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An abandoned refrigerator has led to complaints at Cavello Bay, Somerset.
One resident, who asked not to be named, told The Royal Gazette: “The residents of Cavello Bay are very upset and concerned.
“Some exceedingly uncaring person has discarded an...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Bermuda was represented as conservation officers and scientific researchers from around the world teamed up for a conference in Gibraltar.
Best practice tips were exchanged and partnerships forged with the aim of securing wildlife and ecosystems in t...
DATE: Aug 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Even though three common tern eggs have now hatched on a buoy in St George’s Harbour, former conservation officer David Wingate is urging the public to stay clear of the nesting site.
Dr Wingate said the chicks “remain extremely vulnerable to distur...
DATE: Jul 28, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Coral expert Thad Murdoch has warned that Bermuda’s reef system would end up a flat, algae-covered rockscape if parrotfish were fished to any great lengths.
He was speaking after the Fisheries Department found more than 40 speared parrotfish, a prot...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Discarded glass and plastics bottles strewn along the coastline have become a death trap for one of the Island’s most endangered animals.
Earlier this summer, wildlife ecologist Mark Outerbridge and British student Helena Turner embarked on a pioneer...
DATE: Jul 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Photographer and TV icon Reg Grundy OBE has launched a new book of wildlife that includes Bermuda longtails.
Mr Grundy is renowned locally for his photographs of the Island’s white-tailed tropicbird, which adorned the walls of LF Wade International A...
DATE: Jul 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Work to replace a sewage plant responsible for a “terrible smell” at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute is due to begin this month.
Neighbours of the Devonshire facility have complained about the odour for several years and raised concerns it was li...
DATE: Jul 01, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A community garden on the Southlands property will be ready this Autumn but work must still be done before the site can be named a national park.
While the project was described as a step towards the South Shore property becoming a park, Public Works...
DATE: Jul 01, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Environmental groups have hit out at “irresponsible” and “disrespectful” partygoers who left piles of broken glass, rusty nails and other trash at Southlands beach on Saturday.
Anne Hyde, director of Keep Bermuda Beautiful, has contacted the Bermuda ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A rarely seen waterfowl has called on Bermuda for only the second time in the Island’s history, prompting astonishment at the Bermuda Audubon Society.
The West Indian Whistling Duck, last spotted here in 1907, was sighted by Crista Smith at Tobacco B...
DATE: Jun 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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