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Birds benefit hugely from garden feeders in the winter

How to attract birds to your garden and save money on seed and feeders

Fen raft spider.

Watch: How big are fen raft spiders as species returns to UK

Fen Raft Spider on the Dyke networks of the Lower Waveney Valley.

Watch: Rat-sized spiders back in UK - they're big enough to hunt fish

Dolphins playfully leap beside boat in Bridlington. Credit: Steve Race Wildlife Photography

Joyful dolphins frolic and leap as they follow boat back to shore

4.5m Cornwall coastal home up for grabs in Omaze prize draw.

Watch: £4.5m Cornwall coastal home up for grabs in Omaze prize draw

Dolphin pod filmed in the water near Bridlington. Credit: Steve Race Wildlife Photography

Watch as pod of dolphins swim alongside boat off scenic coast

BG - R405836 Starling nest box 4 - A garden nest box for starlings

National Nest Box Week: Lancashire homebuilders re-tweet online quiz for residen...

A swan has started hanging around at Telford Park School, after its mate died. It appears to find comfort in looking at its reflection in the glass panels on the school building

Grieving swan crosses road every day to stare at its own reflection

Hannah Mills of Team Great Britain. Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images

Going Green: Get involved and help make a difference

Colder weather drives many birds to seek refuge in gardens (Photo: Ben Andrew/RSPB)

Three ways to throw garden birds a lifeline during the cold snap

The nightingale is one of the birds which have increased. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Birds are so important to the UK environment

Robin on a magnolia tree. Photo: Andy Hay (rspb-images.com)

RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2023: How to take part

Bittern in flight at RSPB Leighton Moss by Jarrod Sneyd.

Call for Lancastrians to stand up against “unprecedented attack on nature”

First News: Joy for Jays!

Birds can nest in all manner of places, says the RSPB (photo: Kevin Simmonds (rspb-images.com))

RSPB reveals how helping birds to breed is easier than you may think

First News: Space to nest

Blue tits

Pendle MP twitching to take part in biggest birdwatching event

Robin Erithacus rubecula, on magnolia tree. Picture by Andy Hay (rspb-images.com).

What will you see in Lancashire during the Big Garden Birdwatch?

RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch returns this month: here's how to take part

The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch returns this month (Credit: rspb-images.com)

Here's how to join the Big Garden Birdwatch 2022

A wildlife friendly garden. Picture by Andy Hay.

Lancashire developer and RSPB call for homeowners to use gardens as a haven for ...

Lapwings roosting on spit of land in water at RSPB Leighton Moss Nature Reserve, Lancashire. The RSPB has named its Leighton Moss reserve as one of the best to visit in autumn for its awesome sunsets and golden hues reflected across the wetland pools. Picture: LIZ MITCHELL

Lancashire nature reserve takes gold in list of autumn hotspots to visit

The nest boxes for feathered friends in Whalley

House builder donates nestboxes to Whalley families

To win the award, the gardens had to include multiple features to support and enhance nature and natural habitats.

Homebuilder goes for gold with wildlife friendly Ribble Valley gardens

Apollo the hen harrier, who has flown from his nesting site in Bowland, Lancashire to his winter home in Extrremadura, Spain, twice in two years. His brother Dynamo, meanwhile, has ventured less than 50 miles in the same period

The 'wonderful mystery' of Lancashire bird's thousand-mile trip to the sun

These are the animals that hibernate in the UK in winter - and why they do it

Hundreds of protected birds of prey killed by criminals in the UK, RSPB says

Invite in the wildlife and make your garden an even better place to be

Attract the birds and the bees to your garden with these RSPB tips

Have you ever wondered why birds sing in the morning? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why birds sing early in the morning - and the dawn chorus explained

A waxwing, spotted in Adlington Street, Burnley, by Jen Coates in 2017

Burnley and Pendle 'twitchers' invited to take part in RSPB Big Garden Bird Watc...

Female hen harrier

How you can help save Lancashire's rarest bird

Readers are asked to join in the Big Garden Birdwatch Picture: Matthew Armett

Take part in RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend

QUIZ: The big bird count - how many can you spot in your garden?

EYES PEELED: Children looking for bitterns in a reed bed at Leighton Moss RSPB Reserve

Lancashire folk urged to take part in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch

One of the two Hen Harriers, 'Sky', which has disappeared from a nesting site in the Forest of Bowland.

‘Save our hen harriers’ protest meeting in Forest of Bowland

Barrowford Lifestyle Show: Doreen Berry celebrated her 95th birthday at the event with daughters Jackie Edington, left and Janet Bickerstaffe. Picture by Paul Heyes

PHOTOS: 10,000 flock to Barrowford Lifestyle Festival

Male hen harrier, an endangered bird of prey

Rare hen harriers disappear: £10,000 reward

Wind Turbine

Wind turbines are no monstrocities

A male Hen Harrier in flight

Look out for hen harrier in Lancashire hills

Hotline opens to report sightings of hen harriers

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