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Sunday 26th May 2013

RSPB RSPB to open major new site for people and wildlife in Yorkshire

A new reserve on the outskirts of Leeds opens its doors on Saturday 25th May.

Female sparrows need to be featherbedded

The more feathers a male sparrow carries to the nest, the more eggs the female will lay.

RSPB Sixty percent of UK species in decline, groundbreaking study finds

A report published on Wednesday 22nd suggests that UK nature is in serious trouble.

This week at a glance...

Latest rarities

26/05 09:42 European Roller Hants

26/05 08:36 Harlequin Duck Outer Hebrides

26/05 07:43 Savi's Warbler Suffolk

25/05 21:57 Terek Sandpiper E Sussex

25/05 21:45 Black Stork W Sussex

25/05 13:06 Bonaparte's Gull Kent

25/05 12:10 King Eider Aberdeenshire

25/05 09:00 Forster's Tern Wexford

24/05 21:38 Paddyfield Warbler Orkney

24/05 12:54 Savi's Warbler Suffolk

Latest sightings

Latest Weekly Newsletter
Thursday 23rd May 2013

Photo of the Week
	Dusky Thrush Margate, Kent Mick Southcott, 18/05/13 Former Photos of the Week Latest pictures

Bird of the Week

Dusky Thrush at Margate (Kent)

Featured Site

Ouse Washes RSPB, Cambridgeshire

	Review of the Week 16th–22nd May
	The first twitchable Dusky Thrush for 53 years headlined a week that also saw plenty of quality 'scarce' arrive from Yorkshire northwards. read on

Recent articles...

Butterfly Conservation Late show for rare spring butterflies
	Butterflies are emerging weeks later than usual due to the coldest start to spring for 50 years. read on

WWT 24-hour guard for western Britain's first Crane egg in four centuries
	A pair of Common Cranes are incubating a single egg at the WWT's Slimbridge reserve. read on

Patchwork Challenge April 2013
	Mark Lewis & Ryan Irvine describe an altogether more productive April for the Patchwork Challenge. read on

More articles...

Review Yorkshire Bird Report 2011

WWT Climate changes shift wintering ranges of waterbirds

RSPB RSPB welcomes Transport Select Committee grounding of Thames Estuary Airport proposals

Yellowhammer Dialects Project

Tinkerbella nana, a new species of fairyfly

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