Scottish crossbill


	Scottish crossbill

valann 47

1-15-2008 5:23 AM

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					Extinction threat to Scots bird
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				<IMG width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" alt="Female Scottish crossbill (Pic: RSPB Images)" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41436000/jpg/_41436809_femalecross203rspb.jpg" />
				<DIV class="cap">The Scottish crossbill is found only in the Highlands</DIV>
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			</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>The Scottish crossbill, the UK's only endemic bird which is native to the Highlands of Scotland, faces extinction, according to a new report.</B>
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<FONT size="2">The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds warns that unless action is taken to halt a rise in global temperatures, the species is under severe threat.
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<FONT size="2">The bird, which lives only in Scots pine forests, is already on the conservation body's endangered list. 
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<FONT size="2">Other Scottish species, such as the capercaillie, could also suffer.
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<FONT size="2">The  Climatic Atlas of European Breeding Birds - published by the RSBP - shows that three quarters of all of Europe's nesting bird species are likely to suffer declines in range.</FONT></P></TD></TR></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F0E5F160-395D-4AD4-805F-F31E7BB978D6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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