Dog walkers and owners have been ask to kept their dogs on their leads in Berkshire to help protect amorous birds and their unborn offspring.
Birds nesting on Greenham Common get scared by dogs roaming and they often fly away until the threat has passed.
The eggs are then at risk from predators or go cold and not hatch.
A team of wardens will be on the common until the end of July, when the breeding period finishes, to offer advice to dog owners.
Jacky Akam, from the local Wildlife Trust, added: "We are just trying to help people understand just how vulnerable they are.
"If they can help by keeping their dogs on a lead until the end of July then we will continue to have a fabulous area for nesting birds."
Thursday, April 9, 2009
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