H a b i t a t - Blue for the world, green for the land, red for the living
Natterer's bat
Animals
Resources

Mammal Society
Mammals Trust UK
The Deer Commission for Scotland
Scottish Big Cat Trust
Scottish Badgers
International Otter Survival Fund
Bat Conservation Trust
National Federation of Badger Groups
Froglife
Herpetological Groups of Britain & Ireland
Butterfly Conservation
Butterflies of Ireland
Spiders of NW-Europe
British Dragonfly Society
Buglife

Criminal attack on Dorset wildlife
Dozens of baby bats have been wiped out in a systematic attack in a Dorset woodland.
Forestry Commission
The mystery of Britain's disappearing butterflies
They have gone from gardens and they have gone from parks. They have gone from allotments. They have gone from railway embankments and they have gone from roadside verges.
Independent Online
South West: Bee warning
South West bee keepers claim they are being stung by a double blow from the bureaucrats which could threaten the bee population.
BBC
Sheep dip 'is wiping out insect life in rivers'
Pressure is growing for a ban on the use of a new sheep dip that is claimed to have wiped out insect life in at least a thousand miles of river.
Telegraph
Floating traps to save water vole from mink
Conservationists have devised a floating trap that could help wipe out the American mink and save its indigenous prey, the water vole, from extinction.
Telegraph
Wildlife watch
Dave Harrison called me the other day from South Carlton and reported having seen a garden tiger moth.
this is Lincolnshire

The harlequin ladybird is the most invasive ladybird on Earth.
Now it's in Britain.
Help monitor its spread here 
Osprey & chicks
Birds
Resources

British Trust for Ornithology
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Birds Directive
BirdGuides Bird News
JNCC - Birds
Natura 2000 Birds by Species
Breeding Birds in the Wider Countryside
Black Grouse UK
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
BirdLife International
Fat Birder
Park visitors see osprey tagged
Osprey lovers in Aberfoyle were given a treat this week as experts from the Forestry Commission tagged a nest of five-week-old chicks live on camera.
icStirlingshire
Geese conservation schemes extended
Schemes to conserve internationally important populations of geese have been extended for a further five years.
Scottish Executive
Rare bird reasserts itself on native heath
A rare bird, famed for its extraordinarily individualistic song, is becoming so numerous on heathland near a Westcountry town that local residents are being invited to help create habitats for the birds.
this is Devon
Sooty tern sweeps into record books
Twitchers yesterday forked out up to £150 to catch a glimpse of a rare bid spotted off the North Wales coast.
icNorthWales
Super pigeons thrive on junk food
Fast food rubbish is creating overweight "super pigeons" reliant on waste to survive, an anti-litter group has warned.
Scotsman.com
Ragwort
Plants
Resources

The British Lichen Society
The Woodland Trust
Botanical Society of the British Isles
Plantlife
Flora locale
Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Heritage Trees of Scotland
The Postcode Plants Database
Forestry Commission

Farmer slams councils for failing to stop spread of 'deadly' weed
A farmer has slammed Sheffield and Rotherham councils for failing to curb the spread of a "killer" weed on their land.
Barnsley Today
Magic mushroom ban 'too strong'
A Scottish drugs advice service has questioned the decision to reclassify magic mushrooms as class A drugs.
BBC
BBC
Nature notes
Fennel is in flower along the coast and also on the banks of some rivers, such as the Great Ouse in Norfolk.
Times Online
Marine
Resources

British Marine Life Study Society
JNCC Fisheries
Marine Conservation Society
Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland
Shark Trust
The European Register of Marine Species
The UK Coastal Zone

WDCS opposes moving grey whales to the UK
It has been widely reported in the UK press over the last few days that two British scientists are proposing moving wild grey whales from California to the UK coastline and thereby hoping to boost the local whale watching industry.
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
Telegraph
BBC
Crown Estate criticised for using seabed as ‘cash cow’
Leading MPs have joined a campaign to strip the “wildly anachronistic” Crown Estate of its ownership of large stretches of the Scottish seabed.
Sunday Herald
National/Europe
Resources

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
Natural Environment Research Council
Minerals and Nature Conservation Forum
The Wildlife Trusts
Wildlife and Countryside Link
British Naturalists' Association
EnvironmentJobs
Energy-saving targets scrapped
Pledges made by Tony Blair to force housebuilders to improve the energy efficiency of homes to cut Britain's greenhouse gas emissions are to be ditched, the Guardian has learned.
The Guardian
EU presses on with drive to reduce energy use
The European Union's energy chief charged ahead with his drive to cut energy consumption in the EU Monday, calling on households to use efficient appliances and launching a campaign to promote sustainable energy use.
Reuters
A turn for the better
Wind turbines are ugly and no one wants to live near one. Right? Wrong. Steve Rose on the new architects of spin
The Guardian
MoD allows wind farms to be built near military sites
The Ministry of Defence has dropped its objections to the building of wind farms in a wide area around one of its military installations in what campaigners believe could be a turning point in Britain's policy of developing wind power.
Independent Online
Government housing plans herald developers' free-for-all in the countryside
'Replacing public policy with market forces would rip the heart out of planning and mark a return to the bad old days of greenfield sprawl.'
CPRE
UK first to fulfil EU conservation areas requirements
The UK has become the first EU member to formally designate all of its protected areas of European importance under the Habitats Directive, Biodiversity Minister Jim Knight announced in Brussels today.
Government News Network

Naturenet
Countryside management and nature conservation
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England
Resources

English Nature
Countryside Agency
Environment Agency
Campaign for the Protection of Rural England
Fishy business at Blackfriars
There are over 120 species of fish in the River Thames, but last week a very unexpected find of a sturgeon (Acipenser spp.) was made on the banks of the river.
Environment Agency
Environment Agency's stunning fish
Fish all over North South, east and West Yorkshire will be stunned this summer during a series of surveys to assess the fish populations. their health.
Environment Agency
Radar base to be wildlife refuge
To critics it is a sinister symbol of President Bush's involvement in British affairs, a chilling reminder of the Cold War, and a worrying source of electro magnetic radiation.
Yorkshire Post Today
Nature reserve opening
A new nature reserve will be officially opened next week.
CEN News
New hide reveals wild wonder
A new bird-watching hide has been installed at the Campfield Marsh nature reserve near Carlisle to provide visitors with fantastic views of the amazing wildlife on offer.
News & Star
Walks plan to uncover natural area
A nature reserve near Brampton is holding a programme of walks to explore the wildlife it protects.
News & Star
Ireland
Resources

Environment & Heritage Service (Northern Ireland)
Northern Ireland Biodiversity Group
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Ireland's Environment
All-Ireland review of introduced species

IRA-style death threats made to Shell contractors
Paramilitary-style death threats have been made against workers on Shell's controversial €300 Corrib gas pipeline project in Co Mayo, the Sunday Independent can reveal.
Sunday Independent
Calls for probe into exploration licences
Protestors against the construction of a gas pipeline in Co Mayo have called for an investigation into the issuing by the state of oil and gas exploration licences.
RTE News
Wind energy
Wind is the most accessible source of renewable energy available in Ireland.
Business post
Biofuel technology of growing importance as source of energy
One of the most promising sources of renewable energy for powering vehicles is biofuel technology, where vegetable oil is used instead of petrol or diesel.
Business post
Wales
Resources

Welsh Assembly
Countryside Council for Wales
Wales Biodiversity Partnership
Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales
Environment Agency (Wales)

Rocky ramp will smooth the way for migratory fish in Carmarthenshire
Work started this week on an £80,000 project to improve salmon and sea trout stocks on the river Tywi, in Carmarthenshire.
Environment Agency
Wind farm plan 'breach of human rights'
A Welsh local authority is considering using the Human Rights Act to fight plans for wind farms in the area under the Assembly's TAN 8 policy on renewable energy.
icWales
Scotland
Resources

Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Scottish Biodiversity Group
Scotland's National Nature Reserves
John Muir Trust
Scottish Environment News
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Red Squirrels In South Scotland

Largest coastal quarry in Europe may soon be even bigger
Europe's largest coastal quarry could soon become even more massive. An application is expected to be lodged soon for an extension to operations at Glensanda on the shores of Loch Linnhe in Lochaber.
this is north scotland
Independent inquiry into Scotland's energy needs gets under way
The Western Isles - the centre of concern and anger over a controversial windfarm development - will host an independent inquiry into Scotland's energy needs today.
this is north scotland
Farmer laps up RSPB award
A Stirling farmer has received a top award from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) for his stunning success in breeding wading birds.
icStirlingshire
Sepa bow to firms on water warnings
Key advice on how to stop domestic cleaning products polluting Loch Lomond has been deleted from a controversial leaflet following complaints from the detergents industry.
The Herald
Climate
Resources

Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
Southampton Oceanography Centre
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Natural Environment Research Council
UK Climate Impacts Programme
Impacts of Climate Change on Wildlife
ENN Special Reports: Climate Change
Global Warming: Early warning signs
Is global warming leading to extinction?
At the end of a rugged road, two hours from downtown San Diego, scientists are hoping to find a Checkerspot butterfly — and avoid stepping on a few tiny black caterpillars.
ABC News
Tasmanian coral reef 'proof of global warming'
Scientists believe they have discovered proof that global warming has altered Tasmania's marine environment.
ABC News Online
Study says ethanol not worth the energy
Farmers, businesses and state officials are investing millions of dollars in ethanol and biofuel plants as renewable energy sources, but a new study says the alternative fuels burn more energy than they produce.
Environmental News Network
Help produce a forecast of the climate in the 21st century, using your computer -
here
Global
Resources

IUCN - World Conservation Union
Convention on Biological Diversity
WWF - The global environment network
World Land Trust

Mice gang up on endangered birds
On one of the Earth's most remote islands, mice have learned, and are apparently teaching each other, how to attack and kill bird chicks that are 200 times their size.
Nature
Thousands count endangered bird in India
Carrying binoculars and notebooks, thousands of nature lovers and conservationists scoured semiarid grasslands of western India Sunday to count a bird considered on the brink of extinction.
Environmental News Network
Tiger numbers drop in India's showcase reserve
India reported a dramatic fall in the tiger population at one of its showcase reserves on Monday and conservationists said poachers were to blame.
Reuters
Brazil considers moratorium on Amazon logging
The government could ban logging in Brazilian forests for up to a year to slow destruction of the Amazon rainforest, the country's environment minister said Friday.
Environmental News Network
Discovering an ecosystem beneath a collapsed Antarctic ice shelf
The chance discovery of a vast ecosystem beneath the collapsed Larsen Ice Shelf will allow scientists to explore the uncharted life below Antarctica's floating ice shelves and further probe the origins of life in extreme environments.
EurekAlert
The World Land Trust is a conservation charity that has helped purchase and protect over 300,000 acres of rainforest and other threatened wildlife habitats worldwide. You can help us save even more - here
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