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Five hen harrier chicks have fledged "against the odds" after four breeding males disappeared, the RSPB said.

Staff at the conservation charity said the disappearance of two of the rare birds from RSPB Geltsdale Nature Reserve in Cumbria, and a further two from the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, pointed to their illegal killing.

RSPB staff and volunteers intervened to provide their paired females with emergency food in an effort to save their chicks.

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