Wilding for Conservation - one year in
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Rewilding has remained very much in vogue over the past 12 months: a wealth of new initiatives and enterprises have emerged, ‘celebrity rewilders’ have made headlines and, most significantly, Defra has announced recently that one part of the new, restructured farm-subsidy system in England will incentivise a switch from agriculture to nature restoration on large landholdings. With momentum only set to build, discussion of the direction of travel, opportunities and limitations of rewilding remains as important as ever – the ‘Wilding for Conservation’ series, launched in British Wildlife at the start of 2021, aims to provide a forum for that discussion. Here, we revisit the varied topics covered in the series’ first year and look ahead to articles coming up in 2022 and beyond.
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This month, we tested the Elekon Batlogger M2 Bat Detector. This sophisticated bat detector is ideal for transect surveys and bat walks, with a compact and ergonomic design. Click here to find out how it performed.
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This month, browse our newly catalogued books in Leon's bookshelf.
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Larger Fungi in Eastern Tropical Africa: A Field Guide - December 2021
In this field guide, over 250 species of Basidiomycota are presented from Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique, and to a lesser extent from neighbouring countries. Each species is provided with photographs, a description and notes on edibility, pathology, distribution, look-alikes and traditional uses. Special emphasis is put on spore dimensions, showing typical (90%) size ranges, extreme sizes measured, mean values and length/width ratios.
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Bumblebees of Europe and Neighbouring Regions - December 2021
This guide is the third volume in a series on Hymenoptera of Europe, containing detailed identification keys for the 79 species of bumblebees found in Europe and neighbouring countries. Each species is presented with all its geographic variations as well as notes on its ecology, behaviour, flower preferences and conservation status. Original photos are included for each of the West Palaearctic region species.
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The NHBS Guide to UK Deer Identification
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Deer are among the UK’s most elegant and familiar mammals and sightings of them in their natural habitat are always special moments, however these encounters can often be fleeting, and our views obscured.
This ID guide covers all of the native and non-native deer species that are found in the UK, and describes the key features to look out for to aid in their identification.
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