MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Another successful year for Hen Harrier breeding in England foreignaffairs.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from foreignaffairs.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A FUNDRAISER has completed an incredible 100-mile run in one day - and pulled in a whopping £35,000 for charity by taking on the challenge. Harry Townshend recently completed a 100-mile run around Dorset, the equivalent of running from Bournemouth to London, or powering through almost four marathons one after another, to raise raising more than £35,000 for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). Harry, a 36-year-old father of two from London, said a passion for the “wonderful scenery and biodiversity” of the British countryside and a “running obsession” led him to take on the challenge of completing the run in just 24 hours. He set off from Abbotsbury on the coast at 7am on Saturday 10 and, pushing through pain, poor weather and darkness and arrived at the finish line, back in Abbotsbury, before 7am on Sunday, July 11.
Barn owls are amongst the most beloved of British birds, and scientists at the Owl Box Initiative are trying to understand them better. Although not an endangered species, the barn owl is a top predator and key indicator of biodiversity health. Creating farmland habitats where their prey can thrive, should in turn benefit barn owls and help many other species too. A community project run by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is working with 100 farmers across Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset to provide extra nesting sites and carefully monitor the owls to find out what they like to eat and how and where they like to hunt.
Yorkshire birdlife boosted by government grant thetelegraphandargus.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thetelegraphandargus.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.