DRUNK SQUIRREL

IN HONEYBOURNE RAILWAY CLUB-EV ,WORC,A MAN IS CLAIMING A DRUNK SQUIRREL CAUSED OVER 300 POUNDS WORTH OF DAMAGE AFTER BEING LOCKED OVERNIGHT.AT FRIST THE DAMAGE WAS THOUGHT TO BE A ROBBERY BUT THE OWNER WAS A SLUGGISH SQUIRREL RUN AWAY.

IS WELS CATFISH REALLY THE TRUE NESSIE/

YES ITS BACK IN THE NEWS -NESSIE - LOCH NESS MONSTER .THIS TIME -STEVE FELTHAM - A MAN WHO HAS SPENT HALF HIS LIFE LOOKING FOR NEESIE SAYS ITS A WELS CATFISH - WHICH CAN GROW UP TO 13 FT AND WEIGH UP TO 62 ST .THE WELS CATFISH WAS INTRODUCED TO UK LAKES FROM EUROPE BY THE VICTORIANS.AS MANY OF YOU KNOW POST READER THE LEGEND OF NESSIE DATES BACK TO 6 TH CENTURY AND RESURFACED IN 1930,S.I DONT BELIEVE THIS MYSELF AS SIGHTINGS OF NESSIE MAINLY SAY HE OR SHE HAS A LONG NECK.PICTURE IS OF A WELS CATFISH.

WHERE ARE YOU MR.GLOW WORM?

LIKE THIS ARTICLE IN NORTH DEVON JOURNAL -THURSDAY 16,JULY,2015 -PAGE 5.THE NORTH DEVON BIOSPHERE IS CONDUCTING A GLOW WORM SURVEY DUE TO NUMBERS DECLINING .THIS MAY BE DUE PESTICIDES,LIGHT POLLUTION.ONLY THE FEMALE ATRACT MALES NORMALLY CAN BE SEEN MAY TO SEPTEMBER ,PEAK OF ACTIVITY IS JULY.PREFER LONG GRASS ,FOOTPATH EDGES ,ROAD VERGES ,GARDENS,HEDGEROWS.TO TAKE PART IN SURVEY TO NORTHDEVONBIOSPHERE.ORG.UK

Dangers of Giant Hogweed-Heracleum mantegazzianum

Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) contains toxic sap that can cause severe burns.

At 20ft tall with dinner table sized leaves Giant Hogweed is an impressive plant that was once planted in gardens.  However, it is highly invasive and has spread throughout the whole of Great Britain, primarily favouring river banks but also other areas such as parks, cemeteries and wasteland.

The sap of Giant Hogweed contains toxic chemicals known as furanocoumarins.  When these come into contact with the skin, and in the presence of sunlight, they cause a condition called phyto-photodermatitis: a reddening of the skin, often followed by severe burns and blistering.  The burns can last for several months and even once they have died down the skin can remain sensitive to light for many years.

Every year there are press articles about gardeners, contractors, ramblers, children and others that have been hurt by this plant, just like this one:

• The Sun - Burned nurse in toxic sap warning

	Find out more about Giant Hogweed through the Non-native Species Information Portal
	More images of Giant Hogweed
	Download the Giant Hogweed identification sheet-http://www.nonnativespecies.org/?pageid=152

RARE HUMMINGBIRD MOTH IN HOLSWORTHY.

A RARE HUMMINGBIRD HAWK MOTH WAS SEEN AT WEDNESDAYS PANNIER MARKET IN HOLSWORTHY .A PICTURE OF THE MOTH WAS TAKEN BY LOCAL MARTIN PRENTICE IN HOLSWORTHY POST LAST WEEK- THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN BY PENNYTONES STALL -STADDON FARM NURSERY.A NATIVE OF AFRICA BUT SEEN COMMONLY IN U.K DURING WARMER CLIMATE.THE MOTH RESEMBLES A HUMMINGBIRD AS IT FLIES RAPIDLY BETWEEN PLANTS .IT HAS FOREWINGS THAT ARE GREYISH-BROWN,BLACK AND WHITE CHECKERED BODY.LOG YOUR BUTTERFLY SIGHTINGS AT -BUTTERFLY-CONSERVATION.ORG/SIGHTINGS/MAP/1087.

LAST MALE RHINO STANDING -SUDAN

WHAT MAKES SUDAN A 3 TON WHITE RHINO BE GUARDED BY ARMED RANGERS.THE ANSWER IS HE IS THE ONLY MALE NORTHERN WHITE RHINO ON THE PLANET.DUE TO POACHERS-WORTH OF HIS HORN IS 47,000 POUNDS A KILO- USED IN ASIAN MEDICINE.IT IS HOPED HE WILL MATE WITH 2 FEMALES -FATU AND NAJIN.SUDAN WAS MOVED TO KENYA FROM A CZECH ZOO IN 2009 TO JOIN A BREEDING PROGRAMME WITH A FELLOW MALE SUNI-WHO DIED LAST YEAR.ONLY 5 IN NUMBERS - 2 FEMALES IN ZOOS- 3 KENYA - 1 MALE SUDAN IS ONE OF THAT THREE.

SPACE NEWS

N.A.S.A MISSION -NEW HORIZON IS THE FRIST TO THE PLANET PLUTO WHICH IS STILL A MYSTERY SINCE SPOTTED IN 1930.THE CRAFT IS CARRYING THE ASHES OF PLUTO DISCOVERER -CLYDE TOMBAUGH- AND ALREADY BEEN IN FLIGHT FOR 9 YEARS.IT WILL COME WIHIN 7,8000 MILES OF PLUTO BUT IS GOING TO FAST IT CANOT GO INTO ORBIT.