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Extinct bird set to return to West Country - £700,000 project comes to rescue of rare cranes

Extinct bird set to return to West Country - The Great Crane Project
Eggs imported from Germany will be incubated, hatched and hand-reared at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire. The birds will then be released into the wild on the Somerset Levels, where there is a suitable habitat for them to nest and feed.

Rare Sea Eagle was first spotted in the Solway Firth

There is real excitement on the Solway coast of Cumbria. A white-tailed sea eagle was spotted feeding on the beach there for the first time in more than 200 years.

The Sea Eagle was first spotted in the Solway Firth on Tuesday and is either from Scotland or France
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Eagle Owl in Bristol

Enormous Eagle Owl nicknamed Oscar roosting at Bristol University.

Eagle Owl facts
It's the largest species of owl in the world.
It can weigh more than 4kg.
It has a wingspan of up to two metres (more than 6ft)

It can kill birds as large as herons and animals as big as roe deer, but usually sticks to rodents.
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Government acts on photographer rights

News from British Journal of Photography
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African Cattle Egret starts its first family in Somerset

Somerset Warmer temperatures have lured an exotic African bird to breed in Britain.
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Pledge your support for birds of prey

Birds of prey continue to be killed
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Rare bird back at nature reserve

One of the rarest species of birds in Britain has nested at the RSPB reserve on the Somerset Levels
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Rare osprey sighting over Cheddar Gorge

Staff at the Cheddar caves in Somerset spotted an osprey flying over the gorge
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