Miniature deer, with fangs, that bark like a dog?… Reeve’s Muntjac deer sounds like something out of a fantasy world! This species of Muntjac deer originated from southeast China and Taiwan, where...
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Sightings The past 12 months have been an interesting time for wild deer sightings on the island with numerous new reports of their presence. Roe deer have been seen at multiple locations across...
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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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Why is habitat management necessary? Why can we not just leave nature to its own devices and let it regulate itself? Members of the public walking past a coppicing team in a woodland...
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It’s early morning. The river is flowing silent and flat. A heron stands patiently by the waterside as a kingfisher flits by, calling out across the water. The cormorants are collecting in their...
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On July 1st 2015, Cecil the African lion (Panthera leo) was shot near Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, using a compound bow and arrow by American dentist Walter Palmer. The initial shooting only...
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Sitting in a rowing boat on the sparkling river, we sat trying to catch our breath after doing a practice 4 kilometre race piece. Gazing up the riverbank, where the bright sun illuminated...
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Trophy :a cup or other decorative object awarded as a prize for a victory or success. Trophy hunting in British Colombia is big business. The target? The grizzly bear. Why? For sport. Recently,...
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Bone: Any piece of hard, whitish material making up the skeleton of vertebrates. Ok, so we now know the definition of bone. Great. Now, let’s pick a vertebrate totally at random shall we?...
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Beavers are back! After having disappeared from the UK riverbanks, a family now flourishes down in Devon in the South West and a couple of growing populations reside up in Scotland. Considered a...
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