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RECORD BREAKERS! 2019 WAS A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR WITH 122 BREEDING PAIRS OF ROSEATE TERNS, EUROPE’S RAREST BREEDING SEABIRD

2019 was a record-breaking year on Coquet Island, with 122 breeding pairs of roseate terns - Europe’s rarest breeding seabird. The previous record was 118 pairs in 2018.
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COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: RSPB BEGINS A DAILY BREAKFAST BIRDWATCH BETWEEN 8-9AM WEEKDAYS - JOIN IN USING #BREAKFASTBIRDWATCH ON SOCIAL MEDIA

From Tuesday 24 March, the RSPB begins a daily Breakfast Birdwatch during the COVID-19 lockdown period.
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​PAIR OF RARE MISTLE THRUSH SET-UP FAMILY HOME IN LEEDS TRAFFIC LIGHT!

A pair of Mistle thrush has set-up home and are rearing their four chicks surrounded by the hustle and bustle of Leeds city centre in front of an amber traffic light.
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​IT'S OFFICIAL! THE WREN IS THE UK'S MOST COMMONEST BIRD

In the latest report looking at the size of our bird populations the Wren tops the list with 11 million pairs across the UK.
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​​​WORLD'S RAREST DUCK BREEDS IN THE WILD FOR THE FIRST TIME

A pioneering conservation project, to save the world’s rarest duck, has hit a key milestone well ahead of expectations.
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​​SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPERS GIVEN FRESH HOPE AFTER CHICKS HATCH AT WWT SLIMBRIDGE RESERVE

The Spoon-billed sandpiper, the world’s rarest wader, has been thrown a lifeline after two chicks hatched at WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire.
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​Scottish Short-eared Owl tracked to Morocco's 'oyster capital'

A Short-eared Owl that has been fitted with a satellite tag while breeding in Scotland, has been tracked all the way to Morocco, revealing significant new information for British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) researchers. 
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​NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART 'ESTUARY' HIDE BEING OPENED AT WWT SLIMBRIDGE

A brand new, fully wheelchair and pushchair accessible bird-watching tower is being opened at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), Slimbridge at 11.30am, Saturday 16th November.
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​WHERE CAN YOU SEE PINK-FOOTED GEESE IN ENGLAND THIS WINTER?

Into the North Atlantic they fly, making a pit-stop on the Faroe Islands six hours later and resting for a day before taking off again towards British shores. A day later, they land on our coasts. Over 400,000 pink-footed geese will spend the winter in the UK.

Here are our top five places to see them...
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CANON LAUNCHES TWO NEW PAIRS OF IMAGE STABILISER BINOCULARS -
​8X20 IS AND 10X20 IS

Canon has announced the addition of two new products to its range of image stabilised binoculars - the 420g 8x magnification Canon 8X20 IS and the 10x magnification Canon 10X20 IS.
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​​BRITAIN IS BOOMING! BITTERNS ON THE RISE AND HERE'S WHERE TO SEE ONE

Britain’s loudest bird – once extinct – has enjoyed its best year since records began, according to a new survey by the RSPB.
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​FIFTY YEARS OF DATA SHOWS SPECIES WINNERS AND LOSERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN ENGLAND

New research, just published in the journal Bird Study, has shown that one third of 68 breeding species in England have been affected by climate change, leading to notable increases in some and declines in a few.

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HISTORY MADE AS FIRST PAIR OF SAVI’S WARBLER NEST IN WALES

For the first time in Wales, a pair of Savi’s warblers have nested on the RSPB Cors Ddyga reserve on Anglesey.

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​OVER 10 HEN HARRIER CHICKS SATELLITE TAGGED IN SCOTLAND

RSPB’s Hen Harrier LIFE project has fitted more than 10 young hen harriers with satellite tags this summer in Scotland. 

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​BRITISH SCIENTISTS WORKING WITH LOCAL CONSERVATIONISTS TO TRACK THE FORTUNES OF CUCKOOS IN MONGOLIA

The Mongolian Cuckoo Project is a partnership between BTO and the Wildlife Science and Conservation Centre of Mongolia (WSCC), the Oriental Bird Club (OBC) and Birding Beijing.

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​birdfair 2019: a look at what awaits you on the Kowa booth

If you have been in business for 125 years, one may ascertain that you are quiet good at making and selling things. Kowa, one of the world's leading optics manufacturers, will be celebrating this year and you are invited to join them for their 125 year anniversary program of events at Birdfair 2019 for boat cruises, photography excursions and digiscoping classes from their team of experts.

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kite optics RELEASE NEW lYNX hd+ binoculars 

The Kite Lynx HD 8x30 and 10x30 binoculars launched in 2014, and were very successful from day 1. They won the ‘best binoculars of the year’ award from best binocular reviews and the brand have now built on this optics platform with the launch of the all-new Lynx HD+.

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​GITZO'S NEW 2 WAY FLUID TRIPOD HEAD FOR BIRD OBSERVERS

​Gitzo, the pioneer of some of the most advanced, revolutionary technologies for professional camera equipment, has built on the success of its Gimbal Fluid Head by introducing the new 2 Way Fluid Head - dedicated to birders and wildlife observers.

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RECORDED MOVEMENT OF A STEPPE EAGLE OVER 20 YEAR PERIOD

This map shows the movement of a Steppe eagle over a twenty year period. The bird had a tracker fitted in Russia and the solar device recorded right through to when the bird died twenty years later in the Valley of the Child in Saudi Arabia. 

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storm petrel chick recorded calling on Shiant Isles for first time

A European storm petrel chick has been recorded calling on the Shiant Isles for the very first time. This is an important step for the Shiant Isles Recovery Project as it’s the first known breeding of these seabirds on the islands. 

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Rescue effort saves rare black-tailed godwit eggs after flooding

Image: WWT

Unseasonal April downpours forced tens of thousands of birds to nest away from the safety of the wetlands after their habitat in the Fens, East Anglia became submerged.
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SWAROVSKI OPTIK release pa-i8 digiscoping adapter for iphone 8

SWAROVSKI OPTIK have released an updated version of their popular digiscoping adapter - the PA-i8.

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