Tag: Environment

Mystery of rare newts found living among sealed broadband cables

A family of endangered newts have been discovered mysteriously nesting among broadband cables in a completely sealed manhole. Great crested newts are an extremely rare...

US plan for Scots golf course suffers fly in the ointment

PLANS for a world-class Highland golf course could be scrapped - because of a fly. The Fonseca seed fly is only found on the sand...

Dead osprey “may have flown into wind turbine”

AN Osprey found fatally injured at the base of a wind turbine is believed to have crashed into the blades, according to campaigners. The male,...

Hunters and conservationists battle over “lamb-killing” ravens

HUNTERS and bird lovers are locked in battle over claims Scotland’s ravens are responsible for killing newborn lambs. A petition to be allowed to cull...

Rare bird having blind chicks

ONE of the rarest birds in Scotland is producing chicks with “lethal blindness” as a result of inbreeding. There are only 60 breeding pairs of...

Haddock shrink by a third in “evolutionary” response to trawling

HADDOCK and whiting off the west coast of Scotland are dramatically shrinking in what may be an evolutionary response to fishing. A new study reveals...

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