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A wildlife group is looking to raise another £11,000 this autumn to pay for new nest cameras on a lake. Ellesmere Heronwatch began 34 years ago and its current cameras are 10 years old and in ...

Forget eco-friendly de-icers. Wetlands can diminish road salt runoff ...

This 2022 photo from the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society shows pūteketekes at Lake ... [+] Ellesmere, south of Christchurch in New Zealand. Following John Oliver’s successful push to ...