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Skimming through the myriad of posts in my blog reader yesterday I came across a post from the ever-watchful guys at the Raptor Persecution Scotland blog that left me cold with anger. A UK government department had announced funding for a research project into the ‘Management of Buzzards to Protect Pheasant poults’ (poults are young [...]
After last week’s big Brit wedding bonanza I couldn’t help but chuckle at the news that one of the RSPB’s premier nature reserves in the North of England has opened itself up for weddings. Leighton Moss lies within the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is more famous for its breeding Bitterns [...]
Those of us on the side of the Atlantic with the colorful warblers are well acquainted with broad citizen science initiatives like the Great Backyard Bird Count and Christmas Bird Count. At last, here’s some fun for those of you who consider House Sparrows proper wildlife. The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is hosting a nationwide wildlife survey, [...]