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North East expert's international mission to save rare birds

1 min read • 23 December 2011

Please click the links below to read local press about WWT's mission to save the spoon-billed sandpiper from extinction, a mission which involved Boldon-born Nigel Jarrett; a former WWT Washington volunteer and now WWT's head of conservation breeding...

http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/12/21/boldon-expert-s-mission-to-save-endangered-birds-61634-29988692/

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/local-news/birdman_nigel_flies_to_russia_to_save_rare_species_1_4085039

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North East expert's international mission to save rare birds

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