H a b i t a t - Blue for the world, green for the land, red for the living
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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
Tourists flock to Suffolk for rare bird
It's a case of watch the birdie at Felixstowe, where a rare visitor of the feathered kind has brought a mini tourist boom.
Evening Star
Corncrake calls on the increase
Birdlovers have been heartened by an apparent resurgence in the number of corncrake calls in Northern Ireland.
BBC
Over-fishing blamed for demise of the kittiwake
Botanist and wildlife expert, David Bellamy yesterday blamed excessive fishing in the region for the demise of the kittiwake.
this is cornwall
Bird catcher facing prison
A 37-year-old man who pleaded guilty to catching as many as 20 wild birds with a view to selling them could be facing jail when he is sentenced next month.
This Is Hertfordshire
Moor the merrier for lost rare eagle
It's a long way from home, but an American bald eagle has been spotted in Norden.
Rochdale Observer
Slow-worm
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

Zoo keen to find out the scale of reptile numbers
Snakes and lizards found in the wild around Edinburgh are to be catalogued in a bid to help conserve rare species.
Scotsman.com
Newts to be moved from site
Derelict land in Ellesmere Port can finally be transformed into a community woodland after herders prepared to remove an endangered species.
icCheshireOnline
Clarkson's green 'ban' saves grasshoppers
Television presenter Jeremy Clarkson may get government help as he searches for rare grasshoppers at his new home.
Isle of Man Today
Terrapins are taking over our waterways
They began their lives as pets, fuelled by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle craze. Now the number of terrapins in London's canals and rivers has rocketed, according to a major study of aquatic wildlife.
ThisisLondon

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

Slaughter that could kill a dream
With dreams of spotting whales in their natural habitat, thousands of visitors head to sea on tours based in Scotland's coastal communities every year.
The Herald
Tory delivers on Whalewatching Course
The second IWDG whalewatching weekend organised on Tory Island, Co Donegal delivered spectacular sightings of basking sharks and a probable humpback whale !
Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
The Wildlife Trusts Your ocean needs you!
Show your support for the marine bill campaign by signing The Wildlife Trusts’ marine petition online by clicking here.
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

Nature notes
Lime trees have a dappled look, as the flower buds appear on the pale wings which will carry the seeds away in autumn.
Times Online
New woodland to celebrate Nelson
Oak trees are being planted on the edge of Bath for a new woodland in honour of Lord Nelson. This year is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, where the naval hero who once lived in Bath met his death.
this is Bath
Beware of killer lilies
Gardening season is here and it can prove dangerous for pet owners.
icAyrshire
National
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
House plan threat to green belt
Ministers are under pressure to abandon plans for new houses and runways that threaten to encroach on green belt land.
Times Online
Independent
BBC
New report highlights blunder of Brussels’ budget cuts
Cash strapped EU states are set to sacrifice wildlife in a bid to cut their contributions to Brussels.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

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
Save water plea for West counties
Households in Wiltshire and Bath are being urged to use less water to protect vital river levels.
BBC
Safeguarding future of Otter estuary
An award-winning team from landowner Clinton Devon Estates will take over management of the Otter Estuary Nature Reserve in East Devon from July.
Exmouth Journal
New scallop byelaw protects sensitive habitats in Fal and Helford estuaries
A new byelaw to protect inter tidal habitat from mechanical scallop dredging in the Fal and Helford estuaries in Cornwall has been brought in by the Environment Agency.
Environment Agency
Seal trip to aid conservation
Wildlife teacher Jess Churchill will be studying seals in the Isles of Scilly this autumn.
this is southdevon
New guide shares a London secret
Explore more than 100 miles of canals and rivers and 110 acres of docks in the capital with British Waterways London's new guide, London's Secret.
icSurreyOnline
Cash will help utilise the forgotten canal routes
British Waterways and Transport for London have jointly pledged over £1.6million as part of an initiative to revive commercial traffic on west London's canals.
Ealing Times
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

Ministerial go-ahead expected for Corrib gas field pipeline
Minister for the Marine Noel Dempsey is expected to approve commissioning of the controversial Corrib gas field onshore pipeline, following his decision to publish risk-assessment information.
The Papers Today
Farmers call over nitrates programme
The Irish Farmers' Association is demanding that the Department of the Taoiseach take control of the controversial nitrates action programme.
RTE News
Water pollution report published
A total of 1,551 confirmed water pollution incidents were investigated in 2003.
Environment and Heritage Service
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

Nature reserve is extended by 3,000 acres
Conservation in Scotland has received a boost with more than 3,000 acres of land brought into the Ben Lawers national nature reserve.
this is north scotland
Council forced to sit on plan to reduce seagull population
A pilot scheme to reduce the seagull population in Aberdeen has been put back until next year.
this is north scotland
SNH welcomes environmental justice report
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) welcomes a new report published today by the Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER).
Scottish Natural Heritage
Wales
Resources

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

Tir Gofal has big impact in Wales
A survey has indicated that the Tir Gofal agri-environment scheme is having a big impact on farm incomes and rural employment in Wales.
FWi
Off-road ban for trail drivers
Off-road drivers have been banned from using part of a national trail for six months to prevent it from becoming damaged from over-use.
BBC
Natural Buzz comes to town!
The Countryside Council for Wales’s ‘Natural Buzz’ Saturday Roadshow is coming to town centres across south Wales over the next few months.
Countryside Council for Wales
Energy
Resources

DTI Renewable Energy
British Wind Energy Association
Greenpeace - Renewable Energies
Irish Wind Energy Association
Yes2Wind
Country Guardian
Impact of Wind Turbines on Birds
Wind-Farm.org
Windfarm News
Minister rejects wind farm 'nimbyism'
The number of wind farms being built around Britain will continue to increase, the energy minister has insisted.
epolitix.com
Politics.co.uk
this is cornwall
Reuters
Planners throw out moor turbine proposal
Campaigners yesterday scored a significant victory in their fight to stop the spread of wind turbines around Dartmoor.
this is cornwall
Whinash would be ‘industrial’
Two valleys would be turned into an “industrial landscape” if a wind farm were built at Whinash.
News & Star
Wind farm gets go-ahead
Plans to build a massive wind farm on the edge of Greater Manchester were approved today.
ManchesterOnline
BBC
Noise from windfarm making life a misery
A recent settler in Caithness claimed yesterday his life is being blighted by ghostly noises from his new neighbours, the county's first large-scale windfarm.
this is north scotland
Inquiry into Sma' Glen windfarm plan opens at Crieff
The fate of an application to build a windfarm in a Perthshire beauty spot immortalised by Sir Walter Scott will be decided at a planning inquiry which opened yesterday.
this is north scotland
Owner bids to double size of windfarm
Proposals have been unveiled to more than double the size of the windfarm above Pendine.
this is Pembrokeshire
Date is set for turbine inquiry
A public inquiry into plans for two wind turbines in Lincolnshire has been fixed for next month.
BBC
Skye wind farm to be reconsidered
Planning permission for a controversial wind farm on the Isle of Skye is to be reconsidered after scrutiny by Highland councillors.
BBC
Germans step in for Wavegen
Scottish energy group Wavegen has been bought up by larger rival Voith Siemens Hydro - sending the ground-breaking technology firm into German ownership.
Scotsman.com
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
The winds of change are here...
When the Prime Minister describes a threat, as he did last year, as "so far–reaching in its impact and irreversible in its destructive power, that it alters radically human existence" ...
The Papers Today
Climate-change fears prompt CIS rebellion at Exxon
A major British institutional investor will tomorrow oppose the re-election of Lee Raymond as chief executive of ExxonMobil on "ethical grounds" at its annual meeting.
The Guardian
New CO2 limits set for Scotland
New greenhouse gas emission limits have been set for Scotland's largest emitters by the Scottish Executive.
BBC
Scottish Executive
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

WWF and World Bank join forces to reduce global deforestation
WWF and the World Bank announced at the fifth meeting of the United Nations Forum on Forests the renewal of a partnership that aims to reduce global deforestation rates by 10 per cent by 2010.
WWF Newsroom
Canada says seal population growing despite hunt
Canada's harp seal population is growing despite a seasonal hunt off the East Coast that has killed 975,000 young animals over the past three years, officials said Tuesday.
Environmental News Network
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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