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Comment: Uist Hedgehogs – lessons learnt in wildlife management

By - Hugh Warwick

In 1974, the postman on a remote Scottish island (North Ronaldsay, in Orkney) decided to act on a story which he heard, that Hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus were a natural control agent for slugs and snails. 

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More from 'BW 24.2 - December 2012 '
Pages Title Format
77-83 Wildlife in Trust Article
84 Through a naturalist’s eyes Column
85-94 Rejuvenating Welsh dunes Article
95-96 Habitat management news Habitat management news
97-106 What have we learnt from 50 years of biological recording? Article
107-110 Comment: Promoting biological recording – a developing conundrum Comment
111-116 Comment: Uist Hedgehogs – lessons learnt in wildlife management Comment
117-140 Wildlife reports Wildlife reports
141 Naturally opinionated Column
142-147 Conservation news Conservation news
148 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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