{"id":269098,"date":"2023-07-24T12:16:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T10:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=269098"},"modified":"2023-07-24T12:16:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T10:16:59","slug":"bbc-the-black-winged-stilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=269098","title":{"rendered":"BBC & The Black Winged\u00a0Stilt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Joe Public\/Ian Magness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the UK\u2019s rarest birds is raising a family in Kent after escaping record temperatures further south, nature experts say.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four black-winged stilt chicks have recently fledged in Worth Marshes, near Sandwich, after a pair of the birds arrived from Africa in the spring.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is believed the species is flying further north as climate change causes its natural habitat in countries like Spain to become too hot.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The wetland habitat is so incredibly important for them to breed,” said Vicki Peaple, a warden for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in Worth Marshes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nature reserve has been especially prepared to welcome black-winged stilts, which wildlife presenter Bill Oddie named “one of the world\u2019s most elegant birds”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New water control structures have been put in that hold the water in the winter and control levels over spring and the summer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It\u2019s been a big, big change but it\u2019s produced some wonderful results,” said Izzy Donovan, senior site manager.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c5138mvyv51o#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate change?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It probably won\u2019t surprise you to learn that the black-winged stilt has often visited these shores in the past:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coward 1926<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Witherby 1946<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bannerman & Lodge 1961<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Birds of Wiltshire 2007<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for \u201cescaping record temperatures further south<\/em>\u201d, given that the birds arrived in spring, I can only say they must have seen a more reliable weather forecast than the Met Office\u2019s 3-Month Outlook!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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