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Why one good tern deserves another..
It is a struggle for survival when over-fishing means you have less to feed on and large predatory seagulls want to eat you. But now conservationists have come up with the answer to help the decreasing population of terns near the Firth of Forth - by giving the seabirds old car tyres to nest in. A disused pier off Carlingnose Point in North Queensferry has been covered in shingle and dozens of tyres in an attempt to provide a bolthole for chicks hatching over the next two months.
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Edinburgh Evening News
BBC
Tributes paid to bird expert
Friends and family gathered yesterday to celebrate the life of one of the UK's most renowned bird and wildlife conservationists. Coming from as far as Scotland, 260 people joined the widow and daughters of Chris Mead, who died in January. As well as hearing anecdotes about working with the 62-year-old, the invited guests at the British Trust for Ornithology's base in Thetford were also able to inspect the plans for a memorial library to commemorate Mr Mead's work. Following his sudden death, a fund was set up to raise £25,000 to transform the current library in the chapel of the old nunnery.
More information - EDP24
Clause grounds island trips
A 65-year-old legal covenant protecting a field used for car parking on the Pembrokeshire coast is causing chaos for boat trips to an offshore bird sanctuary. All sailings to Ramsey Island were cancelled last week and 20 staff employed by two charter boat companies were made temporarily redundant because the field, near St David's, had to be closed. The move came after it was discovered the land, which overlooks the picturesque St Justinian's Cove, could only legally be used for agricultural purposes. However, a neighbouring farmer has stepped into the breach and offered his land for parking.
More information - BBC
More at - http://www.habitat.org.uk/news1.htm
It is a struggle for survival when over-fishing means you have less to feed on and large predatory seagulls want to eat you. But now conservationists have come up with the answer to help the decreasing population of terns near the Firth of Forth - by giving the seabirds old car tyres to nest in. A disused pier off Carlingnose Point in North Queensferry has been covered in shingle and dozens of tyres in an attempt to provide a bolthole for chicks hatching over the next two months.
More information -
Edinburgh Evening News
BBC
Tributes paid to bird expert
Friends and family gathered yesterday to celebrate the life of one of the UK's most renowned bird and wildlife conservationists. Coming from as far as Scotland, 260 people joined the widow and daughters of Chris Mead, who died in January. As well as hearing anecdotes about working with the 62-year-old, the invited guests at the British Trust for Ornithology's base in Thetford were also able to inspect the plans for a memorial library to commemorate Mr Mead's work. Following his sudden death, a fund was set up to raise £25,000 to transform the current library in the chapel of the old nunnery.
More information - EDP24
Clause grounds island trips
A 65-year-old legal covenant protecting a field used for car parking on the Pembrokeshire coast is causing chaos for boat trips to an offshore bird sanctuary. All sailings to Ramsey Island were cancelled last week and 20 staff employed by two charter boat companies were made temporarily redundant because the field, near St David's, had to be closed. The move came after it was discovered the land, which overlooks the picturesque St Justinian's Cove, could only legally be used for agricultural purposes. However, a neighbouring farmer has stepped into the breach and offered his land for parking.
More information - BBC
More at - http://www.habitat.org.uk/news1.htm
