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77 The Bullhead – its biology and conservation
Martin Perrow, Mark Tomlinson, Eleanor Skeate, Aulay Mackenzie and Neil Punchard
87 Through a naturalist's eyes
Robert Burton
88 Comment: The dying of the light: values in nature and the environment
Matthew Oates
96 Habitat management news
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98 The ‘global fungal weeds‘: the toadstools of wood-chip beds
Peter Marren
106 The Twenty Acres: a Scottish flood meadow with a history
John Mitchell
110 The New Forest – National Park status for a medieval survivor
Clive Chatters
120 Wildlife reports
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142 Conservation news
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148 Twitcher in the swamp
Peter Marren
149 Book reviews
151 Letters
"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