Newborn beavers for the Scottish Beaver Trial
August 2010. The first beaver kits to be born in the wild as part of the Scottish Beaver Trial have been seen in Knapdale Forest, Mid-Argyll, Scottish Beaver Trial staff have announced.
8 weeks old
As part of the partnership project between the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which launched the first formal trial reintroduction of a mammal back to the UK, the newborn beavers (known as kits) are estimated to be eight weeks old and their sighting marks a positive achievement in the progress of this landmark project.
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3 Eagles and 3 Red kites, 3 buzzards and a peregrine killed in Ireland in spate of poisoning
13/05/2010 12:07:28
Golden Eagle poisoned in Ireland’s County Leitrim. (c) Allan Mee
Worst spate of poisoning in Ireland for years
May 2010. In what has been described as the worst spate of poisoning in recent years, 10 protected birds of prey including three Red Kites, two White-tailed Eagles, a Golden Eagle, three Buzzards and a Peregrine Falcon have been confirmed poisoned in the Republic of Ireland. Two Red Kites and a Peregrine were found dead in Co. Wicklow, a third Red Kite released in Northern Ireland was found dead in Co. Kildare, a Golden Eagle in Co. Leitrim, and Buzzards in west Waterford, east Cork and Donegal. All of these were poisoned by ingesting meat baits laced with Alphachloralose.
White-tailed eagles poisoned by Carbofuran
Within the last few weeks two White-tailed Eagles were found dead near Beaufort in Co. Kerry. Toxicology analyses confirmed that both eagles had been poisoned by Carbofuran, a substance previously used as a pesticide but now illegal in Ireland. Searches of land in the Beaufort area located a dead lamb, a raven also poisoned by Carbofuran, as well as other livestock in various stages of decomposition.
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Followed the Meon valley walk Sunday 18th April, part on the Meon valley walk, part on the south downs track was a nice walk, sunny all the way, really good leg stretcher bout 14 miles just under, at the start I walked up from Fareham to Knowle what was a little village at one time, big hospital mainly mental patents guess that`s not pc but hey-ho, but the sad thing was I haven`t walked this way for some years, and it`s mostly now a housing estate, but they have kept this sad little graveyard that belonged to the hospital, now it looks more a woodland, but struck me sad, all these unnamed graves.
Then walking on up I went through Wickham, and on to Droxford, white flowers are I believe wood sorrel, following the old rail line is nice you see bits of the old line about and some water arches for the trains, look at the map you cans see I ended up at Warnford, were we have watercress beds, hence the old name really of the railway line, the watercress line..
Name: 003
Date: 18 Apr 2010 9:37 am
Map: Google Maps
Distance: 13.6 miles
Elapsed Time: 4:18:58
Avg Speed: 3.2 mph
Avg Pace: 18′ 60″ per mile
Min Altitude: 157 ft Max Altitude: 495 ft
After a successful first year and a widely acclaimed photographic exhibition, the British Wildlife Photography Awards have announced the launch of their second competition which is now open for entries.
The awards will be presented in October 2010 and will then tour the UK. National Trust are once again delighted to be involved in the tour and the first of our places to host these awards will be Nunnington Hall in Yorkshire in November 2010.
Established to celebrate and highlight the great wealth and diversity of British natural history while at the same time recognising the talents of all photographers practising in the UK, BWPA are looking to build on recent successes and are introducing several new categories.
This includes a special award for conservation photography and a category dedicated to British biodiversity and native species under threat, to reflect the fact that 2010 has been declared International Year of Biodiversity, by the United Nations.
Have just started adding the photo`s for my trip to India in December, huge task so have started added them bit by bit so check back to see them as more get added.
20 Years December Gallery
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