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Ringers Required - Israel
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11th Jan 2001
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published: 11th Jan 2001

Coup at BSA....
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11th Jan 2001
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published: 11th Jan 2001

Contaminated peanuts pose risk to birds - CJW Press release
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11th Jan 2001
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published: 11th Jan 2001

Viking Optical Demo Days
Throughout the year Viking Optical holds optical demos at weekends and bank holidays (mainly at RSPB nature reserves). Before buying you should always try various optics while viewing birds in their habitat. They bring a wide selection of binoculars including the Viking and RSPB range.
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published: 11th Jan 2001

Safe Peanuts - Haiths Press Release
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11th Jan 2001
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published: 11th Jan 2001

Meet me at the fair...
The British Birdwatching Fair 2001, is to take place at the usual venue – Egleton Reserve, Rutland Water – between 17th & 19th August and arrangements are now well in hand. (You may spot the Fatbirder there!) Money raised will go to… "Eastern Cuba: Saving a Unique Caribbean Wilderness" The BBF website carries details...
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published: 28th Jun 2001

Fifth International Parrot Convention
The Fifth International Parrot Convention is to be held in Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife, Spain, between the 19th and 22nd of September, 2002; it is to be organised by “Loro Parque”. Ms. Inge Feier, director of Loro Parque Fundacion, advises that they are currently undertaking the first steps in preparing the programme, and are looking forward to giving more detailed information soon. Further details can be found on the Loro Parque Fundacion's website: http://www.loroparque-fundacion.org
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published: 11th Jan 2001

Fatbirder Attracts More Accolades
birding.com give their list of the top 25 birding websites in the world… and it says of us “Lots of sites are trying to become the "Ultimate" birding web site - in Europe the clear leader is FatBirder. So thank you birding.com and thanks from the Fat Birder to all those birders from the four corners of the globe (eh?) who have contributed introductions to their country or state pages! What's more we've now made The Times!
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published: 11th Jan 2001

The World Birding Conference
Last Call!

31 March–1 April 2001
The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire, UK
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published: 12th Jan 2001

Protect Migration Through Malta
Malta is a an important stepping-stone for migrating raptors. Buskett is Malta's oldest and most important woodland and a bird sanctuary, yet hunters kill raptors, even there! The authorities do little to stop them so a Raptor camp has been held there for the last two years. Foreign birdwatchers observe migration and report illegal hunting to the police, getting the law enforced and showing the potential of eco-tourism to the Maltese authorities. 2001 camp - 7th to 23rd September.
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published: 7th Feb 2001

Check Slovakia Habitat Loss!
This is a picture of The Greater Hrhov Fishpond. Help the campaign to stop habitat destruction in Slovakia! The problem is outlined in detail on the new Proact website where birders from all over the world can lend their support to local campaigners trying to save birds & their habitat. Latest news...
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published: 15th Feb 2001

Put a cork in it!
Conservationists warn of a 'cork crash' by 2015 - wine-buyers are urged to avoid plastic stoppers. A new independent report commissioned by the RSPB warns that if the use of plastic wine stoppers continues to increase at the current rate, the cork industry could 'crash' in less than 15 years, resulting in the disappearance of one of Europe's most valuable wildlife habitats. Wine drinkers throughout Europe could make a real difference to conservation just by insisting on cork stoppers!
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published: 7th Feb 2001

Peanut Better
The “Great Peanut Debate” has moved on since fungal contamination tales led to falling out amongst suppliers and endorsing organisations. What was the Birdfood Standards Association is to become the Birdcare Standards Association looking towards other real threats to wild birds too & people can look for the new logo showing that the supplier has conformed to the improved BSA Standards.
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published: 9th Feb 2001

Look no further...
Fatbirder now has a search facility. Go to search on the top bar and you can use the facility to find whether what you are after is amongst all the pages and thousands of links on Fatbirder. Use the same methods that you use with other search engines.
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published: 9th Feb 2001

EuroList Fallout
Recent disagreements amongst subscribers to the Eurobirdnet has led to a new list being set up for those who want to have more wide ranging discussions than are being allowed by the list owner. It all started with a proposed cull of wolves in Norway...
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published: 15th Feb 2001

World birding record attempt in the tropical Andes
There is going to be a “Big Day” record attempt to raise conservation cash for projects in the Andes – Bill Oddie is to join tour operator & Fatbirder contributor Gunnar Engblom, and two BirdLife International professionals in the attempt!
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published: 16th Feb 2001

Fatbirder Upgrade almost complete....
In response to visitor feedback we are upgrading Fatbirder again! As we're making some very fundamental changes to the software that is used to generate the web pages there's going to be some disruption to the availability of the site for the next 30 minutes.

Some pages may remain inaccessible or may not function correctly for the next couple of hours.

We'll let you know when it's all over.....
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published: 20th Feb 2001

Foot & Mouth Keeps UK Birders at home
11th March 2001. We all have a responsibility to make every effort to minimise the spread of 'Foot & Mouth' infection, so we bring this information to the attention of anyone birding in the UK. More and more birders and birding organisations are advising staying at home or only visiting sites to sea watch or at reserves where there is absolutely no risk of wild mammals or livestock being close by. Please bear in mind that deer are very widespread and can carry this devastating disease. The last thing anyone wants is for a birder to carry the disease to a new site.
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published: 11th Mar 2001

Migration experts in a FLAP
Fatal Light Awareness Program - Many birds migrate at night, when predators retire and winds tend to die down. The 11/00 issue of Architecture Magazine says: "Empire State Building officials, take note: Chicago's Hancock Centre has doused its ornamental night time lighting to save the nearly 1,500 birds that - nightly - meet abrupt deaths when they crash into the tower during migration season, mistaking its illumination for stars or the moon." Find out what YOU can do. I wish that light pollution’s effect on birds was taken as seriously in the UK.
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published: 4th Mar 2001

Where have all the Sparrows gone?
The Independent newspaper has announced a ?5,000 prize to anyone who can solve the enigma of the UK’s disappearing House Sparrows (Passer Domesticus) from its towns and cities.
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published: 6th Mar 2001

Portugal – Imperial Eagles’ Habitat Under Threat...
A campaign is underway to limit the destruction about to be visited upon the Portuguese countryside. The process of land and soil clearing in the future Alqueva reservoir area in Southern Portugal already started on the 19th of February. This ongoing process will cause devastating ecological harm, destroying hundreds of thousands of oak trees (including several ancient specimens), and will become the largest ever tree-felling exercise in Europe (over 1.400.000 trees are to be cut). The area is home to many species of endangered animals including many birds such as Imperial Eagles etc. Read on and sign the petition!
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published: 14th Mar 2001

Fatbirder New Look!
Take a peek at our UK and European pages - every one now carries a bird image from a top photograper or artist. Over the coming weeks EVERY country and state page will get such an adornment. We still need good images from birders in Central America, Asia, the Middle East and Australasia. If you have some good images on line that would be appropriate please get in touch.
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published: 20th Mar 2001

Malta Slaughter
Proact has now joined the fight to stop the slaughter on Malta. For details of how you can help please visit their website. http://proaction.tripod.com/team/
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published: 30th Mar 2001

Foot & Mouth - access remains restricted...
20th March 2001
Foot & Mouth continues to spread in the UK [thankfully mostly within already infected areas] and most counties have restricted access to the countryside in general and wildlife reserves in particular. See the archived articles for staements from various countryside organisations and visit county pages for updates from your Bird Club or Ornithology Society.
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published: 20th Mar 2001

Confusion Reigns as Minister puts Foot in Mouth...
23rd March 2001 So what are we to do? Can we bird, should we be rushing off to B&Bs whilst birding to help the rural economy or staying at home to help stop the infection spreading? Even the minister today was getting confused - he didn't seem to know whether culls were to be extended to anywhere within 2klms of an outbreak?
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published: 23rd Mar 2001

Bird Race Postponed
Not surprisingly given the present Foot & Mouth epidemic, it has been announced that the Bird Race will be postponed and, all being well, will take place in October rather than May. You have the choice of getting your money back or leaving it in as registration for the October event. Some local club events, such as The Kent Great Bird Challenge, have been cancelled rather than postponed. For advice regarding access during the epidemic see: http://www.wildlife-countryside.detr.gov.uk/ruraltf/guidance.htm
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published: 27th Mar 2001

New US Record Set
In Texas, on April 18th, 2001 a team of four Canadians identified 233 species of birds in one day, toppling the long standing 23 year old North American birding 'big day' record. The original record of 231 species verified in a single calendar day was set in California on April 29th, 1978. The record breaking team, sponsored by Kowa Optics, was comprised of four Canadians, all from Ontario: Tom Hince, Paul Pratt, Bruce Di Labio, and designated driver Ethan Meleg. "The Canucks" chose a route based in south Texas in mid April where the combination of arriving spring migrants, tropical residents, and lingering winter birds make for rich birding opportunities. For full story turn to our Listing & Racing section - "Big Days" page.
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published: 27th Apr 2001

Local Focus
The first item in this occassional series focuses on the protection of species rare to a corner of the UK. There is a page on the county of Kent, UK on fatbirder where you can follow links to many websites of interest to birders - we welcome the submission of such local reports from anywhere in the world.
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published: 29th May 2001

Last three places…
George Swan – what a great name for a birdguide – an old friend who showed the Fatbirder the delights of Western Australian birding has just three places left on a Pelagic Trips that he is organising to Ashmore Reef from Broome this year running from the 21st - 28th October 2001.
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published: 29th May 2001

Guatemala Appeal
A part of the Guatemalan Pacific Slope Montane rainforest is under threat and you can help. Most of this habitat has been converted to agriculture over the last 100 years and many interesting bird species are rapidly disappearing (White-eared Ground-Sparrow, Long-tailed Manikin, Ruddy Quail-Dove, Violet Sabrewing, etc.) But especially interesting is a nesting troop of Endemic AZURE-RUMPED TANAGERS! This bird is globally endangered and considered the most endangered and important conservation priority bird for the country. It is restricted to the Pacific slope of Guatemala and adjacent Chiapas Mexico between 1000m and 1700m.
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published: 1st Jun 2001

First Ever dba Birding Trip
The report is now available for the first ever dba birding trip - which was to kenya last month. See the report on the Birder's Travel website at: http://www.birderstravel.com/Kenyareport.htm
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published: 7th Jun 2001

English Ospreys & Red kites
A returned male and an unringed female Osprey succeeded in hatching a chick last week at Rutland Water... ...and some news from the Red Kite reintroduction scheme in the English midlands. Hopefully there will be two ways of seeing a Red Kite nest with young from this week, one in Northamptonshire and the other, eventually, on the web - there is still a problem with getting the webcam going. This is a joint venture between the RSPB, English Nature and the Forestry Commission.
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published: 11th Jun 2001

Last Hope for Bald Ibis Under Threat!
Club Mediterranee plans to build a new 260 hectare holiday resort in Tifnit, Morocco, immediately adjacent to the last remaining worldwide colony of the Bald Ibis!
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published: 23rd Jul 2001

Uganda and Rwanda need birders…
If you do not visit one of the best birding forests in Africa over the next year or two, there will be no forests left to visit; reports Giles Mulholland. So please read on...
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published: 27th Jul 2001

UK Bird Race is back...
Birdwatch have just announced that the race, cancelled in May, will go ahead in October...
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published: 3rd Aug 2001

Malta Bird of Prey Camp...
...international pressure is beginning to lead to action!
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published: 9th Aug 2001

Proact
Time has passed so rapidly that when Bo Beolens asked me to do a short piece on Proact for the Fat Birder I knew exactly how it had all started – but when? The computer never forgets...
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published: 20th Aug 2001

World Bird Festival
The World Bird Festival is a month long series of events celebrating theinspiration of birds. The festival is being co-ordinated by BirdLifeInternational and will be launched on October 6th at the famous Gaudibuilding La Pedrera in Barcelona, Spain. The Festival`s theme for 2001 is The Inspiration of Birds. Birds inspire people of all ages, religions and ethnic groups - often through their beauty, their songs and sounds, and their behaviour.
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published: 20th Aug 2001

Oriental Bird Club Meeting
Sunday 26 August 2001. Doors open 11h00. NB meeting is in Cley Village Hall - Please tell your friends
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published: 24th Aug 2001

Freedom itself attacked...
We extend our deepest sympathy, especially to our many American visitors, for the outrage committed against so many people from many nations in the US this week. Violence never solves anything and the slaughter of innocent people can never be justified by any cause.
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published: 14th Sep 2001

Bird Count
Help Save The World`s Threatened Birds...
...By Going Birding This October!
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published: 14th Sep 2001

At long last... its here!
Just published the much heralded and long awaited Helm Guide - Raptors of the World... see the Fatbirder Review below...
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published: 2nd Oct 2001

Vermont Youth Conservation Corps. Recruitment
VYCC is seeking highly motivated, well-organized individuals to train and supervise small teams of high school and college age crew members in our conservation work...
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published: 9th Oct 2001

BirdLife International World Bird Festival
Latest news from BirdLife International\'s World Bird Festival 2001
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published: 29th Oct 2001

Save a City Park
Tucked away behind Moseley High Street, just south of Birmingham’s (UK) city centre is a private natural park - an untouched part of the inner city...
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published: 5th Nov 2001

Fancy going on the road to Mandalay?
… A chance to take part in a wildlife expedition to Mandalay and the western Shan Plateau in Burma (Myanmar). Your participation will help gather data on the bird fauna of the region and support a growing programme of in-country wildlife studies in Myanmar.
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published: 14th Nov 2001

Sparrows are chirpier!
Some (mostly) good news on house sparrows for a change…
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published: 13th Nov 2001

Kenya Forest Excision
From a recent email
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published: 17th Nov 2001

Migration Watch
Migration Watch is an exciting new spring migration project organised by the British Trust for Ornithology...
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published: 28th Nov 2001

Birds & Agriculture
A two day conference...
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published: 6th Dec 2001

Sing a sad song of Cyprus…
David Conlin, International Proact Co-ordinator, said, in November 2001, Twenty Million Birds Are Illegally Trapped Or Shot Every Year On Cyprus - It`s Time To Put A Stop To This! Proact for Cyprus... it`s almost too late!
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published: 11th Dec 2001

Jamaica – 30 endemics, palm fringed golden beaches and rum punch
...fine birding and much safer than you might have been led to believe…
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published: 22nd Dec 2001

Happy New Year
The Fatbirder wishes a happy and peaceful new year to birders everywhere...
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published: 1st Jan 2002

Hungry for Italian food?
Hungarian birds exploited for Italian tables...
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published: 11th Jan 2002

National Nest Box Week 2002
National Nest Box Week is all about encouraging the public to put up nest boxes...
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published: 14th Jan 2002

Swarovski AT 80 ? January, Kent UK
I am conducting a series of amateur trials to test out the Swarovski AT 80
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published: 14th Jan 2002

Spring Into Action - Take Part In Migration Watch
On 1 March the British Trust for Ornithology and BirdWatch Ireland launched Migration Watch, a new Internet-based project to gather information on the arrival and movements of summer migrants.
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published: 3rd Mar 2002

Immigrants put a strain on scant resources
BTO Garden BirdWatchers highlight difficulties
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published: 1st Feb 2002

First Ever Crimean Wolf And Bird Survey
The team ringed 1,000 birds in their six-week study...
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published: 4th Feb 2002

Expedition Investigates Parrot Clay Lick in Peruvian Amazon
?the study`s results will give decision-makers in Peru valuable information on how to manage this natural resource?
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published: 4th Feb 2002

The Birds of the Western Palearctic at ?30.00 (save ?120)!
Visit http://www.oup.com/uk/academicsale for bargain prices on many Oxford University Press books - including Oxford Reference, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science & Medical titles. Sale must end 28th February. Visit NOW - limited stocks on some titles. Story ends...
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published: 8th Feb 2002

Willow Warblers Linger Longer
...summer migrants are staying in Britain longer...
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published: 12th Feb 2002

Fatbirder's back....
After a fraught couple of days we're back with you again. It seems that someone forgot to renew the fatbirder.com domain and it was whisked away by someone else right under our noses. Please accept our most humble apologies to everyone who tried to access the site and was unable to over the last 3 days. We now have the domain safely back in our posession so service is back to normal. Thanks for bearing with us during this difficult time.
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published: 22nd Feb 2002

Watch Out For Wheatears!
?then Swallows, Nightingales and Swifts
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published: 25th Feb 2002

Record Funds For Cuban Wilderness Project
?135,000 Raised For Cuba`s Unique Caribbean Wilderness In 2001; this Year`s Fair To Help Save Sumatra`s Last Lowland Rainforests
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published: 26th Feb 2002

Dungeness Online!
February 20 2002 saw the launch of the Dungeness Bird Observatory Website.
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published: 27th Feb 2002

RSPB needs volunteers
The RSPB is looking for volunteers? to undertake 3-4 farmland bird surveys on allocated farms during the forthcoming breeding season, as part of the Volunteer & Farmer Alliance.
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published: 8th Mar 2002

Migration picking up speed...
This years migrant birds are being recorded on the BTO/BirdWatch Ireland Migration Watch... Bird of the week 21 - 27 April - Whitethroat
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published: 18th Apr 2002

Swarovski AT 80 ? March, Kent UK.
...yet another proof of the advantage of a stable image in a great telescope!
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published: 13th Mar 2002

Keep Birds Free
...the trade in wild-caught birds must be stopped... Proact now!
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published: 15th Mar 2002

Conservation News April 2002
Long-line fishing and Asian logging still threaten birds? ...but the British Bustard and the Californian Condor may make a comeback!
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published: 19th Apr 2002

South East Bird Fair (UK)
Arundel Wildlife and Wetlands Centre on 11/12th May 2002
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published: 18th Apr 2002

Britain`s oldest bird is 50!
The national bird ringing scheme reveals that a Manx shearwater has been flying between the British Isles and South America for half a century - and is thought to have flown five million miles! The bird is part of the colony on Bardsey off the Lleyn peninsula, North Wales.
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published: 18th Apr 2002

First of the New Pages Now On-line...
The first of the New State Level Pages of Fatbirder are now on-line - click on the map on the South Africa page to visit each of the new South African State pages...
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published: 18th Apr 2002

Red Kites & Osprey Webcams...
See the Red Kites 2002 version at: http://www.english-nature.co.uk/redkite/default.asp and Osprey Watch 2002 on: http://www.lakesfd.co.uk/osprey%20home.htm
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published: 24th Apr 2002

Conservation News
US Power Line Fix To Protect Birds...
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published: 24th Apr 2002

OSME Summer Meeting & AGM
The Ornithological Society of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia (OSME) will be holding their Summer Meeting and AGM on Saturday 13th July 2002 at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London...
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published: 26th Apr 2002

Britain`s Birds Respond to Climate Change
Britain`s Birds are already responding to climate change. Three examples of results from research by British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) volunteers are...
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published: 26th Apr 2002

English Nature launches it`s` Hen Harrier project
Something positive is being done about the plight of Hen Harriers in England... ...English Nature is encouraged by Spring sightings...
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published: 30th May 2002

Beautiful Just Birding?
South Africa at its best?
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published: 2nd May 2002

Win Bins!
Your chance to win brilliant optical equipment?
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published: 3rd May 2002

6th World Conference on Birds of Prey and Owls
Budapest, Hungary, 18 - 25 May 2003
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published: 5th May 2002

Wild Cornish Chough Chicks
First wild Cornish chough chicks for fifty years
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published: 30th May 2002

NO AIRPORT AT CLIFFE Campaign
The proposal for an international airport at Cliffe, in Kent in the United Kingdom threatens internationally important wildlife assets?
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published: 31st May 2002

BIRD 4 CLIFFE
Proact calls for International Birding for Cliffe?
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published: 1st Jun 2002

dba Canada Trip
the second dba birding tour was to the world famous Point Pelee...
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published: 5th Jun 2002

New Fatbirder Pages...
Fatbirder has now added pages for all the Spanish Regions, the South African Provinces and the French Regions...
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published: 6th Jun 2002

UK Armchair volunteers needed...
Can you tell a Blue Tit from a Blackbird?
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published: 10th Jun 2002

Cliffe Anti-Airport Campaign Latest?
7 June 2002 ? Director of RSPB South East & KOS President speak out?
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published: 13th Jun 2002

Bill Backs Campaign?
I`m absolutely appalled?
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published: 14th Jun 2002

No Airport Sell Out
Locals flock to show their support...
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published: 16th Jun 2002

Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things To Protect Rainforest
Extraordinary things are done by ordinary people, who have produced some important and exciting data on an area of remote and unresearched Amazon jungle, in an effort to save this pristine habitat - 19 June 2002
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published: 19th Jun 2002

Uganda U-turn on Animal Export?
Proact welcomes Uganda President Yoweri Museveni`s call yesterday for an immediate ban of trade in wild birds and other animals?
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published: 20th Jun 2002

Where Have All Our Sparrows Gone?
A huge public survey of London`s sparrows was launched 18th June 2002.
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published: 20th Jun 2002

German Minister For The Environment Awards UK Organisation
Biosphere Expeditions has won yet another environment award...
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published: 8th Jul 2002

No Airport At Cliffe News Updates
Opposition grows and strengthens?
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published: 9th Jul 2002

Scottish & Southern Energy links with RSPB
Help the environment and help yourself by switching your gas and electricity to Scottish & Southern Energy?
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published: 11th Nov 2002

The Parrots Final Flight - Extinction !
Its been estimated that of all the species which have ever existed on this world 99.9% are now extinct... Guest Article...
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published: 16th Jul 2002

3rd Symposium on Asian Raptors
All persons interested in Asian birds of prey are hereby cordially invited to attend the Symposium...
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published: 20th Jul 2002

No Airport At Cliffe - Latest News
...the RSPB is calling on the Department for Transport to rule out the option of a new airport at Cliffe...
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published: 19th Jul 2002

Runway? No Way!
RSPB urge immediate withdrawal of Cliffe airport proposal.
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published: 24th Jul 2002

Cliffe Painting Raffle...
...a truly creative No Airport At Cliffe campaign supporter gesture!
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published: 30th Jul 2002

For UK teenage birders
A one day course on gull and wader ID has been organised by RSPB
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published: 30th Jul 2002

Bee-eaters
Bee-eaters are nesting in Britain for the first time in half a century, attracting thousands of visitors.
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published: 2nd Aug 2002

What the Dickens?
a precious, unique marshland with a low leaden threat on the horizon...
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published: 2nd Aug 2002

The Isles of Scilly Bird Group
The October Log...
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published: 8th Aug 2002

Six Hen Harrier chicks reared in Yorkshire Dales National Park
Hen Harrier Recovery Project notches up a success?
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published: 8th Aug 2002

History repeats itself?
?once again RSPB fights the cause of the Little Egret
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published: 14th Aug 2002

Cutting Conservation Costs Billions!
Report emphasises the importance of Cliffe for the UK`s birds
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published: 13th Aug 2002

See you at the Fair
The Fatbirder will be staffing the Disabled Birders Association stand (14, Marquee 5) at the British Bird Fair Fri 16th thru Sun 18th August...
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published: 15th Aug 2002

Saw you at the Fair...
It was great to meet so many Fatbirder friends at the British Birdwatching Fair
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published: 18th Aug 2002

Scilly Season
The Isles of Scilly Bird Group has just published its Yearly Review for 2001...
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published: 22nd Aug 2002

Indigo-winged Parrot found...
Student Award winners rediscover Indigo-winged Parrot in Colombia...
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published: 22nd Aug 2002

No Airport At Cliffe special event at Northward Hill RSPB Reserve
Friday 30th August, 4pm - 10pm - main speaker - RSPB Chief Executive Graham Wynne...
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published: 24th Aug 2002

The Biggest Accounting Scandal of them all?
Just as some companies boost their bottom line by counting costs as capital investment, national governments the world over ignore social and natural resource costs to create the appearance of economic wealth...
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published: 29th Aug 2002

South-East England Ringers` Conference
Elmley NNR, Kent
Saturday 7th September
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published: 30th Aug 2002

No Airport at Cliffe RSPB Special Event 30th August
The event at the Northward Hill RSPB reserve attracted over 3000 people...
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published: 31st Aug 2002

Chickenfeed
Snippets of news from the bird world?
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published: 3rd Sep 2002

Passing on The Knowledge
5000th BTO Bird Ringing Permit presented?
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published: 5th Sep 2002

OSME Book Award
Winner Sadegh Sadeghi Zadegan of Iran
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published: 6th Sep 2002

Giant Cork Eagle Lands At Eden Project
The RSPB is calling on supermarkets and other wine retailers to label wines to show the type of stopper used...
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published: 9th Sep 2002

Hen harriers holding on in the English uplands
The hen harrier population is still perilously low and they continue to be persecuted...
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published: 14th Sep 2002

Lea Valley Birdwatching Fair
A varied two day series of talks and presentations by experts including Dave Cottridge, Gerard Gorman, Michael Campbell and Bill Oddie...
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published: 18th Sep 2002

Birdwatch for Cliffe
?Saturday 28 September
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published: 19th Sep 2002

Lost & Found
News of discoveries, re-discoveries and mouth-watering possibilities from the pages of World Birdwatch ? the magazine of BirdLife International?
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published: 21st Sep 2002

Canada`s Forgotten Wild Spaces
?new report outlines grave state of protected areas?
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published: 25th Sep 2002

Its Enough to Make a Green Maltese Cross!
Save birds migrating through Malta...
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published: 26th Sep 2002

A days birding within the footprint of the proposed airport at Cliffe?
by RSPB Warden Alan Parker. A personal view of the No Airport@Cliffe Big Sit, Sept 28 2002...
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published: 2nd Oct 2002

Biosphere Expeditions News
Snow Leopards And Old Friends: 2003 Expeditions Programme
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published: 2nd Oct 2002

News from the BTO?
Oldest Oystercatcher , Volunteers needed to help save Britain`s mammals & Fast Food Outlets?
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published: 7th Oct 2002

Reducing The Risk Of Flooding By Working With Nature
RSPB turn back the tide, by not turning back the tide?
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published: 9th Oct 2002

NA@C November March
No Airport At Cliffe campaigners will be marching on the Airport Terminal Folly, Saturday 23rd November, this unique event is hosted by the RSPB.
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published: 14th Oct 2002

Cornish success story...
Chough and Hen Harrier breed
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published: 25th Oct 2002

Mountain Summit
?over-exploitation of europe`s mountains threatens more than half its mountain bird species, birdlife warns?
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published: 29th Oct 2002

No Airport At Cliffe
Dual Hub not viable...
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published: 1st Nov 2002

Nightingales & Peregrines
Results of a national surveys...
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published: 1st Nov 2002

Parasites pose new threat to Darwin`s finches
...accidental introductions of flies...
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published: 8th Nov 2002

SKYE Campaign Group
?stop the devastating impact that wind farms could have on the golden eagles of the Isle of Skye?
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published: 9th Nov 2002

BirdLife International`s Globally Threatened Bird Update
?an invitation to join in?
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published: 18th Nov 2002

Zino`s Petrel endangered by NATO
BirdLife International calls for the suspension of Portugal`s NATO radar plan?
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published: 19th Nov 2002

Prestige Oil Spill Latest
Balearic Shearwaters found dead...
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published: 26th Nov 2002

No Airport At Cliffe - News Update
TV, March, Registering concern, No Case For A New Airport At Cliffe speech etc...
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published: 21st Nov 2002

The UK Migration Atlas has arrived
...member`s offer...
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published: 21st Nov 2002

BirdLife International lobbies European Commission
...to help prevent future oil spills such as the Prestige disaster...
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published: 23rd Nov 2002

Cliffe Compensation Impossible
Says RSPB, But Shouldn`t Be On The Agenda Anyway?
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published: 23rd Nov 2002

Raising Awareness about Natura 2000
New BirdLife initiative marks 10th anniversary of EU Habitats Directive...
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published: 27th Nov 2002

British Seabirds Killed In Prestige Oil Spill
...thousands of our seabirds will now be in Spanish waters...
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published: 29th Nov 2002

Royal Commission On Environmental Pollution
The Environmental Effects Of Civil Aircraft In Flight...
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published: 30th Nov 2002

Prestige Latest
BirdLife International urges EU leaders to ban single-hulled oil tankers and adopt measures to prevent more spills...
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published: 9th Dec 2002

Disappearing Rainbow Lorikeets
From Australian Aviculture Journal`s conservation corner - November 2002.
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published: 3rd Dec 2002

The No Airport at Cliffe RSPB boat trip
Cruising along the Thames to view the threatened North Kent marshes from an estuarine perspective - by RSPB senior warden Alan Parker.
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published: 10th Dec 2002

Audubon support for the Important Bird Area program
From the Audubon Bird Conservation Newsletter?
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published: 13th Dec 2002

The Dead Give Up Their Secrets?
Bird corpses, bits of birds and ornithological research...
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published: 13th Dec 2002

Greenland Election ? Wildlife Implications
PROACT poised to launch protest?
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published: 10th Dec 2002

Tits Bounce Back!
...and BTO appoint new House Sparrow Officer...
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published: 13th Dec 2002

Snowy Egret in the UK
Added to Category A of the British List?
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published: 14th Dec 2002

Audubon & the San Francisco Bay Restoration Plan
Giant Leap Forward Announced...
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published: 18th Dec 2002

What are you giving the birds this Christmas?
Cold, dark and hungry ? Garden birds need help at this time of year ?
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published: 20th Dec 2002

Seasons Greetings and more....
Fatbirder`s seasonal gift to my users... all trip reports updated, all Middle East and South American links updated...
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published: 24th Dec 2002

Lee Valley Birdwatching Fair 2003
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 February 2003...
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published: 23rd Dec 2002

A funky thing happened on the way to the Forum
Forum.net off to a flying start?
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published: 30th Dec 2002

Operation To Help Lapwings Recover
UK Farmers urged to throw a lifeline to lapwings...
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published: 2nd Jan 2003

Prestige oil spill update
Number of dead oiled birds recovered in Spain reaches new peak; SEO/BirdLife predicts a further increase...
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published: 3rd Jan 2003

Have you seen this bird?
House Sparrow continues to decline...
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published: 13th Jan 2003

The Wrong Debate at the Wrong Time
This is how a vice president of the National Audubon Society described the US Administration`s Clean Water Proposal...
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published: 13th Jan 2003

BTO Announce the Loss of a Friend of all Birders?
Chris Mead 1940-2003
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published: 17th Jan 2003

Birds on the move?
Migration Atlas, reporting migration arrivals and building birds a home?
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published: 17th Jan 2003

Help Protect America`s Birds
Pioneer Web-based Count Spotlights WatchList Birds and West Nile Virus...
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published: 22nd Jan 2003

BirdLife International Web Editor
Fancy combining your web skills with your love of birds?
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published: 23rd Jan 2003

The Chris Mead Memorial Fund
BTO & the Mead family announce a fitting tribute...
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published: 25th Jan 2003

Texas Spring Migration Birding Festival
By Susan Fennewald Galveston Texas, USA
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published: 27th Jan 2003

OSME supports fieldworkers in Armenia
...they have awarded a grant of $700 to work at the Armash Fish Farm in Armenia.
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published: 28th Jan 2003

Chris Mead - Funeral & Memorial Fund
The quiet, family funeral of Chris Mead took place today in Norfolk.
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published: 29th Jan 2003

Fatbirder Spotlight on... The Top End
?a new Fatbirder series highlighting lesser known birding destinations?
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published: 30th Jan 2003

More oil spill carnage?
4,000 oiled birds recovered from Belgian and Dutch coasts - BirdLife International calls for urgent EU action...
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published: 30th Jan 2003

Cliffe`s Five Fatal Flaws
5 Flaws in Government proposals for Cliffe, highlighted by the RSPB...
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published: 19th Feb 2003

New Science Team Member & Summit on Nile Virus Announced
Former Birder`s World Editor Joins Audubon Science Team - Greg Butcher Named New Director of Citizen Science...
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published: 19th Feb 2003

British Birdwatching Fair 2002 Record
Record Funds were raised for Sumatra Rainforest Project at last year`s Fair - ?146,900 for Sumatra`s Last Lowland Rainforests - 2003 Fair To Help Save Madagascar`s Fragile Wetlands?
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published: 19th Feb 2003

Oil goes on killing in Europe! Will an Iraq war wreck the environment?
9,366 oiled birds recovered from the Belgian, Dutch & French coasts after the Tricolor oil spill...
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published: 19th Feb 2003

National Nest Box Week 2003
National Nest Box Week 2003 started Friday 14th February 2003...
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published: 19th Feb 2003

Russian Oil Giant Threatens Park and Development May Destroy a Norwegian Delta
Two more pressing environmental threats need international help from PROACT members and sympathisers...
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published: 19th Feb 2003

Migration Watch 2003
everyone can contribute to our understanding of bird migration...
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published: 19th Feb 2003

Winter Waterfowl Wonderland
Cliffe proposal would put years of effort to waste?
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published: 23rd Feb 2003

Nepalese Government Support Conservation
The 3rd Koshi Tappu Migratory Bird Festival & World Wetlands Day 2003...
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published: 24th Feb 2003

Longline Laggards
UN FAO`s positive efforts to cut seabird deaths undermined by 14 longlinelaggards...
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published: 25th Feb 2003

Postcodes for Birds?
Birds on your doorstep at http://www.postcodebirds.bto.org
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published: 25th Feb 2003

UK Job
Neath Port Talbot Biodiversity Action has a vacancy for a Farmland Bird Officer...
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published: 5th Mar 2003

Migrants are on their way to the UK!
BTO Migration Watch first records in?
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published: 6th Mar 2003

More birds under threat of habitat loss in Europe
...help Proact fight the latest short-sighted plans
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published: 24th Mar 2003

Migration News from the British Trust for Ornithology
Martins over meres
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published: 24th Mar 2003

Oil spill tragedy continues
44,000 oiled birds found on Europe`s North Atlantic coast since Prestige and Tricolor oil spills
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published: 24th Mar 2003

Decrease in Red Kite numbers?
a conservationist is appealing for a meeting of interested parties?
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published: 24th Mar 2003

For Once a Conservation Success!
Audubon CEO John Flicker Issues a Statement on Senate Arctic Refuge Vote
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published: 24th Mar 2003

Hunting and trapping threaten 88% of Vietnam`s key conservation sites
Hanoi, Vietnam, 13th March 2003 -- BirdLife International launched its Key Sites for Conservation in Vietnam...
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published: 25th Mar 2003

Cambodia`s Wetlands Need Protection
the most comprehensive review of bird conservation priorities in Cambodia to date, was launched today...
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published: 27th Mar 2003

They`re back....
English Ospreys are back at Rutland Water...
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published: 31st Mar 2003

Great Backyard Bird Count
50,000 Great Backyard Bird Count Checklists Show Bird Whereabouts Across North America. Now, Participants Encouraged to eBird Year Round
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published: 2nd Apr 2003

Bald parrot discovered in Brazil
A new species of parrot has been discovered in Brazil and named Pionopsitta aurantiocephala in recognition of its remarkable bare head covered with bright orange skin.
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published: 2nd Apr 2003

Okavango Delta Threatened
Plans to build a weir could cause irreversible damage
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published: 2nd Apr 2003

Lundy Seabird Recovery Project
Three quarters of the world population of Manx shearwater breeds on islands around UK
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published: 2nd Apr 2003

Slow start for Swallows
Migration News from the British Trust for Ornithology
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published: 10th Apr 2003

No Airport @ Cliffe Latest
Chance for public to see the rare Little Egret launches RSPB events programme under the airport footprint
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published: 11th Apr 2003

Audubon News
Important Bird Areas Conference, states report progress, forthcoming events etc?
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published: 15th Apr 2003

Migration Watch Latest
Houses for House Martins
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published: 17th Apr 2003

Old Bird
The oldest known Manx Shearwater re-found on Bardsey Island...
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published: 24th Apr 2003

European Ornithological Conference
Saxony will host the 4th European Ornithological Conference in August
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published: 25th Apr 2003

No so green and pleasant land...
The New Greenland Government Allows Spring Hunting of Threatened Bird Population - From a Greenland correspondent
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published: 29th Apr 2003

Iraqi environment
BirdLife survey teams to assess environmental impacts of war in Iraq...
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published: 29th Apr 2003

Audubon Society to manage Audubon`s home
Society to Assume Management of Mill Grove, J.J. Audubon`s First Home in U.S., on the Eve of Naturalist`s 218th Birthday.
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published: 30th Apr 2003

Here they come at last...
BTO Migration Watch Update ? April 2003
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published: 2nd May 2003

Late Availability?
1-14 August 2003: Introduction to South Africa birding tour for a ground price under US$3,000!
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published: 7th May 2003

Albatross news?
South Africa joins global albatross conservation treaty ? one more country needed
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published: 7th May 2003

Swifts Scream In
Swifts early this year...
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published: 15th May 2003

Norwegian Wood
New Wheelchair-friendly Hides at the willow-wood near Varanger -fjord
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published: 15th May 2003

Volunteers Needed for Symonds Yat Rock
Help the RSPB to show Peregrines off to the public?
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published: 16th May 2003

Danube Delta Danger
Ukraine urged to save Danube delta reserve
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published: 20th May 2003

Organic ornithology?
First organic rice planted in Riet Vell, Ebro Delta...
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published: 21st May 2003

Bird Snaps
2003 International Bird Photography Competition Opens
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published: 23rd May 2003

Late (but welcome) visitors
Migration News from the British Trust for Ornithology
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published: 30th May 2003

Delightful Discovery
Gurney`s Pitta rediscovered in Myanmar...
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published: 2nd Jun 2003

GPS for Atlas Project
Osme Buys Satellite Equipment For Turkey Bird Atlas
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published: 2nd Jun 2003

Coming soon...
The Fat birder shop is on its way...
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published: 6th Jun 2003

Silver Jubilee
Help celebrate 25 years of OSME
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published: 9th Jun 2003

Documentary Takes Flight
Winged Migration (Le Peuple Migrateur) takes flight on 5 September 2003
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published: 11th Jun 2003

Another lucky find?
Critically Endangered Megapode Pulls Back from Brink of Extinction
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published: 19th Jun 2003

More Important Bird Areas under threat?
New study finds that many of Panama`s key sites for wildlife are threatened
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published: 24th Jun 2003

New Owl Footage
Survey team captures only film of newly-discovered owl species?
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published: 24th Jun 2003

Red Kites at site, birder`s delight?
Red Kites May Soar Again In North East Skies: Plans Unveiled to Bring Rare Birds Back To The Region...
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published: 6th Jul 2003

South Korea Wetland Disgrace
South Korea pushes ahead with the destruction of its most important wetland...
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published: 6th Jul 2003

Another tragic loss?
World`s biggest woodpecker species is feared extinct
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published: 11th Jul 2003

Corncrake Comeback
RSPB re-introduce the corncrake to England?
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published: 13th Jul 2003

BTO Latest?
Food Search Patterns; Old Ringing Returns, The Benefits of Stubble & County Annual Report Winners
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published: 14th Jul 2003

Environmental Reprieve
Saemangeum Project halted by courts?
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published: 15th Jul 2003

Kenya`s Arabuko-Sokoke Forest to be saved!
One million-dollar funding secures future of one of world`s top biodiversity sites...
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published: 22nd Jul 2003

Lone Rower`s Voyage of Hope
Round-the-world expedition targets pirates to halt albatross deaths...
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published: 25th Jul 2003

Hope for the Ancient Mariner?
New Technology Minimizes Seabird Deaths in Hawaii Long-line Fishery...
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published: 28th Jul 2003

Magazine Being Launched at the Fair?
Birds Illustrated lives again
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published: 5th Aug 2003

Vacant Lot
An opportunity to join the BOU Records Committee
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published: 7th Aug 2003

Keep Birding Free
?birding info on the web should always be free to birders says the Fat Birder?
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published: 20th Aug 2003

Bald Bird Bounces Back?
Bird Revered by the Pharaohs Stages a Comeback...
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published: 18th Aug 2003

Saemangeum Latest
Environmental organisations worldwide urge South Korea to halt destruction of its most important wetland...
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published: 20th Aug 2003

Bitterns Booming!
?the most dramatic annual increase in the population of the bittern in decades?
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published: 21st Aug 2003

Saemangeum very latest
South Korean Government ignores both Saemangeum Legal Ruling and international opinion.
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published: 26th Aug 2003

New German Bird Monitoring
Germany follows BTO example by founding a Bird Monitoring Trust
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published: 26th Aug 2003

Genetically Modified Foreign Policy
Support food labelling
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published: 29th Aug 2003

Crex Crex Creativity
Conservationists bring back the Corncrake to England
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published: 29th Aug 2003

Petrel shortage not as bad as feared...
New Colony of Europe`s Rarest Breeding Bird Discovered
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published: 1st Sep 2003

Ancient Mariner`s desperate plight
New research shows longline fishing pushing six albatross species further towards the brink of extinction...
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published: 3rd Sep 2003

Spud U Buy?
House Sparrows funding crisis?
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published: 8th Sep 2003

Garden bird latest
Robin ? Every garden should have one...
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published: 8th Sep 2003

Plovers enjoy the nightlife!
Peewits stay up late to catch their worms...
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published: 8th Sep 2003

The North-South divide for Peregrines
?new high for Peregrines breeding in the UK?
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published: 8th Sep 2003

Good news on forest regeneration
Local communities help Cameroon rainforest
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published: 8th Sep 2003

Anyone give a hoot?
Race against time to save Britain`s largest collection of rare owls?
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published: 8th Sep 2003

Cameroon and Nigeria Cross-border Park
BirdLife works with governments to create giant protected area straddling two nations...
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published: 9th Sep 2003

New country survey
First surveys of Timor-Leste find globally-threatened species...
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published: 9th Sep 2003

No Protection!
More Than 700 Threatened Species Remain Completely Unprotected, New Study Shows?
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published: 11th Sep 2003

Critical Habitat Restoration Planned?
California Legislature Passes Bills To Restore Salton Sea...
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published: 11th Sep 2003

BirdLife Back Bird Biodiversity Book
Two-thirds of most important biodiversity sites on Indonesia`s holiday islands lack protection...
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published: 16th Sep 2003

Young birders cheap accommodation
YHA Launches Birdwatching Guide
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published: 17th Sep 2003

We`re back!
Technical hitch downed the fat birder for a few days...
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published: 26th Sep 2003

Storm Causes Petrel Crisis
Hurricane-torn Bermuda rallies to save rare seabirds
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published: 26th Sep 2003

Hen Harriers Holding On
2003 breeding season figures for England just published?
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published: 29th Sep 2003

Eurobirding
Continent`s biggest birdwatch takes place...
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published: 3rd October 2003

Locals may have cooked rarity`s goose
Fires consume last refuges of one of Earth`s rarest birds...
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published: 7th Oct 2003

European Plover Count

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published: 7th Oct 2003

Flight Guide
Hong Kong birdwatching tourism gets major push...
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published: 10th Oct 2003

Love Your Lawn
Don`t be tempted to pave over a paradise?
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published: 10th Oct 2003

Million Dollar Purchase by Conservation Bodies
National Audubon And Nature Conservancy Work To Add 900-Acre Parcel To the Beidler Sanctuary in South Carolina, USA...
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published: 16th Oct 2003

Cynicism or Cover Up?
Navy Contract Scientist Reveals Great Concerns Over Proposed Landing Field Next To National Wildlife Refuge...
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published: 16th Oct 2003

You Will Not Meet the Fatbirder
...at Martin Mere for a signing of Whose Bird
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published: 14th Nov 2003

Finch found as Island is lost?
Researchers discover new bird species just as its refuge is lost...
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published: 22nd Oct 2003

US Christmas Bird Count
Audubon Invites Birders And Nature Enthusiasts To Take Part In 104th Annual Christmas Bird Count
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published: 22nd Oct 2003

Stamp of disapproval
Falklands stamps draw attention to albatross extinction risk...
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published: 23rd Oct 2003

$10-Billion Mississippi River Restoration Plan
Audubon Supports Army Corps Of Engineers` Effort To Build The First-Ever Integrated Mississippi River Restoration Plan
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published: 29th Oct 2003

Late Indian Astronaut Loved Birdwatching
National Audubon Society Establishes The Kalpana Chawla Fund For Environmental Stewardship
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published: 29th Oct 2003

The Second Ever Urban Audubon Centre Opens in Los Angeles
Sustainably Designed Building Functions Completely Off the Grid
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published: 7th Nov 2003

Real Stewardship!
Celebration as back-from-the-brink-bird thrives in UK
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published: 11th Nov 2003

Digiscoping Weekend
book last few places now for a weekend with the UK`s top digiscoping experts!
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published: 11th Nov 2003

Saemangeum reclamation suspended!
?but the protest must continue
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published: 9th Nov 2003

Oriental Bird Plan
New blueprint to halt Asia`s bird extinction crisis...
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published: 12th Nov 2003

Albatross Agreement
South African ratification gives new hope to threatened albatross species...
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published: 14th Nov 2003

Wind Farm Threat to Migration
Help Proact Prevent A Wind Turbine Death Trap On The Via Pontica Flyway In Bulgaria...
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published: 23rd Nov 2003

Malta Still Defies Directives
Malta Must Conform To And Implement The Environmental Directives - In Spirit And In Practice...
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published: 24th Nov 2003

Long-legged Warbler comes out of hiding!
Researchers rediscover long-lost bird...
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published: 27th Nov 2003

Another Bustard of a problem?
Can The Great Bustard Population In East Germany Survive?
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published: 30th Nov 2003

BOURC announce British List changes
Have you got an armchair tick?
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published: 5th Dec 2003

News from the BTO
UK Minister launches Bird Challenge and BTO encourages bird feeding
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published: 11th Dec 2003

Worldwide Ornithological Literature
A new online bibliographic database for ornithologists
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published: 15th Dec 2003

Some of our harriers are missing
The hunt is on for Bowland`s birds of prey
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published: 23rd Dec 2003

Feed the birds...
UK Birds die as winter weather bites
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published: 2nd Jan 2004

One Quarter of Land Life May Die!
Climate change threat to Europe`s birds
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published: 7th Jan 2004

Spoonbill Shooting
Maltese Bring More Shame on Themselves?
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published: 11th Jan 2004

Serbian Conservationists Plea
Efforts To Introduce A Quail And Turtle Dove Hunting Ban In Serbia & Montenegro
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published: 11th Jan 2004

Thyme to Celebrate
Good News for threatened heath...
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published: 11th Jan 2004

New BTO Nestbox Guide
8th National Nest Box Week marked with publication?
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published: 14th Jan 2004

Garden Bird Feeding Survey
Thirty-three years of garden bird recording
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published: 14th Jan 2004

Belize Energy Company Eco-threat
The Habitat of the Scarlet Macaw; Jaguar & Tapir in Belize is Threatened by a Multinational Energy Company...
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published: 14th Jan 2004

Where Eagles Dare?
Icon Of The Mountain Still Faces Great Challenges...
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published: 15th Jan 2004

Europe`s Birds Crash in Intensively Farmed Land
?dire warning for the future of Europe`s farmland birds?
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published: 16th Jan 2004

Walking for Wetlands
Prominent Korean environmentalists and spiritual leaders come to the UK to protest reclamation in South Korea...
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published: 22nd Jan 2004

Vultures Die from Drug Abuse
?urgent plea to save asia`s vultures
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published: 28th Jan 2004

Korean Carve-up Continues
Devastating Court Ruling?
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published: 29th Jan 2004

Water Company Help Herons
Heronries Census
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published: 2nd Feb 2004

Audubon`s Reaction to the Bush Administration 2005 Budget
Budget Rewards Special Interests at Expense of America`s Great Natural Heritage...
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published: 4th Feb 2004

First the good news
Qualified Plaudits for Greenland...
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published: 9th Feb 2004

Italian Meadowlands Under Threat
Prevent the Despoiling of the Magredi Steppe Landscape
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published: 10th Feb 2004

Stop Italian Gull Cull
Italian MP introduces parliamentary bill to allow mass killing of gulls and cormorants...
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published: 12th Feb 2004

Migration Watch 2004
Make an early start ? the birds have!
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published: 12th Feb 2004

Snow ? hard to Swallow!
UK Migration news?
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published: 23rd Feb 2004

Hen Harrier Persecution Initiative
Operation Artemis
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published: 23rd Feb 2004

Fatbirder Upgraded
Have you realised?
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published: 24th Feb 2004

Grey Killers
Report points the finger at Grey Squirrels
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published: 26th Feb 2004

Audubon News
A miscellany of what`s happening stateside?
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published: 4th Mar 2004

Oiled But Not Foiled
Guillemot 899 ? This is Your Life!
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published: 9th Mar 2004

Last Ditch Delta Defence
A last effort is being made by Ukrainian conservationists to save the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve...
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published: 10th Mar 2004

Here at last...
...Fatbirder Bird Family Pages Have Arrived!
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published: 25th Apr 2004

RSPB Reserve Washout
Floods Wash Out Breeding Birds At Ouse Washes Cambridgeshire Nature Reserve Faces Dismal Year
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published: 27th Apr 2004

Hat-trick for Cornish Choughs
England`s only wild pair of breeding chough have done it again!
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published: 28th Apr 2004

CAP threat to endangered birds?
Europe`s Wildlife Won`t Celebrate Enlargement
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published: 30th Apr 2004

3D Birds on the Web
ZMA`s brilliant innovation
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published: 6th May 2004

Positively Sociable
BirdLife steps in to save the Sociable Lapwing
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published: 12th May 2004

Rat Trap
New Zealand to create more island sanctuaries
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published: 17th May 2004

Idiot Wounds Raptor
Osprey Shooting Alarms RSPB
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published: 18th May 2004

Danube Delta`s Future in Deep water
Critical Times for the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve
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published: 18th May 2004

Radicals Duck Hunting Issue
Germany`s Red-Green Coalition Drag Their Heels On The Much-Needed Hunting Law Reform
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published: 18th May 2004

Bird Club Twinning
German Bird Society Seeks UK Partner
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published: 25th May 2004

First Ladies And Bankers
It ain`t over `til the first lady swings...
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published: 27th May 2004

Boost for Iraqi Wetlands
Canadian Government to help restore the Mesopotamian marshes of southern Iraq.
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published: 2nd Jun 2004

Fishy Business at the Ministry
NZ fishing industry challenged to pull up its stocks
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published: 3rd Jun 2004

The birds and the bees
Industry initiative for conservation
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published: 4th Jun 2004

Tracking Disappearing Rarities
Satellite tags will show where Northern Bald Ibis go
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published: 7th Jun 2004

Cambodian Vulture Culture
Significant vulture discovery in Cambodia
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published: 11th Jun 2004

Brush up your Middle East knowledge
OSME Summer Meeting
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published: 14th Jun 2004

Now Even Fatter!
Even more pages added to Fatbirder.com
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published: 15th Jun 2004

Delta Dumping Destroying Ducks
Verdalselva Delta; a RAMSAR site in Norway is under threat from industrial development?
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published: 16th Jun 2004

Conservation Champions
BP Record Awards; Ridgeway Camapaign Culmination?
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published: 17th Jun 2004

Re-designation of Regulation Rescues Remaining Rainforest
Indonesia clears the way for rainforest recovery...
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published: 22nd Jun 2004

Capercaillie Conservation Optimism
Is The Capercaillie Back From The Brink Of UK Extinction?
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published: 23rd Jun 2004

Ebro threat eased but not over
Ebro water transfer stopped, but Delta IBA still threatened
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published: 23rd Jun 2004

Danube Day - 29th June 2004...
10 Years Of Cooperation: Down The Drain - Thanks To The Ukraine?
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published: 26th Jun 2004

Ridgeway Gives Long-liners a Lashing
Seabird champion delivers colossal petition against pirate fishing
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published: 26th Jun 2004

Commissioner Cross with Maltese
EU Commissioner Slams Malta on Illegal hunting
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published: 26th Jun 2004

Cahow Knowhow?
New island home for Cahow chicks but will they find their way back?
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published: 9th Jul 2004

Thai Die Storks
BirdLife concern over Thai proposal to cull storks
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published: 9th Jul 2004

Return of a Gouldian Age?
A breeding population of Gouldian Finches has been established in the Mareeba district of Queensland after an absence of over 40 years...
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published: 13th Jul 2004

Germany leads the way in marine conservation
UK lags behind in designating marine sites
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published: 15th Jul 2004

BirdLife calls for cyberaction
Birders in 25 countries are called upon to request a better future for nature and farming in the new EU...
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published: 15th Jul 2004

Eco-friendly EEC?
Future of Europe`s countryside brought back from the brink...
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published: 16th Jul 2004

Team Spots Imperiled Imperials
New sightings of a small island specialist
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published: 16th Jul 2004

Window Dressing Not Fundamental Commitment
Six billion Euro lifeline for nature`s crown jewels ? but is it enough?
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published: 19th Jul 2004

News From the US
Bush Can`t See the Wood for the Trees and other news
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published: 21st Jul 2004

Save Our Seed-eaters
RSPB Urges Arable Farmers To Throw A Lifeline To Starving Birds
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published: 21st Jul 2004

Not So Shy Albatross
Money raised for albatross conservation
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published: 23rd Jul 2004

Britain`s Bitterns Booming!
English Nature and the RSPB say it is a boom time for Britain`s bitterns
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published: 27th Jul 2004

Ebro Delta under siege again!
New threat to Spanish IBA
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published: 27th Jul 2004

BP Awards
$600,000 conservation funding up for grabs
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published: 31st Jul 2004

Politician Gets It Right
Good news for Sierra Leone`s birds
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published: 31st Jul 2004

A Picnic for the Birds
Zeebrugge harbour bar is best for Sandwiches
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published: 4th Aug 2004

Unlucky Tongan Isle of Late
Megapode survey too late
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published: 4th Aug 2004

Beach Breach Conundrum
What Future For Minsmere`s Sea Defences?
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published: 5th Aug 2004

Corncrake Comeback
Conservationists bring rare bird back to England
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published: 12th Aug 2004

A Complete Disdain for Conservation and Human Rights in Argentina
A report from Argentina, which would otherwise receive little international attention...
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published: 24th Aug 2004

Proact Demand Enquiry for Eagles
No wind turbines in Isle of Lewis SPA without a full and frank enquiry
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published: 25th Aug 2004

Dalmatian Disaster looms?
Two months to save pelican stronghold
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published: 27th Aug 2004

North Kent Marshes Wildlife & Countryside Fair
Sunday 5th September from 12 noon until 6pm
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published: 2nd Sep 2004

Fight to Save Turkish Delight
Continuing the fight to save the Gediz Delta - one of Turkey`s most important wetlands
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published: 2nd Sep 2004

Peterborough Bird Fest
...proceeds go to help Tree Sparrows
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published: 7th Sep 2004

Kiwis face minefield
?habitat destruction proposed
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published: 7th Sep 2004

Tim Twins with Tinajones
International collaboration helps Peru`s new wetland reserve
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published: 7th Sep 2004

Quell Quail Slaughter
Hunting tourism comes under fire
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published: 11th Sep 2004

Grand Opening
Deeping Lakes Nature Reserve opens in Lincolnshire Sunday 19 September
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published: 17th Sep 2004

Lucky Lundy
First Manx shearwater chicks recorded on Lundy for 50 years...
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published: 17th Sep 2004

Inventor of Digiscoping dies...
Laurence Poh will be missed by many
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published: 19th Sep 2004

Reserve might go to the dogs!
Pagham Harbour Local Nature Reserve Wildlife Under Threat?
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published: 20th Sep 2004

Saemangeum Madness Worsens
Golf complex will drive Korean wetland to oblivion
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published: 22nd Sep 2004

Sponsor a Birdathon
?help fund El Salvador`s permanent bird monitoring program
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published: 26th Sep 2004

Octoberfest
Month-long bird festival to get underway
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published: 29th Sep 2004

Where Geese May Safely Graze
Helping Farmers Helping Geese
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published: 30th Sep 2004

A Natural Selection
Darwin grant will build cadre of conservationists in West Africa`s threatened rain forest
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published: 2nd Oct 2004

Controversial Curlew
Slender hopes raised for Europe`s rarest bird
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published: 5th Oct 2004

The end of LIFE as we know it
European Commission to axe conservation fund
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published: 7th Oct 2004

Eurowatch
European Birdwatch hits new heights
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published: 7th Oct 2004

Thrush Rush
Mass invasion of Redwings
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published: 11th Oct 2004

Now for some good news
Bird Crime Decreases in South West
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published: 12th Oct 2004

Atlantic Forest Action
BirdLife strives to create Brazilian green corridors
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published: 12th Oct 2004

BidLife Down Under
First Australian IBAs announced
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published: 13th Oct 2004

Eastern Awards
OSME supports Middle East projects
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published: 15th Oct 2004

Garden Watch Offer
Gift pack for garden birdwatchers
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published: 15th Oct 2004

Report Highlights US Birds` Plight
Almost a third of US birds declining significantly
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published: 21st Oct 2004

Armchair Birders Wanted
?to help monitor the changing fortunes
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published: 25th Oct 2004

Cockatoo Conservationists Cock-a-hoop
...threatened parrots receive a boost
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published: 25th Oct 2004

Red List Index
...a sensitive new tool for tracking biodiversity loss
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published: 26th Oct 2004

Greek Tragedy
Plans To Resume Hunting On The Island Of Tilos
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published: 26th Oct 2004

Red Alert For More Species
New tool for tracking biodiversity loss
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published: 28th Oct 2004

Backward Monarch Destroying Europe`s Heritage
Royal Slaughter In Romania And Poland
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published: 28th Oct 2004

Birds in Europe (2004)
Species Accounts
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published: 1st Nov 2004

Nature needs decay
Europe`s forests need less management, and more decaying wood
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published: 5th Nov 2004

Sheep & Wolf to join forces?
BirdLife and hunters pledge to work together
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published: 5th Nov 2004

Re-building the Fens
RSPB Celebrates 40 Years at the Ouse Washes
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published: 26th Nov 2004

Incredible Journey
From Norfolk to the Baltic ? one Great Tit`s epic journey!
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published: 26th Nov 2004

Audubon News
More IBAs, Festivals News and more from the USA?
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published: 26th Nov 2004

World Bird News
Europe`s Birds in trouble, Asia sites and Africa`s migration needs protection?
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published: 26th Nov 2004

Cherry on top agenda
New plans for rare tanager
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published: 29th Nov 2004

Dark day for poor Po`o-uli
Is Hawaiian Honeycreeper Now Extinct?
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published: 3rd Dec 2004

European Wind Colossus
Application By Amec And British Energy To Build Europe`s Largest Wind Farm On The Isle Of Lewis
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published: 4th Dec 2004

Suitcases stuffed with corpses
2100 song birds confiscated from smugglers
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published: 6th Dec 2004

Breckland Breeding Bonanza
Stone-Curlews On The Up
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published: 6th Dec 2004

Road will Ruin Rainforest
Cross-country road divides St Vincent Parrot habitat - a