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A pair of kingfishers have become the earliest to start building a nest ahead of breeding at Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire.

The bird species do not usually nest until early March, and may have started early on 4 February "due to the mild winter", experts at the centre said.

Kingfishers have an estimated 4,900 breeding pairs in the UK.

Visitors to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust headquarters can try and spot the birds from a hide opposite the nest.

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