This is an image of Raunds; the rural town where I have lived for half my life. In passing, you can see Stanwick Lakes, my local birdwatching patch, to the west of the A45, at the left hand side of the image. And the B663 is the road by which I left home to head…
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Trees for Life launch Missing Species project
Rewilding charity to launch Missing Species Programme for Scottish Highlands Returning four ‘architects of the wild’ – lynx, beavers, red squirrels and modern-day aurochs – will benefit landscapes, climate and communities, says Trees for Life Trees for Life is to launch a pioneering Missing Species Programme to bring back four of Scotland’s lost keystone animals…
RSPB press release – ‘Goblin’ and ‘Miniscule’ spider species found on UK Overseas Territory
Two new species of spider have been discovered on St Helena, a remote UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. The discovery of these species, a Goblin Spider with armour-like plating on its abdomen, and a Miniscule Spider with no eyes that is one of the smallest spiders ever seen, brings the total number…
Famous glen managed by Scotland’s forestry agency joins UK’s largest rewilding landscape in ‘huge step forwards for nature’
The world-famous Glen Affric National Nature Reserve managed by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has joined Affric Highlands, the UK’s largest rewilding landscape – becoming the 20th landholding to sign up to the ambitious community-focused initiative. Affric Highlands aims to restore nature across more than 200,000 hectares of the central Highlands, through a linked network of landholdings…
Bird Photographer of the Year 2025: Birds in Flight – Silver Award Disqualified
After a detailed review, the competition has made the decision to disqualify the Silver Award winner from the Birds in Flight category of the recently announced 2025 competition. Following further examination, it became clear that the submitted file did not meet the competition’s authenticity requirements and could not be verified as a genuine raw capture….