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    Default Cranes now Breeding in Suffolk, after 400 years

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    Cranes at Lakenheath Fen Nature Reserve

    Cranes have been found breeding in the fens of East Anglia after 400 years.

    The Suffolk wetland which the birds are nesting in was a carrot field until the RSPB turned it into Lakenheath Fen Nature Reserve 11 years ago.

    Large-scale drainage of fens for agriculture had led to the birds' disappearance in the 1600s.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6659827.stm for more of the article.

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