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Beaver
Animals
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Stars eager to see beaver return
The campaign to reintroduce beavers to Scotland has won celebrity backing as the plans are debated at Holyrood.
The return of the native
As the evening light starts to fade, landowner Paul Ramsay begins a daily ritual. He pulls on a pair of sturdy boots and, walking stick in hand, strides off across sheep-filled fields to witness one of the rarest sights in the Scottish countryside.
Tackle TB in wildlife say Tories
The Conservative shadow DEFRA team and 11 other Tory MPs are pushing for action on bovine TB.
Make a ladybird a friend
As bedding plants are hardening off ready to plant out for the summer months, so aphids and other pests appear, intent on feasting on your colourful annuals.
$100,000 reward offered for return of Loch Ness tooth
Forensics investigator Bill McDonald has announced a $100,000 reward for the return of a four-inch barbed shed tooth found lodged in the ribcage of a mutilated deer carcass on Loch Ness.

The harlequin ladybird is the most invasive ladybird on Earth.
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Short-toed treecreeper
Birds
Resources
Rare bird flies to Essex
A native southern European bird has made a rare appearance in Essex, for the first time in 20 years.
Round-the-clock osprey egg watch
Around 70 volunteers in the Lake District are keeping a round-the-clock watch over three osprey eggs at Bassenthwaite Lake in a bid to deter thieves.
More bustard chicks due on plain
An extra 40 great bustard chicks will be brought to live on Salisbury Plain in early July.
Abandoned fishing line spells doom for rare bird
One of Britain's scarcest breeding birds is the latest victim of an abandoned fishing line.
Bird-lover ordered to stay a mile away from ospreys
A bird-lover was yesterday banned from going within a mile of two rare nesting ospreys.
Lucky lapwing
A Dorset farmer has been praised for helping a threatened farmland bird species.
Marine
Resources
Government urged to save whales
A group of London-based environmental campaigners have today urged the Government to take decisive action to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises.
All clear for Western Isles salmon farm
The Executive today announced the lifting of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) movement controls from Marine Harvest's Loch Sheilavaig salmon farm in South Uist.
The Wildlife Trusts Your ocean needs you!
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Plants
Resources
Bluebells bloom in spectacular woodland show
This year's damp spring might not have put a smile on everyone's face, but it has created a blooming good display of bluebells at Westonbirt Arboretum.
Woodland project
Backwell Environment Trust was officially launched on Saturday by Hawk and Owl Trust conservation officer Chris Sperring with the help of his long-eared owl Otis Mendip. The trust's first project will be to buy a 10-acre strip of village woodland.
Blue plaque for leading botanist, John Lindley
Botanist and pioneering orchidologist, John Lindley (1799 - 1865), was commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 12 noon on 17 May, at Bedford House, The Avenue, London, W4, where he lived from 1836 until his death in 1865.
National
Resources
Agencies to give countryside new 'voice'
Two new bodies will be created to look after rural communities and the natural landscape under a bill published today.
ELS deadline extended to Jul 1
DEFRA has announced it is extending the deadline for applications to its entry level scheme from May 31 to Jul 1.
National Parks target minorities
A £1m project to encourage ethnic minorities to visit the UK's national parks will be unveiled on Thursday.
Celebrations of International Biodiversity Day
The United Nations has proclaimed Sunday May 22 the International Day for Biological Diversity to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.

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England
Resources
Why bald patch is good for a lark
The RSPB is asking farmers in the North-East to help safeguard skylarks - by going bald.
Extra protection for bird habitats on Essex/Suffolk border
The avocet population on the border between Essex and Suffolk will receive extra protection with a 360 hectare extension of protected bird habitats in the area.
Bird life in the spotlight
Webcams have been set up on the North York Moors National Park allowing nature lovers to view the life of a kestrel, barn owl and blue tit.
Rare Army wildlife reserve now inviting public to visit
A campaign to attract more civilian visitors to a nature reserve hidden among the barracks of Europe's largest Army base has been launched.
Wildlife may be lost as woodland is auctioned
New Malden residents stand to lose half an acre of Manor Park woodland when it goes under the hammer later this month.
Wildlife group's successful start
Somerset Wildlife Trust's fledgling Polden Area Group has got off to a flying start. A public meeting saw Shapwick Village Hall full to bursting last week.
Objections mount over ghost ships
All of Britain's leading environmental bodies have objected to plans to scrap controversial ghost ships in Hartlepool.
River found littered with plastic
Wildlife conservationists have started an investigation after a section of a south Devon river was found to be littered with plastic.
Beck to work
Teams of volunteers are to work to improve stretches of Spencer Beck at Middlesbrough.
Ireland
Resources
Sinn Fein: use waste on farm as fuel
Government should consider using farm waste for fuel, according to Sinn Fein.
Dumping on fragile sand dunes probed
An investigation has begin into illegal dumpers who have dug large holes into protected sand dunes to bury fridges, gas cylinders, mattresses, and other waste.
New NI minister under fire over planning
Environmental and community pressure groups last night rounded on the new Environment Minister Lord Rooker over proposed changes in the planning service.
Roche signs directive on illegal dumps
Minister for the Environment Dick Roche has told local authorities to be "more ambitious" in their prosecution of cases of environmental pollution.
€500,000 water probe fails to find Cryptosporidium bug source
Despite spending half a million euro, Carlow County Council has yet to identify the source of the infection that has thrown Carlow's water system into chaos.
Wales
Resources
Felling times are over
The last trees have been felled in a four-year project to return the slopes of a Preseli mountain to heathland.
More access, more adventure
There will be open access to 451,000 hectares (22%) of land in Wales – an area five times greater than the 84,000 hectares where there was a right of access up until then.
‘Introduction to the Mosses’
The Mosses have been home to an amazing array of wildlife for thousands of years - why not come and have a look yourself?
Scotland
Resources
New look to woodlands
A massive project aimed at regenerating Loch Lomond’s native woodland is underway.
Executive under pressure to extend park's boundaries
The Scottish Executive has come under renewed pressure to have Highland Perthshire included within Britain's largest national park.
Energy
Resources
Wind power 'a must' to beat climate change
Wind power must be made to work in Britain, despite massive opposition, if the government is to succeed in tackling the threat of climate change, the Sustainable Development Commission says in a report out today.
'Majority in favour of windfarms'
Nine out of 10 people in Northern Ireland are in favour of wind farms, according to a new survey.
Not on my land!
The validity of the Whinash windfarm inquiry was thrown into doubt yesterday when a Cumbrian viscount said the turbines would be on his land – and he did not want them.
Wind farms on peat bog concern
RSPB Scotland yesterday raised concerns about siting wind farms on peat bogs, such as those planned for the north mainland of Shetland.
Wind turbines report sparks protest
Windfarm campaigners have hit out at a Whitehall report which could lead to hundreds of new turbines being built across East Anglia.
Who will be responsible?
Are your readers aware how dangerous wind turbines can be? In April, at the Crystal Rig wind farm in the Lammermuir hills of southern Scotland, a gigantic Nordex wind turbine, with blades 130 ft in length, carried on spinning in a wind above 50mph.
Wave energy contract goes abroad
A company which has won a major contract in Portugal has warned that Scotland is falling behind in the wave energy sector.
Climate
Resources
UK could miss Kyoto target
Britain could miss its target set down under the Kyoto Protocol, new figures reveal.
East Antarctica puts on weight
Increased snowfall over a large area of Antarctica is thickening the ice sheet and slowing the rise in sea level caused by melting ice.
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Global
Resources
New African monkey discovered
A previously unknown monkey species has been found in the mountains of southern Tanzania.
India says 114 tigers killed by poachers from 1999 to 2003
Poachers have killed at least 114 tigers in India between 1999 and 2003, the country's environment ministry said on Wednesday, as debate raged over how to protect the endangered big cats.
Wren-babbler found after 50 years
On 18 November 2004 Ben King and Julian P. Donahue rediscovered the Rusty-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis in India's Arunachal Pradesh region.
Amazon destruction accelerating
The Amazon rainforest is being destroyed at near record levels, according to new figures released by the Brazilian government.
Ecosystems, economic choices and human well-being
In the past 50 years, human activity has changed the diversity of life on Earth – our biodiversity – more than any other time in history.
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