Meet the model - Bernie the Buzzard – Buteo buteo By Graham Stewart The Buzzard is now the most common and widespread of all the birds of prey in the UK despite the high mortality rate of its young Diet: Being a slow flier the Buzzard does most of its hunting from a perch in [...]
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Meet the Model – Biff the Brown Hare
Meet the Model - Biff the Brown Hare , Lepus europaeus Words by Peter Hanscomb , Photography by Natasha Weyers. Say hello to Biff the Brown Hare , The Brown hare is one of the largest of the lagomorphs. Its head and body length can range from 60 to 75 cm. The Brown hares weight is [...]
Meet the Model – Barney the Barn Owl
Meet the model - Barney the Barn Owl - Tito Alba By Graham Stewart With its heart shaped face the Barn Owl is probably the most popular owl in the UK. It is also one of the most widely distributed of owls throughout the world although its colouration does vary. The Barn Owls call is [...]
Meet the Model – Rhodri the Red Kite
Meet the Model - Rhodri the Red Kite by Graham Stewart Say hello to Rhodri the Red Kite – Milvus milvus The Red kite is yet another bird of prey that was persecuted to the point where it became extinct in both Scotland and England by the 1900’s and by the 1930’s only 2 breading [...]
Meet the Model – Pippa the Pine Martin
Meet the Model , Pippa the Pine Martin by Graham Stewart Pippa the Pine Marten – Martes martes Once extremely common in Britain, The Pine Marten was persecuted to near extinction, by 1915 only small pockets of them remained. The decline was brought about by 3 main factors, they were hunted for their fur, game [...]
Meet the Model – Malcolm the Mallard
Malcolm the Mallard by Peter Hanscomb Say hello to Malcolm the Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos The mallard , dabbling duck can be found throughout the Americas, Europe and North Africa and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. The male birds or drakes have a glossy green head and are grey on wings [...]
Meet the Model – Harry the Harvest Mouse
Most people think of the harvest mouse as the tiny red-brown animal clinging to a ripe ear of wheat, however you are just as likely to find the mouse in a reed bed or clump of cocksfoot grass in an arable field margin. The harvest mouse is the smallest rodent in Great Britain , [...]
