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2010 Election return in Cheshire East - Tatton constituency

George Osborne (Shadow Chancellor), Conservative candidate for Tatton increased his share of the vote by comfortably taking 54.6% an increase of 3%....

by Neil Alexander in United Kingdom on 06/05/2010

I went out in the cold, snowy sunshine this morning to photograph a Kingfisher. That didn't happen. I didn't even find one. What I found instead was a once-in-a-lifetime sighting of one of Britain's rarest and most threatened birds - the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

Numbers of these stunning little birds (about the size of a House Sparrow) have declined by around 80% in the past 30 years, and they are now on the RSPB's 'Red List' of threatened bird species. The remaining birds are mostly concentrated in the South of England, which makes it all the more special that I spotted this one in Cheshire.

I've been a 'birder' for several years so it's no longer very often that I spot something I haven't seen before. This has absolutely made my year - and it's only the 4th of January!

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Rare, threatened bird spotted in Cheshire

Extremely rare and threatened Lesser Spotted Woodpecker sighted Monday 4th January near Macclesfield, Cheshire.

by pomfrog in United Kingdom on 04/01/2010

06/05/2010 - 2010 Election return in Cheshire East - Tatton constituency - United Kingdom - George Osborne (Shadow Chancellor),...

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2010 Election return in Cheshire East - Tatton constitu...

George Osborne (Shadow Chancellor), Conservative candidate for Tatton increased his share of the vote by comfortably taking 54.6% an increase of 3%. David Lomax for the Liberal Democrat...

by Neil Alexander, on 6th of May 2010