In this issue
The Natural History GCSE – Flamborough Headland – The Wood Wide Web – Restoration and Rewilding – An Introduction to Britain’s Pot Beetles
Contents:
- 391 Comment: Next steps for the GCSE in Natural History
- 396 Natural Reflections
- 397 Classic Wildlife Sites: Flamborough Headland
- 408 Habitat Management News
- 410 The wood wide web: popular culture meets complex science
- 417 Wild Story
- 418 Rewilding and restoring: two distinct yet complementary approaches to nature recovery
- 425 Letter from Caledonia
- 426 On an evolutionary tangent: the natural history of British pot beetles
- 436 Naturally opinionated
- 437 Wildlife Reports
- 459 Conservation news
- 464 Changing Perspectives
- 466 Obituary: Richard Fortey (1946-2025)
- 467 Book review: Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind
Articles in this issue
On an evolutionary tangent: the natural history of British pot beetles
In a quiet corner of Cheshire, out of sight and out of time, lies Wybunbury Moss, a remarkable place for many reasons. Walking out onto this site feels like you are stepping into history- a veritable ecological time capsule preserving a wild essence that has been lost from so much of our landscape. A remarkableSee moreRewilding and restoring: two distinct yet complementary approaches to nature recovery
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Book review: Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind
Richard Fortey was a professional geologist at the Natural History Museum and a world authority on trilobite fossils. Now in retirement he has written a series of very readable books on aspects of natural history as well as presenting television programmes, one of which was The Magic of Mushrooms. He is, in fact, one of
Conservation news
Wildfires across the UK, the results of the Corry review and a green light for the Natural History GCSE or some of the stories covered in this month’s conservation news.
Wildlife Reports
May’s wildlife reports include an update on the spread of the invasive Greater White-toothed Shrew, and a complex revelation concerning the Striped Snail (Cernuella Virgata).
Habitat Management News
May’s Habitat Management News concerns the outcomes of a bat mitigation scheme, the protection and development of brownfield sites and nature-based sustainable drainage.
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Comment: Next steps for the GCSE in Natural History
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