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The Wryneck

20.12.2024

The Wryneck: Premier League champions ‘score’ again - but this time for creating training ground wildlife habitat

Habitat for bees and pollinating insects - wildflower meadow at club's training ground THERE has been another honour for Manchester City FC...

The Wryneck

18.12.2024

The Wryneck: 1982 study of Rock Buntings - rarely seen in Britain - attracted plenty of interest at Salisbury art auction

Rock Buntings - the preferred habitat is dry mountainous area WHAT pr...

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17.12.2024

The Wryneck: Farewell to the swallows and the thrushes! Green light soon for developers to bulldoze local nature into oblivion

Already in decline because of habitat lost to development, the Song Thrush will be even mo...

The Wryneck

16.12.2024

The Wryneck: Controversial report claims housebuilders are ignoring planning conditions designed to safeguard wildlife

The cover of the report contrasts what has been pledged with what actually materialises SOME housebuilders are ...

The Wryneck

15.12.2024

The Wryneck: County wildlife trust left 'devastated' by appeal inspector's approval for housing estate on bird-rich wildlife site

Fieldfare - one of the winter-visiting species that could be lost to...

The Wryneck

14.12.2024

The Wryneck: Dancing with penguins - Chris Packham keen to celebrate the 'alluring magnificence' of Antarctica

As if broadcasting and crusading to save the planet were not enough to keep hi...

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13.12.2024

The Wryneck: Chance to contribute to seabird research - but don't apply for these RSPB posts if you haven't got a head for heights!

Home to thousands of breeding seabirds in spring and summer - the steep cliffs of Flamborough TWO research assistants are being sought by t...

The Wryneck

11.12.2024

The Wryneck: The bidding ' wandered' ever higher - stunning oil painting sold for much more than expected at December art auction

This enchanting 2001 study by Keith Shackleton (1923-2015) of two Wandering Albatrosses bonding on Prion Island in the Antarctic attracted t...

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10.12.2024

The Wryneck: Too many cooks treading on each other's toes? Does RSPB really need another bureaucrat on £43,000-plus?

Overwintering avocets - the RSPB's emblem species - in northern Lincolnshire SOME...

The Wryneck

08.12.2024

The Wryneck: Eye-wateringly high price achieved for study of Egyptian Plovers at auction of modern art

Bidding went through the roof for work by French artist A STAR performer at an...

The Wryneck

07.12.2024

The Wryneck: Bygone birding: Scottish naturalist fed unusual 'delicacy' to eaglet in an eyrie - a banana skin

Seton Gordon (1866-1977) - naturalist, photographer and author From The Sc...

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07.12.2024

The Wryneck: Wanted - two trappers to continue RSPB's controversial campaign to rid Orkney of non-native stoats

RSPB is determined to wipe out Orkney's stoat population ( photo: Keven Law via Wikimedia Common...

The Wryneck

05.12.2024

The Wryneck: Saleroom success of driftwood sculpture of Nightjar must have had auction house purring with pleasure

Beautifully carved - this nightjar was understandably much admired A CARVED driftwood sculpture of a Nightjar attracted plenty of interest ...

The Wryneck

04.12.2024

The Wryneck: Eric Morecambe's copy of The Observer's Book of Birds set to go under hammer in New Year auction

A WELL-THUMBED copy of The Observer's Book of Birds was among the birdwatching books owned by comedian Eric Morecambe of Morecambe and ...

The Wryneck

03.12.2024

The Wryneck: Chris Packham: "I should love to spend five minutes of my life as a Swallow."

Dynamic - artist Chris Packham says the aircraft were 'outgunned' by the Swallows DURING downtime from his broadcasting and campaigning a...

The Wryneck

02.12.2024

The Wryneck: Firm market for ornithological and natural history titles at auction sale in Yorkshire

A collection of 122 volumes in the prestigious Collins New Naturalist series h...

The Wryneck

30.11.2024

The Wryneck: Up to 20 White-tailed Eagles could be released on Exmoor as part of ambitious project to expand species' range

The Exmoor coastline is thought to provide excellent feeding and breeding habitat for White-tailed ...

The Wryneck

29.11.2024

The Wryneck: Will long-term partnership with Mexican company help Dartford Warblers to set up home at RSPB's HQ reserve?

RSPB is optimistic about the expanding reserve at its Bedfordshire HQ HOPES...

The Wryneck

28.11.2024

The Wryneck: They save money, so RSPB annual meetings are 'here to stay' says new chairman of the board

Sir Andrew Cahn: Feedback to online meetings has been 'overwhelmingly positive' THE...

The Wryneck

27.11.2024

The Wryneck: Collision with blade of 125-metre high wind turbine in Galloway proves fatal for three-year-old Golden Eagle

Eagle officer john wright with the dead bird - photo: South of Scotland ...

The Wryneck

26.11.2024

The Wryneck: Opportunity beckons to study Nightjars, Woodlarks and Dartford Warblers - and to be paid for your research

At repose - a family of nightjars THE RSPB is currently seeking to recruit four birders to study three key heathland species - Nightjar, Wo...

The Wryneck

24.11.2024

The Wryneck: What impact - if any - will discharge of 'contaminated' chemical have on welfare of wildlife off Norfolk Coast?

At risk from contaminated chemical dumped in North Sea? A Great Northern Diver CONSERVATION groups have so far been silent on the dumping o...

The Wryneck

24.11.2024

The Wryneck: Stuffed and unloved. Bearded tit went unsold at auction in North Yorkshire town. Who can surmise why?

This sad-looking Bearded Tit, mounted in a glass dome, went unsold at an auction staged yesterday by Tennants at their saleroom i...

The Wryneck

23.11.2024

The Wryneck: Book publishers likely to take a hit when RSPB starts closing some of its reserve shops early next year

BOOK publishers will soon be lamenting the RSPB's decision to start closing shops at...

The Wryneck

22.11.2024

The Wryneck: Aren't birds really just little humans in feather coats? How RSPB is 'reaching out' to teens via TikTok

Trivialisatyion? A Sparrowhawk gets the TikTok treatment IN its determination to move with the tim...

The Wryneck

22.11.2024

The Wryneck: Remembering Eric Morecambe - a man who made us laugh and who loved watching birds, one species in particular

The bird that captivated Eric Morecambe - this painting graced a wall in one of the rooms at his Hertfordshire home ( photo: Hansons ) ERI...

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20.11.2024

The Wryneck: An 'intimate relationship' - Jeff Ollerton's book explores the longstanding interaction between birds and flowers

HUMMINGBIRDS, and the balletic ways in which they feed on flowers, are familiar to most nature enthusiasts. But they belong to just one of...

The Wryneck

20.11.2024

The Wryneck: They should know better! Author's rap for birders who disturbed colony of nesting Little Terns on Yorkshire Coast

Fascinating insights - Richard Boon's delightful new book A SOMEWHAT surprising (and dismaying) statistic is detailed in Richard Boon's a...

The Wryneck

19.11.2024

The Wryneck: That's it, then! Tragically, the Slender-billed Curlew has gone the same way as the Great Auk - and that's official

Gone forever! This is a painting of the bird from John Gould's Birds of Europe (1837) IT looks like the birding world has now, sadly, ...

The Wryneck

18.11.2024

The Wryneck: RSPB insists cost-cutting at its reserves will enable it to "remain strong and viable" in troubled times

Welcome to Loch Garten - but will the welcome be so warm after the New Y...

The Wryneck

17.11.2024

The Wryneck: Two paintings by Lincolnshire artist George Lodge set bidders aflutter at weekend auction in Yorkshire

Star bird - bidding was brisk for this study of a Hobby TWO original paintings by acclaimed Linc...

The Wryneck

17.11.2024

The Wryneck: RSPB set to close cafes and scrap school visits across its 220-plus reserves - starting with Rainham Marshes

A view across Rainham Marshes. The site will remain open to the public but the s...

The Wryneck

16.11.2024

The Wryneck: Not the full set - but rare opportunity beckons to bid for 122 volumes in New Naturalist series

BIDDING could be lively when 122 volumes from the Collins New Naturalist series go under the hammer later this month. Yorkshire-based auct...

The Wryneck

15.11.2024

The Wryneck: Nice work if you can get it! RSPB reveals huge increase in managers earning upwards of £80,000 per annum

All smiles from the RSPB's top team - from left Russell Powell (executive dire...

The Wryneck

14.11.2024

The Wryneck: An 'unsettling' question. Is Yorkshire's Scarlet Tanager really a trans-Atlantic wilding - or is it an aviary escapee?

How today's edition of The Daily Telegraph is reporting the great Yorkshire tanager twitch THE...

The Wryneck

13.11.2024

The Wryneck: Organisers all set for Global Birdfair 2025 - location and dates announced for birding world's fizziest event

Flashback to this year's event - more pictures from 2024 below THE countdown has begun to Global Birdfair 2025 - the highlight of the soci...

The Wryneck

13.11.2024

The Wryneck: Excitement in West Yorkshire village as birders flock for glimpse of vagrant Scarlet Tanager

How Mail Online has been reporting today's mass twitch in West Yorkshire A VAGRANT Scarlet...

The Wryneck

13.11.2024

The Wryneck: Something to carp about! Heron missed out on a fishy banquet that might have lasted it all week

Gotcha! The Cleethorpes heron pounces IT was like a scene from a David Attenborough TV documentary when this heron at the boating lake i...

The Wryneck

12.11.2024

The Wryneck: Acres of uncut grass provided ideal breeding habitat for Quail - ornithological notes from The Somme: Part 2

Garden Warbler - Major Congreve describes it as a common species This is a c...

The Wryneck

12.11.2024

The Wryneck: Cambridge, Peterborough and Winchester among cities targeted by RSPB in campaign to reel in new members

Winchester as it looked in 1853. It is one of the cities where RSPB is eager to recru...

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The Wryneck - Nature & Animals

The Wryneck: Premier League champions ‘score’ again - but this time for creating training ground wildlife habitat

The Wryneck: 1982 study of Rock Buntings - rarely seen in Britain - attracted plenty of interest at Salisbury art auction

The Wryneck: Farewell to the swallows and the thrushes! Green light soon for developers to bulldoze local nature into oblivion

The Wryneck: Controversial report claims housebuilders are ignoring planning conditions designed to safeguard wildlife

The Wryneck: County wildlife trust left 'devastated' by appeal inspector's approval for housing estate on bird-rich wildlife site

The Wryneck: Dancing with penguins - Chris Packham keen to celebrate the 'alluring magnificence' of Antarctica

The Wryneck: Chance to contribute to seabird research - but don't apply for these RSPB posts if you haven't got a head for heights!

The Wryneck: The bidding ' wandered' ever higher - stunning oil painting sold for much more than expected at December art auction

The Wryneck: Too many cooks treading on each other's toes? Does RSPB really need another bureaucrat on £43,000-plus?

The Wryneck: Eye-wateringly high price achieved for study of Egyptian Plovers at auction of modern art

The Wryneck: Bygone birding: Scottish naturalist fed unusual 'delicacy' to eaglet in an eyrie - a banana skin

The Wryneck: Wanted - two trappers to continue RSPB's controversial campaign to rid Orkney of non-native stoats

The Wryneck: Saleroom success of driftwood sculpture of Nightjar must have had auction house purring with pleasure

The Wryneck: Eric Morecambe's copy of The Observer's Book of Birds set to go under hammer in New Year auction

The Wryneck: Chris Packham: "I should love to spend five minutes of my life as a Swallow."

The Wryneck: Firm market for ornithological and natural history titles at auction sale in Yorkshire

The Wryneck: Up to 20 White-tailed Eagles could be released on Exmoor as part of ambitious project to expand species' range

The Wryneck: Will long-term partnership with Mexican company help Dartford Warblers to set up home at RSPB's HQ reserve?

The Wryneck: They save money, so RSPB annual meetings are 'here to stay' says new chairman of the board

The Wryneck: Collision with blade of 125-metre high wind turbine in Galloway proves fatal for three-year-old Golden Eagle

The Wryneck: Opportunity beckons to study Nightjars, Woodlarks and Dartford Warblers - and to be paid for your research

The Wryneck: What impact - if any - will discharge of 'contaminated' chemical have on welfare of wildlife off Norfolk Coast?

The Wryneck: Stuffed and unloved. Bearded tit went unsold at auction in North Yorkshire town. Who can surmise why?

The Wryneck: Book publishers likely to take a hit when RSPB starts closing some of its reserve shops early next year

The Wryneck: Aren't birds really just little humans in feather coats? How RSPB is 'reaching out' to teens via TikTok

The Wryneck: Remembering Eric Morecambe - a man who made us laugh and who loved watching birds, one species in particular

The Wryneck: An 'intimate relationship' - Jeff Ollerton's book explores the longstanding interaction between birds and flowers

The Wryneck: They should know better! Author's rap for birders who disturbed colony of nesting Little Terns on Yorkshire Coast

The Wryneck: That's it, then! Tragically, the Slender-billed Curlew has gone the same way as the Great Auk - and that's official

The Wryneck: RSPB insists cost-cutting at its reserves will enable it to "remain strong and viable" in troubled times

The Wryneck: Two paintings by Lincolnshire artist George Lodge set bidders aflutter at weekend auction in Yorkshire

The Wryneck: RSPB set to close cafes and scrap school visits across its 220-plus reserves - starting with Rainham Marshes

The Wryneck: Not the full set - but rare opportunity beckons to bid for 122 volumes in New Naturalist series

The Wryneck: Nice work if you can get it! RSPB reveals huge increase in managers earning upwards of £80,000 per annum

The Wryneck: An 'unsettling' question. Is Yorkshire's Scarlet Tanager really a trans-Atlantic wilding - or is it an aviary escapee?

The Wryneck: Organisers all set for Global Birdfair 2025 - location and dates announced for birding world's fizziest event

The Wryneck: Excitement in West Yorkshire village as birders flock for glimpse of vagrant Scarlet Tanager

The Wryneck: Something to carp about! Heron missed out on a fishy banquet that might have lasted it all week

The Wryneck: Acres of uncut grass provided ideal breeding habitat for Quail - ornithological notes from The Somme: Part 2

The Wryneck: Cambridge, Peterborough and Winchester among cities targeted by RSPB in campaign to reel in new members

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