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Moorland landscape with heather in August Curlew feeding in grassy field Red admiral on Michaelmas daisy
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Adult white-tailed eagle in flight

Sea eagles in Norfolk?

22 November 2008

The magnificent sea eagle, missing from England for more than 200 years, could be soaring along the Norfolk coast next summer if a proposed reintroduction scheme gets the go ahead.

Otter lying in grass eating

Crossrail deal boosts hopes for ailing wildlife

21 November 2008

Material excavated from beneath London for Crossrail's new cross-capital rail link is to be used to create a huge wildlife reserve in Essex.

Male yellowhammer singing

UK wins deal on set-aside

20 November 2008

The UK has defied the rest of Europe and won the right to help its farmland wildlife.

Dark-bellied brent geese grazing on mudflats

West Sussex recognised for internationally important waterbird numbers

20 November 2008

Waterbirds in the UK 2006/2007 names 12 sites in the South East as hosting internationally important numbers of waterbird species during winter or migration.

Stranded boats at sunset in Langstone Harbour RSPB reserve

West Sussex recognised for internationally important waterbird numbers

20 November 2008

Waterbirds in the UK 2006/2007 names 12 sites in the South East as hosting internationally important numbers of waterbird species during winter or migration.

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Scots lead way in preventing dumping of fish

Herald

Scotland's fishermen have helped achieve a major breakthrough in reducing the number of fish dumped dead over the side of vessels simply to avoid breaching quota limits.

Darwin's mockingbirds featured in London exhibit

Guardian

Mockingbirds collected by Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands may not be the most visually exciting part of an exhibition that opened Friday at the Natural History Museum, but they stimulated the thinking that led to the theory of evolution.

EU reaches deal on farm reforms

BBC News

EU farm ministers have agreed to reform agricultural policy by shifting more subsidies away from production and liberalising the dairy market.

Modern 'Canute' fights the sea – and the law – to save home

Independent

You could call him a latter-day Canute: like the legendary Danish king of England, Peter Boggis is bidding the North Sea to retreat.

Bush 'seeks to ease wildlife law'

BBC News

US environmentalists have accused President George W Bush of trying to rush through changes to the Endangered Species Act in his last days in office.

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Sea eagles in Norfolk?

The magnificent sea eagle, missing from England for more than 200 years, could be soaring along the Norfolk coast next summer if a proposed reintroduction scheme gets the go ahead.

UK wins deal on set-aside

The UK has defied the rest of Europe and won the right to help its farmland wildlife.

Insect shortage leaves sparrows starving

One of Britain’s best-known birds may be declining because its chicks have too little to eat.

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Moorland landscape with heather in August - Andy Hay (rspb-images.com, Ref: 2003-5469-009)
Curlew feeding in grassy field - Steve Round
Red admiral on Michaelmas daisy - Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com)
Bird illustrations by Mike Langman (RSPB)