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One of the rarest birds in Britain has been seen at a West power station. A bearded tit was last seen in South Gloucestershire in 1981, but a group of bird watchers recently spotted a male at a lagoon at Oldbury Power Station.

Bearded tits live only in reed beds and are normally exclusive to eastern and southern Britain. They are particularly vulnerable to severe winters and ...

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