El Annie
Wednesday 2nd April 2003, 21:46
..........Scotland is leading the way in European efforts to help the threatened capercaillie, a conference has heard. A multi-million-pound project was launched yesterday in Aviemore, aimed at protecting stocks of Scotland’s largest game bird, which have fallen from 20,000 to fewer than 1,000 in 30 years. The capercaillie was extinct in Scotland in the late 18th century and there were fears that it would die out again in ten to 15 years if action was not taken. The birds were re-introduced from Sweden in the early 19th century, but numbers have declined since the Seventies.
More information - Scotsman
Seabird centre to make waves with extension..............
The award-winning Scottish Seabird Centre has unveiled plans for a £600,000 extension which would give visitors the chance to watch and hear life beneath the waves. An underground tunnel would be built to link the existing North Berwick centre - which has attracted more than half a million visitors since it opened three years ago - to new harbourside facilities under the expansion plans. An underwater camera and hydrophone, or underwater ear, will allow visitors to experience more closely than ever before the marine life of the Firth of Forth, which can include dolphins, whales and porpoises.
More information - Edinburgh Evening News
Do not rescue baby birds in your garden, warns DSPCA..........
Animal welfare officers have appealed to the householders not to "rescue" baby birds that may appear abandoned in their gardens. Thousands or fledglings needlessly die or are brought to the DSPCA between April and July every year because members of the public think they are saving them. DSPCA education officer Gillian Bird yesterday called on householders to leave the birds alone. "Taking a baby bird from the garden that appears to be lost or abandoned might seem like the right thing to do, but it is often doing more harm that good."
More information - Irish Newspapers
House scheme rejected and wildlife saved...............
A wildlife haven has been saved after controversial plans to build 20 new houses in a Shropshire village were thrown out by planners. Nearly 60 residents had expressed their fears. Councillors sitting in Shrewsbury last night booted out the plans to build 20 four and five bedroom houses on land between Preston Gubbals Road and Windsor Lane, in Bomere Heath. Members had been bombarded by 59 letters from worried residents. A report from Bomere Heath and District Parish Council highlighted the environmental damage which would be caused if the scheme was allowed to proceed.
More information - Shropshire Star
conserv@tion today - http://www.habitat.org.uk/news1.htm
Annie :)
More information - Scotsman
Seabird centre to make waves with extension..............
The award-winning Scottish Seabird Centre has unveiled plans for a £600,000 extension which would give visitors the chance to watch and hear life beneath the waves. An underground tunnel would be built to link the existing North Berwick centre - which has attracted more than half a million visitors since it opened three years ago - to new harbourside facilities under the expansion plans. An underwater camera and hydrophone, or underwater ear, will allow visitors to experience more closely than ever before the marine life of the Firth of Forth, which can include dolphins, whales and porpoises.
More information - Edinburgh Evening News
Do not rescue baby birds in your garden, warns DSPCA..........
Animal welfare officers have appealed to the householders not to "rescue" baby birds that may appear abandoned in their gardens. Thousands or fledglings needlessly die or are brought to the DSPCA between April and July every year because members of the public think they are saving them. DSPCA education officer Gillian Bird yesterday called on householders to leave the birds alone. "Taking a baby bird from the garden that appears to be lost or abandoned might seem like the right thing to do, but it is often doing more harm that good."
More information - Irish Newspapers
House scheme rejected and wildlife saved...............
A wildlife haven has been saved after controversial plans to build 20 new houses in a Shropshire village were thrown out by planners. Nearly 60 residents had expressed their fears. Councillors sitting in Shrewsbury last night booted out the plans to build 20 four and five bedroom houses on land between Preston Gubbals Road and Windsor Lane, in Bomere Heath. Members had been bombarded by 59 letters from worried residents. A report from Bomere Heath and District Parish Council highlighted the environmental damage which would be caused if the scheme was allowed to proceed.
More information - Shropshire Star
conserv@tion today - http://www.habitat.org.uk/news1.htm
Annie :)