Wildife and Bird Watching in Pembrokeshire
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Recent Pembrokeshire news
- Protected Areas are key hotspots to help wildlife adapt to Climate Change'
- Britain's only resident orca pod – No breeding for 20 years
- Scientist spends 40 years studying Skomer Island’s seabirds
- Welsh Government launches Badger TB vaccination programme
- New habitat created for Endangered Southern damselfly in Pembrokeshire
- Balloons and dog poo in bags are major issues on Britain’s beaches
- Welsh Assembly abandons badger cull in favour of vaccination programme
- Wales is home to 13 new sea sponge species
- Unusual behaviour in Welsh dolphins
- Armed police crackdown on poachers - In Wales
- 21 Fin whales spotted in Irish Sea
More Pembrokeshire news
- Skokholm open for overnight stays
- Fine weather brings desert dragonflies to Britain
- First ospreys arrive back in the UK
- Welsh Assembly relaunches badger cull
- Surprising number of Sea slugs off Wales
- Rare vagrant emperor dragonfly found in Pembrokeshire
- Major new wildlife exhibition launched in London
- Harbour porpoise and Bottlenose dolphin most common sightings in UK Whale and Dolphin Watch
- A day in the life of..........Sea Watch Foundation Sightings Officer
- Are Sea eagles coming back to Suffolk? Vote on what you think should happen
- £20 million whale watching industry in Scotland threatened by Norwegian whaling?
Britain's only resident orca pod – No breeding for 20 yearsThe conservation status of the group is thought to be critical since no live calves have been sighted since research began almost two decades ago.
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Welsh Government launches Badger TB vaccination programmeSo far the vaccination programme has resulted in the successful trapping and vaccination of more than 275 badgers. This is the first time that a project to cage trap and vaccinate badgers on this ambitious scale has been undertaken.
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21 Fin whales spotted in Irish SeaOne of the largest ever known gatherings of Fin whales in British waters has recently been observed in the Celtic Deep, 50-70 nautical miles off the coasts of north Cornwall and south west Pembrokeshire.
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First ospreys arrive back in the UKThe ospreys are back. EJ has arrived at Loch Garten, and the romantically named 03(97) is back at his nest at Rutland Water, and other ospreys have been sighted all over the UK, but as yet there is now sign of the 'Lady of the Loch', the amazing 25 year old bird from The Loch of the Lowes.
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Are Sea eagles coming back to Suffolk? Vote on what you think should happenIn any debate about conservation, it is always important to discount 10% of the arguments at either end of the range, as some people will support all conservation, no matter what the cost or practicalities, and others would complain about spending 5 Euros to save the last elephant. Somewhere in the middle is a rational debate and, usually, the right answer.
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Seashore safaris
Best activity book of the year
Summer is here, we have warm weather, and the beach is beckoning. A swim, build a couple of sandcastles, a bit of beach cricket, but what to do next?
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Great British Marine Animals - 3rd Edition
Many people think of the waters around Great Britain as cold, grey and fairly lifeless. This book will put you right (though noone can argue about the water temperature).Read full review »
The Gannets of Grassholm Island
Gannets have now colonised the island in huge numbers. Grassholm covers only 22 acres and there are at least 60,000 Gannets plus their chicks, as well as small colonies of Guillemots, Razorbills, Kittiwakes and Shags.
