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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A proposed underwater AI data centre off the coast of Maine is facing a legal challenge from conservationists,who warn it could harm endangered whales, after federal regulators accepted the developer’s application for a preliminary permit oceanographicmagazine.com/news/legal-b...
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Legal bid to stop AI data centre in endangered whale habitat
After federal approval of a feasibility permit, campaigners have filed a legal challenge to stop the project
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Marine experts on the Isle of Man had a bumper year of whale and dolphin sightings this year, describing it as the best since 2010.Almost 100 sightings have been reported to the charity so far, compared to about 20 last year and eight the year before. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Bumper year' for whale and dolphin sightings
Marine experts on the Isle of Man say they have had a bumper year of whale and dolphin sightings.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Elmore Court,a Grade II listed mansion by the River Severn near Stroud,is planning a reconstruction of its land to include a new beaver enclosure as well as the introduction of wild ponies and pigs as part of a rewilding project started in 2020. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Gloucestershire estate to 'build UK's largest beaver enclosure'
The beaver habitat is due to open within two years and is part of wider rewilding efforts on the estate.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
World Rivers Day marked a breakthrough for the annual pilgrimage and wider Avon campaigning.Councillors,environmental groups,river guardians,and members of the public gathered at 11am at Parade Gardens in Bath to sign the Avon bioregional charter of river rights. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Contract between humans and river’: Bristol Avon’s rights enshrined in charter
River charters part of wider movement establishing ‘moral’ framework to protect nature and hold institutions to account
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A proposed underwater AI data centre off the coast of Maine is facing a legal challenge from conservationists,who warn it could harm endangered whales, after federal regulators accepted the developer’s application for a preliminary permit oceanographicmagazine.com/news/legal-b...
oceanographicmagazine.com
Legal bid to stop AI data centre in endangered whale habitat
After federal approval of a feasibility permit, campaigners have filed a legal challenge to stop the project
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Marine experts on the Isle of Man had a bumper year of whale and dolphin sightings this year, describing it as the best since 2010.Almost 100 sightings have been reported to the charity so far, compared to about 20 last year and eight the year before. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
'Bumper year' for whale and dolphin sightings
Marine experts on the Isle of Man say they have had a bumper year of whale and dolphin sightings.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
World Rivers Day marked a breakthrough for the annual pilgrimage and wider Avon campaigning.Councillors,environmental groups,river guardians,and members of the public gathered at 11am at Parade Gardens in Bath to sign the Avon bioregional charter of river rights. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Contract between humans and river’: Bristol Avon’s rights enshrined in charter
River charters part of wider movement establishing ‘moral’ framework to protect nature and hold institutions to account
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Elmore Court,a Grade II listed mansion by the River Severn near Stroud,is planning a reconstruction of its land to include a new beaver enclosure as well as the introduction of wild ponies and pigs as part of a rewilding project started in 2020. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Gloucestershire estate to 'build UK's largest beaver enclosure'
The beaver habitat is due to open within two years and is part of wider rewilding efforts on the estate.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
OEUK said changes to the windfall tax on energy firms and approval of the controversial Rosebank and Jackdaw fields could unlock 111 projects,attracting investment worth £50bn. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK could 'unlock' 100 more oil and gas projects, say North Sea bosses
The UK could supply half of its oil and gas needs without imports if the government showed more support for the sector, an OEUK report claims.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Scientists rediscovered long lost oyster beds on the West Coast of Scotland,they searched for the inclusion of Gaelic words for oyster or oysters eisir,eisirein and eisirean and oyster habitats like sandy banks or tidal causeways in place names around Scotland's coast. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Lost oyster beds rediscovered thanks to Gaelic and Scots language
Scientists searched for the inclusion of the Gaelic and Scots words for oyster or oysters in place-names around Scotland's coast.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The EPA said that getting rid of the majority of the climate rules from President Joe Biden's era would save $310bn (£223bn) and reduce energy prices. But environmental groups warned it would come at a huge cost to Americans' health and the planet. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
US scraps limits on emissions from coal and gas power plants
The Environment Protection Agency says the move will save the country billions of dollars and reduce energy prices.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Himalayas are approaching a dangerous threshold as glaciers melt faster, glacial lakes grow more unstable and the mountains face a widening gap in monitoring,according to new research. Himalayan glaciers are now losing mass 65% faster than they were a decade ago www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Nepal floods: The Himalayas are melting faster - and India's economy is 'at risk'
A new report warns Himalayan glaciers are melting faster, threatening India’s water, economy and communities.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
For the first time,Mongabay Latam analyzed 39 scientific studies published between 1997 and 2024 that confirm that 249 Indigenous and riverside communities in Peru, Bolivia and Brazil have been exposed to mercury contamination. mongabay1.substack.com/p/new-analys...
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New analysis maps mercury threat to 951 Amazon communities in three countries
For the first time, Mongabay Latam analyzed 39 scientific studies published between 1997 and 2024 that confirm that 249 Indigenous and riverside communities in Peru, Bolivia and Brazil have been expos...
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
An international team of experts has located eight cave sites in south west Ireland, featuring rock art dating back from at least 15,000 years ago, around 5,000 years before the previous oldest example of humans in Ireland. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Cave art discovery suggests first humans in Ireland came from Wales
During the most recent Ice Age, researchers believe there was a "lost land bridge" between Wales and Ireland.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The study tracked eight wild pangolins using VHF radio telemetry across Sabah’s Lower Kinabatangan landscape.Researchers logged over 1,200 sleeping-site observations across more than 600 distinct locations in both forest patches and agricultural areas www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/...
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Sabah study shows oil palm plantations offer inadequate shelter for Sunda pangolins
KOTA KINABALU: Critically endangered Sunda pangolins can traverse commercial oil palm plantations but remain dependent on natural forests for safe shelter, according to a newly published study.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
NatureScot said the number of burrows occupied by puffins on the Isle of May fell by 30% in the last 2 years,in a joint survey with UKCEH suggested violent storms killed a number of the birds,while rising ocean temperatures had seriously harmed populations of sand eels. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Isle of May puffin numbers plummet after extreme weather
Researchers said numbers in one of the UK's most significant colonies of the seabirds may have fallen by 30%.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The research,led by scientists from Project Seagrass,found that at least 18 million people in poverty across the Indo Pacific fish in seagrass meadows,including 6.5 million who are entirely dependent on the habitat for subsistence or fishing income. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/underwa...
oceanographicmagazine.com
Underwater meadows 'lifeline' for millions in poverty, study finds - Oceanographic
At least 18 million people living in extreme poverty across the Indo-Pacific rely on seagrass meadows to fish
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The complaint,asks the court to block planned offshore oil operations by U.K.based Rockhopper Exploration and Navitas Petroleum of Israel on the Argentine continental shelf, about 136 miles north of the Falkland Islands,which Argentina calls the Islas Malvinas. insideclimatenews.org/news/0209202...
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Lawsuit in Argentina Challenges British-Israeli Oil Project Near the Long-Disputed Falkland Islands - Inside Climate News
The complaint alleges the oil operations pose severe risks to Atlantic and Antarctic ecosystems while unlawfully exploiting Argentine resources.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Three directors of a tree-planting company have been jailed after running a £70m investment scam.They convinced around 3,000 victims to invest their savings and pensions in Ethical Forestry Ltd,with promises of"huge"returns from a tree planting operation in Costa Rica. news.sky.com/story/three-...
news.sky.com
Three fraudsters jailed after buying supercars and yacht in £70m tree-planting scam
They convinced around 3,000 victims to invest their savings and pensions into Ethical Forestry Ltd (EFL), with promises of "huge" returns from a tree-planting operation in Costa Rica.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Water companies dumped sewage for over 43,000 hours during July and August,into England's waters,data from campaigners Surfers Against Sewage shows.For over 2,000 hours,the equivalent of two and a half months of sewage poured into the country's designated bathing waters news.sky.com/story/sewage...
news.sky.com
Sewage dumped into English waters for more than 43,000 hours over summer
Across the August Bank Holiday weekend alone, sewage was discharged into bathing waters for the equivalent of 34 days.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In August 2026,in Ceuta,a small Spanish enclave situated on Morocco’s northern coast,around 72,000 people entered from Morocco over the course of two days.More than 100 drowned trying to cross into Spanish territoryand at present,as many as 5,000 remain in Ceuta. theconversation.com/ceuta-crisis...
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Ceuta crisis: anti-migrant ‘invasion’ rhetoric threatens Europe’s food supply and economy
Migrant workers are vital to Spain’s vast agriculture sector, but they are often hidden from view.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thames Water is preparing the UK’s only mainland desalination plant to restart operations later this year, The utility company said that it was hoping to start operating its plant in Beckton, east London, by the end of the year, www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Thames Water plans to restart desalination plant – after drought has ended
Utility company’s plant, which has only run five times, now has an estimated total cost of £500m
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The decision clears a path for Namibian Marine Phosphate (NMP) to advance their Sandpiper Project.Located approximately 120 Kms,off the coast of Walvis Bay,the project would dredge the seafloor to produce 3,000,000 tonnes of phosphate over a 20 year period. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/namibia...
oceanographicmagazine.com
Namibia greenlights controversial deep-sea phosphate mine project - Oceanographic
Namibian Marine Phosphate has secured initial environmental clearance, it would be the world’s first commercial deep-sea phosphate mine
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Norway's government on Monday asked the ‌country's supreme court to overturn a lower-court ruling that invalidated permits for three oilfields, in a closely watched case that could reshape how the country approves new petroleum projects. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
reuters.com
Norway asks supreme court to overturn environmental verdict against oilfields
Norway's government on Monday asked the ‌country's supreme court to overturn a lower-court ruling that invalidated permits for three oilfields, in a closely watched case that could reshape how the cou...
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A Peruvian court on Monday convicted four men of murder for hire and sentenced them to between 15 and 35 years in prison for the 2023 killing of a Indigenous Amazon rainforest defender Quinto Inuma Alvarado. apnews.com/article/peru...
apnews.com
Peru court hands lengthy prison terms in killing of Indigenous Amazon defender
A Peruvian court has convicted four men of murder-for-hire and sentenced them to between 15 and 35 years in prison for the 2023 killing of an Indigenous Kichwa leader and rainforest defender.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Welcome to the jungle,Lielaphis slashi.The newly discovered snake is named after Saul Hudson aka Slash,Guns N’ Roses’ lead guitarist.The snake’s named translates to Slash’s groundsnake in English,and honors his lifelong love of reptiles and support for museums and zoos www.popsci.com/environment/...
popsci.com
New snake species named in honor of Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash
‘Lielaphis slashi’ is a nonvenomous groundsnake discovered in the forests of New Guinea
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
An estimated 1.6 million metric tons of conventional munitions in the North Sea and Baltic Sea,a legacy of two world wars and the mass disposal of weapons after1945.As metal casings corrode they expose among the most toxic compounds in the old weapons trinitrotoluene www.dw.com/en/germany-s...
dw.com
Germany's rusting sea munitions are a toxic time bomb
Toxic chemicals from decades-old bombs are contaminating marine life in German waters. Scientists warn that the window to remove the weapons is closing.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Human caused climate change is the main driver of record high sea temperatures around Europe,scientists warn of severe risks to marine ecosystems and coastal communities.The Mediterranean averaged a record 27C in July,while waters near Mallorca reached 33 C in August www.france24.com/en/environme...
france24.com
Europe’s seas reach record heat as climate change threatens marine life
Human-caused climate change was the main driver of record-breaking sea temperatures around Europe this summer, scientists said on Wednesday, warning of severe risks to marine ecosystems and coastal co...
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Marine Biological Association said the orange, purple and white nudibranch, also known as a sea slug, was spotted by Maggs Ashton while she was diving with Ilfracombe and North Devon Sub-Aqua Club off Lundy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Colourful sea slug found off Lundy coast could be new species
A diver says the sighting was "really special" and the creature may have not been recorded before.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Owner of Hvallur hf., Kristján Loftsson announced plans to create iron supplements from whale meat in Icelandic outlet Morgunblaðið.Loftsson plans to produce this whale iron supplement as a powder, which will be sold in capsules under the name “Reyðarjárn”. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/iceland...
oceanographicmagazine.com
Whaling company announces intent to create iron supplements
Iron is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, but as Japanese demand for fin whale meat falters Loftsson is eyeing a new market.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
On August 14th South Africa's Constitutional Court set aside exploration rights held by oil giant Shell and Impact Africa,a South African oil and gas company.The ruling prevents the companies from exploring for fossil fuels off South Africa’s Wild Coast. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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South Africa’s top court blocks Shell oil exploration off country’s Wild Coast
In a landmark judgment on Aug. 14, South Africa’s Constitutional Court set aside exploration rights held by oil giant Shell and Impact Africa, a South African oil and gas company. The ruling prevents ...
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A newly seahorse species from the Indian Ocean has eluded scientists for over one hundred years.Hippocampus amandavincentae was found by an international team of researchers examining heaps of bycatch at Tuticorin harbour in southern India. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/new-spe...
oceanographicmagazine.com
New species of seahorse had eluded scientists for over a century - Oceanographic
The species was found by researchers examining heaps of bycatch in southern India. The fish had gone more than a century without detection.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The bodies of two World War Two German soldiers have been found in Budapest's Danube river,due to record-low water levels, along with their identification tags of the two soldiers,a largely intact German army Wehrmacht motorcycle, a wedding ring and a Kuban shield www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Danube river's low water levels reveal remains of WWII German soldiers in Hungary
A remarkably well-preserved motorcycle and identification tags were found alongside the bodies.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A Guernsey animal charity the GSPCA says it is caring for an orphaned common seal pup which,despite its name, is a creature rarely seen around the island.The 10kg (1.5 stone) pup is believed to be no more than a couple of weeks old. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Seal pup being cared for by Guernsey animal rescue charity
An underweight common seal pup which is rare in Guernsey is being cared for at an animal charity.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Drone footage of dozens of stingrays in the ocean off New York has captivated marine enthusiasts,offering a rare bird’s eye view of a species.The footage was captured last Friday off the coast of Southampton on Long Island by Joanna Steidle. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Drone footage shows rare bird’s-eye view of stingrays off New York coast
With wing spans up to 3ft, the shy cownose ray species typically arrive in Long Island waters in the warmer months
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Researchers studying local dolphin populations in Queensland’s Great Sandy Marine Park have documented a remarkable foraging tactic known as “shelling,” providing the first published record of this rare tool use behaviour. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/dolphin...
oceanographicmagazine.com
Dolphins recorded using sea shells to catch fish for first time
Marine researchers in Hervey Bay have captured the first evidence of East Coast dolphins using empty shells as hunting tools
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Almost 2.2 million kilograms of marine life are taken by commercial fishers annually from just a third of Australia’s Commonwealth marine parks, a Greenpeace Australia Pacific Freedom of Information Request reveals oceanographicmagazine.com/news/million...
oceanographicmagazine.com
2,200 Tonnes of marine life caught in Australia’s marine parks
An FOI request reveals over two million kilograms of marine life is extracted, increasing pressure on the Albanese government
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission,and the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida,have announced the creation of an coastal corridor,an 18m acre (7m-hectare) interconnected chain of ocean based projects and enhancements. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Can Florida’s ‘coastal corridor’ project safeguard wildlife and boost economy?
Conservationists have created a ‘coastal corridor’ of ocean-based projects designed to preserve and nourish vulnerable marine life
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Water levels in the river Danube have fallen so low this summer that sunken Nazi warships are appearing into view.Dozens of the Second World War German battleships,some still laden with weapons,have appeared in the middle of the river separating Serbia and Romania news.sky.com/story/sunken...
news.sky.com
Sunken Nazi warships emerge from the Danube as water levels drop to record lows
In the middle of the river separating Serbia and Romania near the Serbian port of Prahovo, a rusty hull is now visible, along with a broken mast where the Nazi flag once flew.
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
First scientifically described in 1836,the spiny babbler has been now been recorded across Nepal’s provinces. Ornithologists have been unable to determine why the bird does not exist outside Nepal news.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-sh...
news.mongabay.com
A shy bird found only in Nepal is waiting for the world to notice
Nepal’s shrubby hillsides are home to a medium-sized bird with brownish upperparts, distinctive black streaks from the shafts of its feathers and, sometimes, a chalky white facial patch. It’s the spin...
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Jon Bright @jonbright.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
For the first time in recorded history,NatureScot has refused to grant a licence for the annual Guga hunt the traditional harvest of Northern Gannet chicks on the remote island of Sula Sgeir off Scotland’s north-west coast. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/guga-hu...
oceanographicmagazine.com
Guga Hunt licence refused for first time in recorded history - Oceanographic
NatureScot has refused a licence for the annual Guga hunt for the first time in history, halting the harvest of Gannet chicks on Sula Sgeir.
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