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77% of Britain’s swifts nest on houses, according to a survey carried out by the RSPB. It reveals the crucial role that home-owners play in conserving this summer...
Black grey squirrels
28th June 2010
25,000 black grey squirrels are thought to exist in the east of England. A researcher from Anglia Ruskin University has demonstrated that the squirrels are all descended from one black squirrel first seen in 1912.
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