{"id":643,"date":"2022-02-16T09:13:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T09:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/?post_type=case_study&p=643"},"modified":"2022-03-10T12:37:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T12:37:20","slug":"breeding-bird-survey","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/emec-ecology.co.uk\/case-studies\/breeding-bird-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaver Enclosure \u2013 Idle Valley \u2013 Breeding Bird Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EMEC were instructed by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust (NWT) to complete a breeding bird survey of the area of land at Idle Valley Nature Reserve proposed for a beaver (Castor fiber<\/em>) enclosure. The survey was required to inform NWT on the number of breeding birds and species composition associated with the wetland habitat and to provide a baseline dataset from which to refer to, should the beavers drastically alter the habitats and ecology of the site.<\/p>\n

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Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust (NWT)<\/p>\n

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Idle Valley Nature Reserve, Retford, North Nottinghamshire<\/p>\n

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The survey comprised walking around the perimeter of a large lagoon and associated habitats, to record all evidence of breeding birds. The site comprised a large lagoon with dense willow carr and reedbeds associated with riparian habitat. A total of seventy species were recorded within the survey area and its immediate vicinity, of which thirty-two were breeding and fifteen were possible breeders. Notable species included; turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur<\/em>), Cetti\u2019s warbler (Cettia cetti<\/em>), jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus<\/em>) and cuckoo (Cuculus canorus<\/em>). Due to access limitations surrounding the internal areas of the large lagoon, it is likely a higher proportion of the scrub species were recorded compared to water birds. It is advised that any future survey of the site be undertaken using a small unpowered boat.<\/p>\n

The location of each breeding bird territory was recorded using a GPS enabled device, this data was then fed into QGIS, where territory maps of all red listed Species of Conservation Concern was created.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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