It's not clear whether they're referring to the local population or the
national population. Surely there couldn't be even 50 locally, but a population
as low as 250 nationally isn't good news, let alone 50.
Peter Shute
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> When reading through the article the following sentence
> really caught my eye " Dr Murphy hopes the next round of
> netting will attract new members of the population which
> could be made up of anywhere between 50 and 250 birds. He is
> looking at new technology to track the birds via Bluetooth".
> I am baffled as to how the numbers are calculated - are there
> really that many there now? Certainly sounds most encouraging indeed.
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