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Duck dies of bird flu at Slimbridge Duck dies of bird flu at Slimbridge WWT headquarters — Gloucestershire News Service

The WWT along with Birds Russia, Moscow Zoo and the RSPB working with colleagues from the BTO, BirdLife International, ArcCona and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force have initiated a rescue programme for the severly endangered spoon-billed sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus). The plan is to...

Once upon a time common cranes were a familiar sight in the UK. These large elegant birds with powerful calls and energetic dancing displays used to be abundant in our wetlands. But overhunting and draining of wetlands caused their extinction 400 years ago. Now they could once again be a common...