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<title>20 years of being outstanding in their field</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This year the RSPB celebrates 20 years of field teaching in Northern Ireland. During that time, learning in 'outdoor classrooms' has become more and more critical for children who increasingly spend more of their free time indoors in front of the TV or computer.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ready and waiting - sustainable plastic islands for terns</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The colony of terns at RSPB's Belfast's Window on Wildlife is one of the most accessible in the UK and Ireland. These islands are excellently placed for great views and more importantly, perfect nesting sites for these birds who are literally the star terns in the summer months.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Operation Corncrake</title>
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<description><![CDATA[There was a time when the corncrake and its familiar rasping call could be heard all over Northern Ireland. However, over the years, the bird has declined to the point where it is now almost certainly locally extinct as a breeding bird.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Exciting future for wildlife on the Isle of Man</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A new chapter for the conservation of birds and their habitats on the Isle of Man is about to begin with the announcement of an exciting new partnership between the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Manx BirdLife (MBL).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Are you Northern Ireland's top wildlife friendly farmer?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The race is on for UK farmers to enter this year's RSPB Telegraph Nature of Farming Award, with applications being accepted until Friday 20 April.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Don't be a wildlife fool</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/311243-dont-be-a-wildlife-fool?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the past people could claim that they 'didn't know' that their hedges were home to a family of blackbirds, or that their roof space had a maternity roost for bats. However, this defence no longer applies. This is because changes to the Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill in Northern Ireland now mean that people can be prosecuted under the charge of 'reckless damage'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Priory College Eco Warriors do a good tern</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/310504-priory-college-eco-warriors-do-a-good-tern?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[Priory College Eco Warriors have been helping the RSPB at their Belfast Lough Nature Reserve to build five-star hotels for the rarest breeding seabird in Northern Ireland - the roseate tern. They built several customised nestboxes for these endangered birds at the RSPB's reserve on 20 March, 2012.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rising to the challenge</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, 23 March 2012, the RSPB Portmore Lough reserve in Aghalee, saw a team from BT making a very different kind of connection. The group of ten people from the telecommunications giant, got down and dirty in the muck and mud of the fenland reserve to restore a walking path so that visitors would be able to appreciate the wild beauty of the place even more.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brighter future for endangered yellowhammers</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/310470-brighter-future-for-endangered-yellowhammers?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[Today (29 March 2012), Europe's largest wildlife conservation charity, the RSPB Northern Ireland, announced the return of the yellowhammer to Co Down. A five-year study has demonstrated that agri-environment farming schemes to benefit wildlife have been very effective in bringing back this bird from the brink.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Northern Ireland birds are going for gold</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The RSPB's Big Garden Bird Watch results are in and tell a story of the continuing recovery for small birds after the two tough winters of 2012 and 2011. Findings from the world's biggest garden bird survey also highlight how different Northern Ireland's garden bird population is from the UK as a whole.  ]]></description>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hidden benefits of peatlands revealed by new inquiry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The enormous importance of our peatlands for people and wildlife was revealed at Parliament Buildings today (20 March 2012) during the launch of the findings of the IUCN UK Commission of Inquiry on Peatlands.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wildlife friendly farmers take their fight to Brussels</title>
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A group of farmers from the UK and across the Europe will be travelling to Brussels this week (Monday March 19) to call for greater support for wildlife conservation measures in the countryside.
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Last call for farms that would like a free farmland bird survey</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/309163-last-call-for-farms-that-would-like-a-free-farmland-bird-survey?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thanks to funding from the EU LIFE+ fund, local wildlife charity, the RSPB is making it easier for farmers to get to know and protect the birds on their land through the Volunteer &amp; Farmer Alliance project (V&amp;FA). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A rolling stone gathers no moss at Rockmount Day Nursery</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A rolling stone gathers no moss, and the same can certainly be said for Rockmount Day Nursery in Ballynahinch. This year 17 of these three- and four- year olds achieved their RSPB Bronze Wildlife Action Awards. This wildlife award, given by the conservation charity, requires entrants to do more for the local environment, especially birds. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Let your children go wild at Dobbies with the RSPB</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Birds are a fabulous way of getting children interested in wildlife and the RSPB are running Wildlife Afternoons for budding bird enthusiasts.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Save our shearwaters!</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/308382-save-our-shearwaters?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[This autumn, conservationists will be setting off on a voyage to the Calf of Man, a tiny island off the south western tip of the Isle of Man to help some very special seabirds - the Manx Shearwaters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Love on the Rocks?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This Valentine's Day saw the return of a special couple to the cliff tops of Rathlin Island. Special because they are Northern Ireland's only remaining pair of chough, back again for another breeding season.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Curlews in focus</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/306352-curlews-in-focus?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[On 21 February, the Halting Environmental Loss Programme (HELP), funded through the European Regional Development Fund's INTERREG IVA Programme, administered by the SEUPB, was featured on the Irish language programme Lui na Talun]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Birds are a flutter this Valentine's Day</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Valentine's Day is a special time of year. The chocolate hearts, the pink cards, the overpriced roses, are just the start. However, if you are a bird of a certain age, you are most likely to be looking up and down, for a partner, if you haven't found one yet, and for a suitable des-res, which is why the BTO declared St Valentine's Day the start of National Nestbox Week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSPB urges public to help make Programme for Government 'more environment friendly'</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/307839-rspb-urges-public-to-help-make-programme-for-government-more-environment-friendly?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[The RSPB has urged the public to respond to the Stormont Executive's Draft Programme for Government (PfG) 2011-2015, to ensure that it is more 'environmentally friendly'. 

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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSPB asks for safeguarding of funding to deliver sustainable farming</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/304523-rspb-asks-for-safeguarding-of-funding-to-deliver-sustainable-farming?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[The RSPB believes that Northern Ireland's farmers are well placed to lead the way in delivering the European Commission's priorities of 'Sustainable management of natural resources and climate action'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lamb is not on the menu</title>
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<description><![CDATA[With the lambing season in full swing, the RSPB is reassuring farmers that red kites do not pose any threat to lambs. These spectacular birds are once again making themselves at home in Northern Ireland after an absence of 200 years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Would you like to know more about the birds on your farm?</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/304521-would-you-like-to-know-more-about-the-birds-on-your-farm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[To learn more about wildlife on their land, farmers can join the RSPB Volunteer and Farmer Alliance Project, providing free farm surveys]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wet is wonderful!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A visit to a wetland is a journey to another world. Every bit as teeming and exotic as a jungle, alive with buzzing, flitting insects, the call and splash of birds, tall rushes, colourful meadow blooms and swaying grasses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Allot to do about birdwatching</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Belfast Hills are a haven for wildlife. From ravens to curlews, the area is packed with some of the most iconic birds on this island; which is why the RSPB is holding its main Big Garden Bird Watch event there this year, today (27.01.2012).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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