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The white-tailed eagle has a wingspan of over two metres Credit: Nature Picture Library/Andy Trowbridge Wandering through the Sandringham Estate, one may hope to spot a skylark in full song – or perhaps even a member of the Royal Family out for a stroll.  Soon, however, tourists are likely to be startled by the sight of the giant wings and hooked beak of Britain's largest eagle as the royals welcome the work of local re-wilders hoping to bring them back. Wild Ken Hill – a farm recently taken over by re-wilders working to restore lost nature to Norfolk – is about a a 10-minute drive f...

BirdGuides 683d7fe0-a0e2-4626-925a-e1dd4e0b3790 An adult Glaucous Gull, found freshly dead at Lough Baun, on the Co Mayo coast west of Louisburgh on 10 January, is suspected to have been shot. The sad discovery is the latest in a line of unexplained incidents from the coastline between Roonah Quay and Cross Lough in recent years, all involving gulls. This is the third Glaucous Gull to be found dead there in such circumstances in the last few years alone – for the discoverer of the latest bird (which was observed alive and well the previous week), it is the second a...

NATIONAL conservation bodies have raised concerns over a £60m scheme to improve safety on a major cross-Pennine route which has repeatedly been hit by landslips. The RSPB and Natural England have warned North Yorkshire County Council its plan to build a 3.9km-long new section of the A59 at Kex Gill could cause significant damage to endangered wildlife and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). While the authority is still awaiting a decision over Government funding to realign the road away from the area which has seen numerous landslips and subsequent road closures, i...

A grant from the Government's Green Recovery Challenge Fund will be used by the RSPB to support the recovery of the curlew. Photo: Gavin Thomas NATIONAL conservation bodies have raised concerns over a £60m scheme to improve safety on a major cross-Pennine route which has repeatedly been hit by landslips. The RSPB and Natural England have warned North Yorkshire County Council its plan to build a 3.9km-long new section of the A59 at Kex Gill could cause significant damage to endangered wildlife and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). While the authority is still awai...