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Wonderful - alongside the usual totals, the BBC's Commonwealth Games Medal Table also has medals by GDP and population size

I'll have 6

Wonderful - alongside the usual totals, the BBC's Commonwealth Games Medal Table also has medals by GDP and population size

I'll have 6

Wonderful - alongside the usual totals, the BBC's Commonwealth Games Medal Table also has medals by GDP and population size

I'll have 6

An interesting awareness post of the ecological impact of balloons - seriously, we see sh*t loads floating at sea when working offshore

NASA maps particulate air pollution small enough to cause health problems in humans

Current network of protection not working, requires much bigger and stronger protection, which is wholly unlikely given current economic crisis and lack of instant and obvious financial gain from preventing extinctions. Bah.

Fantastic pictures of a lovely wee beastie

I would like to point out that the only time a pub I worked in got done over, barstaff used glasses in self defence. Also this will stop the ancient traditional sport of my native homeland whereby you have to catch a pint glass on your face.

Scotland's renewable electricity target 2020 is being raised from 50 per cent to 80 per cent

aaaaaww

Not just Great Bustards - I didn't realise there was also a Great Crane reintroduction program in the UK. The captive rearing of wild Great Cranes for release is a story of incredible dedication and hard work. Humans in crane suits have to teach the chicks absolutely everything, from foraging to predator avoidance and flight. Top marks to WWT and their dedicated team..

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There's now a colony of Spoonbills breeding in England - in the previous 300 years they'd only bred four times

Arctic Tern ringed in 1980 is re-trapped on the Farnes

Starting on Midsummer 2010, every day for one year Jon Boden is posting a traditional song online to promote the art of ‘social’ (or communal) singing. Cracking stuff. (All the songs are on iTunes and Spotify too)

"The fears now are more serious than simply being left with piles of unsold vuvuzelas"

Something's up at Tesco and a load of products go through the scanner as a penny. Good old MSE..

And relax...

Insane. More expensive than treating the disease in cattle, it doesn't work and there's no evidence for it, unless you count farming myths and rural gossip above proven scientific study. Which this government does.

Forestry Commission Scotland's mapping of Scotland's forest, if you like trees

Oh, the 2009 European Breeding Bird Census is online

Our local gamekeeper leaves proof he's done his job at the gate to the next farm - there's often a pile of dead foxes. Perhaps I nick one for skinning next time I see them fresh..