Posted by admin on February 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Wildlife Minister Huw Irranca Davies has accepted a petition signed by more 200,000 people and many organisations demanding an end to the killing of birds of prey.
The petition is the largest ever collected by the RSPB.
Dr Mark Avery, the RSPB’s Director of Conservation, handed the petition to the Minister in front of a giant mosaic [...]
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Posted by admin on February 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
‘Masters of Light’, an exhibition by professional photographers Mike Kipling, John Devlin and Brian Jobson, begins a run of photographic exhibitions at Sutton Bank National Park Centre – all inspired by the diverse landscape of the North York Moors National Park.
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Posted by admin on February 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Recent bad weather and frozen waterways have brought animals away from their normal habitats and into the built up areas where we live, in the hunt for food and shelter.
Swans from the Lancaster canal have left the waterway and headed inland, rummaging through dustbins and gardens in search of food or for something to [...]
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Posted by admin on February 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Looking out into the garden this afternoon we can see the first signs of spring.
After all the cold icy weather the first shoots and flowers are starting to appear indicating the winter will soon be behind us.
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Posted by admin on January 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Around half a million people are expected to be watching the garden birds this weekend (30-31 January 2010) for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch.
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Posted by admin on January 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
This winter’s snow and ice is having a devastating effect on local Barn Owl populations in Northumberland, especially in the uplands which have seen deep snow cover for several weeks and face the likelihood of more to come.
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Posted by admin on January 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Conservationists are investigating what has caused the largest roost of corn buntings in living memory to settle in a farmer’s field in Bedfordshire.
The farm in the village of Stotfold in Bedfordshire currently has 700 corn buntings – thought to be around 4 per cent of the entire UK population – occupying one field.
RSPB experts are [...]
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Posted by admin on January 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Three weeks of sub zero temperatures in parts of the UK have led to rivers and large stretches of water to start freezing.
In north Cumbria large clumps of ice have started to form on the River Eden in Carlisle.
Some of the more still areas of the river have started to ice over.
Snaking it’s way from [...]
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Posted by admin on November 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Over the last decade, rare birds in the UK have been faring far better than their more common counterparts, according to the latest assessment produced by the UK’s leading conservation organisations.
The research shows that almost 60 per cent of the 63 rare birds that breed in the UK have increased over the last ten years [...]
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Posted by admin on November 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
On the 7th-11th of December 2009 The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside are teaming up with the Big Give to help protect the Red Squirrel.
They are aiming to raise a total of £64,000 with a ‘matched funding’ scheme.
Any money donated online at www.thebiggive.org.uk to the red squirrel appeal will be matched by the [...]
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