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Fascinating facts about curlews

Writer, producer and conservationist Mary Colwell reveals amazing facts about the world’s curlews.

Click on the link for more information: Fascinating facts you (probably) didn’t know about curlews | Discover Wildlife

This entry was posted in News on 14/05/2018 by admin.

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    Brimstone nectaring on Sanfoin, Pitstone Quarry, 28 May 2017
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    Marsh Tit ©Harry Appleyard. Little Linford Wood 17 February 2019
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    Red Banded Polypore fungus (Fomitopsis pinicola) ©Justin Long, Linford Lakes NR 26 January 2019
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    2019 Photo Competition - judging the final 8 photos

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  • Do population estimates matter?
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  • Fire destroys Shetland’s Fair Isle Bird Observatory
  • Swift Awareness Week, 22-30 June 2019
  • How the world got hooked on palm oil 
  • Introduction to Butterfly and Moth Identification, Surveying & Recording
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  • 2018 was world’s fourth hottest year on record
  • Lions have adapted to hunt seals and seabirds in Namibia
  • A third of Himalayan ice cap doomed
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  • Can swallows stay in the air for up to two years?
  • New sites for rare beetle discovered
  • RSPBNBLG Walk – Harold-Odell CP 23 March 2019
  • Woodland Archaeology Day 29 March 2019
  • British & Irish Botany: first issue published
  • Time to refresh your butterfly identification skills
  • Training opportunity – An Introduction to Invertebrate Recording for Beginners
  • Upcoming Events in the North Chilterns Chalk March 2019
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