Garden Piracy
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by david horne
2y ago
Diliff / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Sitting quietly in my garden shed, working at my computer, I become aware of a coarse, high-pitched chattering. The owner of this animated voice is somewhere in the garden and he is not at all happy. Distracted from my work, my eye is drawn immediately out of my window to the sleek grey pelt of one of our resident grey squirrels. We tolerate these creatures, despite their penchant for digging inch wide holes in the well-manicured turf of our lawns. Why is he digging up my lawn? Well think pirate, or even comic-book ‘dog and bon ..read more
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Isle of Wight Deer Conservation Newsletter 2020
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by Isle of Wight Deer Conservation
3y ago
Red deer Hinds – Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Deer Conservation Newsletter 2020 Five years of the IW deer survey When Isle of Wight Deer Conservation was founded in 2015 one of our aims was to extend our knowledge of wild deer on the island in the modern era so that we could record this for the benefit of present day and future generations of islanders. Hitherto little appears to have been done to achieve this. Enquiries at the Local Records Centre and elsewhere had met with responses along the lines of none were recorded . What we were already aware of was that deer have been re-emerging in ..read more
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All Talk
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by Eleanor Daisy Upstill-Goddard
3y ago
‘You’re all talk!’ That familiar phrase that most of us have either heard or used during our lives, meaning that someone makes a statement, indicating that they are going to do something terribly interesting, impressive or exciting and then, of course, never actually do it. I think if we have a think, we all know of someone who we might attribute this phrase to. But what is the relevance of being ‘all talk’, in relation to this particular article? Well, in general, it refers to the statements and promises we receive from government and politicians, stating what they are going to do about wildl ..read more
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Lockdown and the Rhino Poaching Crisis
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by Maisie
4y ago
According to the International Rhino Foundation, three rhino are killed every day from poaching. The southern white rhino has a population estimate from the IUCN Red List of just 10,000 mature individuals. Whilst the world has gone into lockdown, the poachers have come alive and increased their poaching efforts. This post covers why poachers target rhinos and the efforts we must undertake in attempting to protect these beautiful animals. Why hunt rhino? Rhino are hunted for their horns which are made of keratin, the same substance as our hair and fingernails. It is illegal to sell under CITES ..read more
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White Tailed Eagles Reintroduced To England
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by Jessica Howard
4y ago
The white-tailed eagle, once driven to extinction in the UK, have now returned. The last pair of known white tailed eagles bred on Culver Cliff on the Isle of Wight in 1780, although these birds were spotted in Scotland up until around 1916. A combination of hunting and extensive habitat destruction wiped these creatures out. Now, thanks to a joint project from the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, and Forestry England, they are being reintroduced back into England. Following the reintroduction of White-tailed Eagles to Scotland – where there are now over 130 breeding pairs – permission was ob ..read more
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Spotlight Scope: Aesthetics and Wildlife
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by Rosie Alice
4y ago
Roughly 10,000 species go extinct every year. High profile species dominate public attention, bringing in much needed funding. It makes it no wonder that flagship species are leopards, elephants and pandas. Yet of the IUCN’s 41,000 endangered species there remains the unglamorous Madagascar Boa, Cuban crocodile and Emperor scorpion. Simply, wildlife that aren’t visually appealing rarely get the same recognition.  Research taken of scientific papers with nearly 2000 species mentions, revealed that threatened large mammals appeared 500x more than threatened amphibians. “What we decide to sa ..read more
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Bug Mums- The Invertebrates that Invest in Motherhood
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by RoryD
4y ago
When we consider maternal care in the animal kingdom, we tend to hold up mammals and birds as shining examples, whilst regarding reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates as absolving responsibility, leaving their eggs to get on with life. Ants, bees, wasps and termites are obvious exceptions, with the young protected and provided for by their mothers or worker siblings in the nest.  You may not know that many invertebrates are excellent mothers too. On a day of appreciation for the human mother’s of the world, let’s take a look at some unlikely maternal heroes. Their identities might surprise yo ..read more
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Wildlife Centres No Longer Accepting Grey Squirrels as EU Tells Them ‘Keep Them Or Kill Them’
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by Jessica Howard
4y ago
Under a new EU law which came into effect in December 2019, it is now illegal for anyone in the UK to release grey squirrels into the wild. The grey squirrel is one of the UK’s most well-known examples of an evasive species, and you would be hard-pressed to visit any location in the country and not find evidence of these creatures. However, this new law means that many wildlife rescue centres, who would have once rescued, rehabilitated and released grey squirrels back into their now natural environments have no choice but to kill them. This has led to many rescue centres across the country ..read more
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Norwich’s ‘Bat Bridges’ Aren’t Working
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by Jessica Howard
4y ago
‘Bat Bridges’ built over the Norwich Northern Distributor Road appear to be failing in their aim to protect bats, and instead may be driving them away. The seven gantries, costing one £1m, were built over the NDR to guide bats over at a safe enough height to protect them from passing traffic. Whilst the Norfolk County Council have said that it is too early to gauge its success, an investigation by the BBC has raised concerns over the effectiveness of these bat bridges. The structures are built from pylon and netting to mimic the trees and hedgerow that were removed in the building of ..read more
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Project Tiger in India
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by aTraveler
4y ago
The success of Project Tiger The Project Tiger is a specialized program scheme launched in India in order to protect and preserve the Royal Bengal Tigers. This program was started back on April 1, 1973, in Jim Corbett National Park under the leadership of Prime Minister of India. Tiger Project in India focuses on the well being and the protection of tigers, which in real helped in the increase of the tiger’s population in India. Earlier, the Royal Bengal Tigers population was getting decreased at a huge rate, to stop in the decrease of the population of tigers, Project Tiger was started ..read more
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