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This group discusses the natural history of the British Channel Islands. It provides a forum to pose questions and find answers about the terrestrial and marine environment of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and the other islands that make up the Channel Islands.
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New book in French on all the lichens of our area!
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Hi there,
If you want to give an interesting Christmas present to someone may I suggest the following book on all the lichens in our area for only Euros 16.90 from Editions Belin!
Also National Geographic are offering through Amazon a special offer of the latest National Geographic guide to
all the birds of North America by top American birder Jon Dunn a colleague of mine based in California and... more »
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What the sea brings forth a Seal pup.
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Hi there,
On Sunday in Grouville Bay a young Grey Seal pup of less than a week old was found and photographed and sent by aircraft to the GSPCA in Guernsey.
My colleagues on the French mainland have been finding numerous individuals near us on the French coast opposite us
and looking after them at:-... more »
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Caribbean politicans required in the European Channel Isles!
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Hi there,
News from the Caribbean!
October 28, 2009
Bahamas Declares New Land and Sea Parks
On Saturday night, at the Bahamas National Trust 50th Gala Ball in Nassau, Prime Minister Hubert A. Ingraham reconfirmed his government’s commitment to the Caribbean Challenge and “the orderly expansion of our national parks system to include up to 10 percent of the terrestrial areas and 20 percent of the near-shore marine resources of the country.”... more »
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Chinese optics available.
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Hi there,
I am a member of a discussion group on Med Gulls and this message I thought may interest locals interested
in birding with a reasonably priced telescope from China with the 30 times magnification eyepiece when available!
A couple of days ago a wrote that I had seen a Chinese scope for sale in Denmark and Kjeld kindly passed the message on to the DOF who import it. I attach their reply below. For the rest I only know what I've been told and have no commercial interest in this.... more »
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What the sea brings forth
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Commercial crab and lobster fisherman Clive Brown found what looked like a block of wood covered in goose barnacles floating off Guernsey's south coast today. When he retrieved the bulky mass of goose barnacles he found they were covering a piece of communication equipment. The number 5829-99-519-7782 written on the equipment... more »
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Ringed Alderney Gannet just found opposite us in Normandy at an old age!
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Hi there,
A 17 year old Gannet was just found off Cosqueville ( Manche ) on 9th August 2009 by a fisherman dead off the French coast opposite us. It was ringed on 19th June 1993 on the Etacs off Alderney. In Jersey now two Red-breasted Geese with the feral geese behind St Ouens Pond I wondered if they are wild! If they are they are a first record for our islands.In Guernsey a Red-throated Pipit and in Jersey still lots of birds lingering like Sandwich Terns in Grouville Bay due to mild weather!Ce que j'aime de Jersey je vais vous dire..... j'en aime le tout! Victor Hugo.... more »
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bird intelligence
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There was a news story on BBC Guernsey Radio this morning about magpies grieving for their relatives and 'attending funerals' This story was picked-up from The Daily Mail. Magpies grieve for their dead (and even turn up for funerals) [link]... more »
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stingray Dasyatis pastinaca caught off Herm
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A recreational angler caught a 59 lb exactly (26.76 kgs.) female stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca, in shallow water near Vermerette off Herm's west coast (about 400 yards from Herm harbour) just before low water on the afternoon of Sunday 18 October. The ray had a total length of 124 cm and a disc width of 76 cm. The... more »
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Swallows Passing Through
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Hundred of swallows (I believe) currently feeding over the Saints Bay Valley and over the Bon Port headland in Guernsey. An amazing sight. Vanessa
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