Thursday, May 2, 2024

Tag: Birds

RSPB purchase of “already-protected” land criticised

BIRD protection charity RSPB Scotland is facing criticism it wasted more than £300,000 of public money creating a nature preserve on as site which is already...

Bird egg warning from police

WITH the summer months fast approaching, Grampian Police Wildlife Crime Unit are reminding the public to show proper respect to nests, eggs and rare...

Leave fledging chicks alone, warn animal experts

MEMBERS of the public are being warned that they could be doing more harm than good by picking up baby birds. The Scottish SPCA say...

Visitors flock in to Tentsmuir

SCOTTISH Natural Heritage’s Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve has seen a recent influx of visitors – of the feathered variety. Geese and ducks usually spend the...

Successful year for breeding flamingos at Edinburgh Zoo

By Amanda MacMillan EDINBURGH Zoo has been causing a stir among visitors as it welcomes three new fluffy additions. The pale grey Chilean flamingo chicks have...

Family's despair as double duck theft takes total to unlucky 13

By Martin Graham CRUEL thieves have stolen rare birds from a family for a second time within the space of a fortnight. Lavinia Thornley, 39, lost...

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