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		<title>15th March 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JACK SNIPE, 15 Snipe, Stonechat &#8211; Whaddon, Trowbridge &#8211; Mike Hamzij
Brimstone &#8211; Little Langford &#8211; Mike Trew
Brimstone &#38; Comma - in a Stratton, Swindon garden &#8211; Ken Cypher]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wiltshirebirds.co.uk/latest-sightings/2010/15th-march-2010/</link>
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		<title>Hampshire Sparrow Survey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A MAJOR survey of Hampshire house sparrow population begins next Monday. Ornithological organisations and Hampshire County Council are behind the three-month study &#8211; aimed at reversing declines in the species and discovering where they thrive best. Experts says the sparrow population has halved in the past 25 years. Across South-East England there has been a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wiltshirebirds.co.uk/news/2010/hampshire-sparrow-survey/</link>
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		<title>Eagle Owl Loose in Wiltshire!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An escaped owl may now be so hungry it could resort to killing dogs and cats. The three-foot European eagle owl, with a wingspan of about six feet, has been missing from its Lower Stratton home since 9pm on Sunday. But despite being bred in captivity, the giant may resort to natural instincts to satisfy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wiltshirebirds.co.uk/news/2010/eagle-owl-loose-in-wiltshire/</link>
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		<title>14th March 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GREAT BUSTARD, 5 WHOOPER SWAN - Great Wishford - David Dowling
2 Red Kite &#8211; Stitchcombe &#8211; John Booth
180 Golden Plover &#8211; Roundway Hill &#8211; Anthony Mitchell
WILLOW TIT - Vagg&#8217;s Hill - Simon Young
SMEW (male), 2 Goosander &#8211; CWP30 &#8211; Robin Griffiths
2 Redshank &#8211; CWP74 &#8211; Robin Griffiths
Cetti&#8217;s Warbler, Water Rail &#8211; CWP68d &#8211; Robin Griffiths
Cetti&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wiltshirebirds.co.uk/latest-sightings/2010/14th-march-2010/</link>
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		<title>13th March 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JACK SNIPE, 9 Snipe, 13 Reed Bunting, 6 Yellowhammer, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Water Rail, 30 Fieldfare &#8211; Nightingale Wood, South Marston &#8211; Phil &#38; Graham Deacon
200 Fieldfare, 4 Marsh Tit, 20 Goldfinch &#8211; Ogbourne St George &#8211; Phil &#38; Graham Deacon
Red Kite &#8211; Chiseldon &#8211; Phil &#38; Graham Deacon
JACK SNIPE - Cumberwell &#8211; Rowena Quantrill
PEREGRINE [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wiltshirebirds.co.uk/latest-sightings/2010/13th-march-2010/</link>
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		<title>12th March 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[8 Snipe, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Teal, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 24 Curlew &#8211; Upper Waterhay NR, CWP &#8211; John Grearson
300 Yellowhammer &#8211; Great Durnford &#8211; Jane Cole
2 RUDDY SHELDUCK, 2 Teal &#8211; Chiseldon floods &#8211; Malcolm Royal
2 Cetti&#8217;s Warbler, Water Rail, Goosander &#8211; Downton - John Fishwick
24 Curlew &#8211; CWP59 - Paul Tubb]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wiltshirebirds.co.uk/latest-sightings/2010/12th-march-2010/</link>
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		<title>11th March 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[4 Goosander &#8211; CWP 30 &#8211; Len Ingram
SMEW (redhead) &#8211; CWP28 &#8211; Len Ingram
2 OYSTERCATCHER &#8211; CWP35 &#8211; Len Ingram
400 Black Headed Gull &#8211; following the plough, Winterborne Stoke &#8211; Mike Trew
MERLIN &#8211; Stockton &#8211; Mike Trew
2 Goosander, Little Owl - Stanton Park &#8211; Malcolm Royal
Green Sandpiper, 2 Teal - Chiseldom floods &#8211; Malcolm Royal]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wiltshirebirds.co.uk/latest-sightings/2010/11th-march-2010/</link>
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		<title>10th March 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[93 Common Gull &#8211; Leigh Delamere - Stewart Dobson
2 Red Kite &#8211; Monkton Deverell &#8211; Alison Rymell
2 Goosander &#8211; on the River Avon, Bradford on Avon &#8211; Paula Vass
Green Sandpiper, 13 Snipe &#8211; Upper Waterhay, CWP &#8211; John Grearson
10 Curlew &#8211; Manor Farm, Waterhay &#8211; John Grearson
Red Kite &#8211; Hindon &#8211; David Jonas
2 RUDDY SHELDUCK, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wiltshirebirds.co.uk/latest-sightings/2010/10th-march-2010/</link>
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		<title>RSPB Nature Project in the New Forest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE RSPB’s Date with Nature project returns to the New Forest on April 1, giving visitors the opportunity to get a closer look into the lives of the birds of prey that nest there.
The project runs from April 1 to August 31, with live footage being beamed from cameras on the birds’ nests into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wiltshirebirds.co.uk/news/2010/rspb-nature-project-in-the-new-forest/</link>
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		<title>Are predators to blame for songbird declines?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the biggest ever analysis of songbirds and their predators, published today in the Journal of Applied Ecology, scientists look at the role of predators in the decline of species such as Bullfinch and Yellowhammer. Whilst a small number of associations may suggest significant negative effects between predator and prey species, for the majority of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wiltshirebirds.co.uk/news/2010/are-predators-to-blame-for-songbird-declines/</link>
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