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| On the up - the Dartford Warbler feeds on small spiders and caterpillars |
ALTHOUGH it is still far from being a common bird, the UK population of the Dartford Warbler is coming on by leaps and bounds.
According to a press release issued this week by the RSPB, there are now reckoned to be about 4,100 pairs nationwide compared with 3,200 during the last national survey in 2006.
Of these, 264 pairs were last year counted on 14 of its own reserves - notably the ones at RSPB Arne in Dorset, with 97 pair, and Minsmere in Suffolk, with 41 pairs.
The bird is a heathland specialist, and the society has been developing this habitat wherever possible to safeguard its future.
* Photographs: RSPB
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| RSPB Arne - heathland hotspot for Dartford Warblers |
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