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Matthew Oates, National Trust
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157 Invasions, plagues and conservation – the history of Ship Rats in Britain and Ireland
Stephen Harris
168 Natural reflections
Brett Westwood
169 The white woodwaxes: white fungi of the genus Hygrophorus
Geoffrey Kibby
176 Habitat management news
Compiled by Conservation Management Advice, RSPB
178 Wild oakwoods: can they exist in lowland England?
Aljos Farjon
189 Wild story
Amy-Jane Beer
190 On the move: the dynamic nature of plants
James Robertson
197 The Strawberry Tree
Pádraic Fogarty
198 Henry Williamson: nature writer and conservationist
John Akeroyd
203 View from the Highlands
Michael Scott
204 Wildlife reports
Compiled by Guy Freeman
226 Flying kites – a view from Wales
James Robertson
227 Conservation news
Compiled by Sue Everett
232 Twitcher in the swamp
233 Book review & 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