Wildlife and bird watching in the South West of England
County by county
Recent Sth West news
- Landowners unfairly penalised by fly tipping law
- UK National Whale and Dolphin Watch Results 2008
- Whale and dolphin strandings show big increase in Cornwall
- Rare damselfly habitat restored in Devon
- Wildlife Trust statement on badger culling
- First choughs chicks in far west of Cornwall for nearly 150 Years
- First beaver dam in England for hundreds of years
- Rare dragonfly breeding on the Kennet & Avon Canal for the first time
- Two bittern nests found in Somerset
- DEFRA announces protection for Lyme Bay Reefs - one of the UK’s top marine wildlife sites
- RSPB hopes to create the largest chalk downland network in Europe
- Mass dolphin stranding in Cornwall - at least 26 dolphins dead
- Leucistic Egyptian goose seen at Slimbridge
- Britain’s rarest spider makes comeback, and eats mother.
- Rare wildlife destroyed by heathland blaze in Dorset
More Sth West news
- Rare fritillary numbers boost at Devon reserve
- Volunteers needed for Cornish basking shark surveys
- 2007 was a terrible year for British butterflies
- More rare turtles strand in Cornwall
- Spate of Dolphin Deaths hits Cornwall
- 2007- Best Ever Year for Large Blue Butterfly at Collard Hill
- Baby Fin Whale Found Dead on Cornish Beach
- Wild Boar Shot in Primary School Grounds
- Blueprint for Wildlife Brings Huge Boom in Butterflies
- Un-Common Dolphin Stranded in Barnstaple
- Devon Gets 94 New Wildlife Sites
- Rare Temminck’s Stint Spotted at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre
- Winchester City Mill - Otters
- Wiltshire wetlands prepared for threatened reed buntings
- Water vole hotspots in Wiltshire
Lyme Bay Reefs devastated.
Devon Wildlife Trust has collected evidence that the Reefs in Lyme Bay have been trashed by some fishing techniques.
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Mass dolphin stranding in Cornwall - at least 26 dolphins deadOn Monday 9th June, 26 common dolphins stranded and died near St Mawes in Cornwall.
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Adonis unexpectedly reappears in the CotswoldsThe beautiful Adonis Blue butterfly has unexpectedly reappeared in the Cotswolds having become locally extinct more than 40 years previously.
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DEFRA announces protection for Lyme Bay Reefs - one of the UK’s top marine wildlife sitesOne of the finest marine wildlife sites in the UK's is to be protected from damaging scallop-dredging, thanks to the introduction of a new 60sq mile exclusion zone in Lyme Bay.
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Great Bustards nest again in UK after 175 years waitEarlier this spring a female Great Bustard from the Great Bustard Group (GBG) reintroduction trial in Wiltshire nested and laid two eggs. Due to fears of egg thieves and disturbance from bird watchers, the announcement was delayed and the location of the nest is being kept secret.
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Minke whale stranded in CornwallA 7 metre long Minke whale washed up on Porthcothan beach. Minke sighting are unusual at this time of year.
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Glossy ibis flock arrives at Slimbridge.Usually only seen in the UK every 5 years, a flock of seventeen have recently settled at Slimbridge.
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Cirl buntings re-introduced into Cornwall.The rare Cirl bunting was reduced to just a few hundred pairs in south Devon, but they have now been re-introduced into Cornwall.
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Basking shark sighting and a code of conduct
With the recent surge in basking shark sightings off the UK coast, especially Cornwall and the Isle of Man, the Marine Conservation Society has devised a code of conduct as to how to behave when near the sharks, whether in a boat or swimming (not advised). More.Lyme Bay Reefs devastated by fishing.
Lyme Bay Reefs devastated by fishing.
Devon Wildlife Trust has collected evidence that the Reefs in Lyme Bay have been trashed by some fishing techniques. To see the full story, and to see a video of the destruction, Click here.
Devon Wildlife Trust has collected evidence that the Reefs in Lyme Bay have been trashed by some fishing techniques. To see the full story, and to see a video of the destruction, Click here.