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<title>[Wild]life jacket</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Blue tit chooses emergency nesting site]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gold and Silver Awards for Fraserburgh Wildlife Explorers </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two young members of the Fraserburgh Wildlife Explorers, a local group for junior members of the RSPB, have recently received RSPB Wildlife Action Awards in recognition of their contribution to nature conservation. Lena Forsyth, aged 11, received a silver award while Kirsty McLeod, aged 7, received gold.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Celebrate safely this summer for animals' sake</title>
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<description><![CDATA[While celebrating this summer's Jubilee and Olympics, the public should think twice before setting off fireworks, releasing balloons and lighting sky lanterns to ensure pets, wildlife and livestock aren't frightened or even killed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Celebrate safely this summer for animals' sake</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Charities team up to warn about the dangers of fireworks, balloons and sky lanterns ahead of the Jubilee and Olympics]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bird deaths linked to discarded plastic tape</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Couple from Western Isles highlight threat to marine wildlife]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>20 years of protecting Europe's natural heritage</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/314591-20-years-of-protecting-europes-natural-heritage?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Thames Estuary is one of the many important sites for nature benefiting from Euro support launched twenty years ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 12:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSPB Midlands 'stunned' by DEFRA plan to 'imprison' wild buzzards to favour captive-reared pheasants</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/314589-rspb-midlands-stunned-by-defra-plan-to-imprison-wild-buzzards-to-favour-captivereared-pheasants?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[The RSPB in the Midlands is stunned by Defra's plan to allow the destruction of buzzard nests and to permit buzzards to be taken into captivity to remove them from shooting estates. The Society believes this intervention against one of England's best-loved birds of prey will set a terrible precedent and prove to be a costly and unnecessary exercise.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSPB stunned by Defra plan to 'imprison' buzzards</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/314516-rspb-stunned-by-defra-plan-to-imprison-buzzards?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[The RSPB is stunned by Defra's plan to allow the destruction of buzzard nests and to permit buzzards to be taken into captivity to remove them from shooting estates]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Girl guide steps up for a day, as Director of RSPB Cymru</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/314550-girl-guide-steps-up-for-a-day-as-director-of-rspb-cymru?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday (Tuesday 22 May) 14 year-old Harriet Sleight, from 4th Tenby Guides stepped up and took the reins of RSPB Cymru as Director for the day. Harriet was the lucky winner of a competition launched by RSPB Cymru in partnership with Girlguiding Cymru, to find a young champion for nature.]]></description>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSPB &quot;seriously alarmed&quot; about wind farm extension's impact on golden eagles</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/314525-rspb-quotseriously-alarmedquot-about-wind-farm-extensions-impact-on-golden-eagles?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[Proposed development in Western Isles could have a &quot;devastating impact on one of Europe's best sites for eagles.&quot;]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 12:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No ospreys on camera this year, but plenty of other wildlife to be seen</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/314522-no-ospreys-on-camera-this-year-but-plenty-of-other-wildlife-to-be-seen?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[Wigtown Bay's ospreys have surprised everyone this year, by pulling a bit of a vanishing act. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 12:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Make your Nature Count arrives in South Yorkshire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The RSPB is well known for its dedication to helping everything that tweets, but the launch of its forthcoming Make Your Nature Count survey confirms how much the conservation charity is just as keen to support all garden wildlife from those that snuffle and forage to those that slither and slime. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How many swallows make a summer?</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/314394-how-many-swallows-make-a-summer?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[After the wettest April on record, does this amazing photo of swallows finally herald that summer is here? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scottish Birdfair takes flight</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Environment Minister to attend inaugural wildlife event]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Uncertainty over sex of Chichester Cathedral peregrine chicks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The four chicks from the celebrity pair of peregrines nesting on top of Chichester Cathedral have now been ringed with surprising results.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First chick of the year for osprey pair</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RSPB celebrates new arrival at Loch Garten Osprey Centre]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Where will you love nature?</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/313917-where-will-you-love-nature?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[Love Nature Week 2012 is fast approaching and this year it will run from 19 May - 3 June, when people across Hampshire and the south east will be raising money for wildlife by supporting the RSPB.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Winged wonders of the Woods</title>
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<description><![CDATA[You can be bedazzled by butterflies with a special event held by the RSPB at Fineshade Woods on Sunday 27 May.
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Butterflies and bumblebees at home on bird friendly farms</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Farmers who are working to help threatened birds on their land are also more likely to have healthy populations of bugs, butterflies, bumblebees and bats, new scientific research has revealed. 

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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 10:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>English hen harriers hang in the balance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The future for England's most threatened bird of prey - the hen harrier - is looking perilous, as the species teeters on the brink of extinction as a breeding bird.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSPB Loch Leven volunteer wins runner-up in Young Scot Awards 2012</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/313772-rspb-loch-leven-volunteer-wins-runnerup-in-young-scot-awards-2012?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[A young volunteer at RSPB Loch Leven nature reserve, Lewis Steer, aged 15, has recently won runner- up in the Environmental category of the Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards 2012, in recognition of his contribution to nature conservation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSPB to step up monitoring of white-tailed eagles</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Skye woman, Ellie MacLennan, appointed to lead monitoring programme]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Serial egg collector back behind bars</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A serial egg collector has today received an ASBO banning him from visiting Scotland during the breeding season for the rest of his life. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain's got talons!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Breaking news - the famous Glaslyn osprey family has a new addition as of 10 am this morning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain's got talons!! Glaslyn Osprey Chick Hatched</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Breaking news - the Glaslyn osprey family has a new addition as of 10am this morning (Friday 11 May).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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