Monthly Archives: January 2011 Real West Dorset The Dorset Wild Rivers project is being co-ordinated by Sarah Williams of Dorset Wildlife Trust. Areas covered include the Frome and Piddle Valleys and the chalk stream tributaries of the Stour, Allen, Tarrant and North Winterbornes
Continue reading...4. August 2011
Scottish Water spending £8million on Wishaw plant Wishaw Press In total, 24 waste water treatment works are being upgraded in one of the biggest programmes of its kind in Scotland. The work will yield particular benefit for the River Clyde and many of its associated watercourses. Some of the works are being ..
Continue reading...3. August 2011
Marketing Week Q&A: Stuart Franklin, marketing and communications director, Exeter University Marketing Week SF: The new head of marketing role is about a much more considered approach to how we develop academic programmes and drive value from them.
Continue reading...2. August 2011
Make a splash at interactive sessions at art gallery Aberdeen City These are being held at: This weekend's activities are the last of the Go Wild Weekend series that was organised to coincide with the gallery's major summer exhibition Wildlife Photographer of the Year, which is on display until Saturday 20 August 2011 ...
Continue reading...2. August 2011
Councillor calls for action on seagull menace Inverness Courier The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 deals with the control of birds and Councillor MacLeod wants a general licence to be obtained. He also wants for the local authority to contact Dumfries and Galloway Council - which has used a falcon to disrupt ..
Continue reading...29. July 2011
Welsh government commit to Organic farming Farming UK The leading representative group of UK organic livestock farmers welcomes the announcement this week (26th July) by the new Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European programmes , Wales, that the existing payment system to organic ...
Continue reading...27. July 2011
TV presenter Kate Humble plans rural centre of excellence in Wales WalesOnline The presenter, who has become well known for her programmes on farming, wildlife and rural affairs, and her husband, have lived in the county for the past four years. She said: “In coming years there is going to be increasing demand on our farmers and ... and more
Continue reading...22. July 2011
Rare flamingo chick is the first to hatch in captivity in Wales WalesOnline Conservation breeding programmes also help develop vital skills for re-introduction projects for endangered birds.
Continue reading...19. July 2011
Farming UK Pwllheli farmer wins farm award at Royal Welsh Show Farming UK Both the winner and runners up ' Teifion and Joanna Rees of Gilfach Farm, Llangadog - were announced by Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and European Programmes , Alun Davies, at a special ceremony at the Welsh Government's building at ...
Continue reading...14. July 2011
Hastings Observer FEATURE: A day in the life of an animal rescue officer Hastings Observer Decked out in khakis and a polo shirt and with a tinkerish, eccentric glint in his eye, it does not take much to imagine the wildlife officer jumping into a pool to wrestle a croc or playing rough and tumble with a tiger. However, seeing him ankle-deep ..
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7. August 2011
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