Leprosy passed between humans and red squirrels in medieval England, research suggests, supporting the theory that the fur trade could have played a role in the spread of the disease. Leprosy is one of the oldest infectious diseases recorded in humans and is typically caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. While most cases now occur […]
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Primary school children are filming themselves killing and torturing wild animals including swans, deer and squirrels then sharing the grisly videos on WhatsApp in ‘sick’ nation-wide ‘trend’
Primary school children are filming themselves killing and torturing wild animals and sharing the grisly videos on WhatsApp in a ‘sick’ nation-wide ‘trend’. Around 500 youths across 11 groups, which include primary school children, have shared graphic photos and videos of wounded and dead animals killed using a hand-held catapult. Swans, deer, pigeons, foxes, squirrels, […]
A Great Day in Maridalen
The cold temperatures continue and we awoke to -7C today with blue skies and no wind. A relaxed trip around Maridalen didn’t reveal huge quantities of birds but there was quality there and I had a long overdue patch tick. The lake held a single Guillemot but not the Long-tailed Ducks and Common Scoters that […]
Speyside
Mrs D and I have just returned home from a week in the Scottish highlands joining up with son Dan and his good wife Mary and their two young children Martha and Theo. We were based in Nethybridge which is in easy reach of all the wildlife hotspots. Although more of a family holiday I […]
Scotland 2017
A short break in Tomatin up in the highlands of Scotland has given me the chance to see some fabulous sites again whilst picking up a few year ticks and grabbing a few record shots. First I visited a fish farm near Cairn Gorm and managed to see my first Osprey of 2017 without having […]
The Pathological Moseyers Visit the Bog
I was in Colorado this month during the annual Sax-Zim Bog Birding Festival. It’s sad when even a lovely conflict makes me miss the wonderful local event, so on Saturday I headed to the bog with my little birding dog Pip and my friend Lisa. Earlier in the week, the forecast had called for snow […]
Eekhoorns
Afgelopen weken een aantal keren mogen doorbrengen in de nieuwste fotohut van Han Bouwmeester. Onder het motto van de hut uittesten worden een aantal “genodigden” in de gelegenheid gesteld om de hut te testen en de beesten te laten wennen aan de aanwezigheid van natuurpaparazzi. Ook bij deze hut is het aantal soorten weer redelijk […]
Fotohut – nog een keer.
Door onvoorziene omstandigheden pas nog een keer naar de eerste fotohut van Han Bouwmeestergeweest. Ondanks het mindere licht die dag toch nog een aantal, in mijn ogen, leuke foto’s kunnen maken. Dit keer naar de eerste hut geweest. Hier waren het deze keer niet de Eekhoorns die de show stalen, maar het echtpaar Specht welke […]