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309 The Cranes of Lakenheath Fen
Norman Sills
317 Through a naturalist’s eyes
Robert Burton
318 Male ferns: why do botanists find them difficult?
James Merryweather
323 Britain’s oldest butterfly – a ‘wonderful beautiful’ survivor from Tudor England
Peter Marren and Martin Warren
326 Habitat management news
Compiled by Conservation Management Advice, RSPB
328 Scribbling in the margins
Richard Mabey
329 The natural history of a sand-dune blowout
Philip H. Smith
335 Survival of a waxcap grassland: Holy Trinity Churchyard Nature Reserve, Prestwood, Buckinghamshire
Tony F. Marshall
341 Letter from the far West Coast
Michael Viney
342 Changes in bird populations in the UK’s Special Protection Areas: a third decadal ‘health check’
David A. Stroud and Ian P. Bainbridge
References
351 How to be wild
Simon Barnes
352 Wildlife reports
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374 Conservation news
Compiled by Sue Everett
381 Twitcher in the swamp
382 Book reviews & 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