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      <title><![CDATA[Link to New Blog ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I have put together a basic outline for the new blog and posted it on TypePad.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:40:43 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[You're only supposed to blow the...  ]]></title>
      <link>http://homepage.mac.com/calumma/iblog/C873549027/E20080628105727/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Well now that the KRAG website is successfully up and running, it's time for me to get back to blogging on the state of the world - or at least how it relates to reptile and amphibian recording in Kent (hem).  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:57:27 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Website Now Online! ]]></title>
      <link>http://homepage.mac.com/calumma/iblog/C873549027/E20080304084117/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[KRAG's newly redesigned website can now be accessed at www.kentarg.org.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[First 2008 Adder Record from Kent? ]]></title>
      <link>http://homepage.mac.com/calumma/iblog/C2026029206/E20080212100117/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Kent has had a few spring like days recently.  I was up on the downs at Trosley in the middle of last week with Bill Whitaker and Diasy Truckle and was getting positively hot in the bright sunshine, but despite it being a good reptile site we found nothing.  Anyhow, we did at least arrange the refuges for this year’s monitoring.  Daisy will be including reptiles when she does her butterfly survey. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Proposal for Expansion of Lydd Airport ]]></title>
      <link>http://homepage.mac.com/calumma/iblog/C873549027/E20080208124030/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lydd Airport is surrounded by some of the most protected natural habitats in the UK. The runway is enclosed by a Site of Special Scientist Interest (SSSI), a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), designated to protect the flora and fauna on vegetated shingle, abuts one side of the runway, and a Special Protection Area (SPA), which was established to protect rare birds, is close by. No matter which group you speak to, onithologists, entomologists, botanists etc, the unique habitat at Dungeness is of special importance to them, no less so to KRAG, for the nationally important population of Great Crested Newts which is cited as a reason for the SAC designation.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Yet More Fab Reporting from the BBC... ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><font face="Verdana">It appears that poor old great crested newts are being blamed for holding up yet another bypass.</font></div> ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Great Crested Newt Mitigation Licence Applications ]]></title>
      <link>http://homepage.mac.com/calumma/iblog/C873549027/E20080122175954/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><font face="Verdana">The new GCN licence application forms (including the eagerly awaited Mitigation Method Statement spreadsheet) are all now available for <a href="http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/conservation/wildlife-management-licensing/habsregs.htm#advice">download</a> from the Natural England website. </font></div> ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[About that New Software ]]></title>
      <link>http://homepage.mac.com/calumma/iblog/C873549027/E20080122091234/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><font face="Verdana">The new software isn't really working out very well. </font></div> ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blog Updates ]]></title>
      <link>http://homepage.mac.com/calumma/iblog/C873549027/E20080122083234/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><font face="Verdana">As you might have been able to tell over the past few days, I am updating the software used to run the blog.	</font></div> ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ 2007 Chairman's Report ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[First of all I would like to wish all of the KRAG folks a very Happy 2008! I would also like to thank The Committee and all of our members for the outstanding commitment that has helped to make 2007 yet another successful year for KRAG. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Translocating Reptiles Before Planning Permission? ]]></title>
      <link>http://homepage.mac.com/calumma/iblog/C873549027/E20071023160736/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><font face="Verdana">Conversations with several folk who are engaged with the Kent planning system have revealed a worrying trend - the translocation of reptiles away from proposed development sites before planning permission has been granted (or in some cases even applied for). </font></div> ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:07:36 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ARG UK SE Regional Conference 2007 ]]></title>
      <link>http://homepage.mac.com/calumma/iblog/C998894270/E20071022182856/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Come and celebrate the 20th birthdays of both Sussex and Surrey Amphibian and Reptile Groups! ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:28:56 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wall Lizards in Britain ]]></title>
      <link>http://homepage.mac.com/calumma/iblog/C2026029206/E20071022103357/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><font face="Verdana">For those of you interested in <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/calumma/iblog/C2026029206/E20071014122730/index.html">this year's discovery</a> of wall lizards at Folkestone, you may be interested to visit a web site dedicated to recording other occurrences of these colourful lizards. </font></div> ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:33:57 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Review of BBC Wildlife Article ]]></title>
      <link>http://homepage.mac.com/calumma/iblog/C873549027/E20071017203714/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><font face="Verdana">A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Mr. James Fair (a journalist working for BBC Wildlife) who was interested in publishing a story on the Species Action Plan (SAP) targets that were announced for great crested newt earlier this year. Following a lengthy interview Mr. Fair wrote a news story entitled 'In the Eye of a Storm' that was published in the October 2007 edition of the magazine. The article attempts to inject controversy into what is really quite a dull story. </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Does it succeed in generating a storm, or are we simply left with little more than a muddy puddle. Read on to find out!</font></div> ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:37:14 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[In the Eye of a Very Mild Breeze ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I'm sure some of you will have now read the 'news' item that was recently published in BBC Wildlife Magazine concerning estimates of great crested newt. The article appears to be an attempt to generate a story, where none really exists. Before explaining why I believe that the article is flawed I thought that it would be useful to provide a little background.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:28:22 +0100</pubDate>
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