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We now have links to information on other web sites (just close the window after you have finished looking at them, and you'll find that our web site window is still open underneath), and a selection of documents in PDF format. From fact sheets on wildlife to newsletters and leaflets describing our products and services, and news articles on a wildlife and nature theme.
For more information about The Wilderness Society's fight against Gunns, Click Here.

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Click here for news articles including news of the untimely death of Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, a true ambassador for wildlife, a great conservationist and naturalist, and a loving family man - our condolences to his wife Terri, and children Bindi Sue and Bob, and his family, friends and colleagues at Australia Zoo. He will be greatly missed by several generations of children and adults who have enjoyed his TV and movie exploits and have welcomed him and his family into their homes as good and cherished friends.
Good on ya, Steve, we'll miss you!!

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Products & Services:
Badger Gates & Consultancy PDF
Countryside Management PDF ~ Trees, Hedges, Walls, Etc.
Environmental Education PDF
Plants PDF
Pond Plants & Liners PDF
Ponds PDF
W&CS Services PDF ~ Details of our services.
Watching & Expeditions PDF ~ Wildlife Trips.
Wildlife Conservation PDF ~ Red & Grey Squirrels and Hedgehogs.
Wildpixx PDF ~ Photography Services

Fact Sheets in PDF:
Barn Owls PDF    Otters PDF    Pine Martens PDF    Golden Eagles PDF
Polecats PDF    Ravens PDF    Red Squirrels PDF

Wallpapers:
Meadow Brown;    Pine Marten;    Hedgehog;    Fox cub;    Roe Deer;
Red Deer (a really nice photograph from Ron Bury at www.photo-tech.co.uk);
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The reintroduction of red squirrels to Anglesey

Wildlife Information & Photographs from Photo-Tech.co.uk

Wildlife & Nature Information, courtesy of Working for Wildlife
Plant of the Month
Otters   Dormice   Peregrines   American Mink   Badger   Brown Hare   Red Deer   Red Fox
Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981   Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000
Homes for Wildlife   Wildlife Gardens   Wildlife Wallpaper   Wildlife Screensavers

Wildlife Gardening Information, Space for Nature Wildlife Gardening Forum
What is a wildlife garden?
Principles of Designing Gardens for Wildlife
Wildlife gardening does not mean uncontrolled wilderness...
Planting for garden biodiversity
Garden meadows - we supply native plants, bulbs and seeds
The flowery hiccup
Homes for garden wildlife - check out our nestboxes page
Creating a home for hedgehogs - we supply hedgehog boxes
Climate change in the garden
Wasps: friend or foe?
Feature: Ponds - we supply pond liners, plants, lights, pumps, fountains, etc.
Planting a new mixed native species hedge - we can supply all your native plants

Growing Wildflowers from Seed

UK Phenology Network Newsletter

Join the climateprediction.net experiment!

Climate Ark -- Most Recent Linked & Archived Climate Change Articles

   
Click on the images above to access the Kleercut website, and view the Greenpeace shopper's guide and Logging in Canada report

Greenpeace ~ Defending Our Oceans

Record your sightings of 7-spot ladybirds
Ladybird identification photographs

Yes2Wind: How to say yes to wind energy in your area
This site was produced by Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and WWF, with the aim of providing information and resources for the public to support wind farm proposals locally.

Planet Ark World Environmental News

Habitat - Daily wildlife and environment news from the British Isles

George Monbiot's Web Site

WWF-UK Campaign News

Ponds, Puddles and Pools – Trieste 2005
First international friendly meeting on conservation and management of small wetlands
Trieste, 20—22 May 2005

DEFRA ~ The Badger Culling Trial

Winter Tree (Twig) Identification

In Search of the Water Vole

2005 National Waterway Wildlife Survey

Take Conservation International's Biodiversity Impact Quiz to work out your impact on the environment, and see what you can do to reduce your impact on the planet

Côd Cefn Gwlad www.countrysideaccess.gov.uk

The Countryside Code www.countrysideaccess.gov.uk

Click here to visit the Wildlife Warriors Worldwide and Australia Zoo websites, and hear a lovely poem about the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and the great loss felt by a child. You can also leave a message for Steve's family and friends and make a donation to his ongoing wildlife conservation work, as we have done

Links to Information & News

Squirrel Pox Outbreak at Formby
Squirrel Wars
Squirrel's Epic Swim Across Lake
Prince Harry still under spotlight for shot hen harriers
Whale sanctuary threatened by gas terminal
Organic food really is better
'Humanity's very survival' is at risk, says UN
Gorse clearing for rare butterfly in North Wales
Global warming could wipe out more than half of Earth's species
New CO2 evidence means climate change predictions are 'too optimistic'
New Iberian Lynx population discovered in Spain
Crayfish plague - lethal to UK's only native crayfish - spreads to river
Science chief urges badger cull
Red Squirrels on Anglesey Face Deadly Virus
Jail for man who preyed on endangered birds
Wealthy Landowner Jailed for Wildlife Offences
Steve Irwin's daughter Bindi tipped to follow in her father's footsteps
Discovery News: 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin killed by stingray
BBC News: 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin killed
Peregrines face extinction as gangs steal 100 eggs to sell to Middle East dealers
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
Climate Killed Off Mammoths, Not Humans
China's "Roof of the World" Glaciers Melting Fast
Polar Bears, Hippos Added to Threatened Species
Healing Plants Found in Threatened Borneo Forest
Search on to Find Britain's Disappearing Hedgehogs
Global Warming Behind Record 2005 Storms
Global Warming Hits Canada's Remotest Arctic Lands
Most Portugal Wildlife Under Threat
Canada Studies Cull of its Largest Bison Herd
Global Warming Threatens Extinctions
Swift Action Needed to Protect Biodiversity
Police officer convicted of Wildlife & Countryside Act offence
Beavers set for return to Wales
Calls to bring back the beaver to Scotland have been approved unanimously by the board of government agency Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)

Sea birds might pay for green electricity
Bluebell blues as most popular wildflower feels the squeeze
It might not have felt like it but spring was early
Early spring is a fact of life for the birds and bees
Climate change wreaking havoc with seasons
ILLEGAL killing is blamed for Scotland’s persecuted birds of prey declining on grouse moors
A host, of golden celandines blossom in Britain
Roundup Weedkiller Deadly to Frogs
The potential shutdown due to climate warming of the key Atlantic Conveyor current that warms northern Europe could have a major impact on fish stocks in the region
Humans are damaging the planet at an unprecedented rate and raising risks of abrupt collapses in nature that could spur disease, deforestation or "dead zones" in the seas
LOTHIAN and Borders Police has appointed Scotland’s first full-time wildlife crime officer
Hundreds of seabirds found dead
Vanishing flowers change the face of the countryside
Will a scheme to repay farmers for helping to conserve the wildlife on their land pay off?
The end for GM crops: Final British trial confirms threat to wildlife
Poland to Ban Monsanto GMO Maize Seed
'Fish at Risk from Pollution'
EU to Push for GMO Foods Despite Opposition
No Stopping Global Warming, Studies Predict
Love nest will lure the birds
BirdLife International delivers five-points plan to new farm Commissioner
Hunt law 'may ruin bid to get rid of hedgehogs'
Researchers claim 'spectacular progress' towards logging all Earth's life
Survey to track 'alien' ladybird
Nuclear delusion
Britannia ruins the waves: how pollution and over-fishing are destroying sea life
Australian Scientists Prove Less Trees, Less Rain
Himalaya Glaciers Receding Fast Due To Warming - WWF
With Ony 400 Left, Wildcat May Be on Its Ninth Life
Key Facts, Arguments For and Against GMOs
Overfishing and climate change are biggest threats to UK marine life Source: www.edie.net
Green scheme to shift subsidy from production to protection Source: www.edie.net
Gold mines valuable to rare bats
100 World Cities in UK Climate Rescue Drive
Why long lost beaver will soon give a dam about the Highlands
NFBG statement on an open letter signed by 322 vets, calling for badger culling 24.02.2005
Hydroelectric power's dirty secret revealed
The red squirrel needs government help if it is to survive the ravages of the grey squirrel
WILD SNOWDROPS BEING SOLD FOR PROFIT BY THIEVES
Ocean, Arctic Studies Show Global Warming is Real
Conservationists today called on Secretary of State Margaret Beckett and NFU President Tim Bennett to apologise to farmers for introducing a cattle movement policy which has spread bovine TB all over Britain in the wake of foot and mouth disease.
Bird-killing pesticides outlawed in Scotland
Arctic Becoming Chemical Waste Sump, Says WWF
Spain Could Lose Beaches to Global Warming
Climate Change: Menace or Myth?
WWF: Endangered Species
Special Report: Animal Rights
Special Report: Global Fishing Crisis
Special Report: Conservation and Endangered Species
Why I'm a wolf man - If you genuinely value diversity, you should welcome the
reintroduction of large predators, by George Monbiot
An invisible threat could change Britain’s landscapes
A baby boom among Britain's blue tits could cause an avian housing crisis in 2005
Gannet colony flies higher
Landowners are to lose the right to shoot house sparrows and starlings
Cattle blamed for massive increase in bovine TB
WHY EL NINO IS SET TO TURN OUR SUMMER INTO THE HOTTEST YET
Environmental Audit Committee ~ Corporate Environmental Crime
Tree sparrows given helping hand
New haven for threatened species - Cumbrian forest for black grouse
The 'Victorian' poisoners who target red kites
13 held in raid on wild finch traders
UK: Grey squirrel faces cull to save forests
Apocalypse now: how mankind is sleepwalking to the end of the Earth
Floods, storms and droughts. Melting Arctic ice, shrinking glaciers, oceans turning to acid. The world's top scientists warned last week that dangerous climate change is taking place today, not the day after tomorrow. You don't believe it? Then read this...
Wales leads Europe in protecting crops from GM threat Source: www.edie.net
The Tiger Mosquito - potential settler or already here?
Greenhouse gas 'threatens marine life'
Birds of prey being re-introduced to the UK are under threat because they are being illegally killed
Hotter world may freeze Britain - Fifty-fifty chance that warm Gulf Stream may be halted
Global warming may kill off polar bears in 20 years, says WWF
Three species new to Britain have been discovered at an East Anglian nature reserve
Animal World Divided on Winter Weather Forecast
Egg Collector May Have Damaged Bird Population - RSPB
Ladybirds are waking up to death by starvation
Better woodland protection urged
Study Uncovers New Threatened Ecological Hotspots
US Must Help Avert Climate Catastrophe
Wildlife climate threat 'looming'
Essex farm wins plaudit for letting the sea in
Forget the winter blues, spring is bursting out all over
Black Death - The Secret Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Further Information
Gangs trap 2,000 finches a year as bird trade booms
Chilly Winter May Widen Ozone Hole Over Europe
Ancient Beasts Raise Questions About Climate Change
Scientists Grapple With Climate as Crisis Grows
Global warning
GLOBAL warming could reach "the point of no return" in as little as ten years
Greenhouse gas emissions could cause global temperatures to rise by 11 degrees Celsius
Scientists Debate Climate Change Amid Stark Warnings
Blair Calls on US to Take Climate Change Seriously
Italian Parliament Approves GM Farming Law
Islands winning battle to wipe out wild mink
Flooded fish farms threaten wild species
Divers accuse scallop dredgers of damaging key marine habitat
Wildlife chiefs say Scots seas 'in crisis as species decline'
Counting on squirrels for help
Fury as sewage pipe trench wrecks rare salt marsh habitat
Kill grey squirrels to save the native reds
The slaughter of thousands of badgers every year is "immoral" and "not viable" according to scientists
"Dangerous" Global Warming Possible by 2026 - WWF
Conservationists voiced their anger yesterday after a rare peregrine falcon
was found shot dead near a clifftop nature reserve
Oil Spill 'Will Devastate Wildlife'
Shock as rare red kite is deliberately poisoned
Only two out of three young adults can identify a blue tit and only just over half know
what a chaffinch looks like, according to a report by the RSPB
Climate change: firm action called for amid catastrophic warnings Source: www.edie.net
Warning over toxic nature of Baltic fish Source: www.edie.net
Cambodia fights to curb illegal logging destruction Source: www.edie.net
Wilderness Society Newletter
Rabid bat discovered in UK town
A new wildlife code is being developed to ensure the safety of marine life around Scotland
Berkshire's water vole now feared extinct
Serb environmentalists outraged at a British firm's plans to explore for nickel in a scenic area
Some Baltic Sea Fish Too Toxic to Eat, WWF Says
Panel Urges US to Do More on Climate "Time Bomb"
Chirac Demands Measures to Save Animals, Plants
More of Europe’s birds in trouble
Lucies Farm Learns it's not Easy Being "Green"
Cornish bypass is a winner: even for the greens
Europe threatens UK over capercaillie plight
Charges dropped against hunt saboteurs after evidence reveals Surrey Hunt illegally dug into badger sett
Call for the lynx to prowl Highlands again
Serial wildlife criminal jailed for 6 months for taking rare birds' eggs
Global Warming May Have Caused Extinction - Study
Russian Rivers Prove Man-Made Climate Change - Report
Two birds of prey 'were poisoned' on Highland estate
New British Biodiesel Plant Ready to Roll
Climate change impacts on nature worse than thought
Common Skate a Symptom of UK Marine Crisis
Stop the US Food and Drug Administration from legalising contamination of the food supply with experimental GM crops. Food imported to your country is at risk!
Britain's daily diet of stealth poisons revealed Source: www.edie.net
Europe wriggles free from Monsanto's GM takeover, for now Source: www.edie.net
Badger culling 'not the way'
Send an electronic postcard asking for a better future for farming and nature in Europe
Island Extinction Woes Stark Warning for Land Dwellers
Sign the petition against the mass killing with 1080 poison of native animals in Tasmania
Global Warming, Pollution Add to Coastal Threats
Santa Workshop Under Threat From North Pole Thaw
Amazon Gas Heralds Changes in Brazil Rain Forest
EU Divided on Plans to Curb Illegal Timber Trade
EU Scraps Cod Closure Plan in Marathon Fish Talks
EU Split Over GMO Rapeseed, Awaits Default Approval
EU Clamps Down on Heavy Metal Cadmium in Batteries
2004 Signals More Global Warming, Extreme Weather - UN
DNA bank to catch badger killers
Tasmanian woodchip giant Gunns Limited has sued The Wilderness Society
Donate to the Wilderness Society's Fighting Fund

The adoption of biofuels would be a humanitarian and environmental disaster
NATIVE OAKS SUSCEPTIBLE TO NEW TREE DISEASE
EU must take lead to stop Arctic meltdown Source: www.edie.net
Scientists reveal polar threat Source: www.edie.net
Pygmy Chimpanzees on Brink of Extinction - WWF
EU Calls For Fishing Closures To Stop Cod Dying Out
Ban Fishing In One-Third Of Oceans - UK Scientists
Most Coral Reefs Under Threat, Some Resilient
How Global Warming Can Lead To A Big Chill
Brazil Amazon Deforestation Jumps
Birds Not Being Killed By Wind Farms
Asia Faces Living Nightmare From Climate Change
Biofuels Seen Key to UK Farming Future
Less Than 30 Chinese Tigers Left in Wild
Greens Paint Grim Picture of Future, Warmer World
Melting Glaciers Threaten World Water Supply
Indonesia's Birds of Paradise Dying Out
More Than 15,000 Species Facing Extinction - IUCN
Latest IUCN 'Red List' of Endangered Species
Australians Face Buffeting From Climate Change
UK Organic Food Sales Top 1.1 Billion Stg/Yr
Melting Swiss Glaciers Threaten Alps
How city dwellers and living things put the green into our urban open spaces
Conservationists Fear for Congo's Rainforests
Indigenous Groups Urge US to Slow Arctic Thaw
US OKs Commercial Drilling in Alaska Oil Reserve
Farmer admits moving cattle off TB-restricted land in Gloucestershire
Half of European bird population now under threat Source: www.edie.net
Woes of Warming Arctic to Echo Worldwide Via Birds
Seals Bludgeoned, Shot on Irish Island
UK to push Bush on global warming
Reprieve for ancient tulip tree
Eagles overshadow world's biggest land windfarm
France Suspends Hunting to Save Orphaned Bear Cub
Study: Antarctic Wildlife Facing Food Shortages
Gardens: Heaven or Hell for Wildlife?
Biodiversity in urban gardens in Sheffield project (BUGS)
Hunters kill last female bear native to Pyrenees
The welfare of wildlife is often the biggest worry for builders these days
Arctic heads into warmer future
Tasmania's Forests - an Australian Natural Treasure under threat
Britons urged to be energy efficient and fight climate change Source: www.edie.net
Royal Slaughter in Romania and Poland by the King of Spain
Badger baiters' sick warning to farmer
Habitat: Daily wildlife and environment news from the British Isles
Cormorants face a 'shoot to kill' threat - More Info
BBC Gardening: The impacts of climate change on your garden
Energy efficiency - How do you measure up?
In Depth: Global Warning?
Daffodils and cod 'under threat'
Bird nest thefts at record UK low
Man held as 'bird traps' seized in swoop on his home
A cautious welcome to payments for bird-friendly mowing in the Czech Republic
Japanese knotweed to come undone
Osprey dies after second shooting
Appointment of squirrel survey co-ordinator by Scottish Natural Heritage
Nuclear peril may be much greater
N. Wales firm in war against wildlife trade
Stop playing with our food for God's sake"
Reintroduced Great Bustard mortality lower than expected
'Deadly ladybird' sighted in UK - More Info
BirdLife International launches its Vision for Rural Europe
Second successful prosecution for destroying water vole habitat
British Waterways wildlife survey results
Record levels of wildlife crime
Barn Owl Stoned to Death
Ex-owner of owl sanctuary pays for wildlife crime
Bush vs. Kerry on the Environment
Environmental news from the Americas
New Ladybird Deadly Threat to Native Species - More Info
Organic Farming Better For Wildlife
Lampers are the 'thugs of the countryside'
Pesticides in your Food
Seahorses Struggle for Survival
Hedgehog Kicked to Death
Pregnant Seals Slaughtered in Rifle Attack on Orkney
Gamekeeper Fined £300 Seeks Gun Permission
Study Finds Thousands of Dependent Species "Co-Endangered"
Crying Wolf Over Predator Attacks - Culling may be unnecessary
Regularly Updated Red Squirrel News from Google News Service
Poisoning of Wildlife Increases
Red Squirrels Fighting Back
Red Squirrels Back As Trees Saved
Red Squirrel & Scottish Wildcat Face Extinction
Ragwort: Friend or Foe?
Seeing red over illegal squirrel release
Pollution triggers bizarre behaviour in animals
Satellite Tracking of Sea Turtles
Capture of Female Loggerhead Turtle Recorded from Space
Gamekeeper Escapes Prison Term for 'Worst Case of Wildlife Crime'
Gamekeeper keeps his job despite poisoning birds of prey
A Hot, Hot, Hot Europe
Gamekeeper Fined for Bird Deaths
Our Red Squirrel Conservation Page
Seabirds in Britain's Northern Isles Wiped Out by Global Warming
Five Colonies of Rare Bats found on Isle of Wight
Scottish Bird of Prey News Articles
Birdlife Farming for Life Cyberaction ~ do your bit to press for changes in farming practices
Falcons Found Poisoned At Reserve
Oil chief: my fears for planet - Shell boss's 'confession' shocks industry
Red Squirrel Alert
Tree Felling Threatens Red Squirrels
EU Axes Red Squirrels' Island Forest
Experts Say Government Must Act Now to Save Red Squirrels
Red Squirrels Face Extinction
Britain Has 'Legal Duty' To Kill Grey Squirrels
Elite Troops Target Scots Egg Thieves
Protesters Press Bank over Whale Threat
Greenhouse Gas Level Hits Record High
Pregnant Roe Deer Suffers Horrific Death in Snare
Hunter Fined £300 After Dogs Kill Fox
Antelope Butchered by the Score - for a shawl (shahtoosh)
BBC Science & Nature Web Site
Bringing Back the UK's Lost Wildlife
Iberian Lynx - The Most Endangered Cat
Mull Islanders Crack Down on Egg Thieves
Plant or Repair a Hedge for Wildlife, a feature by Jonathan Neale, Senior Conservation Officer, Countryside Council for Wales
Global Warming Could Plunge Britain into Ice Age Within Decades
Search the Internet for red squirrel pages in the UK
Search BBC News for red squirrel articles
Gamekeeper Gets Three Month Suspended Jail Sentence
Red Squirrels on Anglesey
North Wales Man Kills Sparrowhawk
Grinning as he left court - killer of sparrowhawk
Experts to carry out research on the intelligence of ravens at Newborough Forest on Anglesey
Wildlife Prosecutions on the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime Website

We will add more documents in the future.