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The rise of the urban falcon

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The falcons’ low-point was 1963, when only three breeding pairs were known in southern England, and only 13% of Welsh eyries were occupied. The peregrine’s comeback was due to protection and the birds’ own powers of recovery. It is good to report, too, that the clergy has been generally supportive of their high-rise tenants.

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It’s Time to Clean Out Your Nest Boxes

10,000 Birds

Tangles of wild plants and dense undergrowth left to thrive in chosen areas of your property will provide shelter, protection, and natural nesting and roosting sites. Bird houses have been readily accepted by many natural cavity nesters, and increases in breeding density have resulted from providing such structures.

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