Tomasz Bracik
Ornis Polonica 2014, 55: 34–47
https://doi.org/10.12657/ornis.2014.1.2
Abstract: The study has been carried out in farmland areas surrounding the Łysogóry (the highest range of the Świętorzyskie Mountains) on 3 transects of the total length of 5300 m and area of 159 ha. A total of 40 breeding bird species have been recorded (22–25 species on a single transect). All three transects had similar species composition (11 species in common), and the average density was 15.7 p/10 ha. The dominant species were the Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis, Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis and Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella. Only a few thermophilic species, typical of farmland habitats of Silesia, Great Poland and Mazovia have been found in the area.
Keywords: bird community, farmland, transect method
