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Skylarks and sandwich terns among new birdies on reserve created from ‘boring old golf course’

National Trust has transformed Sandilands in Lincolnshire into a nature reserve with wetlands and wading pools There is no chance of a birdie or an eagle any more. But there are skylarks, short-eared owls, avocets and curlew.

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