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The Cry of the Curlew

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Research by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust has shown that predation by Foxes (of both eggs and chicks) is one of the most serious factors limiting the success of nesting Curlews. He went on to write that “Time was when every farm in the dale had nesting curlew, but they have slowly disappeared.

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Week 21: Our last week in Scotland

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I found this little grouping of Guillemots, with parents, babies and even an egg. The Bellymac Farm turned out to be the location that the birds choose to gather in. Tomorrow morning we will head on down to England, and the township of Hull, to visit the Spurn Wildlife Reserve. Total Scotland Species – 105.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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But for a while one constant in his life was his grandfather’s farm, a far-off stretch of land in Comanche County, Texas. It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel.

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Things I didn’t know that I didn’t know about British bees

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Steve Falk gives authoritative accounts and Richard Lewington provides the detailed illustrations in the Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland (a British Wildlife Guide published by Bloomsbury ). Did you know for example that some species of bee are cleptoparasites , exploiting the nests of other species for their own eggs.

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Bird Surprises

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This happened to me recently on a birding trip, with somewhat egg-on-the-face results. Back in the truck, working on our back spasms, we drove a hundred yards south, then turned east, passing a farm house which had feeders out front, and where a flock of Bohemian Waxwings had been reported that same morning. The proposal from U.S.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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The animal rights movement is (rightly) closely associated with protesting things like factory farming, dogfighting, etc…basically, the mistreatment of animals. What I don’t understand is why animal rights organizations almost completely ignore wildlife. This makes perfect sense. For example, when the U.S.

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Sea Snakes of Northern Australia

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Carpet Shark washed up Carpet shark being returned to the sea I hope you have enjoyed this little insight into our varied wildlife here in the north of Australia. Speaking of pregnant snakes, do sea snakes lay their eggs ashore like sea turtles or do they keep them internally until the young are ready to hatch/ be born, like some sharks?

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