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Nature Watch: By eating insects you're doing the world a favour

Birmingham Post — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:00:00 GMT

In the wake of the so-called horse meat scandal along comes an initiative extolling the virtues of eating insects.

Nature Watch: The tigers and bears missing from our plots

Birmingham Post — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Tigers are becoming scarce. However, not on this occasion in Asia, but the ones that used to be in your garden and mine.

Nature Watch: Treemendous time for a bird that's no nut

Birmingham Post — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:00:00 GMT

I have been noticing more reports of nuthatches in gardens recently, which is not too surprising as, unlike many other species, their numbers are increasing.

Nature Watch: Stepping up the bid to protect our marine life

Birmingham Post — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:00:00 GMT

Last month, a huge wave of public support swept over Westminster when a Petition Fish signed by 250,000 people, calling for greater protection for UK's seas and coastline, was presented to Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon.

Nature Watch: Invading shrimp is serious threat to natural order

Birmingham Post — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:00:00 GMT

We have the chestnut leaf miner, ash die-back fungus, and now the unlikeliest invader of all, the demon shrimp! Its name may sound like a contradiction in terms, but this tiny crustacean, first found in Britain last October in the River Severn in Worcestershire, is a voracious predator of other small creatures.

Nature Watch: Join forces for Big Birdwatch

Birmingham Post — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:00:00 GMT

If you're thinking scope, binoculars, field guide, and woolly hat, you'd be wrong! Try dressing gown, slippers, steaming hot cuppa and a bacon (or veggie bacon) buttie or your favourite biscuit.

Nature Watch: Our disruption of life cycles is biggest threat

Birmingham Post — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:00:00 GMT

According to the National Trust, England’s wettest-ever year is likely to have been “an apocalypse for some wildlife”.

Nature Watch: Get out and blow away the cobwebs

Birmingham Post — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:00:00 GMT

For many people the days immediately after Christmas Day are traditionally a time for brisk walks to blow away the festive cobwebs.

Nature Watch: Get ready to enjoy irruption of waxwings

Birmingham Post — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:00:00 GMT

People all over Britain are enjoying an avian treat just now. Thousands of waxwings have arrived here from Russia and Scandinavia.

Nature Watch: Ash tree peril wasn't dealt with quickly

Birmingham Post — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:00:00 GMT

The headline might be an apt description of the ways in which the Government reacts to the diseases which are threatening Britain’s trees.