Posted by admin on June 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Both red and grey squirrels live in Lomond & The Trossachs National Park and you can help our Rangers map out where they are by recording where and when you see them.
Either download the squirrel survey form (211kb pdf file), fill it in and post the form to the address below, or use the information [...]
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Posted by admin on June 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
National Bat Monitoring Programme
The BCT runs a number of national, annual surveys through a volunteer network to monitor the status of many of our bat species across a range of habitats. Our surveys form the National Bat Monitoring Programme through which we track changes in bat populations. Monitoring bats is essential as it would seem [...]
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This year for Springwatch I’m investigating the great seabird mystery: why are some colonies doing fine while others are in crisis?
With some of the world’s biggest and best colonies found on our coastlines, Britain is internationally important for seabirds. 90% of the world’s Manx shearwaters, 68% of the world’s northern gannets, and 60% of the [...]
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For the first time since 1832, the Great Bustard – one of Europe’s most threatened birds – has nested in the UK with two females successfully hatching chicks. This milestone has been greeted with euphoria by the team striving for several years to bring back the world’s heaviest flying bird to the UK.
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Posted by admin on June 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A report published this week by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee has revealed major declines in many UK seabirds since the late 1960s.
The report by JNCC – using information from the UK’s Seabird Monitoring Programme – reveals that the UK populations of at least nine of the UK’s 25 species seabird have decreased dramatically.
Since 2000:
the [...]
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Posted by admin on June 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A Lake District osprey born at the nest on the east side of Bassenthwaite Lake, near Keswick, two years ago has been spotted at Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve, near Carnforth in Lancashire.
It is a momentous event in the history of the Lakeland ospreys, as it is the first of the 16 chicks raised in [...]
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