Category: Conservation
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ON THE PINGO TRAIL

8th June 2024 A pingo is a geological phenomenon found in some of the coldest parts of the world. It is a small, dome-shaped hill that forms on flat areas of permafrost when water from an underground aquifer freezes into a lens of ice below the surface. The overlying soil and sediment is pushed…
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SEARCHING FOR THE LAST WILLOW TITS

No one would say a Willow Tit was a glamorous bird. Few people will ever see one, and even fewer would be impressed by one if they did. Closely related to the Chickadees of North America, it is mostly pale brown with a black cap and chin. Its call is harsh and unattractive. When it…