Vulture hedge fund behind struggling bookshop chain Waterstones hands out £93m to its 107 London employees By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 18 January 2021 The aggressive hedge fund behind Waterstones has dished out £93million to its staff in London. Elliott Advisors shared the … Read more
Keep calm and carrion: Trained vulture lands on paragliders’ selfie stick as they soar high above Spanish mountains GoPro footage showed trained bird flying alongside the men above Algodonale Instructor Scott Mason has pioneered the activity known as ‘parahawking’ The birds guide the pair to thermal columns which allows for longer aerial trips By Raven Saunt For Mailonline … Read more
Get off my land! Plucky magpie tries to chase away bearded vulture but the massive bird just ignores it The bizarre encounter was recorded by an onlooker in Thorney, Cambridgeshire The two-year-old female vulture, called Vigo, was spotted feasting on a rabbit It was unfazed by the continued nuisance caused by its smaller feathered foe … Read more
In raptor! Twitchers flock to Lincolnshire to see rare bone-crunching bearded vulture named ‘Vigo’ with an 8ft wingspan after it flew 800 miles from the Alps Up to 200 enthusiasts race to Moulton West Fen in Lincolnshire to see the bird Bearded vulture, or lammergeier (‘lamb vulture’), is normally in Alpine regions Birder Mark Hawkes … Read more
Laid low by a flagging share price, BT is now feared to be an attractive target for vulture funds that could swoop in and pick it to pieces. The former state telecoms monopoly, privatised by Margaret Thatcher, was worth £49billion four years ago but its value has since been diminished to just over £10billion. Yet … Read more