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By Jill Dando News This lovely sunny weather has been great for getting outside, and cheering us all up, but it can make life harder for our local wildlife. Birds, hedgehogs, bees, and other garden visitors may find it tough to get enough water or shade. The good news is
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By Jill Dando News Royal Air Force base’s partnership with Cornish charity Prickles and Paws is helping the region’s hedgehog population to flourish Prickles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue is delighted to share that it has released over 100 hedgehogs back into the wild at RAF St Mawgan since
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By Jill Dando News The sights, sounds, and smells of British woodlands have been proven to uplift our mood and wellbeing, new research shows. An overwhelming 90% of more than 10,000 people surveyed for the study, supported by the Woodland Trust, reported that wildlife in the UK’s woodlands
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By Evie, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent The Big Garden Birdwatch is an annual event which has been around since 1979; 46 years running! In the UK, over 600,000 people were involved in 2024. This is an event created completely for the enjoyment and pleasure of bird spotting and
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You were always toad you it was good to be kind. Now selfless volunteers are putting it into practise by helping toads across the road. Teams of people are scouring the undergrowth for the camouflaged creatures who make trips of several miles once dusk falls and the weather is damp
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By Animal Correspondent, Jill Dando News They have been rapidly in decline but now it seems there is a fightback by the humble hedghog. Garden sightings of the creatures up two percentage points, according to Gardeners’ World magazine readers. According to a survey by BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, hedgehog sightings
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By Animal Correspondent, Jill Dando News - FULL STORY SEE: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/03/elephant-calf-separated-from-herd-in-india-is-reunited-with-mother A baby elephant who was separated from his mother and the rest of his herd in a wildlife park in Tamil Nadu, south India, has been reunited with them by park
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By Jill Dando News A kangaroo pic has won a top comedy award. The funniest and most popular photography competition in the world –The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has reached its conclusion and is proud to announce that the OVERALL WINNER of this year’s competition is Jason Moore, for
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By Zoe, 14, Jill Dando News @ TKASA After having an interview with a helper at the centre, TKASA’s Jill Dando News Centre reporters visited Secret World to see what goes on behind the scenes. At Secret World they work very hard to help wildlife recover so they can be
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By Jill DANDO News Conservationists in Mozambique are excited by the return of the rhino, an animal that became extinct locally 40 years ago. Rhinos are endangered, following decades of habitat loss and poaching. Conservation groups are relocating them to safe spaces where they will hopefully be able to breed