Our lakes are small - nothing like the magnificent Keefer lake, but it's still some real nature. I was reminded that I must take more pictures there. It's also a bird reserve withdozens of species, if I buy a telephoto lens I might catch some :)
This Roe stood and watched us for a minute, before disapearing into the undergrowth. I used hdr to try and bring detail out, he was a long way off, and this is a savage crop.
These reedbeds cover vast acres, at this very spot we heard a Bittern booming.
in HDR... 
Aside from the gun law issues and firing a gun in public, lets say i use a slingshot or something else... either way.. am i in trouble for killing them?
why you want to kill any animal or bird for fun, it`s different if you have to kill for food, but a defenceless creature doing you no harm, i really hope that some day, someone puts you under fire and you get to experience the `THRILL` from being hit.
The subsequent review, however, found that government body Natural England had objected to fewer than 0.5% of the 26,500 consultations on development it received each year on the grounds of habitat protection.
"Most of these objections are successfully dealt with at the planning stage," the report said.
The review did conclude that some cases encountered delays, and suggested ways of improving the way the habitat directives were implemented to ensure they were not a factor.
It said there was scope to simplify the guidance, legislation and authorisation process for developments, and to improve the way statutory bodies worked with developers.
And it found there were particular challenges for offshore wind farms. It highlighted the approach to wind farms in Germany, where it said early designation of protected marine sites had helped provide certainty to the renewables industry about where they were able to build.
Following the review, Defra said it would create a new cross-government unit to help large, important infrastructure projects get off the ground without unnecessary delays and costs.
We had a great day out at Leighton moss, it is the largest reed bed in the north west of England, this is just a tiny amount of what we saw.
A paper co-authored by senior scientists from BirdLife International and the RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) finds a significant mismatch between the protected area network in Africa, and the key habitats occupied by the continent’s most threatened birds. Expanding the protected area network to include unprotected and partially-protected IBAs would improve coverage of the most threatened bird species. Important Bird Areas (IBAs) are shown to be much more effective than current protected areas (PAs) at covering the key habitats....
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Birds in England 1967 Protection of Birds Act amendment Birds listed on Schedule 1 were additionally protected from wilful disturbance ... Ratified by the UK in 1976. As of 31 March 2002, there were 79 Ramsar sites in England covering 377147ha ( English ... |
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Essential Forensic Biology In response, the laws have become tougher and in the UK the maximum prison sentence for illegal trading in ... Collecting and killing of wild animals All species of wild birds, as well as their nests and eggs, are protected under ... |
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Digest of environmental statistics The numbers of fully or partially protected species in the UK in 1981 and 1993 are shown in Table 9.2. 9.5 The abundance of 219 British breeding birds and their Red Data status4 are shown in Table 9.3. |
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European environmental yearbook The ringing, marking or photography of birds listed on Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, are protected by special penalties, and must be licensed by the NCC. In England and Wales, the taking of birds listed on Schedule 1 ... |
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Waterbirds around the world, a global overview of the conservation, management and research of the world's waterbird flyways However, there is no defined mechanism for this kind of approach within the Birds Directive, although Article 3 could be interpreted as seeking the establishment of protected areas with a less strict level of protection than Natura 2000 ... |
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BMX track plans are withdrawn 'temporarily' It's about looking for protected species like nested birds or maybe reptiles. “We're going to do the survey. We feel it's worthwhile pursuing it. “I've spent so much time researching this and we have had some positive comments supporting us. |
Co-operative offers lifeline for endangered species
Endangered and protected species are being offered a lifeline by Britain's largest farmer, The Co-operative Group. The Group has set up a team of "Habitat Heroes" on six of its farms across the country, to help preserve some of the UK's most iconic
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Gamekeeper with huge cache of bird poison fined £3300
all protected species – were found on the estate. Laboratory tests confirmed three birds were killed by carbofuran, a pesticide banned in the UK in 2001 that attacks the nervous system, causing paralysis and seizures. A few granules can be lethal.
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Bird Watch: Birds Of Prey Preyed Upon No More
all protected species – were found on the estate. Laboratory tests confirmed three birds were killed by carbofuran, a pesticide banned in the UK in 2001 that attacks the nervous system, causing paralysis and seizures. A few granules can be lethal.
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Wildlife's winners: 20 species benefiting from Britain's strange spring The birds but have arrived back at nest sites at the start of March, UK earlier than ever before, because warm winds blew them from Africa in a record time. This allows them to get on with breeding earlier than normal and gives them higher survival |