Breeding Success of a Bird Worth Fighting For

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T he revival of Cornwall's cirl bunting population has been the result of a carefully planned reintroduction project run jointly by the RSPB, Natural England, Paignton Zoo and the National Trust.

To find out more, I met Nick Tomalin and Stuart Croft, project officer and field officer respectively of Cornwall Cirl Bunting Reintroduction Project at a secret location.

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Breeding Success of a Bird Worth Fighting For

Just over 100 years ago there were around 10,000 breeding pairs of cirl bunting in Britain, but by 1989 this had dropped to 118 pairs confined to a small area of South Devon.

Changes in farming practices were largely re...

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