ONE of world’s rarest mammals, the Mediterranean monk seal, has returned to the Adriatic coast.

“When the Son of Man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him, he shall separate one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats”— Matthew

Jo Kerrigan’s recent article on War Horse prompted me to go and see the play. The plot concerns a foal named Joey and Albert, the youth who owns and loves him.

Canals motorways, even minor roads, can divide animal populations and keep them separate from each other.

ARECENT newspaper headline announced: “As great white shark Lydia closes in on UK, Brits brace for bloody mayhem on holiday beaches.” The “man-eater” with “razor-sharp teeth” will soon arrive here, we were told. She was “on course for Ireland”.

DID three months of fierce winter storms affect our wildlife? Millions of trees were felled and swathes of farmland inundated.

AT this time of year, swans get involved in fights. Worse still, young swans can be attacked by their fathers.

JACKDAWS have greyish white eyes. They make it easy to identify the bird — the other crows have dark ones.

WE are descended from Africans who first arrived in Europe about 45,000 years ago. The newcomers had to adapt to a colder climate and to prolonged winter darkness. It was thought that they lost their black skin, and several other characteristics, relatively quickly but a skeleton found in a Spanish cave has made scientists think again.

CHILDREN flanking Pope Francis released two doves from the window of the Apostolic Palace in front of an audience of 10,000. Doves symbolise peace; His Holiness pleaded for the violence in Syria to end. The gesture was not peaceful.