Identification Rings News Today

Plans for a huge disney—style theme park have been proposed for the swanscombe peninsula, which is home to rare bees, orchids, water voles and nightingales. 0ur environment correspondent, yvette austin, reports. one for you to do. volunteers from the british trust for 0rnithology having a field day on the swanscombe peninsula. slowly and gently they are building a picture of the variety of species on the site earmarked for a theme park. this is a reed warbler. all summer terry has been expertl...

Also summer terry has been expertly putting identification rings on the legs of birds he has caught. more than a70 so far, including endangered species like cuckoos and linnets. a bird the hand is definitely worth two in the bush. i knew from experience there is a real density of breeding bird population here and it needs to be proved categorically so no developer can ever argue against it again. the campaign against building the london resort theme park here has been gathering pace. particularl...