Some Ornithological Chat with Amy Challis and Andrew Stevenson
Mark talks to Amy Challis and Andrew Stevenson about the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, which has been keeping tabs on Scotland’s Raptors for the last 20 years. To celebrate their 20th Birthday, SRMS released their first population trends for Scotland’s raptors via both a report and a brilliant interactive web tool. Also, Amy tells us how she feels about Birds of Paradise and Andrew tells us about his Hebridean birding dream (a Willet) and his Hebridean birding reality (a Snowy Owl/white bucket).
SRMS - https://raptormonitoring.org/srms-online
Trends report - https://raptormonitoring.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SRMS-Trends-2009-2018-Trends-Summary.pdf
Search trends interactively - https://raptormonitoring.org/trends/explore-trends-interactively
SOC
DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP - https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us
SOC website - https://www.the-soc.org.uk/
Branches – what’s going on near you? https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches
What’s coming up at Waterston house? https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery
Online Scottish Bird Report - https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report
Where to watch birds in Scotland app - https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app
Scottish Birds - https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal
Intro – displaying Teals, male chimes and whistles and female rather high pitched quacks. Outro – Robin.
Credits
Many thanks to Xeno Canto for allowing access to the library of recordings, and in particular, the following recorders whose hawk and owl calls were used.
Lars Edinius – Sparrowhawk - https://xeno-canto.org/741418
Lars Edinius – Northern Goshawk - https://xeno-canto.org/665202
Jarek Matusiak – Northern Goshawk - https://xeno-canto.org/591228
Irish Wildlife Sounds – Sparrowhawk - https://xeno-canto.org/740850
Andrej Binz – Tawny Owl - https://xeno-canto.org/782767
Clive Davies – Long-eared Owl - https://xeno-canto.org/713370
Xeno-canto - https://xeno-canto.org/
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