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5 years 1 month ago - 4 years 9 months ago #1145
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I have lost a large number of fledglings at the point of fledging or up to a week old. This has not happened to me before
They look healthy and then are dead
I have lost plumbagous water redstart (two clutches) all lost ( one due to thunderstorm)
Orange headed ground thrush
Chestnut backed thrush (this morning)
Zosterops
Bearded reedling
Mineral deficiency?
Infection ?
All in outside flights
Chris
They look healthy and then are dead
I have lost plumbagous water redstart (two clutches) all lost ( one due to thunderstorm)
Orange headed ground thrush
Chestnut backed thrush (this morning)
Zosterops
Bearded reedling
Mineral deficiency?
Infection ?
All in outside flights
Chris
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5 years 1 month ago - 4 years 9 months ago #1146
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Hello Chris
I think it's down to the hot temperatures.I was lucky at the beginning of the season , but has gone pear shaped since the heat. Lost many clutches
I think it's down to the hot temperatures.I was lucky at the beginning of the season , but has gone pear shaped since the heat. Lost many clutches
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5 years 1 month ago - 4 years 9 months ago #1147
by Peter Moore
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Yes a lot of chicks have been lost this year due to the high temperatures.
if you take into account that it gets hot in the nests designed to keep chicks warm & that with a nest full of youngsters increases the temperature even higher and Bacteria thrives in these conditions.
if you take into account that it gets hot in the nests designed to keep chicks warm & that with a nest full of youngsters increases the temperature even higher and Bacteria thrives in these conditions.
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5 years 4 weeks ago - 4 years 9 months ago #1152
by christopher glanville
Replied by christopher glanville on topic Too many fledglings dying.
I have just read about the loss of translocated ospreys in Poole harbour due to a suspected thiamine deficiency due to hot weather. sounds similar to the way my fledglings died. Is thiamine deficiency a problem in softbills? I have two amythest starlings due to fledge and I would hate to lose them
www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/sad-and-ch...erlay-context=photos
www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/sad-and-ch...erlay-context=photos
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