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381 The Black Redstart in urban Britain – a conservation conundrum?
Mathew Frith and Dusty Gedge
389 Through a naturalist's eyes
Robert Burton
390 On the trail of the Spined Loach: developing a conservation plan for a poorly known species
Martin Perrow and Adrian Jowitt
398 Some observations on surveying Native and Signal Crayfish
Mark Lang and Abi Wylde
401 British tooth-fungi and their conservation
Peter Marren and Gordon Dickson
410 Habitat management news
Compiled by Roger S K Buisson
412 When do frogs emerge from hibernation (and how do we know)?
Duncan Brown
414 Machair – a land with a flower-sweet taste
Kenny Taylor
423 lntraspecific aggression, cannibalism and suspected infanticide in Otters
V R Simpson and K E Coxon
427 Reserve Focus – Caenlochan National Nature Reserve, Angus
Bob Gibbons
430 Wildlife reports
Compiled by Andrew Branson
445 Conservation news
Compiled by Sue Everett
452 Twitcher in the swamp
Peter Marren
453 Book reviews
Compiled by Peter Marren
"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