British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, this subscription magazine bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.
1 Editorial
David Stroud
3 The Humpback Whale’s tale – a cetacean in hot water
Jon Dunn
12 Natural reflections
Brett Westwood
13 Death by one hundred droughts: is climate change already driving biodiversity declines in Britain?
Roger Morris and Stuart Ball
21 Habitat management news
Compiled by Conservation Management Advice, RSPB
23 Reserve Focus: Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses NNR
James Robertson
29 Wild story
Amy-Jane Beer
30 The flower-visiting insects associated with old trees and dead wood
Steven Falk and Emma Gilmartin
39 The Strawberry Tree
Pádraic Fogarty
40 Roundheads and verdigris agarics – identification of British Stropharia species
Geoffrey Kibby
45 Scribbling in the margins
Richard Mabey
46 Wildlife reports
Compiled by Guy Freeman
69 How to be wild
Simon Barnes
70 Conservation news
Compiled by Sue Everett
75 Twitcher in the swamp
76 Book reviews & Letters