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Farming scheme aids threatened birds
Scotland - A pioneering scheme set up by RSPB Scotland and farmers is helping the rehabilitation of the threatened corn bunting, a once-popular species that has suffered population decline over recent years.
Fife ornithologist, Professor Chris Smout, said; "What is evident to me, is that where the RSPB farm scheme has been operating in Fife, corn buntings have maintained their numbers or even increased a little, while in other areas where the scheme is not operating they have continued to contract in range and numbers. It is a scheme that offers real hope."