Hampshire mammal group have their open day and AGM tomorrow (26th November) in Shawford village hall from 10am-3:30pm. Please contact Ruth Kernohan (Ruth.Kernohan@hiwwt.org.uk )and take your own lunch. There will be 4 speakers: Helen Meech – The work of rewilding Britain; Ali Morse – Connecting rivers to their floodplains; Penny Green – Re-wilding at the Knepp estate; Any Quayle – Re-wilding in Europe.
Orangutan appeal UK studentship grants up to £1500 for research projects that support primate conservation in Borneo, especially those using camera trapping. The study must be conducted by the end of September 2017. The deadline for applications is 31st March 2017. If you would like more details, please contact me and I will pass them on to you.
Georgia Harper says “I just found this video of a prinia parent discarding a cuckoo egg from her nest, thought you might like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs74awxqKkg”
(SEEN contributor of the week, sadly the only contributor – many, many thanks, Georgia!)
Fantastic beasts – I went to watch the film this week and thought that the conservation message was good. Information about muggle (or no-maj) fantastic beasts here http://www.savingspecies.org/2016/fantastic-beasts-on-screen-and-in-the-natural-world/ and here http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/11/harry-potter-fantastic-beasts-animals/
Climate change led to the evolution of reptiles http://theconversation.com/fossil-footprints-give-glimpse-of-how-ancient-climate-change-drove-the-rise-of-reptiles-69067?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1479990358
Signals from female bird plumage https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161123143901.htm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Episodic memory in dogs https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/dogs-form-memories-experiences
80,000 reindeer have starved to death due to Arctic sea ice retreat https://www.newscientist.com/article/2112958-80000-reindeer-have-starved-to-death-as-arctic-sea-ice-retreats/?utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=hootsuite&utm_campaign=standard
The sparrow with 4 sexes http://www.nature.com/news/the-sparrow-with-four-sexes-1.21018?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews
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