Giselle_Eagle
Tuesday 22nd May 2007, 15:43
Hello,
Im a postgraduate student at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, studying an MSc in Wildlife Conservation and Management. As part of my research thesis, I'm looking into the habitat selection by foraging nesting kestrels.
My main objective, is to find out how kestrels use grass margins, encouraged by Environmental Stewardship. This is mainly because kestrels are still in decline, despite many other farmland bird species increasing.
I am posting this message, to ask if anyone, anywhere within the northumberland and durham area, knows of any kestrel nest boxes or nest sites that are occupied (or have been in the past ) that i can monitor. The sites must be lowland, preferrably in an agricultural setting, although lowland areas are the key neccessity.
Clearly I will not be disturbing the birds, as I will monitor from a fixed, discrete vantage point.
I look forward to your responses!:scribe:
Thanks
Giselle
Im a postgraduate student at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, studying an MSc in Wildlife Conservation and Management. As part of my research thesis, I'm looking into the habitat selection by foraging nesting kestrels.
My main objective, is to find out how kestrels use grass margins, encouraged by Environmental Stewardship. This is mainly because kestrels are still in decline, despite many other farmland bird species increasing.
I am posting this message, to ask if anyone, anywhere within the northumberland and durham area, knows of any kestrel nest boxes or nest sites that are occupied (or have been in the past ) that i can monitor. The sites must be lowland, preferrably in an agricultural setting, although lowland areas are the key neccessity.
Clearly I will not be disturbing the birds, as I will monitor from a fixed, discrete vantage point.
I look forward to your responses!:scribe:
Thanks
Giselle