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A study led by researchers at the University of Southampton has used data collected by volunteer bird watchers to study how the importance of wildlife habitat management for British birds depends on changing...
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The latest results from the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch have revealed a mixed picture for the UK’s garden birdlife with 15 of the top 20 species returning fewer sightings in gardens across the...
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Blue tits? They’re everywhere, aren’t they? In fact, there are probably several pecking enthusiastically at the bird feeder outside your window right now. But when was the last time you had a good...
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Restoring islands by removing damaging, invasive mammals such as rats, cats, goats and pigs could help prevent a disproportionate number of future extinctions according to new research. The new study published in PLOS ONE found...
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What’s your favourite British bird? With more than 400 to choose from, it could be a tough decision. Not for me. I’ll answer in a flash – a flash of brilliant blue and...
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Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have discovered a never before reported behaviour of queen bumblebees. It was long thought that queen bumblebees, after hibernating in the ground over winter, emerged, began...
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The press release below is from Buglife. Alex Sobel MP is hosting a House of Commons debate from 11.00 on Wednesday about insect declines sparked by the recent global review of insect declines Sanchez-Bayo...
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For this year’s Wild About Gardens challenge, The Wildlife Trusts and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) are calling on people to put in a pond. From mini container ponds to larger sunken ponds, it’s...
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Robyn Grant, Manchester Metropolitan University A pigeon bopping along to a busker playing Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams set Twitter abuzz recently. It’s certainly a catchy tune that I can’t...
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The little owl, Athene noctua, is a small nocturnal owl and is classified as an endangered species on the German Red List. In recent years the existing population of little owls has successfully...
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