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Titre :	The value of traditional orchards for birds (2021)
Auteurs :	Simon Barker, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	British Birds (114(5) May, 2021)
Article en page(s) :	280-291
Résumé :	Traditional orchards are a widespread if increasingly scarce habitat in Britain and Europe.They have received relatively little attention from ornithologists despite being home to a diverse community of birds, including some species of conservation concern. Many of the species found breeding in orchards are considered to be primarily woodland species, which perhaps implies that orchards function as a secondary habitat. However, results from surveys of breeding birds in traditional orchards in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire between 2009 and 2019 show that the habitat is important in its own right. For some species, such as Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor and Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus, traditional orchards may be a more important breeding habitat than woodland.

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