Posted by admin on July 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Whilst waiting for the rain to stop, on a video shoot yesterday, our cameraman spotted the way that raindrops were hitting the stone slabs of a pavement. Post production back in the office slowed the footage down a little and added better audio of rain. We have called this bit of fun ‘Rain Fireworks’ due [...]
Filed under Podcasts · Tagged with Bit Of Fun, Cameraman, Cascade, Firework, Fireworks, Music, Open Sky, Pavement, Rain Drops, Raindrops, Stone Slabs, Video Shoot, Waiting For The Rain
Posted by admin on July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Summer has finally arrived and where better for a bit of fresh air than at the sea shore. We have been out with the digital camera and have some great desktop images for your computer.
Filed under Projects · Tagged with Amp Sound, Apple Menu, Desktop Area, Desktop Images, Desktop Wallpaper, File Jpg, Fresh Air, Hard Disk, Internet Explorer Users, Left Hand Side, Mac Os, Mouse Button, Netscape Users, Pop Up Menu, Sea Shore, Seashore, Select Control, Select Properties, Settings Tab, Time Users, Wallpaper Jpg, Wallpaper Mac, Wallpaper Option, Wallpaper Windows
Posted by admin on July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
With the help of special machinery – and a grant of nearly £50,000 – avocets have been given the best possible chance to breed again in one of their favourite spots on the Humber.
Filed under Birds, Featured · Tagged with Autumn, Avocet, Avocets, Banks, Birds, Brighter Future, Chick, Climate Change, Coastal Islands, Coasts, Crane Barge, Digger, Hectares, Pipes, Pools, River Humber, Rspb, Rspb Images, Safe Haven, Saline Lagoon, Special Machinery, Spring Conditions, Tides
Posted by admin on July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The creation of new native woodland in and around Exmoor National Park has received a further boost with the news that the Forestry Commission has increased its rates of planting grants this year.
Filed under Plants · Tagged with 10 Years, 100 Years, Commissions, Eligible Areas, Exmoor National Park, Extra Money, Farm Payments, forestry commission, Hectare, Hectares, Improvement Grants, Mid Devon, New Woodlands, Priority Area, South Molton, Tarr Steps, Tiverton, West Somerset, Wildlife Habitats, Woodland Grant Scheme
Posted by admin on July 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Lake District Osprey Project team has completed a successful health check and ringing of this season’s young osprey chicks at the nest, near Keswick. In a skilled and delicate operation, a pair of expert climbers made their ascent up to the nest that sits in a tree near Bassenthwaite Lake. They then carefully lowered [...]
Filed under Birds, Featured · Tagged with Bassenthwaite Lake, Bassenthwaite Ospreys, Bill Of Health, Birds Wings, Black Numbers, British Trust, Delicate Operation, Expert Climbers, Health Check, lake district, Museum London, Osprey, Osprey Project, Osprey Video, Ospreys, Pete Davies, Ring Numbers, S Young, Successful Health, West Africa
Posted by admin on July 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum), a widespread native of mainland Europe (hence Le Tree Bee), has been spotted once again in Northumberland National Park by the Authority’s bee expert, Shaun Hackett, during a guided walk on Simonside for the Rothbury Walking Festival.
Filed under Insects · Tagged with Abdomen, Bombus, Bumblebee, Conservation Trust, Entomologists, Hackett, Mainland Europe, Native Bees, Nectar, New Addition, New Forest, Northumberland National Park, Parks And Gardens, Raspberry, Rhododendron, Rothbury, Sightings, Time Of Year, Walking Festival, White Tail
Posted by admin on July 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
For the first time in more than 30 years, hundreds of threatened Sandwich terns have settled to nest at RSPB Minsmere nature reserve, on the Suffolk coast, joining record numbers of gulls to provide a spectacular sight and sound for visitors. It is not known why the terns have suddenly returned to Minsmere, but as [...]
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