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Ten micro forests have been planted across the island as part of a Bermuda Zoological Society programme
DATE: Jan 19, 2023
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 1,400 whales migrate past Bermuda according to research which highlights potential risks caused by human activity
DATE: Jan 17, 2023
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work to establish thriving cahow colonies on Nonsuch Island continued to pay off in 2022 with the island now home to the second-largest population of the critically endangered birds.
Jeremy Madeiros, the Department of Environment and Natural Resource...
DATE: Jan 04, 2023
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A forest of casuarinas and hundreds of pounds of debris have been cleared from Bermuda’s largest fortification as part of a clean-up of the historic Fort Victoria.
The fortification once watched over the town of St George but sections were destroyed ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2023
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A rare cousin of Bermuda’s iconic longtail returned to the island last year – but neither of the eggs known to have been laid successfully hatched.
Miguel Mejias said in the latest edition of the Bermuda Audubon Society newsletter that at least four ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2023
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 10-acre plot of land home to invasive plants and sheep could open as the island’s newest nature reserve in 2024.
Buy Back Bermuda – a collaborative initiative by the Bermuda National Trust and the Bermuda Audubon Society – announced earlier this ye...
DATE: Dec 30, 2022
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda National Trust wants to make a Warwick nature reserve a stronghold for native and endemic species, according to a Conservation Management Plan.
The voluntary plan, submitted to the Department of Planning this week, is intended to set ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A young bald eagle that arrived on the island in March was still on the hunt this autumn, according to the Bermuda Audubon Society.
The society said the predator was last spotted over the Mid-Ocean Golf Club in mid-November.
In the autumn edition of ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Environmental groups have launched formal objections in an effort to halt the construction of a parking lot and events lawn on a national park.
The Bermuda Audubon Society and the Bermuda National Trust have objected to the proposal’s use of the sout...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Birdwatchers are set to have a busy week as 25 citizen scientists with the Bermuda Audubon Society carry out the annual bird count.
The weeklong event started on Wednesday, with the main count day taking place on today.
A spokeswoman for the society ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2022
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes