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‘You can’t control what beavers do or how they do it!’ Could rewilding help England fight droughts?

‘You can’t control what beavers do or how they do it!’ Could rewilding help England fight droughts?

September 4, 2022September 3, 2022 Supertrooper 1 Comment

In the midst of the UK’s worst drought in living memory, a host of unfamiliar experiences assault our senses in a Devon valley. Before us is a field of lush green grass. To one side is a bush of blackberries swollen huge by perfect growing conditions. Squelch, squelch go our feet through the grass. There’s […]

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Large blue butterfly numbers soar in Britain

Large blue butterfly numbers soar in Britain

September 2, 2022August 27, 2022 Supertrooper Leave a comment

The large blue butterfly has enjoyed its best summer for 150 years in Britain thanks to targeted restoration work, which is also benefiting other rare insects including the rugged oil beetle and the shrill carder bee. The butterfly, which became extinct in Britain in 1979 but was reintroduced via caterpillars from Sweden four years later, […]

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Last-ditch effort under way to stop corncrake extinction in Britain

Last-ditch effort under way to stop corncrake extinction in Britain

January 13, 2022January 8, 2022 Supertrooper 2 Comments

The piercing “crex crex” call of the male corncrake once kept country people awake at night. But its last breeding strongholds are falling silent as this elusive migratory bird teeters on the brink of extinction in Britain. Despite a successful rescue effort that led to its numbers rallying on the islands of north-west Scotland, rising […]

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Scottish forests could save red squirrel from extinction

Scottish forests could save red squirrel from extinction

August 12, 2021August 9, 2021 Supertrooper 1 Comment

Twenty forest strongholds in Scotland would save the red squirrel from extinction even if grey squirrels were to colonise the whole of Britain, according to research. Since their introduction from North America by Victorian enthusiasts, grey squirrels have pushed red squirrels out of much of the country, with reds outcompeted by the bigger greys and […]

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Continental swallowtail breeding in UK for first time

Continental swallowtail breeding in UK for first time

June 20, 2014December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Britain may have a spectacular new butterfly: dozens of continental swallowtails have been spotted along the south coast after being filmed emerging from pupae in gardens and allotments for the first time. Unprecedented footage, which will be broadcast on Springwatch tonight, shows the first British generation of this charismatic, colourful butterfly hatching out in an […]

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Butterflywatch: Dawn of the early risers

Butterflywatch: Dawn of the early risers

June 9, 2014December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 1 Comment

The Lulworth skipper is the only British butterfly with a geographically accurate name – it is found flying around Lulworth cove in Dorset and along a small section of the south coast. It is one of our rarest butterflies, and my 1980s field guide says it emerges in July. Last year it was first seen […]

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Exotic migrant moths invade Britain under cover of darkness

Exotic migrant moths invade Britain under cover of darkness

October 15, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 2 Comments

An army of exotic migrant moths has invaded Britain under the cover of darkness, encouraged north by the gentle southerly breezes and balmy evenings of an Indian summer. The unprecedented autumn influx of rare insects includes the rosy underwing, the crimson speckled and the sinister death’s head hawkmoth, with another rare migrant moth, the Clifden […]

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Look, a badger – kill it!

Look, a badger – kill it!

October 8, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 3 Comments

A dozen strong men to dig. A dozen good dogs wearing collars and bells to work underground. A large spade. Broad and narrow picks. Wood and iron shovels. A stout pair of long-handled tongs. Hessian sacks. Half a dozen rugs to lie on. Indian game fowls, hams and beef tongue to eat. Flagons of booze. […]

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