RSPCA Friends of West Hatch Newsletter | Issue 16 RSPCA-Newsletter-SummerAutumn-2019-online | Page 14

Wildlife Centre
round-up
So far this year (1st January 2019 – 17th
July 2019) the Wildlife Centre has admitted
2,371 animals, made up of 99 different
species of bird or mammal!
Three of the birds in our top 20 are actually
on the RSPB Birds of Conservation Concern
Red List. The Red List is the highest
conservation priority with species needing
urgent action.
Top 20 list
ull​
Herring G
1.
uck
Mallard D
2.
gehog
3. Hed
ckbird
4. Bla
on
Wood Pige
5.
arrow
House Sp
6.
on
Feral Pige
7.
Jackdaw
8.
row
Carrion C
9.
bit
10. Rab
pie
11. Mag
Fox
12. Red
rling
13. Sta
k
14. Roo
te Swan
15. Mu
ny Owl
16. Taw
t​
istrelle Ba
17. Pip
​
ared Dove
18. Coll
ada Goose
19. Can
e Tit
20. Blu
16
s
Starling chick
These three birds are, believe it or not,
Herring Gulls, House Sparrows and Starlings.
A number of our garden birds like House
Sparrows, Starlings and Song Thrushes
have been on the red list for a while; this
time around we see the addition of Mistle
Thrushes. Five of the six species of UK
breeding thrush are now on the red list.
466
205
The RSPB use the red list to prioritise their
action. They use it to identify which species
need help immediately and take action. So,
if there is research to do to find out what the
problem is, and how to tackle it, then they
will do it.
182
137
131
92
​​81
80
Once they know what needs to be done to
help they get on with it, whether it’s land
management, species recovery projects or
lobbying government.
79
67
42
40
40
38
36
35
31
31
30
29
Herring Gull chicks