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Tue 07 Jul 2009Rathlin land set aside to save bird species at risk
THE ROYAL Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has purchased 52 hectares on Rathlin Island in Co Antrim as part of its drive to safeguard threatened birds such as lapwing, choughs and corncrakes, it announced yesterday.
The land forms part of a larger walking trail totalling some 120 hectares which was officially declared open on the island yesterday. The walking trail is in the southeast of the island, away from the better-known site in the west of Rathlin that features birds such as puffins, guillemot and razorbill.
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