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Red Grouse Restored: a Full Species Again

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Since the monthly magazine British Birds was first published in 1907 the Red Grouse has been its logo: full marks to BB for not abandoning the grouse in favour of a mere crossbill. Such management benefits many other ground-nesting birds, such as Golden Plover, Curlew and Merlin. million every year.

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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

A parent bird’s instinct to feed and protect their young is very strong, and they will not willingly abandon their babies. Call and transport the bird to a bird rehabber ASAP. It is illegal to keep a wild bird. Unfortunately a bird’s nest location is not always perfect. Gone from nest for several hours.

Wounded 254
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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

Basically, hornbills get paid by evolution to eat fruit, digest the fleshy parts, and regurgitate or defecate the rest – a means of seed transportation that is apparently quite attractive to many plants despite the yuck factor involved. One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars.