{"id":21868,"date":"2022-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=21868"},"modified":"2022-11-21T10:22:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T09:22:14","slug":"news-up-down-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2022\/11\/10\/news-up-down-4\/","title":{"rendered":"News: Up &#8211; Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"565\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/bd378f14-eb27-4756-8475-22e4e1282c88.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-21866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/bd378f14-eb27-4756-8475-22e4e1282c88.jpg 565w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/bd378f14-eb27-4756-8475-22e4e1282c88-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>Flashes of Wigan and Leigh NNR <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">A new nature reserve has been created in north-west England on the site of former coal mines. The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh will protect almost 750ha of woodland and wetland, which is home to threatened species including bitterns, great crested newts and willow tits. It\u2019s among the first of a new breed of urban nature reserves. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/Layer-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-21455\" width=\"136\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/Layer-11.png 206w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/Layer-11-146x300.png 146w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"566\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/7fbbc98a-2f91-4b62-8ed4-642400376174.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-21867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/7fbbc98a-2f91-4b62-8ed4-642400376174.jpg 566w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/7fbbc98a-2f91-4b62-8ed4-642400376174-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>Marmot massacre <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">A coalition of French conservation and wildlife groups are calling for an end to the hunting of marmots, the emblematic symbol of the French Alps. Over 400 marmots are killed every autumn despite there being uncertainty about how many remain. The marmot, a ground-dwelling squirrel similiar to the American groundhog, is protected by the Bern Convention, an international treaty ratified by France. <\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">PHOTOS: MARMOT: PETER BIN\u00d3\/ALAMY; TIT: PAOLINO MASSIMILIANO MANUEL\/GETTY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flashes of Wigan and Leigh NNR A new nature reserve has been created in north-west England on the site of former coal mines. The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh will protect almost 750ha of woodland and wetland, which is home to threatened species including bitterns, great crested newts and willow tits. 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