Red Kites in Yorkshire

Hunted to Near Extinction Red kites are one of the United Kingdom success stories of the past twenty years, but they were hunted almost to extinction in the nineteenth century, with just a few birds left in the wild in Wales. They were reintroduced into the UK 1989 at the initiative of the Joint Nature … Read more

The London Eye By Day And Night

We’re changing the look of ecard communications.Take A Look At Our Ecards. The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, came into service in March 2000. It is a Ferris wheel that sends more than 3 million tourists in a great circle around its circumference, each year. By day the London Eye is not … Read more

Beatrix Potter and Herdwick Sheep

Beatrix Potter, the internationally known children’s story writer and illustrator, and creator of the character Peter Rabbit, was a keen supporter of the Herdwick breed of sheep and helped save it from extinction. This was part of her wider vision to preserve that part of England known as the Lake District. She wanted to preserve … Read more