Fishermen in Norway have caught 729 whales this year, the highest number since it resumed the controversial practice in defiance of international pressure, industry sources said on Monday. “The season is more or less finished and it’s been very good,” said Svein Ove Haugland, deputy director of the Norwegian Fishermen’s Sales Organisation. The eventual figure […]
POLL: Should the Faroe Islands’ whale slaughter be allowed to continue?
The recent arrest of 14 volunteers working to stop whaling in the North Atlantic Ocean’s Faroe Islands has focused a spotlight once again on a local tradition stretching back over a thousand years. Six of the protesters were found guilty this week of interfering with the grindadráp, or grind, as these drive hunts are called, […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 06 Sep 2014
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize is awarded to Jim Ehle for his outstanding image “Final Approach”, Nitin Jain wins Second Prize with “Colorful Male” and Third Prize goes to Myer Bornstein for “Little Blue Heron Feeding” (click on thumbnails for full scale […]
Vultures in Africa and Europe could face extinction within our lifetime warn conservationists
BirdLife International – the world’s largest conservation partnership – has announced that vultures have rapidly become one of the most threatened families of birds on the planet. In a bid to stop this important family of birds slipping towards extinction in Europe and Africa, today we have launched a global campaign asking for public support […]
El primero de esta temporada
Hoy por la tarde fotografíe a este primer macho de Picaflor de barbijo para esta temporada primavera-verano 2014; bebederos limpios y en condiciones para recibirlos como Dios manda y disfrutar de su compañía todas las tardes al finalizar la jornada laboral sentado en el patio de mi casa con un buen mate. Veremos durante el […]
Federally Protected Birds at Risk from Expansion of Wind Development Near Lake Michigan
(Washington, D.C., September 3, 2014) Two bird species federally listed as endangered, the Piping Plover and Kirtland’s Warbler, as well as many other federally protected birds are at risk from the proposed expansion of Heritage Sustainable Energy’s (HSE) Garden Peninsula Wind Energy Project near Lake Michigan, according to American Bird Conservancy (ABC). The warning from […]
UK wagtails face long-term decline
The three species of wagtail that breed in the UK are suffering long-term declines, a study has revealed. Yellow wagtails, grey wagtails and pied wagtails are all in decline, according to the annual breeding bird survey’s latest report, though conservationists say the reasons for the reductions are not clear. Yellow wagtails, farmland birds which migrate […]
A sense of Mana
I have just returned from hosting a Wild Eye photographic safari to a place that is cemented more and more firmly as my favourite piece of African wilderness after every visit. I thought of calling this photo “a sense of place”, but it could actually only be one place, and that’s Mana Pools…hence “a sense of […]