Wildlife news


More needs to be done to protect local wildlife

A BIRDWATCHER was left feeling disgusted after she witnessed a wild chick being attacked and killed by a dog at the L’Eree shingle bank.


A tall order

SHARING one’s muesli with a giraffe must be one of the strangest African experiences going. But that is exactly what happens at Giraffe Manor just outside Nairobi.


The wild bunch

OF ALL the animals I wanted to see in the high Arctic, walrus topped the list.


In a hare’s breadth

It has a bus driven by a puffin, an upside-down lighthouse, 80,000 guillemots and a colony of golden hares that refuse to conform. Tim Earl takes us to Rathlin, the island where even Prince Edward found that the rules are a bit different…


‘Staged’ wolf picture will come down soon

HUNDREDS of islanders seized the opportunity to see the controversial winner of a national photographic competition when it went on show on Saturday.


Demise of the dodo

BEING famous for becoming extinct is the worst possible epitaph, but the dodo is just that.


Oil in quarry ‘kills hundreds of birds’

HUNDREDS of birds are still dying from ingesting oil at Torrey Canyon Quarry, according to the GSPCA.


No sting in the tail from blue jellyfish

BLUE jellyfish which were washed up in Havelet Bay present no threat to swimmers, according to marine expert Richard Lord.


Gannets gather for wildlife week

WILDLIFE fanatics are preparing for an action-packed event later this month.


Puffins’ lifestyle to be followed live online

FOOTAGE from Burhou’s puffin camera will be streamed live on the internet from the end of this month.

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