How to be wild

By - Simon Barnes

“I remember the unspeakable excitement of the first Marsh Harrier I ever saw. Now I live with Marsh Harriers and in peak season I see them daily. And no, it’s not unspeakably exciting any more – it’s better than that, much better.”

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Pages	Title	Format
1-10	Thinking globally and acting locally for European Eels	Article
11	Natural reflections	Column
12-18	Alpine Blue-sowthistle and the challenge of upland management	Article
19-20	Habitat management news	Habitat management news
21-25	Crisis point for the conservation sector	Article
26-32	‘By a fayre down’, the breck heaths of the West Midlands	Article
33	Wild story	Column
34-41	The Speckled Bush-cricket – an unusual orthopteran	Article
42	The Strawberry Tree	Column
43-48	Comment: Reintroductions - are they always a good thing?	Comment
49-68	Wildlife reports	Wildlife reports
69	How to be wild	Column
70-74	Conservation news	Conservation news
75	Twitcher in the swamp	Column
76	Flora of Cambridgeshire	Book reviews
76-77	Invasive Aliens: The Plants and Animals from Over There That Are Over Here	Book reviews
77-78	Woodland flowers: Colourful past, uncertain future	Book reviews