Farmland/Eakring area index page | |
Over 20 pages with a link to the farmland of Eakring and Kersall and its wildlife. There are pages featuring the local SINC and SSSI sites, the main sites visited within the recording area, the original proposals for a wind farm and a worrying look at hedgerow loss between 1950 and 2007, complete with comparison maps. | |
The
Recording area |
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Recording Area | A general guide to the birdwatching sites within the Eakring and Kersall area | |
Oil-drilling threat | A look at proposed the plans and wildlife affected by potential development | |
Wind Farm proposal | The threat to local wildlife from a proposed development | |
SSSI site under threat | Highlighting the threat to another local SSSI site | |
SINC/SSSI Sites | SINC and SSSI sites within the area | |
Hedgerow Loss | How the area has been affected by decades of hedgerow removal | |
Farmland pages |
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Oil-seed Rape | A look at whether Oil-seed Rape fields provide any benefits to farmland birds | |
Farmland birds | A look at the changing status of the area's farmland birds from 1998-2002 | |
Farmland birds 1998-2001 | Summaries of the seven most affected farmland species from 1998-2001 | |
Foot & mouth outbreak | The resulting effects of the 2001 Foot and mouth outbreak on the area | |
Brown Rats increase | The recent increase in Brown Rat numbers at Eakring Flash | |
Plant and bird diversity within set aside | Variations in plant and bird diversity within set-aside types at Eakring in 2000 | |
The Stewardship set aside strip scheme | Set aside strips and how the Stewardship Scheme benefits the area's wildlife | |
Farmland
birds - species' surveys and status updates |
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Corn Bunting at Eakring 1998-2007 | Corn Bunting records at Eakring 1998-2007 | |
Cuckoo at Eakring 1998-2007 | A ten year history of the decline of the Cuckoo at Eakring and Kersall | |
Grey Partridge numbers rise 1998-2003 | A look at how breeding Grey Partridges increased during 2003 | |
House Sparrow at Eakring 1998-2007 | The current status of the House Sparrow at Eakring | |
Sky Lark numbers 1998-2005 | Another farmland species increasing in the area during 2005 | |
Song Thrush increase in 2005 | The continued spread of the Song Thrush through the area | |
Tree Sparrow increase in 2003 | Recent increase in Tree Sparrow numbers | |
Turtle Dove at Eakring 1998-2007 | The changing status of this migrant at Eakring |