July A gamekeeper on a Scottish grouse estate is fined £10,000 and given a suspended prison sentence after being found in possession of a hen harrier egg. On the neighbouring nature reserve, run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, three golden eagles, a sea eagle, an osprey Read more
Energy firm confirms wind turbines need to draw electricity from grid at times, but point out that all power stations use electricity as well as generating it http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/windpower/11319763/Offshore-wind-farms-drawing-electricity-from-grid-to-keep-turning-in-icy-conditions.html
Winter, with its roaring winds and plunging temperatures, is the season which reminds us most visibly of the relative fragility of our electricity supplies. But while the pylons striding across Scotland are battered by gales and teams of maintenance engineers fight blizzards to keep our lights on, an even more Read more