A postbox in a remote part of Northumberland has been closed because of snails crawling through the flap and eating the mail. The Royal Mail box in Adderstone has been out of use since last month thanks to a hungry snail family. A sign on the front of the red …
Read More »Robert Gillmor, ornithologist and wildlife illustrator who drew the original RSPB avocet logo – obituary
His work over the years included sketches, paintings, linocuts, book covers, posters, cards and mugs – even soft furnishings – all showing the beauty of the natural world. Always immaculately executed, it was usually bold in design, with clear lines and subtle yet vibrant colours. The sheer volume of Gillmor’s …
Read More »Prince Harry loses Mail on Sunday complaint over sedated wildlife photos | UK news
The Duke of Sussex has lost a complaint against the Mail on Sunday over a claim by the newspaper that dramatic wildlife pictures he took in Africa did not highlight the fact the animals were sedated and tethered. Prince Harry complained to press standards regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation …
Read More »Buy a classic Guardian photograph: Swans at dusk at Linlithgow, Scotland | Art and design
With the birds front-lit against a darkening sky, this photograph of swans at Linlithgow in Scotland may look like a glorious nature scene, but the reality behind it is a little different. On the day it was taken – 6 April 2006 – bird flu was found in a dead …
Read More »‘It carried our dog away’: are the UK’s seagulls getting more aggressive? | Environment
A slight ripple in the wind behind me, the briefest graze of my hair and, within a split second, the ice-cream cone had been snatched from my hand. One second I was holding a mint choc chip, the next I wasn’t. It was so fast, and the raid so precise, …
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