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Two snow geese blown in by high winds have found a temporary home on St George’s golf course.
Paul Watson, a keen birdwatcher, said: “They were on the promontory near Blackbeard’s early Friday afternoon and, on Friday evening, they were on the old 13...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
An unseen episode of a Bermudian-based marine wildlife programme with the late veterinarian Neil Burnie’s narration will be broadcast next week.
The Ocean Vet Turtles episode, starring Dr Burnie and conservationist Choy Aming, was filmed before Dr Bu...
DATE: Apr 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
As a result of the precautions being taken to limit the potential threats associated with Covid-19, Earth Hour activities around the world have taken on an entirely different format.
Greenrock Chairman Eugene Dean said,? “Our observance of Earth Hour...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
A west end nature reserve is to get a makeover.
The Bermuda Audubon Society said a “major restoration project” at the Somerset Long Bay Nature Reserve was launched to tackle vines and cow cane that had overrun the reserve.
Karen Border, the society’s...
DATE: Mar 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Greenrock is spearheading local efforts to recognize Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28th from 8:30 - 9:30pm in the midst of growing concerns about the global impact of Covid-19. The way the global community is rallying together in an effort to halt th...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Hidden cameras on a nature reserve have recorded the hatching of another cahow chick, the second this season.
JP Rouja, the Nonsuch Expeditions team leader, said the bird broke free from its egg on Nonsuch Island on Sunday with researchers, students ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pond filled in almost eight decades ago is to be reborn as a nature reserve.
Excavators have moved in to the site of Eve’s Pond, at Shelly Bay in Hamilton Parish, as a first step towards the recreation of the pond and a three-and-a-half acre reserv...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian park has joined a scheme to preserve forests in Commonwealth countries.
The Walsingham Nature Reserve, known as Tom Moore’s Jungle, is the first in a British Overseas Territory to be accepted by the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy. The QCC, a...
DATE: Mar 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Public Works is supporting the Free E-Waste & TAG Recycling Drop-Off Day event being sponsored by Somerset Cricket Club (SCC) on Saturday, March 7 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the club premises.
The public, specifically Somerset residen...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Viewers around the world watched a critically endangered cahow chick hatch in Bermuda at the weekend.
Nonsuch Expedition’s CahowCam project broadcast a hatching live from Nonsuch Island on Friday night — the eighth year cameras have been used to stre...
DATE: Mar 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes