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Red deer
Animals
Resources
Warning on deer population boom
Red deer numbers are rising so fast that other wildlife is at risk, a study has warned.
Gang 'tried to flush out badgers'
A gang of 10 men with 13 dogs spent nearly an hour by a badger sett attempting to flush out animals, a court heard.
Killing ground in the woods
It's spring again, time of rebirth with the emergence of new spring flowers, cowslips, king cups, snake's head fritillaries and the woods full of bluebells. But wait! All is not what it seems.
Fox cub plight angers rescue centre
More fox cubs are being orphaned as a result of the hunting ban, a Somerset wildlife rescue centre claimed yesterday.
Alien crayfish threaten leisure site with floods
Crayfish have gone on the rampage along a river bank, threatening a nearby leisure area with flooding.
Monster of Meltham
Could there really be a panther on the prowl in Meltham? Examiner readers have reported THREE sightings of a big black cat in the past week.

The harlequin ladybird is the most invasive ladybird on Earth.
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Salmon
Marine
Resources
Escaped farmed fish threaten wild salmon stocks, warns WWF
The increased number of farmed salmon escaping into Norway’s open waters puts wild salmon under greater threat of disease, breeding difficulties and genetic contamination, according to a new report from WWF.
Minke whale hunt starts for Norway
The world’s biggest commercial hunt of minke whales has started off the coast of Norway.
Experts probe North coral reef
Marine scientists from Oban will embark on a research trip today to one of the oldest and least explored habitats on earth.
Scientists recruit deep seal divers
Elephant seals have been turned into laboratories of the deep to help Scottish scientists unravel the secrets of the Antarctic Ocean.
Fish get hooked on cooler waters
Fish are shifting their homes northwards, according to an analysis of North Sea populations.
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Skylark
Birds
Resources
Apathy leaves EU farm birds in limbo
European states are falling short of their commitments to protect farmland wildlife and its habitats.
Protective fence for tern colony
A team of volunteers has worked flat out to build a protective fence around an endangered sea bird colony where no chicks were produced last year.
Poison fear over falcon's absence
Bird specialists fear a peregrine falcon was poisoned days before the rare creature was due to lay its eggs.
Watch birds on the web
A project to monitor a pair of Britain's fastest birds of prey has been launched at a nesting site in South Gloucestershire, it was announced yesterday.
Blackbird chicks who live in the fast lane
Three baby blackbirds nesting in a lorry's engine are living life in the fast lane by clocking up hundreds of miles on the road, it emerged yesterday.
Plants
Resources
MP calls for action over wild flower crisis
An Essex MP has today revealed he will demand urgent Government action to end the "devastating" threat to Britain's wild flowers in Parliament next week.
We're looking after the last few tears of Venus
The Greeks believed it was the tears of Venus and it once grew on the graves of Saxon England's greatest leaders.
Rare plant set to make comeback
A rare British water plant has been reintroduced into a stretch of the River Coln.
Nature notes
Ash trees still have a freckled look with their leaves half-open, but most other trees are now in full, wonderfully fresh green leaf.
England
Resources
Wildlife to be welcomed back
Otters and water voles are expected to return to a stretch of the River Ray, thanks to a restoration project.
Welcome back to wildlife on the Worfe
A wildlife haven has been re-created along 31km length of the River Worfe near Shifnal in Shropshire. This is a result of the Environment Agency’s improvements to the watercourse.
Lottery grant to help recreate lost wildlife habitats
A move to re-create nationally important habitats lost for centuries is being made possible after a £453,500 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, it is announced today.
Repairs - no newts will be good news
Newt surveys are to go ahead near Stow-on-the-Wold to see whether repairs can start on a railway bridge.
Brook pollution costs farm company more than £22,000
The "reckless" use of a ditch to hold farm effluent led to pollution that killed at least an estimated 1200 fish, Cheltenham magistrates ruled on Tuesday.
Plans for wildlife area at cemetery
Wild flowers, wetlands and a woodland area will be created in a new village cemetery.
Government backs aquarium project
The government is backing plans for the world's largest freshwater aquarium to be built in Bedfordshire.
Codename: Scarlet
Four young firestarters have been arrested as police start their annual crackdown on arson on Poole heathlands.
Nature reserve holds open day
The Gorse Hill Nature Reserve is inviting everyone to its open day this Saturday (May 14) from 10am to 3.30pm.
Ireland
Resources
Botanists in bid to save our vanishing beauty
Top botanists have come up with an action plan in a bid to save the country's wild flowers from extinction.
Friends of Earth criticise pollution 'let-off'
An environmental pressure group has hit out at the level of fines imposed on an Ulster dairy giant for the latest in a series of river pollution offences.
Cash boost to create tour route
Almost £500,000 is to be spent creating a new touring route connecting the north west of Ireland in a bid to boost tourism in the area.
Wales
Resources
Searching for Corals along the North Pembrokeshire Coast
Seasearch divers are conducting surveys at sites along the north Pembrokeshire coast in search of further records of warm water corals.
Reptile count in coast path plan
A reptile survey would be carried out as part of a planned £6.6m improvement project along the Conwy estuary.
Fishermen pose threat to wildlife
Burry Port wildlife is being threatened by anglers. Swans nesting in lakes close to the Southern Distributor Road have been getting caught up in discarded fishing lines.
Scotland
Resources
Delegates will hear warning on global warming
Delegates at a conference, to be held in Knoydart today, will be told that renewable energy has an important role in halting the devastation global warming will cause in the Highlands and Islands.
Deeside butterfly workshop
Aberdeenshire rangers and the Butterfly Conservation Scotland group are joining forces to recruit Deeside residents to a local survey of the pearl-bordered fritillary, one of the UK's fastest-declining butterflies.
Irresponsible dog owners mar St Cyrus Nature Reserve
St Cyrus National Nature Reserve (NNR) is home to a number of rare wildflowers, birds and insects.
National
Resources
Action on unauthorised GM imports
A method for detecting residues from genetically modified Bt10 maize has been developed and agreed by the European Commission.

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Energy
Resources
Wind farm fight
More than 900 objections have been lodged against a 36-turbine wind farm on millionaire Sir Jack Hayward’s Highland estate.
Professor to advise SOS
A leading scientist has agreed to be technical adviser to a group fighting plans for a 200 turbine windfarm nine miles off the North Wales coast.
Appeal to PM over wind farm
The prime minister, his deputy and the chancellor were yesterday sent an SOS by campaigners fighting plans for a massive windfarm off the North Wales coast.
Sutherland fears over windfarms
Fears are growing that the picturesque county of Sutherland may become the windfarm capital of Scotland.
Residents lose their campaign against 125ft wind turbine
Residents in rural Buchan have lost their battle to block plans for a 125ft-high wind turbine on the outskirts of Peterhead.
Wave, wind, sun and tide is a powerful mix
For years, nuclear power has looked expensive, dangerous and dirty. That opinion may be about to change.
Windfarm site may be put into National Park
The Countryside Agency has agreed to boundary changes to the Lake District National Park.
Coed Cymru tries to create fuel's gold
Woodland management charity Coed Cymru has developed the technology for converting waste wood into fuel pellets for the benefit of small rural businesses.
Scotland 'can say no' to nuclear
The Scottish Executive has the power to stop nuclear power stations being built whatever the Westminster government decides, the first minister has said.
Nuclear power may be the only way, says chief scientist
Britain may need one more generation of nuclear power stations in the fight against climate change, Sir David King, the Government's chief scientific adviser, says.
Climate
Resources
Eco threat 'worse than Hitler'
The advance of global warming is a greater threat than was the rise of Hitler in the 1940s, a leading supporter of renewable energy has claimed.
Britain 'dodges' UN climate funds
The UK has not contributed to two United Nations funds designed to help poor countries adapt to climate change, a think tank has revealed.
Greenhouse gas trade growing sharply - World Bank
Trade in carbon dioxide (CO2) permits surged this year as the European Union launched an emissions scheme and the Kyoto Protocol on climate change came into force, a World Bank study showed on Wednesday.
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Global
Resources
New species of rodent found in Laos
Is it a squirrel, a rat, a guinea pig? Maybe a chinchilla?
Coffee 'may save' El Salvador wildlife
Coffee drinkers around the world could be helping to save what is left of the threatened wildlife of El Salvador.
Flower catapults to speed record
Blink and you'll miss it but Bunchberry dogwood is the fastest flower on the planet.
Return flights
Recent sightings of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a breed long thought lost, remind us that extinction is not always a certainty
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