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Vulture hedge fund Elliott Advisors hands out £93m to 107 London staff

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Vulture hedge fund behind struggling bookshop chain Waterstones hands out £93m to its 107 London employees By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 18 January 2021 The aggressive hedge fund behind Waterstones has dished out £93million to its staff in London. Elliott Advisors shared the … Read more

Trained vulture lands on paragliders’ selfie stick as they soar high above Spanish mountains 

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Keep calm and carrion: Trained vulture lands on paragliders’ selfie stick as they soar high above Spanish mountains GoPro footage showed trained bird flying alongside the men above Algodonale Instructor Scott Mason has pioneered the activity known as ‘parahawking’ The birds guide the pair to thermal columns which allows for longer aerial trips By Raven Saunt For Mailonline … Read more

Plucky magpie tries to chase away bearded vulture but the massive bird just ignores it

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Get off my land! Plucky magpie tries to chase away bearded vulture but the massive bird just ignores it The bizarre encounter was recorded by an onlooker in Thorney, Cambridgeshire The two-year-old female vulture, called Vigo, was spotted feasting on a rabbit  It was unfazed by the continued nuisance caused by its smaller feathered foe  … Read more

Twitchers flock to Lincolnshire to see rare bone-crunching bearded vulture

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In raptor! Twitchers flock to Lincolnshire to see rare bone-crunching bearded vulture named ‘Vigo’ with an 8ft wingspan after it flew 800 miles from the Alps Up to 200 enthusiasts race to Moulton West Fen in Lincolnshire to see the bird Bearded vulture, or lammergeier (‘lamb vulture’), is normally in Alpine regions Birder Mark Hawkes … Read more

Will BT’s pension black hole scupper the vulture funds?

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Laid low by a flagging share price, BT is now feared to be an attractive target for vulture funds that could swoop in and pick it to pieces.  The former state telecoms monopoly, privatised by Margaret Thatcher, was worth £49billion four years ago but its value has since been diminished to just over £10billion.  Yet … Read more

Hundreds of birdwatchers flock to catch glimpse of rare bearded vulture in UK skies

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Hundreds of birdwatchers flock to catch glimpse of rare bearded vulture which has been spotted in UK for only the second time after last sighting in 2016 The bearded vulture has been spotted in the UK for only the second time ever It was seen flying over Sheffield, Derbyshire and the West Midlands on Sunday … Read more

Huge bearded vulture seen in UK for only the second time

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Birdwatchers spot one of Britain’s biggest-ever wild birds as bearded vulture flies from the Alps to UK – only the second time it has been seen in this country Bearded vulture seen by birdwatchers on Howden Moor, Sheffield on Sunday     Bird of prey has only been spotted once before in the UK on Dartmoor in 2016  Two-year-old … Read more