Calderdale Wiildlife – A selection of material filmed during spring/summer 2009 served up on a bed of synrthesised Flemmish bagpipes and reed organ.
Florida Everglades by Fabiola Forns
River of Grass This was the name that conservationist Marjorie Stoneman Douglas liked to call the Everglades, a place like nowhere else in our world – wet and dry, wild and developed at the same time. It is formed by a mosaic of sawgrass marshes, pine rockland forests, tropical hardwood hammocks, mangrove swamps and coastal […]
An afternoon at Nebrownii waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia
One of Africa’s great reserves is the incredible Etosha National Park in northern Namibia. This vast, arid wilderness of 22,750 square kilometers is centered around the seemingly endless Etosha Pan, a saline depression that irregularly fills with rain water and at these times attracts millions of flamingoes and other waterbirds (as is the current situation.) […]
Rare bird draws thousand twitchers to Rhiwderin
MORE than 1,000 birdwatchers flocked to a Newport field after a bird, rarely seen this side of the Atlantic, was spotted there. A dog-walker spotted a yellow-throated warbler in a hedgerow on Friday morning and, after he posted a picture on the internet, birdwatchers from all over the UK travelled to the farmer’s field off […]
Spring alive…
This time of year is exceptionally thrilling for me; while the wintering species are still dominating, there are many “firsts” for the season that appear daily in different corners of the Arava and some of our breeding species already have brood-patches. During the last few days numbers of both Lesser and Common Whitethroats, Chiffchafs and Sedge Warblers have risen both in […]
Birds, Bins and Bullets Part 1 – Arrival and First Impressions
“Birds, Bins and Bullets” follows a group of birdwatchers from the north of England as they work alongside the Malta Police Force and Birdlife Malta volunteers in their fight against illegal hunting. Birds, Bins and Bullets received the “Honorable Mention for Conservation Message” in the 32nd International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula, Montana USA in 2009 […]
Wind Eagle Take Permit Not Justified
American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization, today sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) voicing strong concerns about the first-ever application for a special permit that would allow Golden Eagles to be incidentally killed. The proposed “incidental take permit,” submitted under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection […]
Atmore man admits to killing protected migratory birds since 2006
An Atmore man has pleaded guilty in federal court to killing migratory birds and selling the feathers on the black market. Alexander Alvarez faces the possibility of seven and a half years in prison and fines totaling more than $500,000, according to a release from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. He is scheduled to […]