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"Day is Almost Done"
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Sanderlings feeding in south Texas.
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TAKE ACTION! Billions of birds need Canada's Boreal Forest to breed and raise their young but unchecked industrial development is steadily carving up the Boreal. more > Save Our Boreal Birds

TAKE ACTION! Help Protect the South Okanagan-Similkameen in British Columbia! The final push is on! In early 2008, politicians will decide .. read more >

Hundreds of migratory Ducks die in toxic Alberta oilsands tailings pond located beneath their flyway to summer breeding ground...more>

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US Congress pushes to keep land untamed: by protecting up to a dozen pristine areas...more>

Ontario protects northern Boreal Forest area larger than Maritime provinces: Move "one of the most significant conservation commitments on Earth" says Pew Environment Group... more>

Spy satellite to monitor for illegal logging in Africa's rainforests: as part of British project designed to protect the forests...more>

Revealed: Study shows Britain's woodland birds in rapid decline...more>

Wildlife set for final victory along Iron Curtain: No longer a place of death and oppression...more>

Revealed: The Living Planet Index shows the devastating impact of humanity as biodiversity has plummeted by almost a third in the 35 years to 2005...more>

Unique Bird colonies at risk on British Island: Conservationists call on Britain to protect birdlife on South Atlantic Island that is home to a quarter of the world's newly endangered birds...more>

Floods wipe out 1,600 nests: A disaster in the Cambridgeshire fens for Britain's rarest birds...more>

Revealed: The secret of how birds navigate during migration using an internal compass...more>

Nature laid waste: The destruction of Africa...more>

Swifts take flight from vanishing eaves: Britain's most extraordinary birds are being renovated out of existence...more>

Bird's-eye View: An exhilarating wildlife experience...more>

Wildlife Set for Final Victory along the Iron Curtain: EU wants to turn Iron Curtain corridor into nature preserve...more>

Unique Bird Colonies at Risk on British Island: Conservationists call on Britain to save birdlife on tiny island in South Atlantic which is home to a quarter of the world's newly endangered birds...more>

Living Planet Index out today...reveals human impact on biodiversity...more>

Rare Bird Sends Twitchers on a Wild Plover Chase - Two plane loads of twitchers raced to remote Scottish island two hours after Caspian Plover spotted...more>

Top Ten Ways to get Better at Bird Identification - ...more>

Pollution in paradise: Flamingos vs. the factory - The headlong rush to exploit Africa's natural resources threatens to destroy one of nature's most spectacular breeding grounds...more>

Worcester's Newest Tourist Attraction - a family of Peregrines...more>

Birdwatching Big Brother Style - Bird-watchers in Cumbria are to get their own bird's eye view of life in an osprey nest....more>

Top 10 Reasons To Become a Young Birder- As told by young birders by Young Birders Corey Husic and Blake Campbell to Birdwatchers Digest...more>

Migratory Shorebirds vanishing along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway - Along the 22 country route," loss of wetlands due to river regulation is one of the more significant contributors to this drastic decline" according to new study...more>

Twenty common backyard birds have lost more than half their populations in the past 40 years... more>

How do baby birdies learn to sing? By babbling...more>

European Court Bans Spring Bird Hunting in Malta - There will be no hunting of the European Turle-dove or Common Quail...more>

American songbirds endangered - Numbers of migratory songbirds declining due to unregulated use of banned pesticides in Latin America...more>

Rare plover swoops out of Africa - Rarer in Scotland than the Red Kite or the White Tailed Sea Eagle, the Plover is spotted near Loch Leven...more>

Joys of Birdwatching...Twitching, ticking and other mad stuff! read more>

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