Thursday, April 17, 2008

Back from the brink

Ornithologists woke up to some good news this morning - the RSPB revealed that one of Britain's most threatened bird species has enjoyed an amazing reversal of fortunes, writes Rosalind Ryan.

Breeding numbers of the stone curlew in England – the bird is not found anywhere else in the UK - have risen to more than 300 pairs, hitting a national conservation target five years earlier than planned.

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