news that is just related to conservation in general I found the owl news when I was just looking for news on Spiders believe it or not.
Women attacked by what was suspected to be a tawny owl in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. she wants to raise awareness of the location where repeated attacks are occurring there
new plant once extinct back in the UK
marine areas not lining up with core habitats
Norwich
edit: Iv removed the article due to the misleading headline so that no one clicks on it and gets confused. thanks for pointing it out
I haven’t been able to find the planning application on the Wiltshire council site. Reading the news article it cites a community consultation document, so perhaps it hasn’t got as far as a planning application. I can’t find the community consultation document either.
But I suspect that the headline is incorrect. Reading between the lines the RSPB bought or otherwise acquired a farm for conversion to natural(ish) grassland. The impression I get from the article is that the proposal is to replace now unoccupied and perhaps derelict farm buildings with houses. This would be a brownfield, not greenfield, site. (Also, housing estate conjures up something more than 12 houses.)
this article goes into more detail and the titlle isnt misleading.
Iv looked for it and I cant find the document either aswell it could be that it hasnt been released to the public yet cause otherwise it would be available
there is more news here the RSPB arnt happy about it
iv added the plans aswell
the severn estuary aswell but I thought both might make for interesting reads or conversation
That tidal project is a “rainy day” thing.
The further out to sea you go with the outer wall the better the chances of making more than one lagoon for the water to flow in and out of.
Three lagoons gives you 24/7 power as you can keep one full to run at low tide and another empty to give power at high tide and then a main lagoon that runs the rest of the time.
If the outer wall was far enough out to sea it could have an outer skin consisting of cone shaped holes with one way air valves in the bases connected by a pipe to a compressed air power station to get more power.
The off set tide times in the different parts of the lagoon system would give birds more choice as to where they feed.
It would be good but very expensive.
I would expect that a tidal barrage could be operated with minimal disruption to mudflat ecosystems (construction might be a different matter); perhaps the effect on migratory fish species would be the greater issue.
I have in the past seen hydro dams with a chain of pools around the side with a feed of pumped water flowing through it. The fish were meant to follow the flow up. The fry tend to be small enough that they pass through the turbines.
With the Bristol channel there will also be lock gates for fish to pass through.
those are interesting ideas
