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Nature in the News

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  • #2052
    New Home
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    Yep. Capercaillie (I mean, that was the poster that has been doing all that hard work on his farm, I don't know if he's the person mentioned in the article); there may be others, too.

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=112123501

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=101319818


  • #2053
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,169 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    100,000 farmed mink to be culled in Spain after seven workers tested positive for Covid-19:
    https://www.thejournal.ie/spain-covid-19-5153023-Jul2020/

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #2054
    New Home
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    Don't get me started on the fur industry.....


  • #2055
    SnowyMuckish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭SnowyMuckish


    zippy84 wrote: »
    https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0716/1153740-corncrake-farm/

    Great work for a bird who's habitat has been ravaged by farming. Lovely looking meadow too. I think I may have read about his efforts on here before? Or maybe in the news.

    Such a lovely story. Unfortunately the corncrake has such bad press here in Donegal. Conservation vs housing. Amazing to dedicate such a chunk of life to help save it. Well done to him!


  • #2056
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    yeah, i was thinking that the water the bird was diving in must have been maybe 20C below the water it's used to?

    Amazingly another one has turned up on a ship just off the Cork coast yesterday and reported on Irishbirding!!


  • #2057
    New Home
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    That is unbelievable!! It sounds to me just like when the Vikings sailed to America.


  • #2058
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    Sadly, it's bleeding demised, shuttled off this mortal coil, it is an ex-parrot booby. :(


    https://www.facebook.com/pg/Wildlifeunitkildare/posts/?ref=page_internal

    ****



  • #2059
    New Home
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    Ah nooo, poor thing... I had really hoped s/he'd have pulled through. :(


  • #2060
    Capercaillie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭Capercaillie


    New Home wrote: »
    Yep. Capercaillie (I mean, that was the poster that has been doing all that hard work on his farm, I don't know if he's the person mentioned in the article); there may be others, too.

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=112123501

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=101319818

    Yip thats me.


  • #2061
    magicbastarder
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    i see decathlon are catching some flak for having listed shotgun cartridges and other items in the UK, which are listed as being suited to hunting thrushes and songbirds. decathlon are blaming a translation error and minor confusion over jurisdictions in which it's allowed, from what i can see.


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  • #2062
    deise08
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i see decathlon are catching some flak for having listed shotgun cartridges and other items in the UK, which are listed as being suited to hunting thrushes and songbirds. decathlon are blaming a translation error and minor confusion over jurisdictions in which it's allowed, from what i can see.

    Must've thought they were in Malta.


  • #2063
    New Home
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    Or France.


  • #2064
    deise08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭deise08


    https://www.waterfordlive.ie/news/home/560552/investigation-underway-after-waterford-officers-seize-illegally-caught-lobsters.html?fbclid=IwAR1g8Ysw02V9FsRmMPTvqL5_iR5o_WMDprMbq9It_thX3TtiMLswdE0rUOo

    The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), acting on information from a member of the public, seized 86 illegally caught lobsters from a recreational fisherman in the South East this week.

    The team of SFPA officers from Dunmore East in County Waterford also detained a vivier lorry in Rosslare which was destined for Spain with approximately 6,000 lobsters on board, including almost 700 illegally caught lobsters. All lobsters were returned alive to the sea and the SFPA is preparing a file for the DPP.

    Since 2016, legislation has been in place to help in the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems, under a range of conservation measures to support the viability of the commercial in-shore fishing industry. Under these regulations, recreational or private fishers can catch one lobster daily and are prohibited from selling their catches.

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    There are also regulations about the minimum size of shellfish that can be caught in Irish waters, applying to commercial and recreational fisheries, while lobsters that have been v-notched must not be retained on board either.

    Over 630 undersize lobster and almost 60 v-notched lobster were seized from the lorry, which was specially fitted out with large water tanks to transport live lobster, maximising their value.

    Further investigations are underway as to the origin of these fish, which the SFPA believe were collected from the north west and west of the country - some of which may have originated from Northern Ireland.

    Commenting on the seizure, SFPA chair Dr Susan Steele acknowledged the support of the public in alerting the SFPA and encouraged people who have concerns about suspected illegal fishing or activity that could compromise food safety to contact their local SFPA port office.

    “The volume of such a find of undersize lobsters is both significant for the future viability of the fishery and concerning given the scale of the find. The fishery for lobster is one of the most traditional fisheries among coastal communities and the mainstay of many small vessels fishing all around the coast of Ireland. The actions of a few fishermen selling undersize and v-notch lobsters undermine the legitimate fishermen trying to maintain a sustainable fishery and livelihood," Dr Steele said.

    “The majority of inshore fishermen act responsibly and in conjunction with state agencies, including the SFPA, to ensure the protection of the species which have been in decline in recent years. Many inshore fishermen participate in voluntary measures such as v-notching to assist with restocking of lobster,” she added.


  • #2065
    hamburgham
    Registered Users Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭hamburgham


    Was delighted the police & DPP followed through and prosecuted the lowlife who tortured the hedgehog to death. Good to see them take animal cruelty seriously. Haven't heard the sentence but no doubt the judge will throw their good work back in their face with a pathetic sentence.


  • #2066
    New Home
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    Or maybe not.


  • #2067
    SnowyMuckish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭SnowyMuckish


    Supreme Court finds government climate plan falls "well short"

    https://www.thejournal.ie/supreme-court-climate-case-ireland-5164687-Jul2020/


  • #2068
    FlipperThePriest
    Subscribers Posts: 693 ✭✭✭FlipperThePriest


    https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0730/1156552-trinity-wildflower-meadow/

    Voted in by 90% in an online poll of 14k votes. Great to see it, along with the shift in the councils' recent cutting and spraying plans, bodes well. It seems to be gradually gaining traction nationwide. Tidy towns and various bodies have also put forward incentives for it too. Maybe in a few years carpet type lawns will be a thing of the past.


  • #2069
    New Home
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    Elephant shrews have been rediscovered in Africa, 50 + years after it was thought they had gone extint.
    https://www.boredpanda.com/elephant-shrew-rediscovered-animal-lost-species-africa/


  • #2070
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Mass stranding of Bottlenose Whales in Donegal...

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/seven-whales-die-after-donegal-beach-stranding-39463139.html


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  • #2071
    magicbastarder
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    Beached whale increase may be due to military sonar exercises, say experts

    An unusual series of strandings and sightings of 29 rare beaked whales has taken place around the shores of northern Europe. Experts have suggested the strandings may be linked to a military sonar exercise.
    The events, whose rarity indicates that they might be linked by a single cause, began two weeks ago with the sighting of two northern bottlenose whales in the North Sea. They are the same species of beaked whale as the Thames whale of 2006.
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/24/beached-whale-increase-may-be-due-to-military-sonar-exercises-say-experts


  • #2072
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    the sonar drives them nuts!! i heard a marine scientist say its the equivalent of a human having a pair of hifi speakers at full blast at your ears constantly, hense they beach themselves out of desperation :(


  • #2073
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,001 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j16ry5LTg9I


  • #2074
    US2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭US2


    I just whitnesed a big crow eat alive a little starling. I didn't know that was a thing that happened


  • #2075
    SnowyMuckish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭SnowyMuckish


    According to the Guardian, “Global populations of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles plunged by 68% between 1970 and 2016.” .........terrifying!!

    https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/environment/humans-exploiting-and-destroying-nature-on-unprecedented-scale-–-report/ar-BB18SjuH?li=BBr5KbJ


  • #2076
    New Home
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    That's horrific. 94% in some areas of the Caribbean.


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  • #2077
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,001 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    Humpback whales enter crocodile river 'in Australian first' - BBC


  • #2078
    auspicious
    Registered Users Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭auspicious


    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-54183430

    Migratory bird mass die-off.


  • #2079
    auspicious
    Registered Users Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭auspicious


    Citizen Science Ireland.

    Recording species sightings.

    https://iwt.ie/what-we-do/citizen-science/


  • #2080
    upupup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭upupup


    auspicious wrote: »
    Citizen Science Ireland.

    Recording species sightings.

    https://iwt.ie/what-we-do/citizen-science/

    Wild boar,chipmunks and raccoons on the loose!


  • #2081
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,001 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    "One of world's deadliest snakes found in Offaly garden" - RTE


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  • #2082
    New Home
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    2020. The year snakes came back to Ireland.


  • #2083
    magicbastarder
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    not really nature in the news, but an odd story:

    Hawk or dove? Birdwatching world's feathers ruffled over Taiwan independence
    Birdwatchers around the world may have to decide whether they are hawks or doves when it comes to the thorny issue of Taiwan independence.

    Long-running geopolitical tensions spilled into the conservation world this month after UK-based NGO BirdLife International severed ties with a Taiwanese group, after it refused to sign a declaration it would not advocate for independence – something the apolitical group maintains it never does anyway.
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/hawk-or-dove-birdwatching-worlds-feathers-ruffled-over-taiwan-independence


  • #2084
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,059 ✭✭✭Doge


    "Mystery cocoons found in Cork Woods"


    https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/mystery-cocoons-found-cork-woods-18997513


  • #2085
    Little Miss Fairy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 165 ✭✭Little Miss Fairy


    "Is cow hugging the world's new wellness trend?

    https://twitter.com/lalitha_jr/status/1314566977323782145


  • #2086
    Bsal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,776 ✭✭✭Bsal


    Lot's of reports of the Lammergeier over London today heading south, nice photos from a few days ago on twitter

    https://twitter.com/Mikeilett/status/1314908385465294848?s=20


  • #2087
    OpenYourEyes
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    Bsal wrote: »
    Lot's of reports of the Lammergeier over London today heading south, nice photos from a few days ago on twitter

    https://twitter.com/Mikeilett/status/1314908385465294848?s=20

    I think that bird is going to meet the same fate as most rare vagrants unfortunately...


  • #2088
    Capercaillie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭Capercaillie


    OpenYourEyes wrote: »
    I think that bird is going to meet the same fate as most rare vagrants unfortunately...
    The bearded vulture "Vigo" was hatched in French Alps in 2019. they are monitoring bird and if it appears to be in distress it will be taken into care.


  • #2089
    magicbastarder
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    some good news:

    https://twitter.com/whittledaway/status/1316377801939972099


  • #2090
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    some good news:

    https://twitter.com/whittledaway/status/1316377801939972099

    Needs to go hand in hand with major reform of the like of the NPWS, OPW, DAFM etc.


  • #2091
    magicbastarder
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    in a tweet below the one above he mentions 'I look forward to the promised root & branch review of the NPWS' - here's hoping.


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  • #2092
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,001 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    "Scientists find Madagascar chameleon last seen 100 years ago" - Associated Press


  • #2093
    magicbastarder
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    spider species found after 27 years since last sighting in the UK. it's a big bugger.

    https://twitter.com/SurreyWT/status/1322444407916941313


  • #2094
    Graces7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    spider species found after 27 years since last sighting in the UK. it's a big bugger.

    https://twitter.com/SurreyWT/status/1322444407916941313

    Makes my toes curl! ARRRGGHH!

    Still I imagine they cannot swim... ;)


  • #2095
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    Graces7 wrote: »
    Makes my toes curl! ARRRGGHH!

    Still I imagine they cannot swim... ;)

    Irelands biggest spider is a very good swimmer;)


  • #2096
    Graces7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Irelands biggest spider is a very good swimmer;)

    LOL.... eeekkk!!!

    My terror of spiders started with an encyclopaedia we had when I was a chlld

    It had a full page, full colour image of a bird eating spider - eating a sizable bird,.... that to this day is engraved on my memory.

    Abetted by various bad accommodation where spiders had lived and grown for undisturbed decades, morphing into aggressive giants..

    But at least these days I can deal with the nasty things better... SQUSH!


  • #2097
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,169 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Japanese town deploy wolf robots to deter bears...
    https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/11/japanese-town-deploys-monster-wolf-robots-to-deter-bears

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #2098
    kildare lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭kildare lad


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    some good news:

    https://twitter.com/whittledaway/status/1316377801939972099

    As someone's who's had a few dealings with npws and know how understaffed they are , im happy to see this . It's long overdue


  • #2099
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,351 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2020/1112/1177668-the-irish-farmers-working-to-save-irelands-oldest-animal/


  • #2100
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,182 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Graces7 wrote: »
    LOL.... eeekkk!!!

    My terror of spiders started with an encyclopaedia we had when I was a chlld
    if you're someone who listens to podcasts, you definitely should listen to the critter shed. comes with an occasional adult humour warning.
    one of the hosts, collie, has probably more pet spiders than anyone else in the country.

    https://play.acast.com/s/the-critter-shed


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  • #2101
    auspicious
    Registered Users Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭auspicious


    Renaud worries that this could be a tipping point that could bring the animals into direct conflict with the fishermen, who may see their livelihoods as well as their safety on the line.

    It is a situation playing out around the world. Predators including leopards, tigers and wolves are embroiled in conflicts with humans that are putting their survival in question.

    Experts who study some of the most intractable human-wildlife conflicts in the world, where people may feel their lives are threatened by the proximity of large predators and that their only option is to kill them, have pointed to the role of “provocative language” in fuelling these situations.

    Michael thinks there is something fundamental about our mentality around big predators.

    “If they start behaving in a way we don’t like, then they’re mean, aggressive and evil,” he says. “We would be wrong to impose our sense of right and wrong on any other animal, let alone one with its own developed sense of culture.”

    Lori says humans cannot even be expected to imagine how killer whales experience the world. They don’t just see the world, they hear it, echolocating and building a picture of their world based on a stream of visual and acoustic information that is all processed at the same time.

    “And their ability to process information is orders of magnitude faster than ours,” she says. “If you look at how they respond to one another when they’re in a pod or a group - there’s a seamlessness to their interaction.”

    In other words, they can be in sync in ways that our own brains are not wired to fathom."

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/buqvasp1rr/orcas-spain-portugal


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