Our polar bear April Fool certainly captured a lot of attention and fooled quite a few people in the process.
It was reported in April Fools' roundups in the Mail, Guardian, Telegraph on CNN, STV and Radio 4's PM. Some regional newspapers also joined in, reporting it as a 'real' story, as did Country Life.
The Independent reports today that it had one environment correspondent hotfooting it to the newsdesk until the date was pointed out. Dave Sexton, the man at the centre of the story, had a couple of well-known tv wildlife presenters contact him to check whether it might actually be true.
And thousands of people around the world followed the unfolding saga via updates on our twitter and facebook pages.
Of course, there's a serious side to all the fun. Lots of rare wildlife, including polar bears, are threatened with extinction. We aim to stop extinctions through our Letter to the Future campaign. 166,195 people have signed the letter to help save our wildlife and the environment.
If you have signed thank you. If you haven't, please sign it now .
The Polar Bear certainly fooled a lot of Islanders too! I may not have seen a polar bear today but I did see a pair of white tailed sea eagles, a golden eagle, 2 pairs of goldeneye, sand martins returning to their burrows, a pair of pied and grey wagtails nestbuilding - all set in the stunning location that is Loch Frisa - dont forget to come and see us - details here www.rspb.org.uk/.../index.asp