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The material cited here is not necessarily the primary source for each piece of work, but is that considered most likely to be accessible, especially to the amateur without access to an academic library. These references include books and journals, particularly British Birds, Ibis, and the BTO journals Bird Study and Ringing & Migration, as well as the annual county bird reports, now called Cheshire and Wirral Bird Report (CWBR) and previously named Cheshire Bird Report (CBR). Not every book or paper listed here is directly cited in the text, but all have been consulted in its preparation.

Some of the information in the texts has been gleaned from the websites of various organizations, especially the BTO with their two marvellous sources of information, Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside (www.bto.org/birdtrends) (Baillie et al. 2007) and BirdFacts (www.bto.org/birdfacts) (Robinson 2005), and the UK Meteorological Office (www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs).

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