http://www.glisglis.co.uk Blog of a sleepy dormouse Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:19:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tagged by Andrew: Pick up the nearest book. Open to page 123 Find the fifth sentence. Post the next three sentences. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you. "It feeds mainly on insects, which include earwigs, gall-insects, beetles, moths, ants, blow-flies and tipulid flies. It also eats spiders, centipedes and worms, while its vegetable food ... http://www.glisglis.co.uk/2008/04/25/book-meme/ ...And the April Fool effort prize goes to the BBC for their flying penguins =D http://www.glisglis.co.uk/2008/04/01/54/ Hurray, the water vole will finally receive full protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act! http://www.glisglis.co.uk/2008/02/28/53/ The new UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UKBAP) priority species list was released a couple of weeks ago. Browsing through websites and forums, one article caught my attention, as it asked 'why are herring gulls on the list, but not golden eagles'. I have no involvement with UKBAP, therefore this is just ... http://www.glisglis.co.uk/2007/09/17/ukbap/ Over the next few months, Dorset Wildlife Trust are auctioning signed pictures of butterflies drawn by loads of celebrities, including Katie Melua, Graham Norton, Ricky Gervais - go have a look at their eBay page! =) http://www.glisglis.co.uk/2007/09/17/50/ Nirah is a new proposed "freshwater sanctuary" near Bedford. The overall concept is very appealing, although I haven't quite made up my mind about it yet. It looks Eden Projecty, but a bit more commercial (with the water rides and 4D cinema stuck on). It's definitely a good idea to ... http://www.glisglis.co.uk/2007/06/03/nirah/ GM protesters vainly toil in soil Environmental activists have apologised to a farmer after planting thousands of organic potatoes in a field which they had mistaken for a crop trial site. Hehe that sums it up nicely... full of admirable but somewhat misinformed enthusiasm =P Not that you're going to ... http://www.glisglis.co.uk/2007/04/24/47/ Creationist museum challenges evolution "On a rocky ledge, there is a pair of small theropods - young T. rex individuals, we're told. And near to them ("hold onto your hat", says Ken, anticipating our disbelief) there are two human children playing by a stream. Most geologists would say humans and dinosaurs ... http://www.glisglis.co.uk/2007/04/14/come-and-feed-children-to-the-dinosaurs/ Hehe you should always listen to Dr Who ;) Today's episode demonstrated that traffic congestion causes you to sing hymns and give birth to kittens, before being eaten by a giant crab ;) http://www.glisglis.co.uk/2007/04/14/new-reasons-for-road-tax/ Following on from an earlier post, do I want to buy fairtrade bananas in non-recyclable packaging, or normal bananas in no packaging? Possibly the best answer is no bananas, but I need my potassium ;) http://www.glisglis.co.uk/2007/03/11/food-ponderings/