VIDEO: Moment a spider-hunting wasp kills its prey and drags it...
This is the moment a fearsome-looking spider-hunting wasp captures and drags its prey off to a gruesome fate in footage captured by an entomologist on the Devon and West Dorset coast. Loaded on to...
View ArticleDartmoor Zoo to host business community event
The owner of Dartmoor Zoo is to host an event with the Plymouth business community in a bid to forge new links with potential investors and highlight conservation and education projects.Benjamin Mee...
View ArticleNew atlas of Devon birds shows drastic declines - and some...
A wildlife atlas compiled using more than a million records collected by bird-watchers shows alarming declines in many species - as well as some birds making a home in the South West for the first...
View ArticleEndangered butterfly makes home in Devon
An endangered butterfly – the pearl-bordered fritillary – has colonised parts of a forest in Devon. It has declined by 95% in the last 40 years, but can now be found in the Forestry Commission's Haldon...
View ArticlePollution fears for Westcountry coast as cargo ships run into...
A mission to rescue two cargo ships that ran into trouble and began drifting at sea in separate incidents raised pollution fears for the Westcountry coast. Lifeboats rushed to stabilise a 91-metre...
View ArticleGarden count helps ornithologists keep an eye on effect of...
The weather has a big impact on birds. Philip Bowern looks at the latest report on bird sightings this winter. Freezing weather may be bad for birds and other wildlife – but it can be good for...
View ArticleComment: Act now to save Devon wild birds
It is a dazzling morning on Dartmoor. High overhead, an almost invisible bird is showering me in song. It's a skylark, the poet Shelley's "blithe Spirit". Another bird, a tree pipit, sings as it...
View ArticleVIDEO: Amazing slo-mo murmuration at the Somerset Levels
This is the incredible sight of thousands of starlings in flight at the Somerset Levels.This winter, wildlife cameraman Matt Brierley, from Bristol, has used a slow motion camera and sound recording...
View ArticleMarshland hide will offer stunning views of visting species
An appeal has been launched by Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Cornwall Bird Watching and Preservation Society to help fund the construction of a bird hide at Middle Amble Marsh, near Wadebridge. Part of...
View ArticlePlan to save the hen harrier could see birds brought to the South...
The hen harrier has become a symbol of conflict between grouse shooters and conservationists. Now a plan to save it could bring it south. Philip Bowern reports. If you want to start an argument between...
View ArticleRichard Austin's Animal Magic
The RSPB's champion bird is in abundance right here in East Devon. The River Exe estuary holds what is probably the largest winter gathering of avocets in the UK. The estuary has over the years become...
View ArticleCitizen science reveals huge loss of bird life in the South West
A wildlife atlas compiled using more than a million records collected by bird-watchers shows alarming declines in many species – as well as some birds making a home in the South West for the first...
View ArticleChange in the air as winter slowly draws to a close and spring...
February sees the beginning of the end of winter. WMN nature writer Trevor Beer suggests what wildlife enthusiasts should look out for this month. Every night without fail "our" eight strong group of...
View ArticleApplications open for hedge and wall grants
Applications opened this week for grants of up to £5,000 for farmers who undertake restoration work on boundaries like hedges and stone walls and banks to protect wildlife. Defra announced the launch...
View ArticlePICTURES: Seals released back into the wild after winter storms
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View ArticlePolitical fight for the future of bass - sporting quarry and...
North Cornwall MP Scott Mann has secured a debate on the future of bass angling Philip Bowern reports on efforts to preserve a vital Westcountry sports fish. Many sea anglers will tell you that the...
View ArticleA natural ally in the fight against floods - the beaver
Beavers are common creatures in some countries, so you'd have thought someone somewhere would have done scientific studies to find out how their habitat-changing lifestyle – complete with river dams...
View ArticleZoo and safari travel company link up to help save endangered...
Forty life-sized rhino sculptures will appear on the streets of Exeter and Torbay this summer, as part of an ambitious project to help save some of the world's most endangered species from extinction....
View ArticleWMN OPINION: Demonstrating the value of managing wildlife and...
It is an area of science that is still only partly understood. But the role that animals like the beaver could have in cleaning up our water courses and holding back the potential for floods is much...
View ArticleRSPCA man missing after going to rescue seabirds caught in Storm...
Hunt for RSPCA inspector lost after bird rescue during storm Police are searching for a 54-year-old RSPCA inspector who went missing in Cornwall after being called to a wildlife rescue. Mike Reid, from...
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