This makes the area very successful for many species of ground-nesting birds.

The holes turned out to have been made by ground-nesting bees.

Mice as a source of egg loss among ground-nesting birds.

Parents of ground-nesting species sometimes drag older young around roughly by the head before feeding them.

They also sometimes feed on eggs and chicks of ground-nesting birds.

By this time, most ducks and other ground-nesting birds have finished nesting.

It does, however, also eat other animals, such as small rodents and young of ground-nesting birds.

"Disturbance is a real issue for the woodlark and other ground-nesting birds."

Environmentalists say they threaten native species, including ground-nesting birds and salmon.

“You are seeing a decline in most of the ground-nesting birds, so why allow something that is going to add to it?

Nothing is known about its ecology but it is probably a ground-nesting bird.

If they find the nest of a ground-nesting bird they will eat that.

They destroy young trees and trample the eggs of ground-nesting birds.

Evidence shows they attack hedgehogs, ground-nesting birds and domestic poultry.

As we noted in chapter 5, foxes prey on game and ground-nesting birds.

However, they also kill beneficial pollinators, such as ground-nesting bee species.

The ground-nesting marsh hawk is a common summer resident.

Due to their diminutive size and ground-nesting habits, they are frequently caught by cats.

The new study didn't find evidence that ground-nesting chimpanzees do so because of a lack of trees.

Populations of shorebirds and ground-nesting species have also increased.

He adds: "Control of foxes is particularly important for both birds as they are ground-nesting species.

Due to its possibly ground-nesting habits it was an easy prey for the mongooses.

A study of meadow pipits, a small ground-nesting bird, lends support to this third theory.

Visitors are asked to be aware of ground-nesting birds in spring and summer, and to keep dogs on a lead.