Species

Species	Nightjar - Camprimulgus europaeus, bird
Habitat	LOWLAND HEATHLAND
Background and status	Nightjars are summer visitors to the UK, nesting on bare or sparsely vegetated ground on heaths and often on, or near, young forest plantations. They are nocturnal, feeding most actively around dusk and dawn.They eat flying insects, their most frequent prey being moths and beetles. Nightjars have been declining in numbers and range for much of the century and more rapidly over the past 25 years
Main Threats	Loss of heathland during this century for agriculture, forestry and built development has lead to a direst loss of feeding and nesting areas for nightjars.
Conservation and targets	To halt and reverse the decline in range of the nightjar. In the long term to restore nightjars to parts of their former range in South West England and other parts of the UK.

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