THE RSPB is challenging nature lovers all over the country to embrace the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)'s National Nest Box week by putting up a nest box in their gardens ahead of the bird nesting season.
Natural nest sites for birds are disappearing quicker than ever before and many species are laying their eggs up to 30 days earlier than in the 1960s.
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