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	Marmora's Warbler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Marmora's Warbler, Sylvia sarda, is an Old World warbler in the typical warbler genus Sylvia.
		These are small, long tailed, large-headed warblers, similar in size and shape to a Dartford Warbler, Sylvia undata.
		Marmora's Warblers are grey above and below, lacking the brick-red underparts of their relative.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marmora's_Warbler (223 words)

	Dartford Warbler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dartford Warbler, Sylvia undata, is an Old World warbler which breeds in the warmer parts of south west Europe and northwest Africa.
		Most warblers have an almost identical appearance for both sexes, but several Sylvia species have distinct male and female plumages.
		Like most warblers, the Dartford Warbler is insectivorous, but will also take berries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dartford_Warbler (199 words)

	Alderney \| Summer Birds
		Their stronghold is the gorse belt which extends round the south-west end of the island, from the coast south of the centre of the airport, including the gorse to the west of it, and the valley called Trois Vaux, then the gorse area called the Giffoine at the extreme western end of the island.
		Dartford Warblers can always be readily identified as, when in flight, their long tails look as if they have been pinned on with a safety pin and seem to move independently of the bird.
		Another warbler of gorse, and also bramble and scrubland, is the Whitethroat, which is common in the same areas as the Dartford Warbler, and also in other areas of scrub.
	www.alderney.gov.gg /index.php/pid/111 (1941 words)

	Dartford warbler - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dartford warbler - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		This small, dark, long-tailed warbler is resident in the UK and has suffered in the past from severe winters.
		Dartford warbler singing from flowering gorse bush - Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com, Ref: 2841120_00141_002)
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/d/dartfordwarbler/index.asp (221 words)

	1971kbrarticle
		The last recorded breeding of the Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) in Kent was on Hayes Common in 1891 (Ticehurst and Harrison).
		A female Dartford Warbler was recorded at Dungeness on Oct. 28th 1914, and another bird was seen at the Hoppen Pits by the watcher (J. Tart) on June 4th 1926 (Harrison).
		The breeding population of Dartford Warblers in the New Forest and elsewhere had been building up because of a series of mild winters and in 1961 was estimated at 450 pairs (Tubbs).
	www.kentos.org.uk /articles/1971kbrarticle.htm (715 words)

	HOS Outdoor Meetings Programme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Also seen were 100 Skylarks (2nd), Black Redstart, 80 Fieldfare (roosting on 6th), two Cetti's Warblers, two Dartford Warblers, Raven (2S on 2nd; 1 on 6th), 3500+ Starlings in a reedbed roost (6th) and 50 Brambling (2nd).
		Dartford Warblers were at Brownwich and Eelmoor Marsh.
		Cetti's Warblers were at Allbrook, Hook-with-Warsash and Itchen Valley CP and a Dartford Warbler was at Hook-with-Warsash.
	www.hants.gov.uk /hos/Kingfishers/recentreportsJanMar2002.html (3990 words)

	Dartford
		Dartford is a local government district and borough in Kent, England.
		The town of Dartford is the administrative capital: it is so named because the River Darent flows through the town northwards to the River Thames, the northern border of the borough.
		From Dartford there are three lines serving London and one to Gravesend and beyond; although, for many of the services, Dartford acts as the terminus.
	www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=Dartford (716 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from Devon, England, UK
		Aylsbeare is a well known Dartford Warbler stake-out, with perfect lowland heath habitat of heather, gorse and isolated hawthorn.
		Cetti’s Warbler: Radipole Lake RSPB reserve in Weymouth, Dorset, is one of the easier places to see this species, I have, in the past, seen them from the Swannery car park on the immediate edge of the footpath through the reserve.
		Dartford Warbler: In Dorset, Arne RSPB, has Dartford Warbler, this reserve is well worth visiting at any time of the year, and holds a fine range of heathland species.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/england/devon/devon.htm (1061 words)

	BBC - Devon Great Outdoors - RSPB survey has mixed news on Exmoor's birds
		Increases were recorded of meadow pipit, redstart, stonechat, grasshopper warbler, linnet and reed bunting.
		Exmoor populations of stonechat and whinchat, are of international importance and those of snipe, curlew, cuckoo, tree pipit, redstart, grasshopper warbler, linnet, and reed bunting are important within the south-west region.
		There is also a new arrival on the moor - a healthy population of the rare Dartford warbler.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/outdoors/moors/exmoor_birds.shtml (624 words)

	Aylesbeare Common
		This quiet area of Devon heathland is important for Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats.
		It is also under threat from development and mineral exploitation, with large areas already lost to modern agriculture, housing and the quarrying of aggregates.
		The reserve is nationally important for its populations of Dartford warblers (resident species - 62 breeding pairs in 1998, 32-35 pairs in 1999), and nightjars (a summer migrant - 17 breeding pairs in 1998, 23 pairs in 1999).
	www.habitats.freeserve.co.uk /aylesbea.htm (506 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Dartford Warbler is limited to maritime areas in Western Europe that only occurs in the southern counties of Britain that form the northernmost extreme of its range.
		The Dartford feeds in the heather and the gorse on spiders, beetles, flies, and the larvae of moths, butterflies, ants, bees and wasps.
		Dartfords are remarkably faithful to their territories, usually returning to the same one each year.
	www.biodiversitysussex.org /newsletter13.htm (3066 words)

	Dartford warbler - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Dartford warbler is resident on the lowland heathlands of southern Britain, where it favours mature heather dominated dry heathland with dense bushes of gorse where it feeds on invertebrates.
		Dartford warblers hold territories of between 2 - 6 ha in size (depending on habitat quality) and nests are located in either dense gorse or deep heather.
		Bibby, C J (1978) Conservation of the Dartford warbler on English lowland heaths: a review.
	www.rspb.org.uk /action/managingreserves/species/dartford_warbler/index.asp (236 words)

	Wildlife News: Bird success at Gower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tony Jenkins said: “The dartford warbler breeds on the extensive heathlands of Dorset and Hampshire, with smaller numbers in Devon, and it is very exciting that this year local birdwatchers have reported that two pairs have found their way over the Bristol Channel to Gower.
		The dartford warbler, with the male’s reddish brown breast, nests mainly on open ground covered with heather and gorse.
		The Cetti’s warbler is the only other British warbler that does not move to warmer climes in Africa after the breeding season.
	www.naturalworldtours.co.uk /articles2000/august/aug2600l.htm (459 words)

	Typical warbler : Silvia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The typical warblers are small insectivorous birds belonging to the genus Silvia of the Old World warbler family Sylviidae.
		These are active, constantly moving, warblers usually associated with fairly open woodland, hedges or shrubs.
		This is one of the few Old World warbler groups in which many of the species show sexual dimorphism, with distinctive male and female plumages.
	www.termsdefined.net /si/silvia.html (181 words)

	Country Life : Nature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are three birds that take their name from the county of Kent: Sandwich tern, Kentish plover and Dartford warbler.
		Exactly when warblers disappeared from Dartford Common is unrecorded, but a pair nested on nearby Hayes Common in 1891.
		These small, dark warblers are non-migratory, and suffer badly from cold winters.
	www.countrylife.co.uk /lifecountry/animals/ww_warbler.php (326 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| England should 'set heathland target'
		It says the success of efforts to restore the environment in 1,000 hectares of Dorset should be extended elsewhere across the country.
		The society says the heathland provides important habitats for a range of rare species, including birds such as the Dartford warbler and the nightjar, and invertebrates like the silver-studded blue butterfly.
		The warbler has now been promoted to the amber list of species about which there is medium conservation concern as a result of the Dorset work.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/3123957.stm (600 words)

	Gwent Sightings
		The Dartford Warbler was seen at close range this morning during the GOS walk at the reserve.
		The bird was associating with Stonechats and flying to and fro across the path between the lighthouse and the copse, often perching for brief periods.
		Late Friday afternoon juv Dartford Warbler still in S.East corner of S.East lagoon, always associating with 4 Stonechats & favouring the thistle bed, on the inside bend of the coastal path 200yds east of lighthouse.
	gwentbirds.org.uk /sightingslist.php?dateselect=2003 (7084 words)

	The Birdman of Gunton -- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Strong north easterly winds brought in some migrants, mostly concentrated on the newly cut wheat field, there were at least 3 Whinchats and 3 Wheatears in the stubble and another Whinchat was with a Chiffchaff in the shelter belt on the edge of the playing field.
		A Willow Warbler was near the southern entrance to Corton Woods.
		It seemed that the sunlight might have given the impression of it having more yellow on the underside, as when it was seen in duller light the underside appeared duller to off-white.
	www.freewebs.com /jameswright/autumnmigration20034.htm (2202 words)

	Portland Bird Observatory - birds sightings September 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A Dartford Warbler trapped and ringed at the Obs was the best of the new arrivals, with other interest provided by 3 Short-eared Owls, a Hobby, a Merlin, a Cetti's Warbler, a Firecrest and a Corn Bunting at the Bill; a Sooty Shearwater and a Great Skua also passed through on the sea there.
		A little more interest today with a Melodious Warbler trapped and ringed at the Obs, an Ortolan Bunting heard over Southwell and then seen briefly at Barleycrates Lane early in the morning and a report of a Bee-eater heard calling high over the Bill in the afternoon.
		Grounded nocturnal migrants were still thin on the ground but Swallows were moving south along the West Cliffs at an estimated 3000 per hour during part of the morning and there were also 100 Yellow Wagtails and 30 Whinchats around the southern half of the island.
	www.portlandbirdobs.btinternet.co.uk /birds_sept2002.htm (2715 words)

	Birdwatching in the New Forest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Perhaps the most evocative sound of the broad-leaved woodlands in the summer is the shivering song of the Wood Warbler.
		The true specialities of this area are the Dartford Warbler and the Hobby.
		The New Forest was the stronghold of the Dartford Warbler in Britain during the 1950's/60's and it can still be found in good numbers (up to 400 pairs).
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /features/new-forest.htm (966 words)

	SBSG
		The Dartford Warbler still present at Blacka Moor and showed well occasionally but not seen at all between 8am and late morning.
		Dartford Warbler at Blacka Moor still present but elusive.
		The first Sheffield record of Dartford Warbler - located at Blacka Moor this morning.
	www.sbsg.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /recent.html (332 words)

	KernowBirds - Latest Bird News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Various on St. Mary's: Tristis race Chiffchaff and yakutensis race Willow Warbler at Porth Hellick, with 2 Firecrest and 2 nominate Chiffchaff.
		Still on the east side of the Brew Pool, also Dartford Warbler in cabbage field to NW.
		Also Dartford Warbler in cabbage field to NW of Brew Pool, plus Merlin over.
	www.surfbirds.com /cgi-bin/kernowbirds.cgi (273 words)

	Wintering Warbler Survey 2004/05
		Very little is known about the current status of our wintering warbler populations, at a national level.
		The most recent population estimates are given in the BTO winter Atlas 1981-1984, as follows: Blackcap (3,000), Chiffchaff (500-1,000), Cetti’s Warbler (500-1000), Dartford Warbler (1,500-1,800), Firecrest (200-400) and Goldcrest (2-4 million).
		All records of wintering warblers are required, particularly for the three key species (Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Firecrest), during the survey period; Goldcrest is optional due to it’s widespread distribution.
	www.bto.org /birdtrack/recording_year/wintering_warblers.htm (887 words)

	Old World warblers
		As it happens, Chinese Leaf-Warbler is a newly described species, discovered and split from the Pallas's/Lemon-rumped Warbler group on the basis of its distinctive song and calls (Alström, Olsson and Colston 1992).
		It is an extremely active little warbler, and I rather shocked myself in obtaining this digiscoped image.
		I refuted one claim years ago ("Willow Warbler;" Roberson and Pitelka 1983) but recently an actual Willow Warbler was found as a vagrant in Alaska.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/sylvids.html (2239 words)

	Dartford Warbler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The site has been visited regularly during the Spring and Summer and it is not thought that there have been any other broods this year despite male and female birds being present.
		This is the first year that Dartford Warblers have bred in the county and is the fifth new species proven to have bred in the county this year!
		This species has gradually been expanding it's range north and eastwards from it's stronghold in the Dorset/Hampshire area and it has been on several Bucks birders "expected lists" for a while.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /bucksbirds/mysite/Pictures/dartford.htm (163 words)

	The Natural Stone: Dartford Warbler, Stanground Wash
		What I didn't expect was what looked like a brown Long-tailed Tit bouncing towards me through the vegetation along the River Nene.
		As it passed just below me I couldn't quite believe I was having point blank views of a Dartford Warbler.
		It showed well enough to provide these record shots, most of which were taken at long range or in low light.
	thenaturalstone.blogspot.com /2003/12/dartford-warbler-stanground-wash.html (195 words)

	Wildlife - Dartford Warbler
		A resident warbler, in breeding season confined to heathland in S England, mainly in Surrey, Hampshire (particularly New Forest) and Dorset; in winter, some birds move to scrub on S coast.
		Usually seen as a distant, dark bird perched on top of gorse bush with small body and long tail cocked up at an angle.
		Reddish eyering and leg colour seen only at close range.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_dartford_warbler.html (82 words)

	BBC - Devon - News - Nightjars and Dartford warblers return to quarry which has been restored to heath
		As a result, birds like the Dartford warbler and nightjar are returning to the quarry site.
		RSPB wardens have been working with the quarry operator Aggregate Industries and the common's owner Clinton Devon Estates, on the heathland restoration project.
		RSPB warden Toby Taylor said: "The areas which we have been working in are vegetating up really nicely and there are birds including nightjar and also Dartford warbler which have taken up residence.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/news/082002/29/heath.shtml (233 words)

	Walking - Wildlife
		Among the less familiar species, however, are the Short-toed Treecreeper, Cetti’s Warbler, the Dartford Warbler, Cirl Bunting and Serin.
		For the bird watcher; Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Raven and Kestrel are recorded regularly in the reserve.
		The highlight of the woodland’s mammal population is the Red Squirrel.
	www.jersey.com /content_page.asp?id=632 (2889 words)

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