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Work on a £2.3m hotel has been halted to protect a colony of rare newts. Natural England said work on the Travelodge at Lowestoft, Suffolk, should stop to prevent the great crested newts being harmed. Officials are assessing an application from developers for permission to move the newts to a new site. The process is […]
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Gardens and Gardening / Waveney Valley / Wildlife June 30, 2008
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courtesy Keith Moore Keith’s Little Bit of England
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www.leafuk.org CONSERVATION MANAGEMENTIDEAS FOR SUMMER AVOID DISTURBANCE TO NESTING BIRDSIt is important to delay management of field boundaries and margins until at least September when you can be confident that birds have finished rearing late broods. Mowing margins or trimming hedges during breaks before harvest or when weather prevents harvesting can be very damaging for […]
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charities / rspb / Waveney Valley / Wild Birds / Wildlife June 24, 2008
Click on image to read online RSPB e-newsletter, June 2008 edition
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courtesy Keith Moore Keith’s Little Bit of England
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Working in the west of the county this morning, I took my lunch break at Syderstone Common. A short walk across some open grassland kicked out a day flying moth that I’ve been wanting to see for ages, a Mother Shipton. It eventually settled down where I managed to get a couple of record shots […]
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Suffolk Wildlife Trust is inviting people to “get snapping” for its annual photography competition, celebrating East Anglia’s and Britain’s amazing wildlife and landscapes. Young photographers, for the first time, are being offered free entry to the competition. “If you enjoy taking photos of wildlife or the countryside and would like to have a go at […]
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Norfolk Broads / rspb / the coast / Waveney Valley / Wild Birds / Wildlife June 14, 2008
Little TernSterna albifrons This small chattering bird puts on one of the best displays in British skies, an imposing aerial courtship dance that begins when the male calls, carrying a fish to attract a mate. The female responds by chasing him to dizzy heights, before he outwits her by descending at speed with wings held […]
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Norfolk Broads / rspb / the coast / Wild Birds / Wildlife June 14, 2008
Little TernSterna albifrons This small chattering bird puts on one of the best displays in British skies, an imposing aerial courtship dance that begins when the male calls, carrying a fish to attract a mate. The female responds by chasing him to dizzy heights, before he outwits her by descending at speed with wings held […]
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courtesy Keith Moore Keith’s Little Bit of England
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courtesy Keith Moore Keith’s Little Bit of England
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Gardens and Gardening / Waveney Valley / Wildlife June 6, 2008