Wildlife Extra Home Page
TO SEE A WEB BASED VERSION OF THE WILDLIFE NEWS
CLICK HERE.


Win a case of South Australian wine
Which of the following are not seen in South Australia?
  • Emus
  • Sealions
  • Koalas
  • Echidna
  • Aardvark
  • Southern Right Whales
Enter the competition
Wildlife and conservation volunteering

Do you want to sit back, or get your hands dirty and help out? There are many opportunities to help wildlife across the UK and worldwide. Volunteering covers a wide range of activities and costs; 


 

White Humpback whale calf off Queensland

A white Humpback whale calf, probably just a few weeks old, was spotted and photographed in the Whitsunday Islands off Australia's Queensland Coast. The calf was probably born in northern Great Barrier Reef waters and is just a couple of weeks old. 
Read the full story »

The latest wildlife and conservation news
Wildlife Extra brings you up to date.

Where to watch wildlife in the UK
See the guide to wildlife watching in the UK.

Wildlife photography: How to enjoy it and how to do it better
Top tips for wildlife photographers. 
 

wildlife news from the week of 2nd october

WHALE, DOLPHIN AND MARINE NEWS

      bird news


Veolia WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

British photographers are highly commended
in Wildlife Photographer of the Year

20% off wildlife photographer of the year portfolio

Presenting the year's very best wildlife images, "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" Portfolio 21 is the latest memorable collection of photographs from this highly successful series. It features all winning and commended photographs from the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011 competition. 

 


HELP US MAINTAIN WILDLIFE EXTRA 

While we will maintain to offer a free service to all our readers, we would like to improve our efforts. To this end, if you feel that you get a good service from Wildlife Extra and that you would like to help us help you, we have now made that possible.

Click here to make a voluntary subscription.

WILDLIFE EXTRA - READER OFFERS

CARNIVORES OF THE WORLD

    reviews/reviews_2010/carnivoresThis book is worth just flicking through occasionally to look at stuff you didn't know, like;
  • Lesser Grison live in southern South America and eat small mammals, birds and reptiles.
  • Palawan stink badgers are slightly smaller than Sunda stink badgers
  • Fishing cats swim underwater 
  • Not much is known about Humboldt's Hog-nosed skunks

    Read full review »

Where to watch wildlife this week

In Britain, the Red deer rut peaks in October, though does usually kick off in September. The male Red deer are fighting for supremacy, to allow them to control and mate with the largest harem. 

Where to see the Red deer rut 

naturtrek 2012 brochure

Britain's largest selection of professionally organised natural history holidays and wildlife tours. All are expertly guided by a leading ornithologist or botanist.

 

Order a brochure


 
© 2006 Wildlife Extra

Come and meet Chris Packham

Many of the great and the good of the wildlife & conservation world will be gathering under one roof on 14th & 15th October at London's Alexandra Palace - And you can join them for £10 or less! 

You can now book tickets (free) for all the lectures and forums at WildlifeXpo when you book your entry tickets to the main event.

Speakers include:

  • Chris Packham
  • Mark Carwardine
  • David Shepherd
  • Andy Rouse 
  • David Lindo 
  • Paul Goldstein
  • Matthew Oates
  • Nick Baker

are amongst dozens of others lined up to talk. 

Tickets cost just £10 for adults - And £2 from each ticket sold will be donated to your local Wildlife Trust.  To see a full list of talks and lectures, click here.

Click here to book tickets and reserve your lecture seats. 



Wildlife and conservation volunteering

Click volunteering to see more