The sniper
Well-known member
I have been thinking about nightjars alot recently,so much so I jumped in my motor at 5pm tonight from sunny Upminster and headed off to sunny Suffolk for the evening,before getting stuck on the A12 for an hour or so and deciding to just do a bit of local birding.
Anyhow,my question is that why aren't there any heathlands capable of supporting nightjars dartfords etc in Essex?
I know we have lost most of the heathlands in the uk over the last few hundred years but we as a country have managed to bring a few areas of heathlands back to their former glories and I know parts of Essex were heathlands in the past so why is there no attempt to bring at least small areas of heathlands back into existence in Essex?
I just feel it would add to an already super birding county which is often the poor relation in terms of funding compared to counties like Suffolk and Norfolk
Anyhow,my question is that why aren't there any heathlands capable of supporting nightjars dartfords etc in Essex?
I know we have lost most of the heathlands in the uk over the last few hundred years but we as a country have managed to bring a few areas of heathlands back to their former glories and I know parts of Essex were heathlands in the past so why is there no attempt to bring at least small areas of heathlands back into existence in Essex?
I just feel it would add to an already super birding county which is often the poor relation in terms of funding compared to counties like Suffolk and Norfolk