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Fence posts at Sellafield to Drigg beach to protect nesting birds (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Fence posts have been put up to protect beach-nesting birds along a stretch of coast where they have struggled to breed.

The posts are on the beach from Sellafield to Drigg, in West Cumbria, and are part of a RSPB project to safeguard common ringed plover and oystercatcher birds known to nest there.

The charity said the posts were "a visual aid" to remind people of the nests, as "any human activity" on the shingle at this time of year caused "nest failures".

The posts were topped by nails to prevent predators such as crows from using them as vantage points to look for prey, the RSPB said.

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