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Wildlife
Peregrine family
Falcons poisoned in nesting site
A family of peregrine falcons were found dead in their nest after being deliberately poisoned, police said.
BBC
The Independent
Sunday Sun
Peregrine falcon shot in the Forest of Dean
A seven-year-old peregrine falcon has been shot dead near a Forest of Dean nature reserve.
this is Gloucestershire
Worcester peregrines hit by family tragedy as chick dies
The RSPB and Worcester City Council have received the sad news that one of the young peregrines has died.
RSPB
Choughs
Conservationists are 'choughed' as Cornish birds raise eight youngsters
Conservationists in Cornwall are delighted that two pairs of choughs have successfully raised eight youngsters this year.
this is Cornwall
Bumper year for birds of prey at Dungeness
Our Dungeness nature reserve is having a bumper year for birds of prey and owls.
RSPB
Survey shows boost to newt population
Great crested newts are thriving in the Braydon Forest area of north Wiltshire, a survey by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust reveals.
The Wildlife Trusts
Nature Notes
Meadow brown butterflies are flying through the fields, bobbing up and down as if they were bouncing off the tall grass stems ...
The Times
Black grouse initiative takes off
One of Scotland's rarest birds, the black grouse, has won further support for its survival through a new alliance of Deeside estates.
BBC
Three chicks spotted in historic osprey nest
The Kielder Partnership can reveal that the first ospreys to nest successfully in Northumberland for over two centuries have had three chicks.
Forestry Commission
British Isles
Minister: Offshore wind could power 20m homes
The UK has the potential to generate an extra 25GW of offshore wind energy on top of the 8GW that is already planned, providing enough power for 20 million homes and supporting up to 70,000 new jobs.
BusinessGreen
BBC
Britain’s got wildlife friendly farming talent
Stephen and Joceline Gibson of Birkdale Farm, Terrington, York have beaten off stiff competition to be named Northern England’s winner of the RSPB’s Nature of Farming Award, run in association with Countryfile magazine.
RSPB
Balls Wood opens under new owners
A woodland near Hertford Heath which was bought by a wildlife trust has this week officially opened under its new owners today.
Hertfordshire Mercury
Bid to bring wildlife back to riverbanks
Heritage trails, new wetland habitats and even a rare cattle breed could be introduced into the Trent Valley around Gainsborough.
this is Retford
Wildlife fears over Severn barrage
Wildlife and conservation experts met at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge to press for protection of the Severn estuary if it is used to tidal power.
this is Somerset
NFU joins FWAG anniversary pledge for wildlife
The NFU has thrown its weight behind FWAG’s 40th anniversary campaign with President Peter Kendall signing up to one of the ’Do one thing for wildlife’ pledges on his farm in Bedfordshire.
Farming UK
Making criminals pay
We've called on the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) to strengthen its plans for the enforcement and prosecution of environmental crimes.
RSPB
Woodland is to become reserve
A Derby woodland is to be officially designated as a local nature reserve on Thursday.
this is Derbyshire
Global
Humpback whale
Denmark seeking consent to hunt humpback whales
vironmentalists are infuriated by a Danish request for consent to continue hunting humpback whales of the coast of Greenland, the AFP accounted.
redOrbit
Dolphins deserve the same protection as whales – WWF
Dolphins and smaller whales are in danger of dying out because they have not been given the same protection as great whales, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Telegraph
Australia pledges big funds for small whale conservation
Australia’s top environmental official on Wednesday pledged AU$500,000 (€284,927) to help save the world’s small whales as part of a major contribution to the International Whaling Commission.
WWF
Swine flu puts porpoise on brink
Mexico's twin crises - swine flu and the economy - may derail a plan to save the world's most endangered cetacean.
BBC
Gulls' vicious attacks on whales
Whales off the coast of Argentina have acquired a new enemy – seagulls.
BBC
Militants kill animals in Congo national park: park director,NGO
Dozens of animals have been killed by armed groups at Africa's oldest national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of the year, park officials and environmental groups said Tuesday.
Yahoo! News
Scientists find tiny new bat species: Geneva museum
Scientists have identified a new species of bat weighing just five grammes in the Comoros island archipelago off eastern Africa, the Natural History Museum in Geneva said on Wednesday.
Yahoo! News
Where giant plants dare to grow
Tropical plants like to grow tall, while temperate zone plants are dwarfs in comparison.
BBC
Wind farms could supply planet's power
In-shore wind farms could on their own supply more than 40 times all the electricity consumed in the world, according to experts.
Telegraph
 
Climate
MSPs agree 42% pollution-reduction target by 2020
A higher target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions was unanimously backed by MSPs today.
The Scotsman
Reuters
Todd Stern rejects calls for 40% cut in US emissions
President Barack Obama's climate envoy has rejected calls for the US and other rich nations to make radical greenhouse gas cuts over the next decade.
guardian.co.uk
House Democrats reach deal on climate change bill
Democrats in the House of Representatives on Tuesday said they had reached a deal on difficult agriculture issues in a climate change bill ...
Reuters
Japan sees extra emission cuts to 2020 goal: minister
Japan is ready to give technical and financial support to help developing nations cut their greenhouse gas emissions in a move that could help Japan revise up its recently announced emissions cut target by 2020, the environment minister said Wednesday.
Reuters
Drought
Climate refugees will not flood rich nations: study
Migrants uprooted by climate change in the poorest parts of the world are likely to only move locally, contrary to predictions that hundreds of millions will descend on rich countries, a study said on Wednesday.
Reuters
Annan optimistic about climate pact prospects
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday he was optimistic that the world could agree on a climate change accord with the support of the U.S. administration of Barack Obama.
Reuters
UK climate change policies 'dangerously optimistic', MPs warned
A leading UK climate scientist today warned MPs that the government's climate change policies are "dangerously optimistic".
guardian.co.uk
Climate change targets 'tougher'
Stronger targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions have been included in legislation to be debated by MSPs on Wednesday.
BBC
eGov Monitor