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Scottish wolf-populations reached a peak during the second half of the 16th century. Mary, Queen of Scots is known to have hunted wolves in the forest of Atholl in 1563. [7] The wolves later caused such damage to the cattle herds of Sutherland that in 1577, James VI made it compulsory to hunt wolves three times a year. [1] The last wolf in Scotland
MacQueen received a message from his chief, the Laird of Clan Mackintosh, that a black wolf had killed two children whilst they were crossing the hills from Cawdor with their mother. MacQueen was requested to attend a "Tainchel" (a gathering to drive the country) at a tryst above Fi-Giuthas.
Burbot – A fisherman caught the last recorded burbot in July 1970 from the Great Ouse Relief Channel, Norfolk. [citation needed] The species was then presumed extirpated. †Houting – In the UK, the houting was declared extinct in 1977 by D. A. Ratcliffe. It was last recorded in the UK from the River Colne, West Yorkshire in 1925. [citation ...
The biota was severely diminished in the last ice age, and shortly (in geological terms) thereafter was separated from the continent by the English Channel's formation. Since then, humans have hunted the most dangerous forms (the wolf, [ Notes 1 ] the brown bear and the wild boar ) to extinction, though domesticated forms such as the dog and ...
The wolf's head on Aldgate Pump. Aldgate Pump is a Grade II listed structure. [1] The metal wolf head on the pump's spout is supposed to signify the last wolf shot in the City of London. [2] Historic photographs show that the pump was surmounted by an ornate wrought iron lantern.
Dakota, a grey wolf at the UK Wolf Conservation Trust, howling on top of a snowy hill. In 1998, the UKWCT imported three European wolves from eastern Europe and in 1999 they gave birth to six pups. This was reported to be the first birth of European wolves in the UK since they were driven to extinction in the 18th century. [8]
Alternate spellings include Wolfe, Wolff, Wulf and Wolf. Woolf is a name that is used as a surname, given name, and a name among Germanic -speaking peoples: see Wolf , Wulf . This name is particularly popular in England especially in the south due to strong Saxon influence: see Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain .
Windblown hawthorn trees, Humphrey Head. Humphrey Head is a limestone outcrop situated south of the village of Allithwaite in Cumbria, England.It is whale-back-shaped and accessible for walkers, giving views over Morecambe Bay to Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and over the Leven estuary to Ulverston.