This probably explains the names of the chough, crake, hoopoe, kittiwake, pipit, shrike, twite and whimbrel. |
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The Peak District provides some of the last remaining habitats for golden plover, lapwing, curlew and twite. |
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Species such as skylark, twite and meadow pipit were found to be decreasing in number in the inspection carried out jointly with English Nature. |
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Marsden Moor supports large numbers of moorland birds such as the golden plover, red grouse, curlew and the diminutive twite. |
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Nationwide, it is hoped the scheme will boost the habitats of species such as the grey partridge, twite, natterjack toad, sandbowl snail and lesser silver water beetle. |
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The South Pennines support internationally important numbers of European golden plover, curlew, merlin and twite. |
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The enormous seed production of the marsh plants is a good source of food in the winter for singing birds, such as the linnet, twite and the snow bunting. |
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The project will focus on the fastest declining bird species including corn buntings, yellow wagtails, skylarks, ring ouzels and twite. |
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Birds such as the turtle dove, cirl bunting, stone-curlew, black grouse, black-tailed godwit, twite and corncrake could be at risk. |
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Once the fire had been put out, it was discovered that one of the three twite colonies on the moor had been completely destroyed. |
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In 1758 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus included the twite in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Fringilla flavirostris. |
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Bird species including the corn crake, twite, dunlin, common redshank and ringed plover, as well as rare insects such as the northern colletes bee. |
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The Twite has the distinction of being the only European bird derived from the Tibetan fauna type. |
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In the UK, the Twite is subject to several research projects in the Pennines, the Scottish Highlands and the North wales and Lancashire coast lines. |
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A Slavonian Grebe and Great Northern Diver remained on the Glaslyn Marshes, while Deeside's count of Twite reached 76 at Connah's Quay nature reserve. |
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