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The August Wildlife Sightings photo competition results are in! Winner: Andrew Armstrong (@drumon25): “#Hobby in the SSSI at @EssexWildlife #gunnerspark.” Second: Desmond Loughery (@desmondloughery): “So i told her to say hello from Limavady”...
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Britain. It’s one big beautiful mass of habitats. Forests, rivers, wetlands, lowlands, meadows, grasslands, mountains, lakes, ponds and, of course, moorlands. Ah moorlands, possibly the most hotly debated habitat in the UK. Debated...
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In Scotland over the last few weeks there has been a fair amount of controversy over four wind farms due to be constructed on the East coast of Scotland. These wind farms were...
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Wildlife and humans are often seen intersecting each others’ boundaries. Often, these intersections cause a lot of trouble and harm to both the sections, whilst, seldom do they make us happy as well....
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Emily Dickenson, a great American poet of her time once said that, “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” Every...
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Yorkshire. A historic county of Northern England and the largest in the UK. Associated with many pivotal moments in history, including The Norman Conquest and The War of The Roses, Yorkshire has a...
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If I could have a penny for every single time I have read or written about the persecution of a hen harrier, I would be a very rich person by now. Perhaps even...
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Before we get started, I really should point out that my use of the word hunting is not meant in the traditional sense. By that I of course mean that I did not...
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I heard a Tawny Owl last night. A nocturnal foray to my local store interrupted by an eerie, frightfully abrupt, yet oddly soothing shriek from the branches of a Sycamore in the local...
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Carolyn Meyer, a consultant ecologist, speaks to Sciencevideos.org about her recent PLOS ONE publication: Can Ingestion of Lead Shot and Poisons Change Population Trends of Three European Birds: Grey Partridge, Common Buzzard, and...
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