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• Torquay

  Tern of the century at Living Coasts

  Science & Nature : Weather & Environment : Zoos : Nature & Wildlife Parks

  Living Coasts has now bred over 100 Inca terns. And experts are putting their success down to top quality design and Torbay's balmy climate.

• Devon

  TRUST GETS READY FOR FIRST MILLING DAY

  Whats On : Nature & Wildlife Parks : Nature

  Following April's official opening of Cricklepit Mill on Exeter's quayside, Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) is holding a 'Milling Day' next week to tie in with National Archaeology Week.

• Paignton

  Charity hosts moth night

  Zoos : Whats On : Nature & Wildlife Parks : Nature

  The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust is holding an event for creatures of the night. The charity is inviting people to come and find out more about marvellous, mysterious, magical moths.

• Devon

  JOHNNY KINGDOM TO OPEN WILDLIFE FESTIVAL

  Wildlife : Whats On : Nature & Wildlife Parks : Nature

  Next week Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) presents its annual Wildlife Festival as part of Wildlife Weeks. This year the festival will take place in the Pannier Market in Barnstaple on Sunday 8 June and will be opened by TV presenter Johnny Kingdom.
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  United Kingdom

  Seabird onslaught leaves Greenland's cliffs silent

  Birds : Birdwatching : Weather & Environment

  An international campaign is being launched today (May 1) to halt the slaughter of Greenland's seabirds just as they begin to breed.

• On patrol with the penguin police

  Birds : Zoos

  New recruits are in training for what could be the most unusual job in the country.

• Beck's is back

  Birds : Birdwatching

  A bird not seen for almost 80 years has been discovered in the Pacific to the delight of conservationists.
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  Cornwall

  High summer arrives with a vengeance as a massive, smelly flower could be the biggest yet at Eden

  Science & Nature : Exotic Plants : Plants : Tropical Plants

  A giant specimen of the world's biggest, smelliest flower is about to burst into bloom at the Eden Project in Cornwall - just in time to cause a huge stink in the summer holidays.
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  Cornwall

  World's biggest flower goes to seed at Eden

  Exotic Flowers : Plants

  The Eden Project green team has harvested what it believes to be a record number of seeds from the biggest flower in the world.

• TV naturalist to open Crocodile Swamp

  Reptiles : Zoos

  A top TV naturalist is coming to Paignton Zoo Environmental Park to help open its daring new crocodile exhibit.