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Black-browed Albatross shows population increase

A new report indicates a healthy increase in the numbers of Black-browed Albatrosses breeding in the Falkland Islands.

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Seabird species face extinction in remote UK islands

They are more exotic than the gulls, gannets and terns of Britain's home coastlines, but many of the fascinating and charismatic species of birds on the remote shores of UK overseas territories are now close to extinction. In a report to the government, the RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) warns 33 species of birds, including penguins, parrots and albatrosses, are now critically endangered across the remnants of the empire. And that means we have a duty to fulfil...

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