Delicious LiveJournal Links for 8-18-2009

• Public Transport Information
  Find all the local buses that leave a town, bit useful
  (tags: transport)
• Three Amigo's Birding - White Swallow at Essie
  Lovely pictures of a White Swallow
  (tags: ornithology)
• BBC - Tyne - In pictures: Ospreys
  Pictures of the first Ospreys fledged in Northumberland for 200 years
  (tags: ornithology northumbria ospreys)
• TV pundit Ron Atkinson sacked for racist remark | Media | The Guardian
  How much racist abuse do footy commentators come up with off-mike normally, who in the vicinity hears it, and how is it not a problem until they're heard on-air?
  (tags: news)
• The RSPB: Spice up your bird food to deter pesky squirrels
  AHA! add chilli powder to bird food to deter Grey squirrels
  (tags: squirrels war)
• Deep trouble in hydro mountain - The Scotsman
  Tunnel collapse causes shut down of scotland's newest Hydroplant
  (tags: renewables news)
• BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | £1bn boost for high-speed trains
  Electrification of Edinburgh - Glasgow line. ooooo!
  (tags: rail news)
• Police putting wildlife crime to the 'back of the queue' - Telegraph
  the UK has the best and strongest wildlife laws on the planet - it's tragic that they aren't upheld, although you can kind of understand why if the police are underfunded
  (tags: news ecology conservation)