Nottingham Post commented Nightjar spotting: In search of the elusive bird

You could live a long life and not see a nightjar. The bird from Africa is our most reclusive summer visitor, roosting and nesting in heathland hide-aways and waiting for the moth-hunting hours of twilight before taking wing.Sherwood Forest is home to about one per cent of Britain's nightjars - some 70 male birds and perhaps as many hens. However it is a fragile habitat, and home to a bird whose nature and habits mean we have a lot to learn.Hence a major research project aimed at increasing our.