11 h. ago Portlethen Moss fire: Six teenage boys charged after fire at Aberdeenshire nature reserve

The boys, aged between 13 and 14, have been charged in connection with the fire at Portlethen Moss.

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13 h. ago Tenerife’s natural reserve proposes limit on tourist numbers

The official behind the plan called for urgent steps to be taken

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21 h. ago Charming UK seaside village named one of the best in England with cute cottages

This Norfolk village is ideal for avid walkers and wildlife enthusiasts, with close proximity to the largest seal colony in England and a National Trust Nature Reserve

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6 d. ago Rare habitat in Wales threatened by jet skiers, dog walkers and sewage

A community nature group is calling on Vale of Glamorgan Council to turn an old harbour into a local nature reserve in order to protect the numerous species there

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1 week ago Wind in the willows! Beaver caught farting on wildlife camera

A beaver was caught farting on a wildlife camera set up in a Cornwall nature reserve.

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1 week ago The wind in the willows! Beaver caught farting on wildlife camera

A beaver was caught farting on a wildlife camera set up in a Cornwall nature reserve.

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3 w. ago Teen girl snatched and killed by lion near African nature reserve

The 14-year-old girl had been in a residential compound when she was set upon by the wild animal and taken away in its jaws.

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3 w. ago Nairobi National Park horror: Girl, 14, snatched and killed by lion near nature reserve

The 14-year-old girl was snatched away by a lion from a ranch near Nairobi National Park in Kenya - her body was later found by a river with large cuts to her back

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3 w. ago From butterflies to wind turbines, project preserves world’s sonic heritage

Online exhibition collects soundscapes from nature reserves and sites such as Machu Picchu and Taj MahalThe sounds of wind turbines, rare whales and the Amazonian dawn chorus are among the noises being preserved as part of an exhibition of soundscapes found in world heritage sites.The Sonic Heritage project is a collection of 270 sounds from 68 countries, including from famous Unesco-designated sites such as Machu Picchu and the Taj Mahal, as well as natural landscapes such as the monarch butterfly sanctuary in El Rosario, Mexico and the Colombian Amazon. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A Russian bucket brigade helps toads and frogs cross the road to get to a spawning site

It happens every spring along a section of road north of Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg: Volunteers, some in yellow vests, patrol near the Sestroretsk Bog natural reserve, and become crossing guards for thousands of toads and frogs

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3 w. ago ‘No fish, no money, no food’: Colombia’s stilt people fight to save their wetlands

Illegally diverted rivers, seawater and poorly managed building projects have polluted the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta. But the Unesco site has a vital role to play in fighting climate changeFrom the porch of her family home in Nueva Venecia, Magdalena, Yeidis Rodríguez Suárez watches the sunset. The view takes in the still waters of the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta wetlands. Pelicans dip their beaks into the lagoon, ripples breaking the glassy surface. Distant mangroves turn from green to deep purple in the dying light.The 428,000-hectare (1,600 sq mile) expanse of lagoons, mangroves and marshes in Colombia has been a Unesco biosphere reserve since 2000. Yet, for Rodríguez, 27, the natural abundance is little more than an illusion. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Like the Ritz for wildlife: the joy of recreating England’s ancient hedges

Up and down the country, volunteers are coming together to plant more of these nature-rich reservesThe 30-metre ridge runs across the moor near Yar Tor on Dartmoor, one of several faint lines that crisscross the land like aeroplane contrails. Although the open moorland looks wild, we are standing on some of the UK’s oldest farmland. These ridges, called reaves, are the ghosts of farming’s most wildlife-rich legacy: hedges.“These reaves sadly have no function today other than to delight us. Or some of us,” says ecologist Rob Wolton. But Dartmoor’s reaves are the skeletons upon which more recent hedges were built: hundreds of thousands of miles of them. After Ireland, the UK is believed to be the most hedge-dense country in the world, and Wolton says the majority of them are more than 280 years old. Recent laser scanning shows England has enough hedges to wrap around the world almost 10 times. They are, by far, the country’s biggest nature reserve, which is why community groups, farme...

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3 w. ago Like the Ritz for wildlife: the joy of recreating Britain’s ancient hedges

Up and down the country, volunteers are coming together to plant more of these nature-rich reservesThe 30-metre ridge runs across the moor near Yar Tor on Dartmoor, one of several faint lines that crisscross the land like aeroplane contrails. Although the open moorland looks wild, we are standing on some of the UK’s oldest farmland. These ridges, called reaves, are the ghosts of farming’s most wildlife-rich legacy: hedges.“These reaves sadly have no function today other than to delight us. Or some of us,” says ecologist Rob Wolton. But Dartmoor’s reaves are the skeletons upon which more recent hedges were built: hundreds of thousands of miles of them. After Ireland, the UK is believed to be the most hedge-dense country in the world, and Wolton says the majority of them are more than 280 years old. Recent laser scanning shows England has enough hedges to wrap around the world almost 10 times. They are, by far, the country’s biggest nature reserve, which is why community groups, farme...

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