Great Britain
The United Kingdon consists of the mainland countries (England, Scotland and Wales) along with northern Ireland and the many islands off the coast of Scotland from mull to the Shetlands.
Scroll to the middle of the page to see our country sightings and links map, and right to the bottom to read any posts which deal with the UK.
It is true that much of the large wildlife of this landmass was lost 300 years ago or more, however, there is still a great deal of interesting wildlife to go and watch. There is an increasing level of support for this (ecotourism) and as you can imagine, this site is aiming to help in this endeavour.
At the moment, the specific areas we have listed include
- Beavers of Devon – this population is growing well, and is already overflowing the County
- Boar of the Forest of Dean – this population is regularly culled to control its growth
- Dolphins of Cardigan bay – around 300, with at least 200 each year
- Thursley and Hankley common – Common lizards and sand lizards
However, in the UK, with few large animals left wild and no particularly dangerous ones, many of the countries wildlife roams free.
As such, the map below is for you to add any sightings that you have outside these specific areas. As the number of sightings increases, if needed, I will reduce the length of time that sightings remain visible on this free map, thereby making sure that it cannot be used for hunting. However the hope is that over time, we can establish the range of various species, including the various invasive species that are slowly increasing their rang
The Sightings map above is free to use. Data will not be permanently available, in order to stop sighting data being used to hunt or harass. Longer term access will be possible through the members area.
Links will appear on pages about each area. These can be accessed by clicking on the red areas on the map above. Alternatively, view the UK in the “in the shadow of mankind section” as there is nowhere in the UK that would be classed as a wild place.
Uk emissions fell slightly last year, so why is Rishi Sunak trying to encourage a new generation of gas power plants?
- Tim
- June 14, 2024
Environmental and political stories from the UK in recent times
- Tim
- February 27, 2024
Chinese water deer, while vanishing at home, are thriving in the UK
- Tim
- January 16, 2024
Largest offshore windfarm just powered up, and its just off UK
- Tim
- December 16, 2023
UK could quit ‘Climate wrecking’ treaty’ – encouraging, must see more
- Tim
- September 7, 2023
The UK has said that pure petrol and diesel cars will be banned from sale – impact? Electric cars are increasingly affordea
- Tim
- September 5, 2023
Conservative corruption in the UK? £3.5 million donations linked to pollution and climate change denial
- Tim
- June 22, 2023
In the UK solar farms are wild havens, could this be repeated?
- Tim
- May 28, 2023
UK electric car sales continue to gain in UK, now bigger than diesel
- Tim
- May 9, 2023
Methane emissions that leaked from 2 fossil fuel fields in 2022, caused more warming than the whole of the UK
- Tim
- May 9, 2023
The future of the Pine marten in the UK
- Tim
- May 1, 2023
UK government backsliding on environment? two clues and an how is Australia doing
- Tim
- April 28, 2023
UK Farms that are part of the ‘red tractor’ label scheme more likely to pollute environment
- Tim
- April 28, 2023
Rishi Sunak – the UK prime minister is not planning for the future, having chosen oil and gas over renewables
- Tim
- April 16, 2023
Reducing gas reliance in the UK power sector from 40% down to 1% in 7 years, and saving money? Really?
- Tim
- March 31, 2023
Subsidies are supposed to support what are good, and not what are bad, so why has the UK government spent 20 billion more on fossil fuels than renewables in the last 8 years?
- Tim
- March 26, 2023
UK: talking the talk, but not walking the walk on net zero, the ban on onshore wind turbines stays in place
- Tim
- March 25, 2023
Is the conservative party in the UK (and perhaps similar parties around the world) supporting of climate change doubt and climate change denial
- Tim
- January 9, 2023
If the UK only emits 1% of the worlds carbon emissions what can we do? well a lot
- Tim
- November 19, 2022