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Ave a gander at the summer’s avocets
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Morecambe Bay nature reserve, in Silverdale, are now home to 43 of the delicate black and white wading birds, which have come from their over-wintering grounds in south west England and Spain.
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.DOD news for bird ' - watchers.;. avocets have arrived at a Lancashire ; nature reserve.
-': RSPB Leighton Moss and : - • Avocets (pictured) take up residence for the summer on the
. saltmarsh area of the reserve in order to have theiryoung. • Although these birds; which ”
have a distinctive upturned beak, are now thriving in several areas of the country, this hasn't always been the case. Alasdair Grubb, assistant
warden at RSPB Leighton Moss,
said: "The avocet was extinct ■ as a breeding bird in the UK by the 18.40s, due to the drainage of wetlands for agriculture. However, flooding of the East’ Anglian coastal marshes for defences in the Second World War provided the perfect home for them and a tiny population ‘ took up residence.: "Early protection at the RSPB's
Minsmere and Havergate Island reserves in Suffolk meant that avocet numbers increased and they began to spread out. The birds have had an amazing comeback and the avocet is now thriving with around 1,500 pairs breeding around the country " Avocets have been breeding
at Leighton Moss since 2001. The past two years have been ;
particularly successful for them at the site, with a total of 79 young ones leaving the nest. This year, : Leighton Moss is celebrating its 50th anniversary and the reserve. -■ is hoping it could be a record- breaking year for the birds. If you would like to see the
birds, staff in the visitor centre a t— -
Leighton Moss will direct you to ■ where the birds might be. •
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