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New Forest, Wildlife and Environmental News - February 2009

1st

Wild boar 'should return to British woodlands' (The Telegraph)

3rd

Snowfall is a matter of life and death for garden birds (The Guardian)

Snow is consistent with global warming, say scientists (The Telegraph)

Snow: Gritting the roads - factfile (The Telegraph)

4th

Feeding birds in the garden: Friends in need (The Telegraph)

5th

Countryside key to surviving recession (The Telegraph)

The man who saved Britain's otters (The Telegraph)

Sea gulls 'could overrun cities if given protected status' (The Telegraph)

6th

National Trust to insulate every castle in the country (The Telegraph)

Flights could be rationed, says environment tsar Lord Turner (The Telegraph)

Drivers could be paid to trade in gas-guzzlers (The Telegraph)

9th

A hole in the hillside (The Guardian)

Endangered bird of prey could be released into the wild across England (The Guardian)

A Valentine's flower guide for helpless enviromantics (The Guardian)

Lake District voted Britain's greatest natural wonder ahead of Scottish Highlands (The Telegraph)

Britain’s bats in need of a little love this Valentine’s Day too (Bat Conservation Trust)

10th

Sure he's cute ... but not cute enough to save him from the great squirrel cull (The Guardian)

Help needed at new Wildlife Reserve (Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust)

11th

Sea eagle spotted in England for first time in 200 years (The Telegraph)

12th

Satellite technology maps toad crossings (The Independent)

Honey bees work together to make group decisions (The Telegraph)

13th

Scientists 'flabbergasted' by songbird migration patterns (The Guardian)

Squirrelling away the cash (The Guardian)

Male birds pair up to attract female (The Guardian)

Living near trees 'makes people live longer and feel happier' (The Telegraph)

Britain's rarest spider saved from the brink of extinction (The Telegraph)

14th

The Superior Civilization (The Guardian)

Countryside in danger as natural heritage forgotten (The Telegraph)

15th

Special tags to measure how often cats kill (The Observer)

Websites to help you save energy (The Times)

16th

Wildlife fears prompt return of set-aside payments (The Guardian)

17th

Farmers 'should put food before wildlife' (The Independent)

People growing own fruit and vegetables to beat recession as Good Life returns (The Telegraph)

'Eco-house' based on Medieval architecture could be home of the future (The Telegraph)

Hunting lobby welcome defector from animal rights movement (The Telegraph)

Lamb attacks eagle in rare animal confrontation (The Telegraph)

Supermarkets fail to shine in packaging study to find the greenest of them all (The Times)

18th

A new nature reserve in an industrial landscape shows the value of brownfield sites in conservation and regeneration (The Guardian)

Trees absorb a fifth of carbon emissions pumped out by humans (The Telegraph)

Trees suffer worst damage since 1989 storms because of snowfall (The Telegraph)

Butterflies could be saved from global warming with moves to cooler climes (The Telegraph)

19th

How stately home land could soon provide your allotment (The Independent)

Offices urged to set up a vegetable patch in drive to boost grow your own (The Telegraph)

Customising clouds to stop global warming (The Telegraph)

Peregrine falcons on a wing and a prayer (The Telegraph)

20th

Google Ocean: Has Atlantis been found off Africa? (The Telegraph)

National Trust launches campaign to get children outdoors (The Telegraph)

The mathematics of murmurating starlings (The Telegraph)

Bittern: One of Britain's rarest birds found strolling along a road (The Telegraph)

21st

Britain's freezing winter: the winners and losers in nature (The Telegraph)

22nd

Waste wars: how Britain became obsessed with bins (The Telegraph)

23rd

Hares on the rebound with friendly farmers’ help (The Times)

24th

Rare mountain flower at risk of being wiped out by walkers (The Telegraph)

Dartford warblers could save nudist beach (The Telegraph)

25th

Plastic bag use falls by 26 per cent in two years (The Telegraph)

Foxes 'nest' in tree (The Telegraph)

26th

The Big Question: What more can Britain do to beat its addiction to plastic bags? (The Independent)

27th

Hearts of oak for ever (The Telegraph)

Householders to be rewarded for recycling (The Telegraph)

Cranes to be reintroduced to UK (The Telegraph)

 

 

 

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