<p><strong>Some Ornithological Chat with Amy Challis and Andrew Stevenson</strong></p><p>Mark talks to Amy Challis and Andrew Stevenson about the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, which has been keeping tabs on Scotland’s Raptors for the last 20 years. To celebrate their 20th Birthday, SRMS released their first population trends for Scotland’s raptors via both a report and a brilliant interactive web tool. Also, Amy tells us how she feels about Birds of Paradise and Andrew tells us about his Hebridean birding dream (a Willet) and his Hebridean birding reality (a Snowy Owl/white bucket).</p><p>SRMS - <a href="https://raptormonitoring.org/srms-online" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://raptormonitoring.org/srms-online</a></p><p>Trends report - <a href="https://raptormonitoring.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SRMS-Trends-2009-2018-Trends-Summary.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://raptormonitoring.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SRMS-Trends-2009-2018-Trends-Summary.pdf</a></p><p>Search trends interactively - <a href="https://raptormonitoring.org/trends/explore-trends-interactively" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://raptormonitoring.org/trends/explore-trends-interactively</a></p><p><strong>SOC</strong></p><p><strong>DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP - </strong><a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us</strong></a></p><p>SOC website - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/</a></p><p>Branches – what’s going on near you? <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches</a></p><p>What’s coming up at Waterston house? <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery</a></p><p>Online Scottish Bird Report - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report</a></p><p>Where to watch birds in Scotland app - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app</a></p><p>Scottish Birds - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal</a></p><br><p>Intro – displaying Teals, male chimes and whistles and female rather high pitched quacks. Outro – Robin.</p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>Credits</strong></p><p>Many thanks to Xeno Canto for allowing access to the library of recordings, and in particular, the following recorders whose hawk and owl calls were used.</p><p>Lars Edinius – Sparrowhawk - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/741418" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/741418</a></p><p>Lars Edinius – Northern Goshawk - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/665202" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/665202</a></p><p>Jarek Matusiak – Northern Goshawk - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/591228" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/591228</a></p><p>Irish Wildlife Sounds – Sparrowhawk - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/740850" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/740850</a></p><p>Andrej Binz – Tawny Owl - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/782767" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/782767</a></p><p>Clive Davies – Long-eared Owl - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/713370" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/713370</a></p><p>Xeno-canto - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/</a> </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>