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Extra food = more woodpeckers
Posted: 18 Jun 2013Providing extra food in early spring led to increased breeding success in Great Spotted Woodpecker, but 'natural' pairs are struggling to cope with climate change.
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Pallid Harrier: Ripley, Surrey, 31 March 2013
Posted: 18 Jun 2013When Veronica Hill and her husband Mark moved to the country, little did they know that they would find a national rarity that was a county first.
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Sponsor a BTO cuckoo
Posted: 17 Jun 2013As the BTO's Common Cuckoo tracking project enters its third year, three birds still need sponsors and names.
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Britain 'is shipping accident hot-spot'
Posted: 15 Jun 2013The waters around the British Isles are home to one of the highest numbers of shipping accidents in the world, a new study has found.
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White-tailed Eagle nest destroyed
Posted: 14 Jun 2013The first White-tailed Eagle nest in eastern Scotland for more than 100 years has been destroyed by its tree being chopped down, says the RSPB.
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Nightjars 'disturbed' by app users
Posted: 12 Jun 2013Dorset Wildlife Trust has highlighted the overuse of birdsong apps by birders seeking views of Nightjar, a protected breeding species.
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Environmentalists come closer to stopping Severn Barrage
Posted: 11 Jun 2013The controversial proposal to build a barrage across the Severn Estuary has come under renewed fire from conservation charities, who say it is poorly conceived.
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Getting kids back to nature
Posted: 10 Jun 2013Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds will benefit from outdoor learning through WWT’s new ‘Inspiring Generations’ scheme.
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Europe's seas remain largely unprotected
Posted: 09 Jun 2013Most European countries have still not declared a comprehensive network of Marine Protected Areas, as they are obliged to under the EU's Birds Directive.
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Little Bittern breeds again
Posted: 07 Jun 2013The RSPB has set up a guard over the nest of a pair of Little Bitterns at its Ham Wall reserve in Somerset.
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