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Posted by admin on March 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Legendary love birds Peckster and Flip are back at their summer residence
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Posted by admin on March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Wildlife experts from the World Owl Trust and Forestry Commission have teamed up with local schools to help protect barn owls in south Cumbria.
The World Owl Trust at Muncaster Castle near Ravenglass and the Forestry Commission at Grizedale Forest near Ambleside are joint partners in the Rusland Valley Barn Owl Project, which aims to improve [...]
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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 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 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 October 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The unusually dry September experienced in many parts of the country may be causing trouble for our garden birds this winter, according to the RSPB.
The dry weather has produced a bumper crop of berries, providing one great food source for garden birds. But the accompanying parched, hard earth has forced worms and other grubs deep [...]
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Posted by admin on October 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The third Great Nut Hunt, recording Dormice in the British Isles, is to be launched by The People’s Trust for Endangered Species and Natural England.
Hazel nuts are a favourite food of the dormouse and can be found growing in our old hedgerows and woodland.
As a Dormouse gnaws through into the green hazel nuts, they leave [...]
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Posted by admin on October 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The survival of red squirrels in the Greater Morpeth area has been given an enormous boost after a £10,000 donation from regional developer The Banks Group.
Red squirrels in the town have been under serious threat of localised extinction, as the town has become invaded by hordes of non-native grey squirrel looking to set up permanent [...]
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