Peter Scott
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 34 years ago |
Date of birth | September 14,1909 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | London |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | August 29,1989 |
Died | Bristol |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Elizabeth Jane Howard |
Children | Nicola Scott |
Richard Falcon Scott | |
Dafila Kathleen Scott | |
Job | Painter |
Sailor | |
Army officer | |
Researcher | |
Presenter | |
Ornithologist | |
Conservationist | |
Movies/Shows | Wild Wings |
World Safari | |
Black Harvest - The Fight for the Pilot Whale | |
Education | Oundle School |
Royal Academy of Arts | |
Trinity College | |
Akademie der Bildenden Künste München | |
Academy of Fine Arts of Munich | |
Full name | Peter Markham Scott |
Grandchildren | Daniel Asquith |
Lucy Jane Elizabeth Scott | |
Amber Clutton-Brock | |
Founded | Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust |
World Wide Fund For Nature | |
Robinswood Country Park | |
Wildscreen | |
Works | Mallards Preening and Drying |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 453604 |
A coloured key to the wildfowl of the world
The swans
Birds
The Battle of the Narrow Seas: A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945
Where Wild Geese Fly
The Wild Geese of the Newgrounds
Sir Peter Scott at 80: A Retrospective
A History of the Ernest Dove Railways: The Story of the Miniature Locomotives and Railways Built and Operated by Ernest Dove, Including His Portable Touring Railway and Model Exhibition
The Penitent Butchers: The Fauna Preservation Society, 1903-1978
Under the Sea Jigsaw Book
Wildlife in Danger
Under the Sea
Wild Animals
Dragons Jigsaw Book
Operation Torch: The Invasion of French North Africa, November to December 1942
Unicorns Jigsaw Book
A History of the Thames Side Promenade Miniature Railways: The Story of the Miniature Railways Run by Harold Judd on the Thames Side Promenade in Reading, Including His Other Railway Interests on the South Coast
Slimbridge (Ww8095)
Battle of Britain: Camouflage & Markings 1940
Minor Railways 18th Edition
A History of the Paignton Zoo Railway: The Story of the Railway Running in the Grounds of the Zoo, from Opening in the Second World War to the Present Day
Naga
Fishwatchers Guide to West Atlantic Coral Reefs: With Coral Identification Plate by Charles C. G. Chaplin ; Illustrated by Peter Scott
Unicorn Jigsaw Book
Sharks
Creepy Crawlies
The eye of the wind
Observations of wildlife
Slimbridge
The Art of Peter Scott: Images from a Lifetime
Peter Scott Life story
Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, MBE, DSC & Bar, FRS, FZS was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in observing and shooting wildfowl at a young age and later took to their breeding.
Climate change: Fewer wild swans returning to UK in winter
By Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent
The sight of Wild Swans flying in for The Winter is becoming less common in The Face of Climate Change .
Scientists say Bewick's swans are changing their behaviour in a warming world, with fewer Making It back to the UK and those that do arriving late.
A bonded pair of swans named Maisie and Maifield touched down on Thursday at Slimbridge, in Gloucestershire.
They are the latest arrivals since 1965, when naturalists started monitoring The Returning flocks.
And their numbers have dwindled, from an annual flock of 700 to little More Than 100.
Every year, The Majestic waterbirds leave their frozen Arctic breeding grounds for warmer climes. They arrive in Late Autumn , returning north again in The Spring .
Kirk Brides, senior research officer at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve, said the " saddest fact" was One Day the swans may never return to Britain.
" This is happening right in front of our eyes, " He Said . " Climate Change is playing its part here. "
The smallest of the UK's Wild Swans , Bewick's have more black on their yellow bills than Britain's other long-distance migrant, the whooper.
Individual Bewick's can be identified by these unique markings.
And showed they were changing their behaviour, Hans Linssen of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology, said.
" Winters used to be colder, so when they came down from Russia they travelled all The Way to Britain to be at a comfortable temperature, " Mr Linssen told Bbc News .
" But These Days , winters are warmer, so when they come down, they arrive in Germany and the Netherlands and they think, 'It's good here. I'll stay. I'll not bother to travel all The Way to England. '
" And northern Germany now seems to be the main area for them to stop and spend The Winter . "
But the global population is also declining fast, with threats from:
This year has broken many temperature records, with the unseasonably hot weather making its mark on the Natural World , from jellyfish to birds.
The fate of swans returning to Slimbridge is one of the longest-running studies of a single species in The World .
Since Sir Peter Scott 's first observations 60 years ago, More Than 10,000 swans have been recorded.
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Source of news: bbc.com