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wallpaper for your desktop
May
- Hobby and Redstart
To liven up your computer desktop, we've got together with
some great photographers to allow you to download stunning
wallpapers for your computer. We'll post two new wallpapers
up every month for you to choose from, all of species relevant
to the month ahead. Photos have been provided courtesy of:
Which size image do you need?
The size of picture you should download will depend on your
screen size, so to check this right click on your desktop
and click on Properties, and then Settings.
How do I download the image?
Windows users
To download the image click on the correct screen size below
and then on the image itself right-click and select 'Set as
Background'
Mac users (OS X)
Hold 'Ctrl' and click on the correct screen size link below
and then choose the 'Save linked file to Desktop' option,
then move the file somewhere you'll remember. Then just open
'System Preferences' and select the 'Desktop and Screensaver'
option, then navigate to the place you saved the image and
select it.
| Hobby |
Redstart |
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The sight of your first Hobby
of the year really is a sign of summer, arriving quite
late following the arrival of hirundines and Swifts.
Though still a rare breeding bird (and at the very
limit of its European
range), the population has been increasing since
the 1970s, and this is possibly due to an increase
in their main prey item; dragonflies.
The scientific name of the Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
is immortalised in the table football game of the
same name, as this was the designer's favourite bird!
This part of the name actually means 'small buzzard'.
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Redstarts
are long-distance migrants, wintering south of the Sahara.
The widespread droughts in the Sahel in the 1960s and
1970s led to a marked decline
in the popualtion. The population has since recovered,
though, and this is partly due to the adaptation to
nesting earlier in the season in response to climate
change.
The spring arrival was quite late this
year, and this is probably due to a spell of poor weather
which birds will have encountered on their migration
north.
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As the months pass, we'll build up a set of wallpapers for
each month, so to see other images to download, click
here
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