October 2024

In this issue

Rewilding the Field Layer – 30×30: Where do we Stand? – Bringing Back the Burbot – A Quarter-century of Rare Plants – Insects of Lincolnshire’s Sea Banks

Articles in this issue

Steven Falk

Insects of Lincolnshire’s sea banks

Steven Falk

Steven Falk describes how and why the sea banks of Lincolnshire have developed into havens for a variety of threatened invertebrates, with recommendations on management to ensure that these features retain their special qualities. Grassy sea banks (known also as sea walls) dominate the Lincolnshire coast, extending from the Norfolk border of The Wash north to HumbersideSee more

A quarter-century of rare plants

Peter Marren

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Bringing the Burbot back to English rivers

Reagan H. Pearce, Carl Sayer, Michael Chadwick, Martin Perrow, Thomas Worthington, Gemma Harvey and Jonah Tosney

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30×30: where do we stand?

Richard Benwell

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Rewilding and the woodland ground flora

George F. Peterken and Keith J. Kirby

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Features
in this issue

Book review: The Osprey

It is now 65 years since Ospreys first returned to Scotland to nest and for much of that time the population remained in a relatively small area, but today we can celebrate the fact that Ospreys breed in all three of the British countries and in Ireland. The population has now risen to around 300

Book review: Treetime: Tales of a Layman’s Lifelong Adventure with Trees and Tree Folk

Ted Green came to a standstill under the canopy of the old oak. He caressed the rippled bark with a weather-worn hand.’ The opening sentences of Isabella Tree’s Wilding are most readers’ introduction to the author of Treetime. Ted’s interest was not in wilding, but in the sorry state of Knepp’s ancient oaks, which he

Book review: Nature’s Ghosts: The World We Lost And How To Bring It Back

This is a challenging book to sum up in a few words. Partly that is down to the sheer breadth of coverage. We drift back and forth between the ancient history of life on earth, the impacts of humans on the land since our arrival, and places where ecological integrity persists despite everything. Perhaps, too,

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Conservation news

Conservation news reports on all the biggest recent news from conservation and environmental policy, including the reform of Ireland’s Land Drainage rules, financial cuts to the budget of Natural Resources Wales, and a damning study on the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas in Europe.

Wildlife reports

The wildlife reports cover some interesting seabird records from the end of summer, news on the changing distributions of Scottish dragonflies, a review of recent additions to the British plant gall list, and the usual round-ups on a variety of other taxonomic groups.

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Habitat management news

October’s habitat management news covers a study from Sihlwald forest reserve, in Switzerland, which looked at how quantity and distribution of deadwood influence communities of saproxylic invertebrates.

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