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World’s rarest turtle washed ashore
This young turtle was found freshly dead on 9th December, the day after the big storm, and was originally identified as a Loggerhead. However, experts have now re-identified it as Britain’s 36th record of Kemp’s Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii). A few days later, a second individual was found on a beach in Ceredigion, West Wales…. »
Accidental death of young falcon
Recent reports in some newspapers regarding the death of a young Peregrine Falcon have caused concern here on Tiree. A visitor to the Island, staying with relatives, found the bird dead at the foot of an electrical pole in their garden and called John Bowler, the RSPB Officer, who, as Peregrine Falcons are protected informed… »
Beetle Bonanza and Bumblebee Safari’s
Coll and Tiree provided a ‘hive’ of activity, with experts converging on the islands during National Insect Week. Visitors included Bob Dawson representing the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and a group of four entomologists; including Darren Mann (Oxford University Museum of Natural History), Geoff Hancock (Hunterian Museum, Glasgow), Garth Foster (Aquatic Coleoptera Conservation Trust) and Jeanne… »
