Published Date:
01 July 2005
A FAMILY of spotted flycatchers, an endangered species, has nested at a house near West Grinstead.
Lynda Whittemore identified them from a reference book after the parents nested in her Rookcross Lane garden.
The birds made one nest in a rose bush, but a hungry magpie ate all five eggs. Their next nest, much better concealed by foliage, is only inches below a bedroom window at the Whittemore house.
"It was with extreme excitement that we realised that they had successfully hatched four more," said Lynda. "My children enjoy having a peep at 'their babies' each morning before school and go in every other day or so armed with a photographic update for the nature corner in the classroom."
Full story in the County Times.
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Last Updated:
24 June 2005 9:49 AM
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Location:
Horsham
