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The latest news from the RSPB
last updated: Jul 26 2008 3:00 AM
- Public consultation on Pagham Harbour Visitor Centre proposals
Public consultation on proposals for a new Pagham Harbour Visitor Centre starts in August. The consultation is based on recommendations from a feasibility study carried out at the Local Nature Reserve.
- Help at last for farmland birds
The government is stepping in to help farmland birds, which have declined by almost 50 per cent in the last 40 years.
- Fly boy takes to the sky
The youngest of the three osprey chicks hatched this year at Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria has successfully taken its first flight today.
- Ten green(ish) options for the Severn
The government has today announced the ten proposals it will consider to harness energy from the Severn Estuary's tides.
- India's riches left unprotected
A new and monumental book details more than 100 Indian wetlands that campaigners believe desperately need protection from pollution, development and other forms of misuse.
- Get wild about art
Budding young artists have a chance to blossom at this year's Norfolk wildlife fair.
- First flight for Seaford kittiwakes
The kittiwake chicks at Seaford began flying yesterday [Tuesday July 22], the RSPB can reveal.
- Delight as harrier chicks take flight
The five chicks of a pair of rare hen harriers that nested in Northumberland this year are now all successfully airborne, the RSPB and Forestry Commission reported today (23 July 2008).
- 'Splish' and 'Splash' have international appeal
A family of birds of prey nesting in the Yorkshire Dales is bringing people from around the world together at Malham Cove to enjoy one of the world's greatest wildlife spectacles.
- Sisters are doing it for themselves
Two of the three osprey chicks hatched this year in the famous nest near Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria have successfully taken their first flights, the Lake District Osprey Project said today (Tuesday 22 July 2008).
- Red kite returns to Northern Ireland
After an absence of two centuries, the red kite has returned to Northern Ireland today, following the first phase of a red kite reintroduction project.
- Buzz on down to the Summer Fair!
A new Summer Fair in Silverdale will be 'buzzing' with things to do on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August at RSPB Leighton Moss nature reserve. Seasonal tents will be filled with stalls and activities that promise to be a bit on the wild side!
- Full house for the New Forest hobbies
The hobby chicks have hatched in the New Forest, the RSPB can reveal. Two eggs hatched on Thursday [17 July], with the final chick making an appearance early Saturday morning [19 July].
- RSPB brings red kites back from extinction in Northern Ireland
Historic project underway as 27 birds released in south Down after 200 year absence
- Lord and Lady Provost release Aberdeen Red Kites
The second phase of a three-year project to reintroduce the magnificent red kite to the skies around Aberdeen will begin on Monday 21 July, when Aberdeen's Lord and Lady Provost will release six birds of 35 gathered from nests around the UK.

