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Oak Processionary Moth - a UK health threat?

Oak Processionary Moth – a UK health threat?

by Angus, 6 May, 2010, 4 comments

The eggs of the Oak Processionary Moth (OPM) have just hatched into tiny caterpillars (mid to late April). These caterpillars go around in gangs of about 200 eating oak leaves and they follow each other in long columns - hence the name which is also in the Latin version, Thaumetopoea processionea. Read more...

Cuckoo Trouble

Cuckoo Trouble

by Chris, 26 March, 2010, 0 comments

Compiled in the UK by organisations such as the RSPB and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO ), the Red List records birds that are considered critically endangered. Over the last few years the number of birds on the Red List has grown from 40 to 52, including the yellow wagtail, the lapwing and the wood warbler. A recent addition is the cuckoo. Read more...

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