Suffolk Birci Report
2007
suggesting that the cause lies elsewhere. The flycatchers are quite possibly encountering degraded habitat, drought and a heavier use of pesticides both in their southern African winter quarters as well as on migration. Without a previous county wide survey to compare with this one it is difficult to quantify the supposed decline of Suffolk's Spotted Flycatcher population. However, when adding the reports of other nesting sites made to the county recorders, it is estimated that Suffolk had at least 200 pairs nesting in 2007. Acknowledgements To Steve Piotrowski of Suffolk Ornithologists Group for devising the survey, to Oka Russell of Suffolk Wildlife Trust for distributing and collating the survey forms and to the many flycatcher enthusiasts for reporting their birds in response to the widespread Publicity. Anthony Chapman,
17 Lambert Close, Framlingham.
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