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RBA Birdnews on Twitter
You can now receive the RBA birdnews direct to your Twitter feed. From breaking megas, the latest rarity and scarcity updates and all your local news, it’s all there. It works on any device on which you can view Twitter, including many devices for which there are no dedicated birdnews apps such as Windows and Blackberry.
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We have 11 different news feeds covering Britain and Ireland. Western Palearctic. Please don't submit follow requests for the feeds until you have emailed us (details below) and have had a reply.
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Latest article
Experiments in Japan show that ants can add repellent compounds to plumage and remove louse flies, providing direct evidence for a long-debated bird behaviour. More here >
Twenty years of tracking show that rapid east-west flights can desynchronise the seabirds' body clocks and produce predictable sun-compass errors. More here >
Museum skins and scattered sightings suggest the Endangered seabird may have bred in the Tuamotu and Gambier islands for at least a century, but direct proof is still missing. . More here >










