MikeB
The posties – postmen and women – of the UK Cornish town, Liskeard, are so frightened of the seagulls dive bombing them to protect their offspring that they have stopped delivering mail to the residents. They’ll will try again the next day if an attack …
This is a story of a pet donkey who appears to have been well cared for but despite that ‘escaping’ and becoming a wild burro to live a life of freedom in the Californian hills with a herd of elk who accepted him. He is …
This is extraordinary and sad to be honest. Thirty-eight dogs ran into Grenada Lake in Mississippi when chasing a deer. But they were not meant to do that as they were fox hunting. Deer hunting is illegal in Mississippi while fox hunting is legal (see …
The beauty of Geat Britain is in its landscape and in its nature; the wildlife. This green and pleasant land is so often no longer green and pleasant. And the UK government has done far too little to protect the UK’s wildlife. We are in …
In Sussex, UK, a nice bit of successful bird conservation is taking place. It concerns the butcher bird (or butcherbird) – the red-backed shrike – which was abundant across England and Wales in the 19th century. Pressure from egg collectors and intensified agricultural practices caused …
This is a conservation roundup; a double whammy in conservation of two entirely different species found in entirely different areas. I would like to update readers on the successful conservation of the Iberian lynx which lives in southern Spain and Portugal followed by a project …
The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) is arguing that humanely culling female dear within season has been identified as a key way to reduce overall populations of the animal. And the SGA wants the burgeoning population of deer in Scotland to be better utilised to provide …
They are sometimes referred to as ‘Nazi raccoons’ because they are an invasive species introduced into Germany under the orders of Herman Goering who was an avid hunter who was appointed the national chief hunter, forestry minister and supreme commissioner for nature conservation in 1934. …
The kind of nesting site that peregrine falcons prefer are “big stone things with knobbly bits”. That’s according to Francis Hickenbottom of Wakefield Peregrine Project. And it’s the reason why peregrine falcons like cathedrals. They use cathedrals for nesting because they are big stone things …
