Wildlife watching in the West Midlands
County by county
Recent West Midlands news
- Plea for public help in tracking down rare UK butterfly
- Caught on camera: a sssssurprise visitor to Brandon Marsh
- Marine conservation zone map needs your input
- Adders will go to great lengths to find a mate
- Keeping track of invading tree bee
- Tawny owl tangled in fishing line put down
- Slavonian grebe spotted at Worcestershire reserve
- Worcester Wildlife Trust buys rare flower meadows
- Once thought extinct hoverfly discovered in Forest of Dean
- 527 acres of Clee Hills bought by Shropshire Wildlife Trust
- Worcestershire butterfly reserve to undergo ‘drastic’ improvement
- 13,400 species on RSPB reserves – Less than 3% are birds
- Red kites spreading into England from Wales
- Appeal launched to buy rare wildflower meadows in Worcestershire
- Huge increase in butterfly numbers on Worcestershire reserve
More West Midlands news
- Brown hairstreak butterflies found on 6 Worcestershire reserves
- Wood white butterfly gets extra protection in Herefordshire
- Otters thriving in the UK - Now in every county
- Oystercatchers in Herefordshire
- Major new project launch to save rare Small blue butterfly
- RSPB launches summer garden wildlife survey – Not just birds
- Ecologist goes underground in hunt for one of UK's largest spiders
- Traditional orchards – National Trust launches conservation project
- Peregrines lay egg in Central Birmingham
- Gamekeepers given suspended jail terms for targeting birds of prey
- Gamekeeper admits killing buzzards and badgers – gets 6 months suspended sentence
- Dead wood vital for UK wildlife
- British wildlife watching increasingly popular
- Wildlife news RSS feed now available.
- £88,000 project to boost Wood White butterfly in Herefordshire
Giant 'extinct' British Beetle found in GloucestershireAn amazing giant insect, thought to be extinct in the UK, has been discovered on a pavement in Gloucestershire.
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Bird crime stats jump 40%July 2008. Reported crimes against birds of prey escalated to an unwelcome record in 2007, increasing by 40 per cent on 2006.
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