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Turkey villagers see Israeli spy in migratory bird
Bird News Thursday 17 May 2012
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A migratory bird has caused alarm in a village in south-eastern Turkey after locals mistook it for an Israeli spy. Villagers' suspicions were aroused when the bird, a common European bee-eater, was found dead in a field with a metal ring around its leg stamped "Israel". ...

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Tweed Valley osprey chick 'first in Scotland'
Birds of Prey News Thursday 17 May 2012
An osprey chick in the Tweed Valley in the Borders is believed to be the first to hatch in Scotland this year. The bird was spotted by volunteers watching the nest where a first egg was laid...
Wildlife trust seals Skokholm island purchase
Environment & Nature News Thursday 17 May 2012
An island off Pembrokeshire which is one of the UK's most spectacular havens for sea birds has been bought by a wildlife trust. The keys to a lighthouse will be handed to the Wildlife Tr...
PET PERSPECTIVE: Parrots are no fly-by-night pets
Parrot News Wednesday 16 May 2012
"Polly want a cracker?" Parrots have gained popularity in the past couple of decades with their mimicking ability and charming charisma. The 2011 children's movie "Rio" int...
Grizedale Forest sees reintroduction of red kites
Birds of Prey News Wednesday 16 May 2012
"An exhilarating sight" is how one Cumbria resident described his close encounter with one of the county's newly released birds of prey. Over the past two years, 30 red kite ch...
Hen harriers 'being wiped out' by persecution
Birds of Prey News Wednesday 16 May 2012
Hen harriers are close to being wiped out as a breeding bird in England, with just one pair showing signs of nesting this year, a wildlife charity said. The Royal Society for the Protection ...
Warm ocean temperatures blamed for the deaths of 2,300 birds in Chile
Environment & Nature News Tuesday 15 May 2012
Thousands of dead birds have mysteriously appeared along the coastline of Chile. About 2,300 dead birds have been found on beaches between Playa de Santo Domingo and Cartagena. It follows th...
Somerset cranes return to Slimbridge Wetland Centre
Bird News Tuesday 15 May 2012
Four adult cranes from Somerset have returned to the Gloucestershire wetland where they were reared as chicks. The birds were reared at Slimbridge Wetland Centre in 2010 and 2011 before bein...
Peter Hain quits to back controversial Severn barrage bid
Environment & Nature News Tuesday 15 May 2012
A multi-billion-pound barrage across the Severn estuary, backed by Peter Hain MP, could generate a huge economic boost for south east Wales. Consortium Corlan Hafren wants to harness tidal p...
Turtle doves project finding new food sources
Bird News Tuesday 15 May 2012
Once widespread in England and Wales, the turtle dove is now in serious decline, with only nine birds for every 100 there were in the 70s. One cause is the disappearance of their main food s...
High number of heron nests built in Somerset wood
Bird News Monday 14 May 2012
Herons have built 73 nests at Swell Wood in Somerset this spring, a bird charity has said. Warden Steve Ross from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said numbers this year ...
Serial egg thief Matthew Gonshaw jailed and banned from Scotland
Bird News Monday 14 May 2012
A serial egg thief from London has been jailed and banned from entering Scotland for the rest of his life during the bird breeding season. Matthew Gonshaw, 49, admitted stealing the eggs of ...
Dead sand eels found on Jersey beaches cause concern for birds
Bird News Monday 14 May 2012
There are fears for the breeding season of birds on Jersey after hundreds of dead sand eels washed up on beaches. Mick Dryden, chairman of the ornithology section of Societe Jersiaise, said ...
Reward offered after red kites poisoned in Chilterns
Birds of Prey News Monday 14 May 2012
A reward of £1,000 is being offered after two rare red kites were poisoned less than a mile apart around the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire border. A dead red kite was found just south...
 Study sheds light on evolutionary theory
Bird News Friday 11 May 2012
Birds with multiple versions of their colour patterns evolved into new species more quickly than those with uniform plumage, Australian researchers revealed in a significant genetic study published T...
Rare finches stolen in raid
Bird News Friday 11 May 2012
Rare birds worth more than £4,500 have been stolen from a property in Sunderland. Thieves broke into an aviary in the rear yard of an address in Ruswarp Drive between 9.20pm on Thursday, May...
Moy Park teams up with Jamie Oliver for chicken range
Poultry News Friday 11 May 2012
Moy Park, the biggest poultry processor on the island of Ireland, has teamed up with Jamie Oliver. They have develop a range of higher welfare chicken products that will launch under the Jamie O...
Peacock mystery in Deiniolen home of Paul and Christine Dicken
Poultry News Friday 11 May 2012
A couple are trying to find out who owns a peacock which turned up unexpectedly at their village home. The spectacular bird is now helping itself to plants in Paul and Christine Dicken's garden at...
Turtle doves: RSPB launches rescue mission
Bird News Thursday 10 May 2012
Conservationists are embarking on an urgent mission to save one of the UK's most threatened birds - the turtle dove - from extinction. The three-year project, led by the RSPB, will aim to reverse ...
Rare bird nests in Peak District under attack
Birds of Prey News Thursday 10 May 2012
A BIRD charity has expressed its outrage at the wanton destruction of the nest of one of Britain’s most persecuted and rare birds of prey. The RSPB is now offering a reward of £1000 ...
Tame owl found at Livingston Football Club's Almondvale Stadium
Birds of Prey News Thursday 10 May 2012
A tame barn owl has been found at a football stadium in West Lothian. The bird was found sitting in a plant pot at Livingston Football Club's Almondvale Stadium on Sunday at 18:30. The Scottish...
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