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Name of
species
Approximate date of
extinction in Britain
Suitability for
reintroduction
Reintroduction efforts
so far
Great
bustard
Last known breeding
pair: 1832 in
Suffolk. 34 Hunted to
extinction.
9
Reintroduced in 2004 to
Salisbury Plain. Slowly
spreading into other
parts of England.
Though it is a steppe
species, and might have
become extinct here even
without the help of
humans as a result of
climate change, it seems
happy to live in arable
land, so there is plenty of
potential habitat.
Common
crane
Last evidence of
breeding in Britain:
1542. 35 The many
Cran- place names in
Britain indicate their
presence.
10
Cranes re- established
themselves through
migration in the Norfolk
Broads in 1979, and
have bred there since
then. Now breeding in
two other places in
eastern England.
Re- introduced in
2010 to the Somerset
Levels. 36
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