Flying back.MEDITERRANEAN birds could come flocking to the North East. University boffins believe warmer weather could see birds like the Sardinian warbler The Sardinian Warbler, Sylvia melanocephala, is a common and widespread typical warbler from the Mediterranean region. Description Like most Sylvia species, it has distinct male and female plumages. appearing on our shores. But Durham University expert Dr Stephen Willis also found climate change could be harming our native species. More than 22,000 people turned up to watch a pair of bee eaters which nested in 2002 at Durham Wildlife Trust's Bishop Middleham Quarry Bishop Middleham Quarry is a disused quarry, c. 4 km northwest of Sedgefield, County Durham, England. Quarry-working here ceased in 1934, and the site has since been colonised by vegetation. nature reserve in County Durham - the first to breed in the UK since 1955. |
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