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Arctic biodiversity at risk as world overshoots climate planetary boundary

Arctic biodiversity at risk as world overshoots climate planetary boundary

May 9, 2021May 7, 2021 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Today, bowhead whales still transit the fringes of Arctic waters. Polar bears hunt blubbery ringed seals from rafts of ice. And ivory gulls ride gale force winds, plucking juvenile polar cod from the roiling sea. But for how much longer? Despite more than a century of scientific observation, the Central Arctic Ocean remains one of […]

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Finding Waxwings in Norfolk

Finding Waxwings in Norfolk

November 17, 2016December 23, 2019 Brian Anderson Leave a comment

This week has seen a mini influx of Waxwings in Norfolk so with a rare day off work I picked up the Jims and headed north. We arrived at the Coastguards hut Cley for first light and I quickly picked out a single Little Auk flying West close into the shore line and managed to […]

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Rare Art Works by John James Audubon at Auction on December 5th Part III

Rare Art Works by John James Audubon at Auction on December 5th Part III

December 1, 2012December 22, 2019 Ken Billington Leave a comment

A rare collection of 82 original, hand-colored engravings of birds and quadrupeds by John James Audubon will come under the hammer in New York on 5th December 2012. “The Birds of America” was published in London between 1827 and 1838 by Robert Havell. Although some items will be purchased by art galleries for public display, […]

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