Video PUBLISHED: 11:11 23 September 2018 | UPDATED: 11:21 23 September 2018 Chrissie Kelley, Head of Species Management at Pensthorpe at the dedicated Flamingo area of Pensthorpe Narural Park. Photo : Steve Adams Steve Adams They are pink and flamboyant but could they be the key to producing a much-loved Norfolk attraction’s first ever flamingo egg? That is what conservationists at Pensthorpe Natural Park , near Fakenham, are hoping for after introducing 20 new birds to join the park’s resident flock of 29.The new greater flamingos, which have come from Slimbridge Wetland Centre, near Gloucester, take the Pensthorpe flock beyond the “magic number 40” which, according to experts, can help to boost breeding rates.Chrissie Kelley, head of species management at Pensthorpe, said: “The birds were quickly and successfully integrated with the resident flock and I’m pleased to report that they are all doing really well. “They’re … [Read more...] about Meet the flamboyance of flamingos conservationists at Pensthorpe Natural Park are hoping will produce first ever egg
Environment
Showers will dry out during the afternoon
0 Post a comment Sunday, 23 September 2018 - Environment by The iomtoday newsdesk - Reporter [email protected] The weather forecast from the Met Office: A fresh to locally strong northwest wind today and a few showers which will largely die out during the afternoon, feeling rather cold in the wind with temperatures limited to 12 or 13 Celsius.Any remaining showers will die tonight as the wind moderates, temperatures down to 7 overnightA dry and bright day tomorrow with some sunshine, a moderate west to northwest wind at first will fall to a light southwesterly during the day and temperatures will reach 14 Add Comment … [Read more...] about Showers will dry out during the afternoon
Country diary: the ferocious beauty of two natural born killers
Shrinking out of the downpour into the inadequate shelter of an ash tree, I peered along the lane in rain-dimmed light and saw movement in the verge. A dark animal, sturdy-slender and perhaps two feet in length, appeared out of the grass and darted on to the tarmac, closely followed by another. They were pale-masked, an aura about them of fierce intent as they undulated along the road before climbing a badger track up the bank, squeezing under a wire fence, lolloping a few yards across the field and disappearing with assured speed down a rabbit burrow. That was the last I saw of them. They were the first polecats I’d seen in perhaps a year, though these beautiful, ferocious predators are common enough throughout north and west Wales. They’re just exceptionally wary and, in general, are solitary hunters, though at this time of year the spring broods form packs and hunt together, mother-cat being preoccupied with her second annual litter. My imagination slipped into that … [Read more...] about Country diary: the ferocious beauty of two natural born killers
Hackney Marshes £17million renovation completed as pavilion unveiled
PUBLISHED: 17:19 21 September 2018 | UPDATED: 17:19 21 September 2018 Sam Gelder A Pedro Youth Football Club training session in front of the new North Marshes pavilion. Picture: Gary Manhine/ Hackney Council Gary Manhine The multi-million-pound renovation of Hackney Marshes and Mabley Green has finished with the unveiling of the new pavilion and changing rooms. The North Marsh Pavilion replaces old facilities and will provide 16 new changing rooms, four officials rooms, cricket nets and a social space overlooking the cricket pitch.To mark the opening, Stoke Newington Cricket Club and the Pedro Youth Football Club trained in front of guests from the town hall, the England and Wales Cricket Board and the Football Foundation, who all helped fund the £17million project.Hackney’s group director for neighbourhoods Kim Wright said: “The new pavilion, built for the community to use, means that even more people will be able to enjoy the marshes, … [Read more...] about Hackney Marshes £17million renovation completed as pavilion unveiled
Construction work in Hackney Wick halted after complaints of odour affecting schoolchildren
PUBLISHED: 16:45 21 September 2018 | UPDATED: 16:46 21 September 2018 Sam Gelder Here East and Mossbourne Riverside Academy. Picture: Sludge G (CC BY-SA 2.0) Archant Construction work at an old studio site in Hackney Wick has been halted after complaints that odours from the ground were giving children at a nearby primary school headaches. Parents at Mossbourne Riverside Academy in the Olympic Park say the work in Wallis Road is affecting their kids as well as themselves.The Stone Studios site is an old architectural metalworks business that is being converted into luxury flats by developer Telford Homes.An environmental report found the site has elevated concentrations of arsenic, lead, and asbestos fibres. Work is not meant to be taking place during school hours, but furious parents say it has been.Following discussions with the school and Hackney Council today, Telford Homes has agreed to stop the work until it has worked out how to stop the … [Read more...] about Construction work in Hackney Wick halted after complaints of odour affecting schoolchildren