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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>Girl guide steps up for a day, as Director of RSPB Cymru</title>
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<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>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:45:00 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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<title>Funds for the environment slashed - Are Welsh Government Ministers speaking to each other?</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/313452-funds-for-the-environment-slashed-are-welsh-government-ministers-speaking-to-each-other?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[RSPB Cymru are bitterly disappointed by yesterday's (Tuesday, 8 May) announcement from Alun Davies, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes, that appeared to rule out EU Structural funding for the development of the natural environment and cultural heritage. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Visit Wales launches Wales Coast Path Bird Race 2012</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/313173-visit-wales-launches-wales-coast-path-bird-race-2012?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[To mark the official opening of the Wales Coast Path on 5 May 2012, Visit Wales is organising the first ever 'crowdsourced' count of bird species along the Welsh coast.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Clydach boy raises up to &#x00A3;500 for charity!</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/312731-clydach-boy-raises-up-to-x00a3500-for-charity?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[A local 14 year old boy has Stepped up for Nature by supporting RSPB Cymru and raising almost &#x00A3;500 for the conservation charity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cracking Times at the Clock Tower</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cardiff's peregrine falcons on the City Hall clock tower have done it again! After the shock of some terrible weather and expectant watching, the first signs of a chick hatching have been seen this week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Minister Bags Reserve Visit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, John Griffiths is taking a welcome break from cycling between North and South Wales to view work being carried out by an exciting new partnership and funded by the recently introduced carrier bag charge. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Are you Wales's top wildlife friendly farmer?</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/311561-are-you-waless-top-wildlife-friendly-farmer?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[The race is on for farmers in Wales 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>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Stricken vessel, Llanddulas, north Wales coast / Llongddrylliad, Llanddulas, arfordir gogledd Cymru - scroll down for Welsh version</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/310967-stricken-vessel-llanddulas-north-wales-coast-llongddrylliad-llanddulas-arfordir-gogledd-cymru-scroll-down-for-welsh-version?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[Having seen the severity of the weather conditions RSPB Cymru is relieved that the seven crew members were airlifted to safety last night. But, the conservation charity remains anxious that any oil spill resulting from the grounding of this vessel will have serious consequences for the internationally important numbers of birds in the area. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Egg-cellent news for the Glaslyn Ospreys - Female Osprey lays the first egg of the season!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Exciting news to report at the Glaslyn Osprey site overnight, its believed the female osprey laid her first egg on Tuesday 3 April. The spotting was confirmed at 10.02am this morning (Wednesday 4 April) ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New-look for RSPB Conwy nature reserve</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A fresh look and new facilities for visitors to RSPB Conwy nature reserve are promised thanks to funding from the reserve's own volunteers and support from the Communities and Nature (CAN) strategic project.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Going for Gold - Usain Bolt v (The) Peregrine Falcon </title>
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<description><![CDATA[If Usain Bolt lined up against one of Cardiff's peregrine falcons there'd only be one winner. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Falling stars of the garden : Starlings at all time low in RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Almost 30,000 people took part in this year's RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch in Wales, counting over 500,000 birds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gulls play the field in Wales' schools</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Wales-wide survey of wildlife in schools has revealed that playing fields provide decent stomping grounds for some of the country's gulls including the 'red-listed' herring gull.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wildlife friendly farmers take their fight to Brussels</title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wales leads the way to black grouse success </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A survey of displaying black grouse numbers in Wales has recorded record breaking results. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>They're back! Glaslyn Ospreys return early again : Osprey Pair Return to Glaslyn for Ninth Year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[There was great excitement in the Glaslyn valley this morning (March 20th) when the female Osprey returned once again to her nest site near Pont Croesor, Porthmadog. The male Osprey, and her partner for the last 9 years, was already waiting there for her - he'd arrived two days earlier. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSPB Conwy on the big screen</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The red carpet for the Oscars may have been rolled out in Hollywood last month, but there was also a buzz in the air for the world premiere of two short films at Cineworld Llandudno Junction recently.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Help local Dolgellau boy raise money for charity!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A local 10 year old boy is Stepping up for Nature by supporting RSPB Cymru and running three miles on the Precipice Walk in Llanfachreth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cardiff's Bute-iful Nestboxes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Last month (February 14th-21st) saw National Nest Box week. The week has been running for ten consecutive years and encourages the public to put up nest boxes in their local area in order to help the conservation of breeding birds and wildlife. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSPB Conwy to use salt water form River Conwy to tackle alien invader for first time</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/308049-rspb-conwy-to-use-salt-water-form-river-conwy-to-tackle-alien-invader-for-first-time?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA[A major project will see water from the River Conwy enter the RSPB Conwy's lagoons at Llandudno Junction for the first time since the site was created more than 20 years ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shout it from the treetops : Tesco and RSPB join forces to find their first ever 'Rainforest Reporter'</title>
<link>http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/307952-shout-it-from-the-treetops-tesco-and-rspb-join-forces-to-find-their-first-ever-rainforest-reporter?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=News</link>
<description><![CDATA['Together For Trees', the new environmental partnership between Tesco and the RSPB, has joined forces with Amazon conquering explorer Ed Stafford to launch a search for the first ever 'Rainforest Reporter.' ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>TESCO AND RSPB UNITE TO PROTECT RAINFORESTS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tesco and the RSPB today announced a ground-breaking partnership called 'Together For Trees' to help protect rainforests around the world. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nest is best in Wales</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Last chance to put up nest boxes before the breeding season starts, says RSPB Cymru]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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