A naturalist abroad - The Cevennes, France
By -
Bob Gibbons
The British Isles have a wonderful range of wildlife sites, and for some features - such as seabird colonies and bluebell woods - we have many of the best examples in Europe. However, thanks largely to becoming an island too soon after the last ice age, before a complement of species could recolonise northwards, we have a poorer range of species than equivalent areas of continental Europe.