{"id":3487,"date":"2025-02-04T13:57:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T13:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/?p=3487"},"modified":"2025-02-04T14:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T14:05:02","slug":"bird-survey-highlights-winter-2024-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/2025\/02\/04\/bird-survey-highlights-winter-2024-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Survey Highlights Winter 2024-25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bird surveys carried out by an independent consultant every year in spring\/summer and again in winter have been in place on the Streatham Campus for the last 16 years and on St Luke\u2019s Campus for the past 11 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results of the winter birds surveys on our campuses during two visits \u2013 early visit in December 2024 and late visit in January 2025 \u2013 have been received and we wanted to share the highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streatham Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of 1,256 birds were recorded during the visits. There has been a 14% fall in the number of birds recorded on Streatham Campus this winter compared to last winter. However, last winter’s total of 1,454 birds was the highest recorded in almost ten years, so it isn’t any surprise that fewer birds were recorded this year. In fact, this year’s total of 1,256 birds represents an average year when measured against the results from the previous ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top five species recorded were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Robin (Green list)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Wood Pigeon (Amber list)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Blue Tit (Green list)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Blackbird (Green list)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Herring Gull (Red list)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    Blue Tit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Birds of Conservation 5 (BOCC5) was published on 1st December 2021 and is the assessment of the status of all the bird species that regularly occur in the UK. This assessment indicates that 70 species are of the highest conservation concern and have been placed on the Red list, 103 species have been placed on the Amber list and 72 species on the Green list. The majority of the Red list species are there because of a severe decline in numbers in recent decades, their numbers remain below historical levels or are under threat of global extinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A total of 424 (14 species) Birds of Conservation Concern 5 (BOCC5) Red list and Amber list birds were recorded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Red List<\/p>\n\n\n\n