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Wildlife In The Media; A Fox cub covered in petrol and mud is found in a skip
Topic Started: Aug 13 2008, 09:39 AM (10,437 Views)
Davebutterflyman
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In my opinion John, i believe that the only thing motivating a response from gamekeepers is to protect their valuable grouse shooting moors at all costs.
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Davebutterflyman
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Rare visitors that have stayed on to raise their young.


http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/25/highlands-whooper-swans-deer-goats
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Tringa
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Kestrel
This is another new one to me although from what I have read they are common.

This was last Friday on the NW coast of Scotland and it was very hot at the time - groups of 15 or so males doing their fluttery flight with the dangling legs.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/species-of-the-day/scientific-advances/industry/bibio-marci/

Dave
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Jane
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I couldn't get the link to work, I'll try again later :cool:
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Tringa
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Kestrel
The links works OK for me, but here is another from Buglife - https://www.buglife.org.uk/bugs-and-habitats/st-marks-fly

Dave
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Davebutterflyman
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Thanks for the links Dave.

I remember one year at Wells in Norfolk, the Bibio marcii were out in their thousands and after our walk i was covered in them!
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Davebutterflyman
May 2 2015, 03:19 PM
:Cool: that's an amazing story , Dave .. I hope this years cygnets are being raised successfully
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I don't think i've seen that fly , Dave . I have seen lots of May flies though :nod: They're not the same thing are they ? only May flies have dangly legs :thinking:
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Tringa
May 11 2015, 02:24 PM
The links works OK for me, but here is another from Buglife - https://www.buglife.org.uk/bugs-and-habitats/st-marks-fly

Dave
That link works for me thanks. :cool: Internet explorer didn't like the other link for some reason :rolleys:

Annoying but useful fly then :grin:
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Tringa
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Kestrel
This is awful.

Adding new words is fine but not by excluding existing ones

Isn't it just a product of civilisation and advancement that there will be more words now than there were some years ago? I don't see it should be a reason to remove existing ones. The combination of existing and new words enriches the language (even though I am not to keen on some of the new ones).

If I was an advocate of conspiracy theories I'd be inclined to think it is a way of diminishing thought, just like the Newspeak Dictionary in Nineteen Eight Four.

Dave
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Downsman
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Those of us living in southern England, (who are not afraid to use Facebook!), are able to enjoy a daily photo-montage of mainly nature-inspired photos submitted to BBC South Today local TV station. Here is yesterday's contribution.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.838880859535839.1073742721.153132638110668&type=1

Cheers,

Michael
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Davebutterflyman
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I agree wholeheartedly Dave, no reason on any grounds to remove words whatsoever.
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Davebutterflyman
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Some good photos on that link Mike.


Challenge to save wildlife and eliminate one-use plastic for the whole of June.

http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/eliminate-plastic.html
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feedyourhedgehog
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As we all know we're yet again fighting to stop these harmful pesticides yet again.

I wrote an email to my local MP and here is his reply

Thank you for contacting me about neonicotinoid insecticides and bees.

I entirely agree with you that bees and other pollinators play a vital role in
the security of our food supply and the quality of our natural environment. I
welcome the work the Government has done over the last few years to understand
and protect them, most recently through the National Pollinator Strategy.

I have been assured that the Government is keeping evidence on neonicotinoids
under close, open-minded scrutiny and will restrict their usage if the evidence
shows the need. However, like a number of other EU governments it does not
consider that the scientific evidence supports the recent Europe-wide
restrictions.

Its current assessment suggests that, while we cannot exclude the possibility of
neonicotinoids affecting bees in the field, this not normally likely to occur
and so the risk to bee populations is low. That is why I take the view that the
Commission's response is neither sensible nor proportionate.

The European Commission has given an assurance that further field research can
be done, and this is welcome because, as everyone interested in this issue has
acknowledged, the evidence is incomplete. The Government is therefore leading
further work to clarify this issue, which will form part of the Commission's
review of this decision in 2015.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact me about this important issue.

Yours sincerely
Jonathan Djanogly



Yeah right.....still not convinced Posted Image
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Davebutterflyman
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Well done for contacting them in the first place Paula....it's people like you that make a difference and if more did the same, perhaps the situation would be different.

I, like yourself, are sceptical about the response and i would not be convinced either.

Many thanks for letting us know Paula.
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sensiblenamejohn
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https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/ban-bee-killing-pesticides-for-good-937d4563-7694-41a8-a642-65e6b0e51453
this is a link to a petition about this issue ...feel free to sign up ;)
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feedyourhedgehog
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Thanks Dave and thanks John for the petition :cool:

I've signed this one and I can see they need just under 30,000 to reach their target by tomorrow ...........I hope they make it :yep:
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Davebutterflyman
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Fingers crossed Paula.
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Davebutterflyman
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An amazing sighting in West Sussex.

http://news.sky.com/story/1520127/shark-invasion-50-spotted-on-sussex-coast
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Dave, I saw that earlier. Medmerry is a relatively new RSPB site and we have walked there a few times - I'd love to have seen that - providing they weren't in any danger so close to shore of course. :cool3:
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