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Conservationists have brought one of the world's most threatened bird species to the UK in order to start a captive breeding programme.
The 13 spoon-billed sandpipers arrived in the country on Friday, 11 November.
They were taken to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) reserve in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.
It was the final stage of an epic 8,000km journey for the birds, which have been brought from their breeding grounds in Russia's Far East.
BBC Nature - Endangered spoon-billed sandpipers arrive in UK
Seeded on Mon Nov 14, 2011 4:19 AM EST
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