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Fri 02 Feb 2010One of Ireland's rarest birds under threat of extinction
THEY MAY be the bane of the gardener’s life but weeds such as the dandelion and thistle could be the key to the survival of one of Ireland’s rarest native birds.
The twite, a member of the finch family, is at high risk of becoming extinct, according to Dr Derek McLoughlin, an ornithologist who recently completed his PhD on “The Ecology of the Twite in Ireland”.
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