Wildlife & countryside news – Page 6

Incorporating The Ranger's Blog

Can you account for your dinner?

There aren’t many perks to being a Ranger – just doing the job is enough, of course. But yesterday this

By The Hampshire Ponderer The Ponderer cheerfully admits to being a religious person with a lifelong admiration for science and

Sometimes, the name of a species isn’t really very informative. Oonops pulcher, for example (a spider), means ‘beautiful egg-eyes’. Not

Today was Tony Blair’s last day as Prime Minister. Good or bad, he’s had an eventful time at the top.

Now this looks like fun: English Country Walks Blog has published a video and full instructions on how to perform

The Ranger spent much time in his youth, as do most if not all young rangers, erecting fences, usually the

There’s a buzz going about… and it’s created by a load of hornets. Regular readers will know about the Asian

Parasite! The very word is an insult. But is that entirely fair to parasites? Have parasites just had a bad

A few weeks ago The Ranger was visiting Parkhurst Forest to inspect the excellent squirrel hide there when he came

Yes, in Holland the wind farm debate is just getting going – after 200 years of windmills they’ve had enough.