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229 Sentinels of climate change – species of the rocky intertidal zone
Nova Mieszkowska
236 Through a naturalist's eyes
Robert Burton
237 The Polecat in Britain – continuing recovery
Johnny Birks
245 Habitat management news
Compiled by Conservation Management Advice, RSPB
247 The blurring of the seasons: a focus on autumn phenology
Tim Sparks and Richard Smithers
250 Waterbirds, climate change and wildlife conservation in Britain
llya M D Maclean and Graham E Austin
257 Letter from the far West Coast
Michael Viney
258 British ticks
Jolyon M Medlock, Lisa J Jameson, Maaike Pietzsch and Lucy Gilbert
267 Comment: Heathland, plantation and the Forestry Commission – a botanical perspective
Andrew Byfield
273 Wildlife reports
Compiled by Andrew Branson
295 Conservation news
Compiled by Sue Everett
301 Twitcher in the swamp
Peter Marren
302 Book reviews
"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