Conservation & Environment News - Week 18/09/07 - 24/09/07

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Bitterns nest in the Fens for the first time since before the Second World War - Natural England 21/09/07

The recovery of the bittern - one of Britain’s most threatened birds - has taken a tentative step forward in 2007 with news that male bitterns were recorded at more sites than any other year since 1990, when detailed annual monitoring began.

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Advice and reassurance for Agri-Environment Agreement holders - Natural England 21/09/07

Joint note from Natural England and the Rural Payments Agency – 21 September 2007

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Moor project 'to protect raptors' - BBC News 20/09/07

A pioneering moorland experiment has been launched which could signal an end to the historic conflict between conservation and countryside economics.