Wildife and Bird Watching in Lancashire
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Recent Lancashire news
- Loch of the Lowes most visited nature reserve – On Wildlife Extra
- Bitterns being fed at Leighton Moss
- Day time otter thrilling visitors to RSPB Leighton Moss
- Leucistic moorhen on the Wirral - 3rd or 4th generation
- Sefton Red squirrels bounce back after huge decline
- Reedbeds in the UK – Scarce and endangered
- Water voles thriving on Leeds & Liverpool Canal
- Squirrel pox outbreak in Lancashire’s Red squirrels
- Research project to examine 90% drop in Lancashire red squirrels
- Lancashire police step up hunt for deer poachers
- Osprey update - Final 2009.
- Two found guilty of badger digging
- Osprey at Leighton Moss – Born in Lake District
- Common lizard population found in Wigan
- Otter holt constructed at Manchester Airport
More Lancashire news
- Bittern found wandering on road released at Leighton Moss
- Hen harrier. Persecution is prime cause of disappearance, says Natural England – Could be reintroduced to new areas
- £200 reward for Basking shark satellite tag from St Ives beach
- Huge pod of Bottlenose dolphins seen off the Isle of Man.
- Record brood of 9 Whooper swan cygnets arrive at Martin Mere
- Starling spectacular at Leighton Moss
- Corncrake found in Manchester car park
- Hen harrier persecution means no population increase again in England
- Lancashire Wildlife Trust starts new butterfly management project
- Bumper year for Marsh harriers at Leighton Moss
- Avocets Arrive in Britain three weeks early
- Bearded tits thriving in Lancashire.
- Bumper year for Hen Harriers in Lancashire
- Squirrel Pox sweeping through colony of Red Squirrels in Formby
- 'Albino' Bearded tit spotted in Lancashire.
Hen harrier. Persecution is prime cause of disappearance, says Natural England – Could be reintroduced to new areasDetailed monitoring work since 2002 has shown that the critically low breeding numbers and patchy distribution of the hen harrier in England is a result of persecution - both in the breeding season, and at communal roosts in the winter - especially on areas managed for red grouse or with game rearing interests.
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Corncrake found in Manchester car park. A corncrake found wandering around a restaurant car park in Manchester in September, has been given a safe haven at Pensthorpe Nature Reserve near Fakenham
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Bearded tits thriving in Lancashire.Bearded tits are thriving at RSPB Leighton Moss thanks to some innovative conservation work.
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