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Honey bees
Animals
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Bee fears for new insecticide
Doubts have been raised over the bee safety of a new insecticide awaiting approval for horticultural crops in the UK, following recent research findings.
Information about red deer is unreliable
Your report, Red alert (May 12), concerning red deer numbers and deer damage based on an article in BBC Wildlife Magazine is old news, inaccurate, and requires a response.
Developers to look after special sitting tenants
It was a case of Love Thy Neighbour when housebuilders Bellway discovered a family of endangered newts were living next to their latest development site.
'Welcome home' waiting for elusive creatures
Leicestershire wildlife lovers are set on building new homes for some sleek residents unseen in their area for generations.

The harlequin ladybird is the most invasive ladybird on Earth.
Now it's in Britain.
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Ancient wood
Plants
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Volunteers sought to put ancient trees on the map
Volunteers are being urged to help record Britain’s ancient trees so they can be preserved for the future.
Return of the native woodland on giant scale
A huge tree-planting project aimed at creating an area of native woodland on a scale unseen in Scotland since the Middle Ages will be launched today.
Helping wildflowers to thrive in our meadows
Before conservationists got their hands on a 60-acre field near Louth it had been virtually stripped of wildflowers.
Time to take a walk on the wild side...
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust runs reserves throughout the county where wildflowers are abundant.
St. John’s wort only minimally effective in relieving major depression, review confirms
St. John’s Wort, the herbal medicinal long thought to relieve symptoms of depression, provides only minor benefits in patients with the most acute depression and perhaps no benefit for those with chronic depression.
Birds
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'Exclusion zone' for rare birds
A 24-hour watch is to be set up to protect a rare pair of black-winged stilts which have started to breed.
Swallows stop the bulldozers rolling in
Contractors demolishing former council homes have been forced to stop their work after families said they were worried birds' nests were being destroyed.
Strong wind blows rare birds in
Bird-watchers have been flocking to Gloucestershire to catch a glimpse of a pair of black-winged stilts thought to be looking for a place to build a nest.
Comeback bustards still surviving
Six of the 28 Great Bustards reintroduced to Britain after a 172-year absence are still alive in the wild, it has been confirmed.
Endangered falcon feared poisoned
Wildlife campaigners working to protect one of Britain's most endangered birds of prey, the peregrine falcon, said they fear a female may have been poisoned after she disappeared during nesting.
Owl sacrament
Dawn on May Day. Lightning arcing into the fields beyond the trees, pulses of rain hammering the new oak leaves.
'Hobby' that just took wing
There it is again - twee-er, twee-er, or is it more tee-cher, tee-cher? Chaffinch or great tit though? And is that tek-tek, tek-tekking blackcap or warbler?
Feather report
Garden warblers are back, and seem already to be around in very good numbers.
Marine
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UK Fisheries Minister condemns whaling expansion
The UK today reacted strongly to recent news reports, which have suggested that Norway, Japan and Iceland are increasing their whaling activities in the build up to the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) which takes place in Ulsan, South Korea from 20-24 June.
Scots dolphins top EU league for toxins
Dolphins and porpoises stranded on Scottish beaches have been found to contain high levels of a chemical used in the manufacture of polystyrene, according to a new study of Europe’s coasts.
NZ to fight rare whale slaughter
The Government will consider legal action to prevent Japan's bid to kill humpback whales in Antarctica's Ross Sea.
Whale kill 'should end trade talks'
Australia should suspend trade talks with Japan if the Japanese went ahead with plans to kill humpback whales in Antarctic waters, Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown said today.
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England
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Clay company fined for polluting stream
A Cornish clay company was today ordered to pay £2,488 in fines and costs for polluting the Polgooth Stream near St Austell with china clay.
Public inquiry into A74 plans
A public inquiry will be held in the autumn to hear outstanding objections to plans for the £174 million upgrade of the Cumberland Gap on the A74 to motorway.
Undercliff protest goes to high court
THE defence committee trying to preserve the Undercliff this week underlined its willingness to work with the new Conservative-controlled IW Council.
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The ghost ships in Hartlepool could be left in limbo after a shock objection by the Environment Agency.
Island des res to help Kielder rare bird
Conservationists have hatched a cunning plan to help two love birds, whose bid to rear a family keeps falling foul of the “rising tide”.
Native cattle opening up forest
A rare breed of cattle is being introduced to Sherwood Forest in an attempt to stop the open spaces disappearing in undergrowth.
Bird haven created at village pond
An overgrown pond has been transformed by the removal of undergrowth and the planting of 400 new trees.
£2,000 routed to water reserve
Work to improve the network of paths at a nature reserve in Draycott has received a £2,000 boost.
Bill, 59, hangs up his axe after 35 years
A woodfland chief who played a key role in the transformation of Kielder Forest into an internationally important wildlife haven has hung up his axe.
Villagers set for crunch time thanks to orchard
Villagers are sowing the seeds for the future thanks to the creation of a new community orchard in Little Downham.
Ireland
Resources
Donegal takes golden eagles under its wing
For the first time in 95 years, two young Golden Eagles have bred in Donegal. The pair were among a group of six Golden Eagles released as part of the reintroduction programme at Glenveagh National Park in 2001.
Gangs dump toxic waste
Cross-border fuel smuggling gangs dumped thousands of litres of a deadly toxic substance in Co Monaghan yesterday.
FF 'idiots' stopped carbon tax - Ryan
Green Party TD Eamon Ryan has called Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats "idiots" for deciding to abandon plans for a carbon tax last year.
Roche planning to fast-track completion of public projects
Fresh from the adrenaline rush of announcing his decision on the Tara M3 motorway, Dick Roche, Minister for the Environment, has made it clear that the days of practically every large infrastructural project being mired in objections for years are coming to an end.
Scotland
Resources
Lomond park strategy is unveiled
Comprehensive proposals for the future development of Scotland's first national park have been unveiled.
Loch Katrine deal's huge boost for Scottish native woodland
A huge area of native woodland twice the size of Dundee will begin taking shape across the heart of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park over the next 20 years.
Anger over Executive’s ‘outrageous’ bid to gag watchdog
Scotland’s green watchdog has damned as “outrageous” and “wholly unacceptable” ministerial attempts to prevent him criticising the Executive, according to documents released under the freedom of information act.
Wales
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Exotic corals move into Welsh waters
Exotic corals, usually found in "warmer waters", may be making a home for themselves along the coast of Wales.
Site opens
TV presenter Iolo Williams, a star of Welsh and English language wildlife programmes, visited Denbigh for a special occasion.
National
Resources
Pollution watchdog probes Prozac drug's impact on wildlife
Makers of a widely used antidepressant are being urged to look at whether it is entering the environment and affecting wildlife.
RSPB and English Nature support campaign for responsible Rodenticide use
The launch of an industry-backed campaign to promote responsible use of rat poison has been hailed as a ‘welcome initiative to protect birds of prey’ by English Nature, the Government’s wildlife advisers, and the RSPB, Europe's largest wildlife conservation charity.

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Energy
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Countryside Agency fails to see big picture on landscape
Friends of the Earth is calling on the Countryside Agency to drop its opposition to the proposed wind farm at Whinash in Cumbria and promote sustainable development.
Windfarm battlers go trans-Pennine
Campaigners fighting plans for 13 huge wind turbines in the County Durham countryside are closely following a public inquiry into a similar scheme in Cumbria as they prepare a challenge of their own.
Money lies at the heart of the debate on renewable energy
According to Renewable Energy Systems, which is behind the development of the Dunmaglass wind farm near Inverness: "It is not wilderness and has little biodiversity value and there are no government landscape designations on this area."
New MP hopes to halt wind farm schemes
Stopping the growth of wind farms will be the first priority of North Wales' new Tory MP.
Windfarm set to be built at Co-op estate
Work is set to begin on a windfarm to provide enough green energy for almost 10,000 homes.
Global wind map may provide better locations for wind farms
A new global wind power map has quantified global wind power and may help planners place turbines in locations that can maximize power from the winds and provide widely available low-cost energy.
Proffitt looking to harness wave power
Mike Proffitt's newly established company, Renewable Energy Holdings (REH), has acquired the intellectual property rights for a new method of generating electricity from waves which is being tipped to replace wind power as the renewable energy of choice.
Climate
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Climate change policy in tatters
The government's climate change policy is failing and urgent action is needed in this session of parliament if the UK's targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are to be met, the Royal Society says in a report out today.
£3.5m grant for climate research
Researchers looking at the likely impact of climate change on the UK have been granted a £3.5m funding boost.
U.N. to start marathon in Bonn to widen Kyoto
A U.N. meeting in Germany next week will start a marathon bid to extend the U.N.'s Kyoto protocol on fighting global warming and persuade the United States and developing nations to take part from 2012.
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Global
Resources
Future unclear on $2 billion-a-year U.S. land reserve
A vast amount of fragile land set aside for a taxpayer-funded conservation program that pays U.S. farmers $2 billion a year is about to lose its protected status, and environmentalists are demanding changes to bring more soil, water and wildlife benefits at a lower cost.
Tiny toads fitted with backpacks
A University of Alberta researcher is strapping tiny backpacks to toads in an effort to discover why one species is in serious decline.
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