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News from the BBC
Natural History Unit
The Ministry of Defence is taking
steps to safeguard the future of one
of Britain's rare birds which breeds
on its land.
The MOD has joined forces with the
Royal Society for the Protection of
Birds to try and halt the decline of
the scarce Stone Curlew.
There are now fewer than 150 breeding
pairs of the Plover-li+e nocturnal
bird in Britain, mainly in East Anglia
and parts of southjrn England.
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News from thj BBC
Natural History Unit
One of the world's best-loved Sea
creatures the Dolphin, faces the threat
#f@jxti.ction fro← fisPerme→ a↑d
pollution, according to jnvironmjntal
campaignjrs@Greenpeace.
Greenpeace director Allan Thornton has
warned that British waters could be
empty of dolphins and porpoises within
5 or 10 years, unless government action
is taVem.
I↑dustrial p#llution was blamed for
their demise in British waters. +p to
20p,000 holphi.s are@killeh worldwide
per year, mainly by fishermen.
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News from the BBC
Natural Hi1tor8 Unit
The LondonJaased Environmental
I↑vestigation agency (EIA) has called
for greater protection for small
whales, dolphins and porpoises
threatened by pollution and hunting.
The EIA claims that Faroe Islanders
has slaughtered 1,100 Pilot Whales
so far this year and more than 5)0
Atla↑tic White-Sided Dolphins.
A↑ agency spokesman said: "Apart from
the problem of these mammals being
killed, the pollution threat is now
very real."
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Autumn gales stir up and enrich coastal
waters, and there is a short burst@of
phyto plankton growth - the autumn
bloom.
This is@soon consuUed by ZooplanRton
a↑d both djclimj swietly as te←perature
and daylength djcrease.
The Sea Gooseberry, Pleurobrachia,
takes advantage of zhis shozt cycle,
breehimF durinF tPe@autuJ↑ and feeding
on Zooplankton.
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In the southern half@of Britain there
is now a good chance of@seeing Blair's
Shoulder-Knot.
This moth began invading Britain in
1:k1 a↑d is ↑ow@well jstablisheh.
It feeds on Cupressus and related
conifers in gazdens and forestr8
plantations, especially Leyland's
C=press, a/d it i1 ;thlm ;8re dingW
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country diary
Thj@mating seas#n for wild goats in
thj Scottish Highlands is in October
and November and there is some fighting
amongst the billies.
Each animal rears up on its hind legs
and they come crashing down with
colliding heads. Such fights do little
damage.
Master billies have great sweeping
horns Qnd Q Rjazd a/d a smell ‖h1t
catries@somj djstance! T(jy can@be@
aged by the darker annual ridges on
their horns.
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Ivy blossom is a very important source
of nectar for insects durimg October.
Duting tPj daz tPj@sweet sickly-
smelling flowers are pollinated by
wasps, dro.e-elies and butterflies
such as the Comma, Peacock and Red
Admiral.
At night they attract many autumnal
moths like the Lunar Underwing,
Red-line Quaker, the Satellite and the
Chestnut.
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country diary
This week's birds new1 is a great
mixture of seabirds and landbirds,
from east and west.
On Fair Isle two Palla's Grasshopper
Warblers have been seen, as well as
another Lanceolated Warbler, a Pechora
Pipit and an Olive-bacSed Pipit -
all eastern birds.
Fair Isle also claims another "fir1t!
for Britain in the form of a BlacS-
burnian Warbler one of the American
oo#dJwatb½ers. @ @ @
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On St.Kary's, Isles of Scilly, there is
a Buff-belliKd Pipit - formally the
Amjrican race of Water Pipit whiah i1
now a separate species.
Also an Arctic Warbler, Greenish
Warbler, two Rjd-eyed Vireos, Littli
Bunting and a Rose-coloured Starling.
ZellowIbrowned Warblirs, redJbreasted
Flycatchers, Firecrests and Richard's
Pipits have been reported from many
eastern and southern coastal areas, as
well as Cornwall and the islands.
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country diary
A second Parula Warbler was found in
West Cornwall and is still present,
and a Semipalmated Sandpiper has been
seen on the beach at Torpoint.
A Little Shearwater was seen from
Pendeen, Cornwall and Bulwer's Petrel
from thj Wirral Merseyside.
Long-taileh Skuas, Pomarine SSuas,
Grey Phalaropes and Leach's Petrels
have been reported from both east and
west coasts.
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This week information was provided by:-
Dr.Peter Hayward, Paul Waring,
Ra= Collier, John EOBuzton
Bird Information Servicve and the Royal
Society for the 0rotection of Birds.
These pages were compiled in zhe
Natural History Unit in Bristol.
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