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Round-the-clock protection for the little tern colony on Great Yarmouth's North Denes beach has paid off with the successful fledging of about 370 chicks in the past few days, the RSPB said.
Monitoring of newly hatched broods is intense for the first 6 to 8 hours of life, but later the broods are monitored only every 2 to 3 days until fledging.
Lots of our garden birds are nesting and their chicks fledging at this time, so it's important that they are not disturbed.
 
 
 
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