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Titre :	Population trends of wintering birds around Banbury, Oxfordshire, 1975-96 (1999)
Auteurs :	T. G. Easterbrook, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Bird Study (46(Suppl.) 1999)
Article en page(s) :	16-24
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	This report describes the results of an ongoing survey (1975-96) of wintering birds in twelve 10 km x 10 km squares around Banbury, Oxfordshire. Trends in both abundance and distribution were discernible for 48 species of the 93 recorded. These trends mirror those published for breeding birds in the UK as a whole. The severe decline of many farmland species that has been documented elsewhere is clearly shown here, although recently several species in our study are showing encouraging increases or stability. This study, carried our by the Banbury Ornithological Society, is the only long-term scheme monitoring terrestrial wintering birds in the UK. Ils results are particularly important because, in winter, the UK may support a significant proportion of the European population of some species, and if demonstrates the validity of winter census.

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