The islands are the first in Orkney to implement their own specific island biosecurity plan in a collaboration between project and island community to protect the area from the invasive non-native stoats.
Hoy, Walls and Graemsay Declared Stoat-Free
Sowing Wildflowers
One of the easiest ways anyone with a garden, or a balcony, can support wildlife is to sow a mixture of wildflowers.
Sea Eagles
“I was appalled to read of the intentional killing of Sea Eagles in Dorset, and pleased to see that Wild Justice are taking action about it.”
Future Pandemics Threat From Illegal Wildlife Trade
Samples collected from pangolins confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade were screened for coronaviruses and other pathogens at Vietnamese research and diagnostic laboratories.
When Conservation Produces Division
“someone sent me an email telling of his own experience of the kind of intimidation which conservationists can encounter when faced with the Money Men of this world”
Orkney Wildlife Youth Forum Launched
The wildlife youth forum offers Orkney young folk the chance to have their say and be actively involved in wildlife conservation in Orkney
Hedgehogs and Bonfires
This is just a reminder, before the 5th of November, about checking your bonfire for hedgehogs.
Stunning Images ‘Capturing Ecology’
A close up of a Kumlien’s Gull’s eye, with speckled markings that aren’t quite what they appear, taken by Rebecca Nason in Lerwick Shetland, has been awarded Overall Winner in the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition, ‘Capturing Ecology’.
A Deck-gun Points The Way
“It was a warm, sunny day, so we fancied a short, gentle walk. We decided to go for the easiest way to Marwick Head. “
Week Twenty-three – One Day At A Time
“A wild Orchid in the domestic Mint box……living happily together……….”
