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Encyclopedia > RSPB Fairburn Ings

RSPB Fairburn Ings is an RSPB nature reserve at Fairburn Ings in the county of West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire.


Repeated flooding by the River has resulted in a series of shallow lakes which provide habitats for wildfowl and many other birds. One of the lakes houses the historic Newton Abbey.


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Fairburn Ings (74 words)
Fairburn Ings is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Castleford.
The word "ing" is of Old Norse origin and means "damp or marshy land", a reference to the village being flooded regularly by the River Aire.
The flooding has produced huge expanses of water which have provided perfect conditions for RSPB Fairburn Ings, a nature reserve managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), established in 1968.
Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > RSPB (105 words)
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is Europe's largest wildlife conservation charity.
It was founded in 1889 in England, initially to stop the use of grebe "fur" -- the use of the plumage of the Great Crested Grebe on ladies' clothing to simulate real fur.
In 2001, the RSPB had 168 bird reserves in the United Kingdom, covering 115,000 hectares.
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