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Category: Wildlife

Posted on February 15, 2019February 15, 2019

Come and have a hoot at the Yeovil Country Park Bird Trail

This February half term between Saturday 16th and Sunday 24th, South Somerset District Council’s Countryside Rangers are running their self-led bird trail that will test your bird identification skills as you follow the bird arrows into woods of Ninesprings. Full story: Read more

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Posted on February 14, 2019

Help Save this Year’s Little Tern Chicks on Chesil Beach

Photo: Thali Hamilton

The RSPB and partners launch an urgent Just Giving appeal to raise the money needed to run the annual Little Tern Recovery Project at Chesil Beach this summer, due to a shortfall in grant funding. Full story: Read more

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Posted on November 26, 2018

SOMERSET’S BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE LAUNCHES TO PROTECT THE COUNTY’S HERONS

Grey Heron. Photo: Graham Hall

Somerset Wildlife Trust’s project ‘Homes for Herons’ has been selected to take part in The Big Give Christmas Challenge – the UK’s biggest online match funding campaign –  which helps charities raise funds for good causes during a week-long campaign. Full story: Read more

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    Final preparations are underway for Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, the first of Somerset's eight main carnivals on the autumn circuit.
  • Mum's plea as rugby player missing for four years November 6, 2026
    Levi Davis disappeared during a trip to Spain in 2022 and his family are still searching for answers.
  • Barnaby Webber's family demands end to data breaches November 5, 2026
    Families described the unauthorised access of confidential medical records as an "abuse of power".
  • Man given indefinite hospital order after killing November 5, 2026
    Graham Janes fatally attacked Colin Lawson while he was suffering from mental health difficulties in 2025.
  • Loading shovel operator still working at 80 November 5, 2026
    Colin Shearn has just turned 80, but has no plans to retire from his job as a loading shovel operator for Pennys Group at Green Ore on the Mendips.

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  • 'Carnival is more like a lifestyle than just a hobby' November 6, 2026
    Final preparations are underway for Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, the first of Somerset's eight main carnivals on the autumn circuit.
  • Mum's plea as rugby player missing for four years November 6, 2026
    Levi Davis disappeared during a trip to Spain in 2022 and his family are still searching for answers.
  • Barnaby Webber's family demands end to data breaches November 5, 2026
    Families described the unauthorised access of confidential medical records as an "abuse of power".
  • Man given indefinite hospital order after killing November 5, 2026
    Graham Janes fatally attacked Colin Lawson while he was suffering from mental health difficulties in 2025.
  • Loading shovel operator still working at 80 November 5, 2026
    Colin Shearn has just turned 80, but has no plans to retire from his job as a loading shovel operator for Pennys Group at Green Ore on the Mendips.

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  • How computer game Worms went from classroom to classic November 6, 2026
    Creator Andy Davidson speaks to the BBC about how he created a game that sold 70 million copies.
  • Uncertainty for international pupils after school closure November 6, 2026
    Leweston School in Dorset housed more than 20 international students before its closure.
  • Your guide to Remembrance events across the South November 6, 2026
    Events are due to take place in Hampshire, Dorset, the Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
  • Iron-age ruler King Verica actually a woman November 5, 2026
    The discovery re-writes the history of the Roman invasion in 43 AD.
  • Nature reserve fire spreads across seven hectares November 5, 2026
    A wildfire on Canford Heath nature reserve spread rapidly due to high winds on Wednesday night.
  • 10 years in the making - Billam-Smith's revenge mission November 5, 2026
    Former crusierweight world champion Chris Billam-Smith is hoping to get one over his old amateur rival Cheavon Clarke when the two meet on Saturday at London’s Copper Box Arena.
  • Cherries match in Prague 'pinch me moment' for fan November 5, 2026
    Thursday's Europa League game will see the Cherries play Sparta Prague at epet ARENA.
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