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Sparrows get drive-through food

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:09:59 +0000

Sparrows in an East Cumbrian town have found a unique way of finding food. Cars arriving at the Co-Operative store in Kirkby Stephen are given a close inspection by the resident sparrows on the search for bugs. In a sort of drive through food outlet for birds, flies and other insects are removed by the [...]

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Record breeding year for World Owl Trust

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:43:20 +0000

2010 is proving to be a record breaking year for breeding for the World Owl Trust at Muncaster Castle near Ravenglass in the Western Lake District, with 21 owl species raising more than 50 chicks.

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Humber Avocet colony expands

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:54:18 +0000

A failing breeding avocet colony on the Humber has enjoyed a dramatic reversal in fortunes with its most successful season ever, thanks to a major restoration project.

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Red Kites return to the Lake District

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:02:40 +0000

The Forestry Commission is spearheading a three-year project to reintroduce red kites into parts of the Lake District. This is the first operation of its kind in North West England and the last red kite reintroduction project in England. Last month, June 2010, Forestry Commission wildlife rangers from Grizedale brought 30 birds, soon after hatching, [...]

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Ten years of saving skylarks

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:58:16 +0000

The RSPB’s ten year long project at Hope Farm in the Cambridgeshire countryside has been a bigger success than expected, says the charity.

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Cash boost for Otter project

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:04:55 +0000

Durham Biodiversity Partnership has received a funding boost from SITA Trust to carry out a three year project to consolidate the existing populations of Otter

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Mammals on roads survey

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:00:27 +0000

July sees the start of a nationwide survey of mammal sightings along single-carriageway roads by the People's Trust for Endangered Species.

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Raccoon filmed wild in the UK

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:28:41 +0000

Wildlife Trust cameras have captured the first raccoon ever filmed in the North East of England. The North American mammal was photographed and filmed in a garden in County Durham by cameras operated as part of the North East Wildlife Trusts WildPlaces project. The owners of the house, who are not being identified, are members [...]

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Woodland Trust Photography Competition

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:28:38 +0000

Enter your photos in the first Nature Detectives national photography competition for children, for the chance to win a digital camera.

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Cumbria First for Rare Dragonfly

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:12:34 +0000

South Cumbria will be the first to see the re-introduction of the rare white-faced darter dragonfly onto Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve, near Witherslack. Funded by Natural England, this is the first attempt to reintroduce the white-faced darter dragonfly anywhere in the UK. Cumbria Wildlife Trust is working with the British Dragonfly Society to secure the [...]

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