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Manuka honey from Cornwall
Tregothnan Manuka honey is the only Manuka honey in the world produced outside of New Zealand. A pot will set you back from £55.00-£75.oo. Very small quantities of Manuka Honey are being produced from...
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Isle of Man nature
BBC radio 4 has a couple of rather nice documentaries on the Isle of Man on demand at the moment. The first one pays a visit to the Calf of Man, a rugged island to the south of the Isle of Man to...
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Wildlife boat trips in Wales
Sealife Adventure, associated with Sea Trust (part of the Wales Wildlife Trust), run trips off the Pembrokeshire coast to the islands of Grassholm, and its impressive gannet colony, Skomer, with its...
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Saving the Red Squirrel
Research into the pox being spread by the resistant grey squirrel, which is decimating the vulnerable red squirrel population, is underway in Liverpool University. Dead red squirrels with antibodies...
View ArticleHare coursing on the rise
The BBC reports that the illegal sport of hare coursing is on the rise in certain parts of England. Coursing was banned by the 2004 Hunting Act to protect the endangered brown hare. BBC
View ArticleSpring news
We’ve been a bit busy recently with stuff and so we haven’t had time to update the site. Here are a few news stories we’ve missed: Mammals and birds Water voles have surprised ecologists by abandoning...
View ArticleDartmour ponies fed to lions
Sensationalist headline of the month goes to me. More on this story from the Guardian “Dartmoor ponies are now worth more dead than alive, and are being killed and fed to lions in the zoo. Sadly it may...
View ArticleAudio nature trails
More and more nature reserves are providing audio trails for visitors. They were originally designed for the blind but there are increasingly used by other people. All are free and downloadable onto...
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Polar bears reach Britain?
I thought this article by Michael McCarthy in The Indepedent was amusing: “Reports of polar bears travelling to Britain made the news earlier this year. The RSPB suggested that one had been washed up...
View ArticleTall tales
A couple of nice stories to celebrate April 1st from Wildlife Extra. Trafalgar Square to be transformed into wildlife haven (the RSPB plans to create a giant nature park in Trafalgar Square, to mark...
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