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 …
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a disturbing story of a couple of men in America who reportedly killed 3,600 wild birds on Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation over a six-year period starting in 2015. Why did they do it? For commercial gain is the answer. The …
A brand-new study published on January 4, 2024, reports on the threat to “raptors” (birds of prey – predators) on the African continent due to the following facts: The bottom line is that when you get an increase in human population in a certain area …
NEWS AND COMMENT-Texas, USA: Peggy Jones, 64, feels that she is lucky to be alive after – in a very strange and unusual incident – she was attacked by both a snake and a hawk simultaneously. She was mowing her backyard lawn. Something very normal …
UK: Maremma sheepdogs are an ancient breed as they were first mentioned in Roman literature more than 2,000 years ago. At the time they were used to warn off predators in the area of their origin: the regions of Abruzzi and Maremma in Italy. Nowadays …
You will find peregrine falcons in London, UK. They nest in St Paul’s Cathedral for instance, high up towards its pinnacle. They are protected. During Covid-19 there were less people wandering around London. There were less people to feed the pigeons which is a pastime …
Evolution has resulted in the great grey owl developing advanced, scientific skills to detect voles 50 cm below the snow just by the sound that they make. And it is doubly astonishing they can do this because snow this deep is a great sound dampener …
This is a dramatic if not disturbing video of a bald eagle swooping down onto the porch of a home, snatching a Yorkie puppy and carrying the animal away. It ends well because the puppy manages to escape and, in the video, the last thing …
The video shows a white-tailed eagle chick hatching at RSPB Scotland Abernethy nature reserve. The parents are called Shona and Finn. They’ve been nesting in the Cairngorms Connect partnership. RSPB Scotland is part of this partnership. The eggs were first seen in the nest on …
