Forests covering an area the size of the Isle of Wight could be felled under controversial Government plans which would increase the UK’s carbon emissions by an amount equivalent to putting an extra 172,000 cars on the road…
From the category archives:
Wildlife
It’s hard to believe that such a small creature can be so important to our food supply but bees are major pollinators of crops and other plants. If bumblebees continue to decline many plants will set less seed, resulting in further decline and extinctions…
This weekend, thousands of amateur and serious birdwatchers will spend an hour spotting birds, in their garden or yard, as part of the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. I’m not a birdwatcher myself, I’m a bird feeder – concerned about the decline in the bird population in the UK…
Four beaver families have arrived in the UK as part of a plan to reintroduce the mammals to Scotland for the first time in more than 400 years. They will spend six months in quarantine before being released on a trial basis in Knapdale, Argyll, in spring 2009…
There are more than 160 species of chameleons. Many species of chameleon are seriously endangered due to loss of habitat and being taken from the wild for the commercial pet trade. CITES lists all chameleons, with the exception of a few species, on Appendix II…
Plans to create England’s largest new native forest took a major step forward last month when the Woodland Trust took possession of land on which 600,000 trees will be planted. It’s not just people who benefit from the planting of more native woodland, wildlife will benefit too…
As the japanese whaling fleet prepared to set sail for the Southern Ocean, news came through that there is to be a reduction in the number of Minke whales targeted this season. This is welcome news indeed, for Minke whales in the Southern Ocean…
Today is Feed the Birds Day in the UK and birds are increasingly reliant on us to provide food for them. I feed the birds in my garden all year round – with nuts, seeds and kitchen scraps – but I encountered a pest that stole anything and everything I put out for the birds.
