For the purposes of our bird news services, Great Bustard is classed as Scarce: broadly speaking, species that are covered in British Birds' annual review of scarce species (and forms of similar rarity).

Albacete, Spain 14/07/2010	Trujillo, Extremadura, Spain 12/04/2010	Otmoor, Oxon 10/04/2010	Otmoor, Oxon 10/04/2010	Otmoor, Oxon 10/04/2010
Kings Sedge Moor, Somerset 02/03/2010	Great Wishford, Wilts 14/02/2010	Tadham Moor, Somerset 31/01/2010	Outside Mertola, Alentejo, Portugal 15/09/2009	Outside Mertola, Alentejo, Portugal 15/09/2009

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This species has been reported in the following areas (Bird News Extra subscribers can click a county name for more details):

Great Bustard breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country):

Austria
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Germany
Hungary
Moldova
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Spain
Turkey
Ukraine

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	RSPB: Great Bustards on the rise	Thursday 10th June 2010
	Reintroduction scheme sees four new bustard chicks roaming the plains of Wiltshire.   read on
	RSPB: The first Great Bustard chicks in the UK	Tuesday 2nd June 2009
	Two female Great Bustards from the UK reintroduction have reared young for the first time in 177 years.   read on
	Great Bustards to be released on Salisbury Plain	Thursday 25th September 2008
	Researchers at the University of Bath and conservationists from the Great Bustard Group will be releasing 19 birds as part of an ongoing reintroduction project in the UK.   read on
	Great Bustards Nest Again in UK	Tuesday 24th July 2007
	A female from the UK reintroduction has nested in England - the first Great Bustard nest in the UK for 175 years.   read on
	The Great Bustard Reintroduction Project	Wednesday 17th May 2006
	There have been some exciting events recently regarding the Great Bustard reintroduction project that is underway on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. Several of these birds have featured on our news pages. Find out more about the project and the movements of some of the birds.   read on

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