrub to nest in and plenty of seeds to feed on should help. It is to be hoped that the recent moratorium on shooting in the EU will mitigate the situation.
12 June 2013
Turtle Dove, RSPB Otmoor
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) on the RSPB Otmoor nature reserve, Oxfordshire. Turtle Doves, the breeding range of which in the UK is restricted to south-east England, have declined sharply over the past few decades, partly due to intensification of farming and hedge removal, and partly because of shooting in south-west Europe when they are on migration to their wintering grounds in West Africa. Habitat restoration including the encouragement of thorny scrub to nest in and plenty of seeds to feed on should help. It is to be hoped that the recent moratorium on shooting in the EU will mitigate the situation.
12 June 2013
Turtle Dove, RSPB Otmoor
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) on the RSPB Otmoor nature reserve, Oxfordshire. Turtle Doves, the breeding range of which in the UK is restricted to south-east England, have declined sharply over the past few decades, partly due to intensification of farming and hedge removal, and partly because of shooting in south-west Europe when they are on migration to their wintering grounds in West Africa. Habitat restoration including the encouragement of thorny scrub to nest in and plenty of seeds to feed on should help. It is to be hoped that the recent moratorium on shooting in the EU will mitigate the situation.
12 June 2013
Grass snake, Warburg nature reserve, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Grass snake (Natrix natrix) hunting in a pond at Warburg, a Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) nature reserve
20 April 2019
Yellow Archangel, Warburg, Oxfordshire.
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Yellow Archangel (Lamium galeobdolon), a plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, taken by David Palmar at Warburg Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire.
