More than a fifth of the 11,500 #endangered animal, plant & fungi species in #Greece are “critically endangered” & thus are #UnderThreat of #extinction a re-evaluation of the country’s #RedList has found.
The #Environment Ministry published the revised list to commemorate #European Natura 2000 Day, the anniversary of the creation in 1992 of what is now the world’s largest coordinated network of #ProtectedAreas, which in the present day includes more than 27,000 sites.
I spent much of my childhood on a Scottish isle, with golden sand and a deserted beach at the bottom of the garden. I’ve loved seagulls since.
Stormy days and plunging Gannets. Twilight Oyster Catchers and their evocative call. The grace of Great Black Backed gulls.
Later I flew gliders, inspired by gulls.
I've dreamt that when I die, I could be fed to Fulmars, so my atoms soar the oceans within them