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We are excited to share Lincoln Garland's latest article: 'Spotted Flycatchers of the Western Mendips' — provisionally accepted for publication in Nature in Avon and now available to read on Preprints:
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202509.1181/v1
The findings highlight the western Mendip Hills not just as a local stronghold for the declining Spotted Flycatcher, but as a powerful example of how sensitive land management and the preservation of habitat mosaics — woodland edges, species-rich grasslands, scattered scrub, and free-standing trees — can create the conditions this Red-listed species needs to thrive.
Photo credit: Brian Gibbs
