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In this issue
The Hibernating Herald Survey – Limestone Pavements – The Freshwater Jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbi – Pitsford Water Friendly Farming – Native Status in Insects
Contents:
- 547 Ten years of Hibernating Heralds in Scotland
- 556 Natural reflections
- 557 Life between the cracks: celebrating the UK’s limestone pavements
- 565 Habitat management news
- 567 Hidden swarms: the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii in Britain
- 577 Wild story
- 578 Pitsford Water Friendly Farming: using ponds as a catalyst for freshwater restoration
- 583 Letter from Caledonia
- 584 Nativeness in insects in the UK – using Lepidoptera as an example
- 592 Naturally opinionated
- 593 Wildlife reports
- 616 Conservation news
- 621 Changing perspectives
- 623 Book review: Collins British Bird Identifier
Articles in this issue
Nativeness in insects in the UK – using Lepidoptera as an example
For botanists, establishing nativeness of plant species is a constant source of headaches, made more perplexing because plants have been moved around by humans, wilfully or accidentally, for millennia. To try to make sense of the different histories of plants, non-natives are further sub-divided into archaeophytes, which have been present in the wild since beforeSee morePitsford Water Friendly Farming: using ponds as a catalyst for freshwater restoration
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Featuresin this issue
Book review: Collins British Bird Identifier
This is a new guide from the Collins stable of bird books. By my reckoning Collins has five guides to birds currently in print and there are many more from other publishers. So, in a very crowded field any new publication needs something special to make it stand out. Paul Stancliffe and Jeff Baker are
Conservation news
This month’s conservation news covers the announcement of a new defra secretary, the new green gap report on nature access by region and a recent furore around Natural England and Dartmoor's ponies.
Wildlife reports
This month’s wildlife reports include news roundups of butterflies, macro-moths, flies, beetles, myriapods and isopods, molluscs and much more.
Habitat management news
August's habitat management news covers managing riparian invasive species in river catchments and hedgerow management and its effects on bat usage.
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