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Dormouse day 2018
Today, Thursday 14 June 2018, we are releasing hazel dormice into a woodland in Warwickshire in partnership with Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and others. Today’s release follows last year’s reintroduction, which took place in June 2017 near Wappenbury. This was the first phase of the wider Dunsmore Living Landscape Scheme – a project coordinated by the Warwickshire Wildlife …
The State of Britain’s Stag Beetles
We are mid stag beetle season with records coming in thick and fast from people across southern England. But what about last year’s survey? What can it tell us about the state of Britain’s stag beetles? How many? In 2017 we had 6107 confirmed stag beetle records with 925 of them being larvae dug up by …
Slow Loris Update
The problem The slow loris is now among the world’s top 25 most endangered primates. Having lost 90% of their tropical forests, exposed and vulnerable lorises are captured and sold illegally through the pet trade, for medicine or exploited as props in tourist photos. Traders cut out their venomous teeth, so even rescued animals can …