Volunteers needed for nightingale surveys
We've joined forces with Hampshire Ornithological Society to try and halt the decline of the common nightingale in Hampshire
We've joined forces with Hampshire Ornithological Society to try and halt the decline of the common nightingale in Hampshire
The melodious song of the nightingale is the most likely sign of this bird being about. Shy and secretive, it sings from dense scrub and woodland, day and night.
As our survey of nightingale numbers across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight concludes, a worrying pattern of decline continues to emerge.
We've condemned the destruction of nightingale habitat at Casbrook Common, near Romsey - the second most important site for the endangered bird in Hampshire
Over the winter the volunteer team down at Farlington Marshes have been helping me do some survey work to look in a little bit more detail what the birds have been doing
Martha, one of our volunteers, shares her experience of taking part in her first intertidal survey at Thorness.