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Thursday 7th June 2007, 16:00

The fight to conserve one of the UK's rarest birds suffers a setback as rain wipes out nests in Suffolk.

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claire78

Thursday 7th June 2007, 18:41

That's really sad news for Minsmere. It was lovely being down there with all them males booming this year.

kittykat23uk

Monday 11th June 2007, 15:31

It is really sad news. We were so delighted to see the bitterns flying around only a couple of weekends ago. I hope they have another go and that the weather improves.