RSPB Guildford & District Local Group

Smart feeders from a Swedish startup reward birds with grains when they bring trash like cigarette butts and bottle caps.

The world’s oldest living land animal - the Seychelles giant tortoise named Jonathan - has recently celebrated his 192nd birthday. He was basically born ~30 years before the US Civil War started.

Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct, marking the first official loss of a bird species in the country for two decades: bit.ly/3L4TkBl

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Jonah Atkinson (12) killed this bear cub in Montgomery County. While the cub was busy eating acorns. A shoulder shot ended his short life. Loser parents & kid. #BanTrophyHunting RT @SARA2001NOOR @Angelux1111 @Gail7175 @Lin11W @Protect_Wldlife @PhaedraXTeddy

Starmer ducks the question about the Cherwell waste dump at PMQ’s. Asked specifically whether he will instruct the Environment Agency to clean it up now, Starmer mumbles about finding the perpetrators, but effectively repeats the EA’s claim that they can only begin the clear up once the perpetrators are found & prosecuted (so the EA can recover their costs). This is unacceptable. The government can give a direction to the EA to begin clear up works immediately (as they did at Hoads Wood), so if this waste pile sits there for years leaching pollution into the river, Labour will be squarely responsible for the continued failure to clean it up.

Huge fall in Gyr Falcon population in Iceland rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Hug…

Please take a few seconds and sign this petition to save our birds and wildlife. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7442…

Halloween artificial cobweb material: It may be a bit of fake fun for you, but it's a very real and terrifying death for them. And it's not only birds. I've had my first call of the season of a hedgehog trapped in this horrific fake 'cobweb', made especially for gullible halloweeners to spread over their greenery, trapping all unsuspecting birds, insects and mammals, including hedgehogs. The fine synthetic fibers are difficult for animals to see and can quickly wrap around their legs, spines, and neck, leading to severe injuries. When a hedgehog struggles to free herself the web tightens, cutting off circulation and causing deep wounds. These constriction injuries often lead to permanent damage or death. Unfortunately the call was from Manchester, so all I could do was talk them through getting the poor creature to a rescue. Clearly she had been trapped there for at least one night, and her struggles had pulled the strong nylon strands so tightly that one of her toes had been amputated. Can you imagine the pain and the sheer terror? And then seeing dawn approach, while hanging there, tightly bound and helpless. Aside from being stressed, dehydrated, starving and exhausted to the point of near death, she also had horrific bite/peck wounds to her face, where she had been held there, helpless, unable to curl and defend herself, while a predator tried to eat her alive. If you have used this deadly cruel trap to 'decorate' your garden, please take it down now. Please don't be conned by the greedy makers and sellers of this rubbish into hurting defenceless animals.

A huge Glossy Ibis influx is currently under way across Britain and Ireland, with large flocks appearing and all modern records for the species being broken. Josh Jones reports on the extraordinary events of the last few days: bit.ly/4mXKhjp

Deadline extended until 20th August ..

Deadline: 1st Aug '25 25/P/00967 - 110 acres, proposed mixed-use forestry & sustainable eco-retreat - 32 tourist cabin accommodations & facilities, landscaping, parking & access. Netherlands Wood, Albury Estate, Gld, GU5 9TE @SurreyBirdNews @BirdGuides publicaccess.guildford.gov.uk/online-applica…