A new study done with data from the last 25 years in England show that migrating birds seem to move further north in Europe. The researchers looked at 42 rare bird species in Britain and some of the birds that was rarely seen in the south of Britain has been spotted more often. These birds include the Dartford warbler, Cirl bunting, little egret and Cetti’s warbler. Other species, like the fieldfare, redwing or Slavonian grebe, that are more common in Britain saw a decrease in their numbers. The researchers filtered out other factors that could mess up with the observations.
The study done by Durham University, Cambridge University and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds clearly show that there is clear relation with higher temperatures and the migration of birds. Butterflies and birds are species that early adopt to climate changes so this study show that there really is global warming.

This means that I might see new bird species here in Northern Norway in the future. I’m a bit of birdwatcher so it will be cool to see new species, but I don’t want human made global warming to destroy the arctic ecosystem.

When I one day finally get myself a car I will probably buy a used one since I am on a pretty strict budget. If you are buying a used car it is important to buy from a reputable car dealer so you do not end up with a broken vehicle. Using the internet can be a great resource to find car dealers that offer vehicles for sale in your area.

If you live close to Manchester NH in USA you should check out a website called Manchester NH Used Cars that feature used cars from a company called Werner Dealerships.
This dealership offer a wider variety of used cars, trucks, vans and SUVs to people living in the Manchester, Nashua and Concord, NH areas.
With their online search engine you can easily browse the vehicles that Werner Dealerships has in stock. You can browse by what type of car brand you want, type of body, color of the vehicle, how much mileage the car got, what year it was produced, and of course the price range you are willing to pay.
They also have a section where you can check out the latest vehicles that arrive in the store and a section for trade-ins if you want to sell your current car to Werner Dealerships.

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Source: My photoblog from Northern Norway.

A few years ago I used to play a MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) called Ultima Online. I was totally hooked and used to play it several hours each day because it was so much fun. Today Ultima Online is pretty outdated. Most people play wow (World of Warcraft) instead because of improved graphics and different game play. If I go back to online gaming wow will probably be my next MMORPG to play.

When I played Ultima Online I had much free time so I could use a lot of hours building up my characters, but now I do not have that kind of time to level up a character in wow. A way to avoid spending so much time building up your character is by buying a wow account. A place to buy a wow account is buymmoaccounts.com where you can safely buy high end accounts. You get a 100% guarantee from the company that the accounts are protected and will not be reclaimed or disabled.

You can choose which server you want to play on and what kind of character you are interested in, including druids, hunters, mages, paladins, rouges and many more.
Head over to buymmoaccounts.com if you are interested in online gaming and want to buy a wow account so you do not have to level, and get to play a high level character straight away.

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Some not so good news from England. According to an article on news.bbc.co.uk the biggest puffin colony in England has seen an unexpected decline in numbers. The colony on the Farne Islands has dropped by a third during the last five years and it is puzzling the researches since they was expecting an increase in the population this year.
The puffins seem to die during the eight months they are out on the sea and there needs to be done more research to discover what is really happening on the North Sea.

I haven’t heard any reports about the status of the puffin colonies here in Norway, but they have been very up and down the last years. In my non-scientific opinion we need to stop fishing the small fish that the puffin and much of the other birds and larger fish eat. If we remove big parts of their main food sources how are they expected to survive? This might be the reason the population of puffins in England is decreasing.
We should keep our greedy hands off this part of the ecosystem so we wont cause a total collapse.
Here is a picture from my photoblog of an Atlantic puffin that I met out on the sea during the winter in 2007. Hope to see more of these beautiful birds as they are pretty rare in my part of Northern Norway.

I do not currently own a car, but since I live in the countryside with very limited public transportation I will have to get myself one in the future. As I care about the environment I have considered the Toyota Prius since it is a Hybrid and does not pollute as much as other more conventional cars. I also have a bit of soft spot for Japanese cars.

If you live near Leesburg, Virginia in USA there is a company called Koons Toyota that run a website called New Toyota Leesburg VA. They are the largest Toyota dealer in Virginia and if you live within 50 miles you might want to check them out if you are interested in getting a Toyota. They have most models from Toyota including cars, vans, SUVs and trucks.
If you should be interested in one of the vehicles Koons Toyota will of course let you test drive it so you can check if the vehicle suits you.
Before you visit their shop in Leesburg you can browse their big inventory of Toyota cars. With their search engine you can select which model you are interested in, what year the car was produced and what kind of body style that you want. You get a very good overview of all the different cars by using this search engine. Koons Toyota have different search engines for new and used cars so they have cars that should fit most budgets.

The company also run a blog where you can read about the latest news from the world of Toyota.

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Germany planing on building 30 offshore wind farms. Today Reuters can report that the country already next week will start with the building of the first windmills in the North Sea.
A company called DOTI got granted 180 million euro from the German government earlier this month. They are planing to build the wind turbines 45 km north of an island called Borkum. The first wind farm will consist of 12 turbines each capable of producing megawatts and the power production might start up already this year.
Seems like some government control can be a good thing..

Hopefully this will help turn Europe into using more renewable energy sources. I also hope that they have done some proper research so the wind farms wont end up killing lots of migrating birds.