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Skelwith Fold to Set up Wildlife Cameras
Cameras will be set up this winter in Skelwith Fold Caravan Park to monitor wildlife while the site is closed.

The Ambleside holiday location, which closed for the season in November, is home to red squirrels, badgers and red deer.

Park director Henry Wild, said that wildlife is encouraged by the site's winter feeding programme, which is based on eight dedicated feeding stations and provides nut, corn and grain.



Henry hopes that the park's motion-activated CCTV cameras will capture scenes of multiple species feeding together. Live footage will be transmitted to the reception building and recordings will be taken day and night.



He said: "It's an amazing spectacle to see a powerful stag alongside a group of diminutive red squirrels, and scores of birds of different types all in one spot. It's sometimes possible to glimpse our wildlife during the rest of the year, but the feeding programme shows just how rich and diverse our guest-list is during the winter!"

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Annual submission deadline small pet animal exemptions

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 Companies marketing medicines for small pets exempt from authorisation must submit their annual return to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) by 30 November 2026.

Submitting this annual return ensures continued compliance with regulatory requirements for products marketed without a full Marketing Authorisation. The exemption specifically applies to products intended for animals, cage birds, terrarium animals, small rodents, ferrets and rabbits.

For further details and submission guidelines, visit the gov.uk website.  

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Bluetongue RZ extended across Scotland

The Scottish Government has announced an extension to a Bluetongue Restricted Zone that is in place in south-west Scotland.

From 3 October, the Restricted Zone will be extended to cover the whole of Scotland. The Animal, Plant and Health Agency (APHA) says this is in response to further disease spread, as well as simplify trading conditions ahead of the autumn.

Since the whole country will share a disease status, it will no longer be necessary to have a movement license to move susceptible livestock around the country. Restrictions on germinal products remain.

As of 1 October 2026, there were 1,979 cases of BTV-3 in England, 389 cases in Wales and 40 cases in Scotland.