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Ruddy duck cull 'fanciful'  -  Oct 16, 2005
Telegraph.co.ukBy James Orr. The scheme is a last-ditch attempt to stop the ruddy interbreeding with its threatened cousin, the white-headed duck. ...

Specieswatch: Ruddy duck  -  Oct 28, 2009
The GuardianSince then in an effort to save the white headed duck, the Spanish have shot 98 pure bred ruddy ducks and 58 hybrid ducklings. ...

Warmer winters save ruddy ducks  -  Jan 12, 2007
BBC NewsBird lovers in Greater Manchester have launched an appeal to save a flock of ruddy ducks from being culled. More than 100 ruddy ducks live on flashes ...

GBP3.3 million for ruddy duck eradication.  -  Oct 12, 2005
$4.95 - M2 Presswire - ECNextA GBP3.3 million project announced today will address the threat to European wildlife posed by ruddy duck populations now settled in Britain. ...

Definitely a ruddy duck  -  Apr 26, 2005
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MORNING SERIAL.(News) | Article from Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | ...  -  May 11, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Western Mail - HighBeam ResearchMORNING SERIAL.(News) ... find Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) articles. Byline: By CYNAN JONES He was angry but it was mainly out of habit; and he was only ...

Examples of invasive species  -  Nov 8, 2007
Telegraph.co.ukBy Paul Eccleston. Ludwigia which is currently unmanageable in France, is an aquatic plant native to South America. It can spread rapidly and the very dense ...

Humans Are Driving Birds to Extinction, Group Warns  -  Jan 23, 2010
National GeographicHis gloomy prediction proved accurate. By the mid 19th century the great bustard was extinct in Britain. In the rest of Europe its distribution is greatly ...

Boost for Iraq bird populations  -  Jan 25, 2007
BBC NewsThe first comprehensive survey of bird populations in Iraq seems to show that conservation efforts are working, but some species remain threatened. ...

Ducks to be banned from village duck pond.(News) | Article from...  -  Apr 19, 2006
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Article: Just maternal instinct, or hormones gone wild.(News) -...  -  May 24, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Western Mail - HighBeam ResearchJust maternal instinct, or hormones gone wild.(News) ... find Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) articles. I had no idea ducks with young could be so protective.

Cull of North American Ruddy Duck At Colwick Park  -  Nov 27, 2008
This is NottinghamNorth American ruddy ducks were killed this week at Colwick Park as part of a control programme by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ...

EURASIA INSIGHT CENTRAL ASIANS UNITE TO PROTECT GLOBALLY …  -  Apr 12, 2009
EurasiaNetIn autumn on one lake in central Kazakhstan, one-third of the global population of the white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) gather. ...

No reason to continue Ruddy Duck shootings  -  Mar 27, 2008
Wigan TodayNot only is the Ruddy Duck cull a waste of taxpayers' money, it is also pointless. This species does no harm to native wildlife (unlike many other ...

Targeting the ruddy duck  -  Nov 24, 2007
Highland NewsIt was in Spain that proved to be the main problem as the ruddy ducks invaded the territories of the very rare and endangered white headed duck. ...

Duck cull slammed  -  Feb 15, 2008
Wigan TodayBy Annette Kelman. The gunmen, working for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), shot a total of 24 ducks on Pearson's Flash in ...

Article: Your LETTERS : Ruddy waste.(Letters)  -  Oct 19, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Daily Post - HighBeam ResearchTHE government's announcement that pounds 3.3million of public money for the mass slaughter of Britain's ruddy ducks amounts to an obscene and wasteful ...

Ducks culled in bid to stop rare breed mating with the Americans  -  Dec 5, 2006
leedstoday.netBY SOPHIE HAZAN. BIRD experts have been called in to stop a rare breed from mating with a dangerously irresistible immigrant. ...

Haven is just for the birds  -  Jul 3, 2005
Pay-Per-View - News & Observer - Factiva, from Dow JonesHe figured out that the white-headed duck liked to mate only in an abandoned coot's nest, and the Argentine ruddy duck wanted to be hidden in reeds. ...

Gunmen queue up for ruddy duck cull  -  Oct 24, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Gloucestershire Echo - Factiva, from Dow JonesThe Central Science Laboratory is advertising for a Ruddy Duck Control Officer in Gloucestershire with a salary of £14500. ...

Amtico stays local for global success; Manufacturing Editor John...  -  Apr 20, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Birmingham Post - HighBeam ResearchAmtico stays local for global success; Manufacturing Editor John Revill visits flooring specialist Amtico and discovers how it plans to keep production ...

£1.4m spent on slaughtering 'harmless ducks'  -  Mar 20, 2008
Lancashire Evening PostThe European Union has set aside that sum to fund the killing programme on Pearson's Flash in Wigan, Greater Manchester, and other waters in the North West ...

UK accused of 'racism' towards invaders from across the pond |...  -  Jan 26, 2009
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Article: Ruddy ducks face cull.(News) - Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)...  -  Oct 18, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Western Mail - HighBeam ResearchRuddy ducks face cull.(News) ... find Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) articles. Byline: By Steve Dube Western Mail The end is in sight for the ruddy duck, ...

Good news for Europe's threatened birds of prey  -  Dec 5, 2008
Surfbirds NewsIn Europe, six birds of prey are threatened with extinction. A major new project in Bulgaria, one of the continent's most important countries for wildlife, ...

Stuart Winter  -  Oct 16, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Express on Sunday - Factiva, from Dow JonesIF ever a bird had an appropriate name then it's the poor, maligned ruddy duck. This small, diving waterfowl from North America is supposed to have got the ...

Article: WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS FOCUS ON NATIONAL AWARD.( …  -  Oct 2, 2008
Pay-Per-View - The Journal - HighBeam ResearchAnd her tenacity paid off when her picture of a white-headed duck won her the adult category in Washington Wetland Centre's photographic competition. ...

Please help us save ruddy ducks.  -  Nov 24, 2005
Free with registration - Europe Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.comFlying free: PUBLIC money amounting to GBP3.3 million is to be used in an attempt to mass-slaughter Britain's ruddy ducks. This is an obscene and wasteful ...

Kazakhstan: Government Expands Protection Of Steppes  -  Apr 5, 2007
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyBy Antoine Blua. April 5, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The work of conservation groups and state agencies have resulted in the establishment of a new nature reserve in ...

Bird watch visit.(News) | Article from Coventry Evening Telegraph ( …  -  Apr 29, 2005
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Man Is Upsetting Course Of Nature  -  Oct 29, 2005
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Fury over 'brutal' duck cull at lochs  -  Aug 24, 2007
Glasgow Evening TimesANIMAL activists today called on the public to rebel against a dawn cull of ducks at two Scots lochs. ANIMAL activists today called on the public to rebel ...

Southern and Western Spain (including Coto de Donana, Extremadura …  -  May 16, 2006
Surfbirds NewsWe flew from Frankfurt-Hahn with RyanAir to Jerez de la Frontera, which was the best offer available on the internet, about 90 € each. ...

Treat yourself to roast duck; Food IT'S that time of year when we're...  -  Dec 6, 2008
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Hunt stepped up for pensioner's attacker.(News) | Article from...  -  Feb 13, 2007
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Exclusive! What George Bush read this morning  -  Jul 12, 2009
The GuardianThis morning, shortly after he got up, President Bush considered how to get away from "pettiness and paltriness of mind". What did his spiritual guide ...

Shropshire worst in UK for attacks.(News) | Article from The Birmingha...  -  Oct 19, 2006
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Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan  -  Jan 13, 2010
Daily TimesBy Shoaib Ahmed. LAHORE: The white-headed duck (WHD), a beautiful bird of Pakistan, is becoming almost a rare species, mainly due to hunting business, ...

Europe's Worst Guests: Ducks and Furry Rodents  -  Apr 20, 2009
ABC NewsBy DAVID STRINGER AP Writer. AP. FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009 file photo a nutria shares the links with golfers at the... ...

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan  -  Jan 11, 2010
Daily TimesBy Shoaib Ahmed. LAHORE: The population of migratory birds at nine important wetlands in Punjab have been cut in half because of deforestation, ...

Campaigns to protect native species 'are racist'  -  Jan 26, 2009
Telegraph.co.ukCampaigns to protect animal and plants species because they are native to Britain are "racist", a leading environmental historian has claimed. ...

From The Times  -  Jan 6, 2007
Times OnlineMandarin ducks are wandering round Britain and may turn up almost anywhere on a suitable stretch of water. You cannot mistake a drake mandarin. ...

stifftail -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 19, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaBritannica online encyclopedia article on stifftail: any of several small, round ducks with short wings and long, spiky tail feathers, of the tribe Oxyurini ...

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan  -  Jan 14, 2010
Daily TimesISLAMABAD: The government has planned to promote the conservation of the country's fresh water and coastal wetlands as well as their associated biodiversity ...

Press Release: GBP3.3 million for ruddy duck eradication. - M2...  -  Oct 12, 2005
Pay-Per-View - M2 Presswire - HighBeam ResearchGBP3.3 million for ruddy duck eradication. from M2 Presswire. Highbeam Research – FREE Trial.

Slim pickings as Israel's hunting season opens  -  Sep 3, 2008
Jerusalem PostBy EHUD ZION WALDOKS. Israel's hunting season opened this week, but there are both fewer animals to hunt and fewer places in which to hunt them this year. ...

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan  -  Dec 28, 2009
Daily TimesMany endangered species like the white headed duck, the marbled teal and the ferruginous duck can be found in our lakes. Pakistan's fresh and saltwater ...

News in Brief  -  Dec 26, 2007
Ha'aretzThe Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court issued an additional indictment yesterday following the Channel 10 report into pedophilia, bringing the number of indicted ...

Invasive species ravaging Europe, scientists warn  -  Apr 22, 2009
Taipei Times - Taipei TimesFurry rodent-like nutria and herds of Asian deer may look cute but are among 1000 invasive species that have disturbed ecosystems, threatened native animals ...

Rare Turkish bird haven under threat  -  Dec 19, 2008
BBC NewsTen rare white-headed duck are regular visitors to Kuyucuk and the orange-bodied ruddy shelduck, rarely seen in the wild in Europe, is in abundance here. ...

£3m price put on the ruddy duck's head  -  Oct 13, 2005
Telegraph.co.ukBy Charles Clover Environment Editor. Seven years after starting to examine how to deal with the amorous activities of the ruddy duck, the Government has ...

Blue whale nursery threatened by fish farms  -  May 21, 2008
Telegraph.co.ukBy Charles Clover. One of the largest nursery grounds of the blue whale is threatened by the expansion of the global salmon farming industry, ...

Action alert over an 'imminent' duck cull  -  Jun 12, 2006
Filey TodayTHE director of a national animal welfare charity has accused the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust of hiding behind the Government in its refusal to comment on a ...

Sanctuaries 'no more safe for animals'  -  Oct 5, 2009
DAWN.com...'Each species is a building block of the ecosystem and gradually losing these blocks means destabilising the structure'. —Reuters/File Photo ...

Slim pickings as Israel's hunting season opens | Article from...  -  Sep 4, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Jerusalem Post - HighBeam ResearchSlim pickings as Israel's hunting season opens ... find Jerusalem Post articles. EHUD ZION WALDOKS Jerusalem Post 09-04-2008 Headline: Slim pickings as ...

Article: Senseless slaughter - Chicago Sun-Times | HighBeam Research ...  -  Oct 30, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Sun-Times - HighBeam ResearchThe Independent - London; February 12, 1999 ; 345 words ... ... s ruddy duck population to stop them hybridising the white-headed duck (report, 2 February)? ...

Public consultation launched to review the list of registrable birds...  -  Nov 1, 2006
Free with registration - M2 Presswire - AccessMyLibrary.comProposals to change the list of bird species that need to be registered with Defra were launched today by public consultation. ...

Bust up over duck cull  -  Mar 2, 2007
Wigan TodayBy Kristina Wood. Councillors voted in favour of the cull – without a debate – after the matter had been relegated from sixth to last on the agenda. ...

KARACHI: World losing 50,000 species every year, seminar told  -  May 23, 2008
DAWN.comBy Faiza Ilyas. KARACHI, May 22: Pakistan, a signatory to seven international conventions on the environment, needs to urgently develop and implement a ...

Fear at the pond, or can we still feed the ducks? THE VIEW FROM HYDE ...  -  Apr 9, 2006
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Pakistan News Service - PakTribune  -  May 11, 2009
PakTribune.comSince your readers must be flooded with letters on terrorism and militancy I thought they might find this interesting — about the routes migratory birds ...

Birdfair awards for endangered species  -  Apr 8, 2006
BirdLife InternationalEach summer the Birdfair is held at Rutland Water in the UK (this year the event will be held from 18-20 August). The event, the largest of its kind in the ...

Article: NSW: Duck cull sparks golf club vandalism - AAP General News...  -  Nov 20, 2007
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Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area (Zhangjiajie City, Hunan...  -  Aug 2, 2005
中国日报By Jeff Pan. Often called by foreigners as China's Yellowstone Park, this spectacular area is noted for its large volume and variety of quartz sandstone ...

Recent rainfall sparks return of bird species to lakes  -  May 12, 2009
Today's ZamanThis season has brought Konya the heaviest rainfall it has seen in recent years, increasing the water level in many reservoirs and lakes and sparking the ...

EDP24 - Norfolk News - EDP24  -  Jan 30, 2006
Norfolk Eastern Daily PressEarlier this week, one of the county's most scenic spots - the Viewing Gallery Lake at Pensthorpe nature reserve - went online when a webcam was set up ...

It's a Ruddy Duck Mate! | www.nantucketindependent.com | The …  -  Dec 17, 2008
Nantucket IndependentHow many kinds of ducks do we have on Nantucket? This is the kind of question folks toss at me when they remember I'm a bird guy. It happened last week. ...

Bulgaria and Romania enrich EU through Important Bird Areas  -  Sep 22, 2007
Surfbirds NewsBirdLife International has today launched inventories of the most important sites for wild birds in the two new Member States of the European Union, ...

Round-up of the Year  -  Dec 31, 2007
Wigan TodayA round-up of some of the major news and sport stories of 2007 which have featured on this website. A MOTHER was found dead at her home in Kitt Green. ...

Surf spot: Harvest time at the Duck and Dragon | Article from The …  -  Jul 3, 2005
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Article: Letters: Fur cruelty - The Independent on Sunday | HighBeam ...  -  Feb 26, 2006
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Unlucky duck  -  Mar 19, 2005
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NORTH TODAY: Record eggs; WILDLIFE.(News) | Article from The …  -  Mar 24, 2009
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In a glaze of glory | Article from The Independent on Sunday |...  -  Dec 28, 2008
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Simon Bowers' Diary  -  Oct 12, 2005
BuzzleThe bitter row between the Tate art gallery in St Ives and local residents shows no sign of abating. he bitter row between the Tate art gallery in St Ives ...

Article: Letter: Test of logic - The Independent on Sunday | HighBeam...  -  Jun 18, 2006
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Centre bids for funding to prevent vandalism. | Article from The...  -  Sep 11, 2009
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Kazakhstan "steppes" up protection of endangered antelope  -  Mar 27, 2007
WWF InternationalAstana, Kazakhstan – A new nature reserve in north-western Kazakhstan will protect unique wetlands and habitats of rare saiga antelopes living on the ...

Rare Turkish bird haven under threat  -  Dec 22, 2008
Açık Radyo - Açık RadyoThe water stretched out before them is covered with black dots that suddenly come alive as flocks of birds open their wings and soar into the early morning ...

Eggs' Records Which was the first: the hen or the egg?  -  Mar 20, 2007
SoftpediaBy Stefan Anitei, Science Editor. Eggs are regarded as some of the most fragile things in nature. But when African ostrich eggs were tested, they supported ...

Oversexed and over here, the ruddy ducks are an example to all.(News)...  -  Oct 22, 2005
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Article: Letter: Reader's letter.(Letters) - Sunday Mirror (London,...  -  Jul 31, 2005
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No Change From Stubborn Rspb  -  Oct 28, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Western Daily Press - Factiva, from Dow JonesSir - When I became a life member of the RSPB, I thought they would protect all birds. To me that included the ruddy ducks. In vain, I wrote to the RSPB, ...

Would Gordon Brown have taxed Einstein too? | Article from The …  -  Feb 24, 2008
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Shooting and fishing backed.(News) | Article from Western Mail...  -  Oct 4, 2005
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Par for the course: Birdies, eagles and gallinules  -  Oct 26, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Taunton Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesQuinta do Lago on Portugal's Algarve coast boasts some of the best golf courses in the world. And its golf courses are home to some of Europe's rarest and ...

Article: Sleeper freezes to death.(News) - The Mirror (London,...  -  Dec 30, 2005
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Preachers and teachers help conserve Turkish wetland  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Surfbirds NewsIt is very important for wintering waterbirds, and is the single most important wintering site for Endangered White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala - over

IBAs guide Mongolia's sustainable development  -  ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
BirdLife International...and internationally significant populations of White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala (Endangered), Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus, and Relict Gull Larus

Putting Central Asia on the IBA map  -  ‎Mar 9, 2009‎
BirdLife InternationalAround half of all Endangered White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala gather on the Central Kazakhstan wetlands after breeding, and similar numbers have been

Winners announced in final of WWT Nikon Photography Competition 2008  -  Oct 27, 2008
AboutMyArea,...won WWT Washington's rounds in the adult and junior categories respectively, for their pictures of a White-headed Duck and a Redshank.

Israel: Duck! It's hunting season  -  Sep 3, 2008
Los Angeles Times,...'white-headed duck'). About 800 of these migratory waterbirds spend their winters in Israel, constituting nearly 10% of the world's population of this

Slim pickings as Israel's hunting season opens  -  Sep 3, 2008
Jerusalem Post,..."There is an endangered duck, called the white-headed duck [Oxyura leucocephala], which is endangered all over the world, and we got its habitat,

No reason to continue Ruddy Duck shootings  -  Mar 27, 2008
Wigan Today,The only reason the cull is taking place is to prevent hybridisation with the similar White-headed Duck in Spain. This species was reduced to about 20

Duck cull slammed  -  Feb 15, 2008
Wigan Today,But the Spanish are worried that a small number of ruddy ducks are migrating and breeding with their indigenous white-headed duck. The NW Hunt Saboteurs has

Targeting the ruddy duck  -  Nov 22, 2007
Highland News,It was in Spain that proved to be the main problem as the ruddy ducks invaded the territories of the very rare and endangered white headed duck.

Ruddy Duck cull begins  -  Nov 2, 2007
Manchester Evening News,Greater Manchester's bird recorder Judith Smith said that White Headed Duck population in Spain had recovered from a reported 22 in 1977 to about 4000.

Examples of invasive species  -  Nov 7, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,Control of the ruddy duck population in Europe is necessary, as cross breeding with this non-native species is a threat to the white-headed duck's long-term

Ducks are shot despite protest  -  Nov 2, 2007
Wigan Observer,England to Spain and breeding with their native white headed duck, leading to concerns they are weakening the blood line of their indigenous species.

Ruddy Duck cull begins  -  02 Nov 2007
Manchester Evening News,Greater Manchester's bird recorder Judith Smith said that White Headed Duck population in Spain had recovered from a reported 22 in 1977 to about 4000.

Duck cull is 'pointless slaughter'  -  Oct 12, 2007
Wigan Observer,Mr Tyler argues that the reason given for the cull, the cross-breeding of the ruddy's with the white-headed duck, an endangered species not native to the UK

Gunmen to be unleashed on ruddy ducks  -  Oct 8, 2007
Wigan Observer,Experts say the white-headed duck, which does not occur in this country, is now threatened due to cross-breeding with the ruddy duck outside the UK in

Fury over duck decision summit  -  Aug 15, 2007
Wigan Observer,The shooting operation, it is claimed, is needed to help save the duck's rarer cousin, the European white headed duck, from possible extinction.



Public consultation launched to review the list of registrable ...  Nov 1, 2006
7. In order to protect the wild population of the white-headed duck, Defra took the decision to eradicate the wild population of the non-native ruddy duck from ... - netPR.pl (komunikaty prasowe), [an error occurred while processing this directive]


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