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153 Darwin's war-horse: beetle-collecting in 19th-century England
Peter Marren
160 Through a naturalist's eyes
Robert Burton
161 Conservation of bats in British woodlands
David A Hill and Frank Greenaway
170 Habitat management news
Compiled by Conservation Management Advice, RSPB
172 Life on the edge – key coastal soft cliffs for invertebrates in England and Wales
Mike Howe, Andrew Whitehouse and Guy Knight
182 The Harlequin Ladybird marches on
Helen Roy, Peter Brown, Remy Ware, Laura-Jane Michie, Björn Beckmann and Michael Majerus
187 Keskadale – an oakwood on the edge
Maurice Pankhurst
193 The ladybird, the scale and the spindle – a highly specialised relationship
Michael Kirby
197 Wildlife reports
Compiled by Andrew Branson
218 Conservation news
Compiled by Sue Everett
224 Twitcher in the swamp
Peter Marren
225 Book reviews
227 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