The presence of breeding spoonbills at the RSPB's Fairburn Ings reserve in West Yorkshire had been kept secret. Spoonbills have not nested regularly in the UK since the 1700s but are now returning.

A rare bird which did not breed in Yorkshire for centuries has thrived since pairs nested at a nature reserve where they have become a star attraction. Spoonbills first bred at RSPB Fairburn Ings ...