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Birds seen on UK freshwater margins and marshes: Sand Martin |
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British Garden Birds - Sand Martin http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/sand_martin.htm Hear the rasping song of bird that visits Britain in large numbers during the summer. Shows silhouettes of swallow family to help identification, plus colour picture. |
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British Trust for Ornithology - Sand Martin |
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BTO - Sand Martin,
Riparia riparia http://blx1.bto.org/atlases/SM-atlas.html Discover the number of breeding sand martins across the UK with series of three colour-coded maps. Covers years 1976-1993. |
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Isle of Man
Birding - Sand Martin http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/pages/sand_martin.htm Publishes record of sightings of the sand martin on small island in the Irish Sea. Also includes series of seven colour images to help identification. |
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London
Biodiversity Partnership - Sand Martin Action Plan http://www.lbp.org.uk/03action_pages/ac17_sandmartin.html Specifies the three primary aims of the partnership and offers link to download the full text in pdf or text format. |
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Royal Society for
Protection of Birds - Sand Martin
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/s/sandmartin/ Tells of status in Britain of the smallest of the martin and swallow family. Also colour illustration showing underbelly and wings, plus distribution map. |
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RSPB - Sand
Martins and the Law http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/s/sandmartin/sand_martins_and_the_law.asp/ Browse editorial from The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds that quotes the Act and clarifies exactly what it covers. Read nesting habits and how quarrymen help. |
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Tiscali Reference
- Sand Martin, Riparia riparia http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_sand_martin.html/ Find condensed entry that tells of recovery in numbers of the sand martin from a serious decline. Describes the reason for decline and offers colour image of bird flying. |
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Wikipedia - Sand
Martin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Martin/ Check out bird that continuously chatters while on the wing and is most sociable when nest-building. Includes colour photograph of bird in flight. |
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Woodland Trust: Nature Detectives - Sand Martin
http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/identify/Birds/sandmartin.htm |
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Birds on
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