| Extinction fear for butterflies |
| The UK's only mountain dwelling species of butterfly
could be wiped out in Scotland because of climate change, experts
have warned. |
| BBC |
| Lighter woods 'boost butterflies' |
| Overgrown and neglected woods across the south of England
are to be turned into lighter, sunnier places in a bid to encourage
back butterflies. |
BBC
Butterfly
Conservation |
| Rare white albino tadpoles discovered in Wales |
| Rare albino tadpoles have been found in a garden pond
in Wales. |
Telegraph
Froglife
|
| How dragonflies use their four wings |
| Scientists have discovered how dragonflies use their
four wings make flying more efficient and faster. |
| Telegraph |
| Bid to boost eel numbers in East |
| Two thousand elvers are to be released at a wildlife
park in a bid to address the decline of the species in the UK and
the rest of Europe. |
| BBC |
| Dead badgers dumped at roadside |
| A police investigation is continuing in the Borders
after two dead badgers were found dumped on a roadside. |
| BBC |
| Deer cull to protect plant life |
| A cull of deer in Lincolnshire is needed to protect
woodland, the Forestry Commission has said. |
| BBC |
| Grass's secret weapon is a bellyache for rodents |
| Grasses have a secret weapon against grazing that packs
a surprisingly powerful punch. |
| NewScientist.com |
| Grasslands project gets £30,000 boost |
| A project to safeguard rare species in Perthshire has
been granted £30,000 to help conserve and restore habitats. |
| The
Press and Journal |
| High hopes for rare breeding |
| Hopes were high last night that snowy owls could breed
in the UK for the first time in more than 30 years. |
| The
Press and Journal |
| Nature notes |
| Among the regular summer visitors, which have now arrived
here in vast numbers, there are always a few uncommon, exotic birds
that appear here in the spring. |
| The
Times |
| Whales are 'cheetahs of the deep' |
| Super-fast pilot whales have been observed sprinting
after prey, likely to include giant squid. |
| BBC |
| Devon sees rise in rare butterfly population |
| Numbers of both the pearl-bordered and small pearl-bordered
fritillary have increased by 200 per cent at Devon Wildlife Trust's
(DWT) Marsland reserve. |
|
Telegraph
The
Wildlife Trusts
|
| Project to save British woodland butterflies |
| A £900,000 conservation project will try to reverse
the fall in butterfly numbers by restoring coppicing to parts of three
woods in the South East. |
| The
Times |
| Summer may be snowy for the Western Isles |
| Snowy owls may breed in the UK for the first time in
over 30 years, with the news that a male and a female have been spotted
on North Lewis. |
Royal
Society for the Protection of Birds
BBC
|
| New arrivals for the 'phantoms of the forest' |
| Two of the eggs in a New Forest goshawk nest have hatched. |
| Royal
Society for the Protection of Birds |
| Worcester's newest tourist attraction: a family of
peregrines |
| For many years, Worcester did not boast many notable
tourist attractions. A porcelain centre and a dusty museum on Elgar
were about all that the city's visitor website could muster. |
| The
Independent |
| Spotlight falls on threatened skate |
| A major study into the distribution of the threatened
common skate will take place in Argyll and Highland waters this summer.
|
| The
Press and Journal |
| Appeal over dolphin sea sightings |
| Sightings of stranded whales or dolphins off the Isle
of Man should be reported as part of a new conservation agreement,
the government has said. |
| BBC |
| Weekend sighting summary 9-12th May |
| The calm weather, despite reduced visibility along
the south coast, over the weekend produced a flurry of 37 sighting
reports comprising 7 species from 8 coastal counties. |
| Irish
Whale and Dolphin Group |
| In praise of ... adders |
| Snakes need friends and none more so than Britain's
adders. They are not aggressive and have not killed anyone in Britain
for more than two decades. |
| The
Guardian |
| Forestry Commission to host badger-watch sessions |
| A chance to see the UK's largest land carnivore and
one of its most elusive inhabitants in its natural habitat is being
offered by the Forestry Commission. |
| York
Evening Press |
