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<h1>Conservation Efforts</h1>
<p>Various kinds of work are carried out across the UK in order to protect bird species.</p>
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<h2>Research and monitoring</h2>
<p>An essential part of bird conservation is monitoring and recording information about the species such as their numbers, breeding habits, etc.</p>
<p>Scientific research may be carried out to determine whether a species is in decline and how to address the problem.</p>
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<h2>Habitat protection</h2>
<p>The destruction of habitat is a serious threat to many birds and therefore protecting habitats is crucial to protecting the species.</p>
<p>One example of this is the preservation of wetlands in Ireland.</p>
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<h2>Control invasive plants and animals</h2>
<p> Mink and rats are a predator that threaten many bird species, for example by eating their eggs.</p>
<p>Rhododendron is an example of an invasive plant. If left unchecked it can take over large areas, overrunning other native plants and disrupting the biodiversity, which can lead to lower observed numbers of some bird species in those areas.</p>
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<h3>Barn Owl</h3>
<p>Habitat: farmland, grassland. The barn owl is the most common owl and is found in most parts of the world. It has seen a huge decline in Europe in recent years. They are ghostly pale and strictly nocturnal. They specialize in hunting animals on the ground, primarily small mammals. Barn owls mate for life unless one of the pair is killed.</p>
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<h3>Hen harrrier</h3>
<p>Habitat: tundra, moorland, plains, grassland. The Hen Harrier is the most intensely persecuted of all the UK's birds of prey. It once preyed on free-range fowl, which gave it its present name. But, in recent times, its effect on the number of grouse available to shoot has lead to conflict and a threat to its survival in some parts of the UK.</p>
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<h3>Yellow hammmer</h3>
<p>Habitat: dry, open country. The yellowhammer is a large bunting with a yellow head and a streaked brown back. Yellowhammers hide their nests in low bushes to prevent nest predation. It is closely related to the pine bunting and will interbreed. Their songs also sound almost identical to each other.</p>
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<h3>Curlew</h3>
<p>Habitat: moorland, grassland, bogs. The Curlew is the largest European wading bird, found on estuaries in winter and moors in summer. Look for its down-curved bill, brown upperparts, long legs and listen for its evocative, bubbling, call.</p>
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