BIRDS 



28. Wren 



29. Tree-Creeper 



30. Pied Wagtail 



31. Grey Wagtail 



32. Yellow Wagtail 



33. Tree-Pipit 



34. Meadow-Pipit 



35. Red-backed Shrike 



36. Spotted Flycatcher 



37. Swallow 



38. House-Martin 



39. Sand-Martin 



40. Greenfinch 



41. Hawfinch 



42. Goldfinch 



43. House-Sparrow 



44. Tree-Sparrow 



45. Chaffinch 



46. Linnet 



47. Lesser Redpoll 



48. Bullfinch 



49. Corn-Bunting 



50. Yellow Hammer 



51. 

 52. 



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54. 

 55. 

 56. 

 57 



Reed-Bunting 

 Starling 



Magpie 

 Jackdaw 

 Carrion-Crow 

 Rook 



58. Sky-Lark 



59. Swift 



60. Nightjar 



61. Green Woodpecker 



62. Great Spotted Wood- 



pecker 



63. Lesser Spotted Wood- 



pecker 



64. Kingfisher 



65. Cuckoo 



66. Barn-Owl 



67. Long-eared Owl 



68. Tawny Owl 



69. Sparrow-Hawk 



70. Kestrel 



71. Heron 



72. Mute Swan 



73. Mallard 



74. Teal 



75. Tufted-Duck 



76. Wood-Pigeon 



77. Stock-Dove 



78. Turtle-Dove 



79. Black Grouse 



80. Red Grouse 



8 1. Pheasant 



82. Partridge 



83. Red-legged Partridge 



84. Land-Rail 



85. Water-Rail 



86. Moorhen 



87. Coot 



88. Lapwing 



89. Woodcock 



90. Common Snipe 



91. Common Sandpiper 



92. Curlew 



93. Great Crested Grebe 



94. Little Grebe 



The following occasionally nest in the county : 



95. Stonechat 



96. Nightingale 



97. Twite 



98. Crossbill 



99. Wood-Lark 

 IOO. Wryneck 



id I. Merlin 



102. Quail 



103. Redshank 



The birds of prey are well represented, and several species might 

 once again become general if not destroyed owing to the supposed 

 exigencies of game preservation and its accompanying cruel pole-trap, 

 while on the other hand game preservation and the consequently quiet 

 and carefully guarded woods have during recent years conduced to the 

 nesting of the woodcock (Scolopax rusticula) in increasing numbers and 

 of the tufted-duck (Fuligula cristata), many pairs of which now breed 

 in the south-west of the county. 



The greater interest recently taken in wild bird life has directed 

 public attention to our fast diminishing avifauna, with the result that the 

 County Council orders made in pursuance of the Wild Bird Protection 

 Acts are without doubt beginning to bear fruit, and it is possible that 

 some species of wild birds such as the great crested grebe (Podicipes 

 cristatus), the kingfisher (Alcedo ispida) and the white owl (Strix fammea) 

 now fast decreasing in numbers in the county, may yet be saved. As 

 education advances and the game preserver and gamekeeper become 

 conversant with the life history and food of the hobby (Fa/co sub- 

 buteo), the merlin (Fa/co <zsa/on), the nightjar (Caprimulgus europceus) 

 and the woodpeckers, it is to be hoped they may stay their hand when 

 on the trigger of deadly firearms, and also abolish the cruel pole-trap 

 which even proves fatal sometimes to the very birds which it is supposed 

 to protect. 



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