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From issue:   Issue:   British Wildlife 21.6 August 2010

Skipper Newson of Grimsby – the ‘Sturgeon Hunter’

By - Bob Dickson, John Pinnegar

Today, the occasional catch of a single European Sturgeon Acipenser sturio around our coasts is a rare enough event to warrant a paragraph or two in the local or national press. 

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381-382 Editorial: Smaller government, but are big changes afoot? Editorial
383-391 Black Grouse recovery in northern England Article
392 Through a naturalist’s eyes Column
393-399 A garden for all reasons Article
400-401 Habitat management news Habitat management news
402-411 Conserving the Culm Article
412-415 Reserve Focus: Ranscombe Farm Reserve, Cuxton, Kent Reserve Focus
416-419 Skipper Newson of Grimsby – the ‘Sturgeon Hunter’ Article
420-442 Wildlife reports Wildlife reports
443-448 Conservation news Conservation news
449 Twitcher in the Swamp Column
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"British Wildlife is the pulsating heart of the UK nature conservation movement."

Matthew Oates, National Trust

"The most important and informative publication on wildlife of our times"

Michael McCarthy, The Independent

"Packed with readable, thoughtful, up to date articles; written by ecologists and naturalists for ecologists and naturalists"

Nick Baker, Presenter and Naturalist

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