This past week, travellers in Rome may have spotted cardinals frequenting their favourite restaurants. Just before the last papal election in 2013, Italian media reported that many of these men were making the time to visit a particular neighbourhood favourite, Al Passetto di Borgo, a family-run eatery located 200m from Saint Peter’s Basilica, where Cardinal Donald William … Read more
Last week, Richard Thompson, chair of the National Drought Group, warned that water companies may need to bring in water restrictions to protect supplies if the dry weather continues. At the moment the key questions are when will it next rain and when it does, how much will there be. There are some signs that … Read more
Many of the UK’s rivers have hit exceptionally low levels and that could worsen in the next three months, according to the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), raising questions over supplies to households, farmers and businesses. The warning comes after the driest spring in England since 1961, with northern regions experiencing the driest start … Read more
Totally harmless’ Tim Sexton, from Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, said the silk “defensive” webbing was used by the caterpillars to protect themselves whilst they feed. The ermine moth eggs are laid on trees in late autumn, which hatch over winter, and that leads into an “explosion of feeding activity” in spring. “I think as … Read more
Residents living near “spooky” web-covered trees say they feel like they cannot open their windows because of an abundance of creepy crawlies. Numerous trees and shrubs along Waterloo Road in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, have been taken over by bird cherry ermine caterpillars. A wildlife expert said the silk webs were a “defensive” measure taken by the insects. … Read more
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