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    ID help please

    Is this of genus Esperia please ?
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    ID please

    Could someone inentify this please? Thanks
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    Biodiversity still under attack

    The latest IUCN Red List update makes appalling reading:- http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2007/09/12_pr_redlist.htm The latest update includes these groups being put at risk by man's presence :- Great Apes-Commercial bushmeat & habitat loss. African & Asian Vultures:-Drugs used for...
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    Help Conserve Isle Of Lewis

    Here we go again! Please read this in connection with the proposed wind farm at Pairc on Lewis . http://www.mwtlewis.org.uk/index.htm If you feel-as I do-that this installation will cause unjustified environmental damage would you please object as shown in the link. Deadline is 22 July 2007...
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    global warming good for birds!!

    Well this is very interesting:- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1968880.ece Colin
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    Humans drive 25% of Bird Species to extinction

    Humans drive 20% of Bird Species to extinction This is utterly depressing:- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8058650/ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1816458.ece Colin
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    Disappearing Bees

    This is interesting-and possibly very worrying! http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,473166,00.html Colin
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    Godwit record non-stop flight

    This was in THe Times today. Fantastic! http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1599708.ece Colin
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    Dungeness Threat

    The birds of Romsey Marsh , including Dungeness Nature Reserve are at risk from the proposed upgrading of Lydd Airport. This is backgound information :- http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/wildlife/article2305511.ece...
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    Recommendations please

    I need to get some bins for my (non-birder) wife so she doesn't get bored when I hold up our walks to look through mine ! I was thinking budget £150 max-compact lightweight preferably. Have thought about RSPB ( Viking I think ) 8X25 but don't know their reputation. Any thoughts please? Thanks...
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    Borneo Fires

    If ever there was a place which demonstrates that man will not stop until he has destroyed everything-it's Borneo. http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6613 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6123696.stm http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1004-fires.html...
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    Fin Whale stranded

    Possible Fin Whale beached on Camber Sands, Rye Bay. http://rxwildlife.org.uk/ Colin
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    Caterpillar ID

    Can anyone help with this please? http://rxwildlife.org.uk/2006/10/14/black-caterpillar/ Thanks Colin ...as you can see now thought to be Turnip Sawfly
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    New Finch Species discovered

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/colombia/story/0,,1890927,00.html It's great to think there are still places where new species can be found....and that we have decided they no longer have to be dead to be new to science !!!!!!!!!! :- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2395282.html Colin
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    Eagles or handouts?

    The Western Isles Council has said that " the golden eagle and white-tailed sea eagle should be placed on a proposed list of species requiring careful management." !!!!!! This apparently is because there is a " clash between efforts to protect the birds of prey and the needs of...
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    Sarus Crane endangered

    Another mad,pointless piece of habitat destruction:- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2126323,00.html This is in violation of Indian protective court orders. Please support this campaign by sending the standard e-mail at the end of this article:-...
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    Bye bye Borneo

    Borneo has lost 50% of it's 280,000 sq miles of forest. The Indonesian Government, financed by the Chinese Development Bank now propose the destruction of 7,000 more sq miles of forest in the Betung Kerihun National Park. This is two thousand three hundred times as big as the proposed drilling...
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    New Carnivore found

    A new carnivore has been found in Borneo.:- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1905654,00.html 1.8 million ha. of it's National Park habitat is to be felled for Palm Oil planting. Colin
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    Acid rain beaten

    A story about the post acid rain recovery of wildlife in UK uplands. From yesterday's Times:- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1869822_1,00.html A slight sting in the tail at the end, but a great story nevertheless. Colin
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    Gannet clubbing

    This extraordinary story in the Times today:- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1797685,00.html Each year, people from Isle of Lewis go to a Gannet colony some 60miles offshore, and club to death up to 2000 gannet chicks. This " traditional practice" is LICENSED by the Scottish...
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    Nikon HG on offer

    Warehouse Express have the HG range on offer-I've just bought the 8X32 HG DCF WP at £379. Seems like a bargain! http://www.warehouseexpress.com/ Colin
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    GW blown away!

    http://www.webpronews.com/business/topbusiness/wpn-54-20050720G8LeadersToutMassiveWindFarmsToThwartGlobalWarming.html Brilliant! Colin
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    UK Wild Finch Trapping.

    This item featured on Countryfile today:- Illegal Trade in Wild Finches Charlotte Smith reports on the threat to our native songbirds from illegal trappers. This is a national problem – particularly prevalent in Scotland. During a recent raid, Lothian and Borders Police discovered a major...
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    The madness continues - Trafalgar II

    From The Times-April 28, 2005 A modern twist for The Day After the Battle of Trafalgar by Richard B. Spencer as the seas off Spain face the prospect of renewed warfare - this time over plans for 500 wind turbines. A new enemy in battle of Trafalgar From Edward Owen at Cabo de Trafalgar...
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    The voice of sanity

    From today's Times :- April 12, 2005 Election 2005 It's this simple: wind farms the size of London, or safe, clean nuclear plants My big issue by Philip Stott ELECTION ROOM 2005 is filled with elephants hidden behind the flimsiest of political camouflage. For me, the bull elephant...
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