the online meeting place for all who love our amphibians and reptiles
Home Page Live Forums Archived Forums Site Search Identify Record Donate Projects Links
Forum Home Forum Home > News > Latest News
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Seen an interesting news item?
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Seen an interesting news item?

 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 21222324>
Author
Message
Hawley View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 113
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Hawley Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Oct 2015 at 3:50pm
Disapearing Britain on Channel 4 at 9pm on Thursday 22 Oct will feature a piece on the Greenham Common adders, should be worth watching.................
Back to Top
Hawley View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 113
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Hawley Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Jan 2016 at 4:22pm
Interesting website about a chap who made his own lizard flooring system....

http://danceswithferrets.org/geekblog/?p=154
Back to Top
Liz Heard View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 27 Apr 2010
Location: South West
Status: Offline
Points: 1429
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Liz Heard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Aug 2017 at 7:02pm
For anyone who hasn't heard....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-somerset-40832150/alligator-found-at-chew-valley-lake

How irresponsible to release it. Lucky it was spotted and caught.
Back to Top
Suzi View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 1025
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Suzi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Aug 2017 at 1:40pm
Alligator! How stupid, and what repercussions if they can live in our climate. Hopefully there was only one.
Suz
Back to Top
Hawley View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 113
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Hawley Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Aug 2017 at 4:19pm
New grass snake in UK???  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40853286
Back to Top
Iowarth View Drop Down
Admin Group
Admin Group
Avatar

Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Status: Offline
Points: 743
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Iowarth Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Aug 2017 at 4:43pm
Chris Davis, Site Administrator

Co-ordinator, Sand Lizard Captive Breeding Programme (RETIRED)
Back to Top
Liz Heard View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 27 Apr 2010
Location: South West
Status: Offline
Points: 1429
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Liz Heard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Oct 2018 at 9:33am
Hi folks

Spotted this in yesterday's I newspaper:





Cheers
Ben
Back to Top
Suzy View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 1447
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Suzy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Oct 2018 at 12:02pm
Interesting. Wonder if it can detect GCNs as separate from the other newt species. 
Suz
Back to Top
Caleb View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 11 Apr 2011
Status: Offline
Points: 660
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Caleb Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 12:22pm
Originally posted by Suzy Suzy wrote:

Interesting. Wonder if it can detect GCNs as separate from the other newt species. 

I corresponded for a while with someone who was training GCN detection dogs- they trained them exclusively on crested newts, and were expecting them to detect only GCN. 

GCN do have a distinctive smell- it's been described as like 'bruised poppy-heads' or horseradish. 
Back to Top
Suzy View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 1447
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Suzy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 12:54pm
Fascinating! I guess it's hard to imagine how powerful a dog's sense of smell is compared to ours. 

Edited by Suzy - 09 Oct 2018 at 12:43pm
Suz
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 21222324>
  Share Topic   

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 11.06
Copyright ©2001-2016 Web Wiz Ltd.

This page was generated in 1.250 seconds.