Category: Vertebrates

 

The Bullhead in Britain: a small fish with an identity problem

February 2025
Natural history

Comment: British bison: nature and climate ambition in the UK

February 2025
Conservation trends

A portrait of the Great Auk

February 2025
Natural history

The ecology and conservation of the Common Lizard in Britain

December 2024
Natural history

Habitat Management News

December 2024

The impacts of fences on birds

November 2024
Conservation practice

The decline of the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in Britain

November 2024
Species conservation

Bringing the Burbot back to English rivers

October 2024
Species conservation

The surreptitious westward advance of the Harbour Seal

August 2024
Natural history

Small mustelid tracks: a guide to identification

May 2024
Species identification

Reversing declines in arable biodiversity: challenges and opportunities

May 2024
Conservation practice

A beep in the dark: 120 years of the Common Midwife Toad in Britain

May 2024
Natural history

Plants on the wing: waterbirds and plant dispersal in Britain

December 2023

Calving and early life of the Red Deer

October 2023
Species conservation

Are nest boxes for Swifts a good idea?

August 2023
Conservation practice

The rise and fall of the Wild Rabbit in Britain

June 2023
Natural history

Beware the dog: the ecological and environmental impacts of pet dogs

June 2023
Conservation & people

Bovine TB and Badgers: a weakened link

May 2023
Conservation policy

Identifying the costs and benefits of feeding garden birds

May 2023
Conservation & people

The Cotswold Water Park – can nature coexist with large-scale recreation?

April 2023
Regional ecology & conservation

Monitoring five decades of change in the UK’s rarest breeding birds through citizen science: the Rare Breeding Birds Panel

April 2023
Biological recording

Yardley Chase Training Area, Northamptonshire: a hidden gem

February 2023
Regional ecology & conservation

Ecology and conservation of breeding Black-tailed Godwits in the UK

February 2023
Species conservation

Conservation of the Angelshark in Welsh waters

November 2022
Species conservation

Greater Horseshoe Bats: 50 years of research in south-west Wales

June 2022
Species conservation

Classic Wildlife Sites: Abernethy Forest

April 2022
Regional ecology & conservation

Carrion in the British countryside – is it a conservation problem?

April 2022

The wandering Walrus and other Arctic vagrants

February 2022
Natural history

Beach-nesting Ringed Plovers and their conservation in England

December 2021
Species conservation

British elephants

December 2021
Natural history

The Humpback Whale’s tale – a cetacean in hot water

October 2021
Natural history

The environmental impact of salmon-farming in Scotland

June 2021

Vole out of water: a history of terrestrial Water Voles in Britain

June 2021
Natural history

The Ring Ouzel – ecology and conservation of the ‘mountain Blackbird’ in the UK

May 2021
Natural history

The Edible Dormouse: update on an invasive non-native species

April 2021
Natural history

The English Badger cull: beginning of an end?

April 2021
Conservation policy

Comment: Arthur’s crow: the spirit of the wild?

February 2021
Species conservation

Is Mink control for ever? Prospects for eradication in East Anglia

December 2020
Regional ecology & conservation

The acoustic identification of small terrestrial mammals in Britain

December 2020
Biological recording

Unravelling the mysteries of autumn swarming by bats

November 2020
Natural history

Thinking globally and acting locally for European Eels

October 2020
Species conservation

Beavers: the original engineers of Britain’s fresh waters

August 2020
Species conservation

Editorial: Neonics in salmon-farming – alarm bells are ringing

August 2020

The Jackdaw – the story of the church parson

June 2020
Natural history

Editorial: British wildlife in lockdown

June 2020

Time to stop vilifying the urban Fox

February 2020

Recovering the Little Tern colony at Chesil Beach, Dorset

December 2019

The most perfect egg

October 2019

Beam Brook and its place in the history of British herpetology

June 2019
Regional ecology & conservation

A history of the Wildcat in England

June 2019
Natural history

The Devil’s Dyke: its wildlife, history and restoration

April 2019
Natural history

The Basking Shark – the changing fortunes of Britain’s biggest fish

February 2019
Natural history

Comment: Pressure mounts against the continuing use of lead ammunition

February 2019
Conservation policy

Was the Stone Marten once established in the wild in the British Isles?

December 2018
Natural history

The Islay Barnacle Goose management strategy: a suggested way forward

October 2018
Conservation policy

Bluefin tuna off Britain and Ireland: return of the giant tunny?

August 2018
Biological recording

Natterjack Toads and landscape history: a window on the past

August 2018
Natural history

The Irish Hare: from the ice age to the present

April 2018
Natural history

Editorial

February 2018
Conservation policy

Is the Vendace, Britain’s rarest freshwater fish, on the brink of extinction?

February 2018
Species conservation

Seeds and seed-eating birds: casualties of agricultural change

February 2018
Conservation trends

Rewetting of woodland: trial management on two RSPB nature reserves

February 2018
Conservation practice

Curlews in crisis

October 2017
Species conservation

Stone-curlews: a farmland conservation story

August 2017
Species conservation

Much ado about something: securing a future for Warwickshire’s Dormice

August 2017
Conservation practice

The Cranes of Lakenheath Fen

June 2017
Natural history

Changes in bird populations in the UK’s Special Protection Areas: a third decadal ‘health check’

June 2017
Conservation policy

Mixed messages about bats and turbines

February 2017
Conservation trends

Britain’s Hedgehogs: research and the conservation effort in the face of serious decline

December 2016
Species conservation

The Northern Pool Frog

October 2016
Species conservation

Bird identification: a guide to the guides

June 2016
Natural history

The mystery of the Orkney Vole

June 2016
Natural history

A history of the White Stork in Britain

April 2016
Natural history

Duck decoys: stars of the pond landscape

February 2016
Natural history

Living with mammals: an urban study

February 2016
Natural history

The Grey Seals of Bardsey

October 2015
Natural history

The Great Crested Newt: an ongoing conservation dilemma

April 2015
Species conservation

Return of the native

February 2015
Natural history

Climate change and Britain’s birdlife: what might we expect?

February 2015
Biological recording

Restoring Ratty to his riverbank

February 2015
Species conservation

Sea change

December 2014
Conservation trends

In search of the last wolf of Scotland

October 2014
Natural history

The changing face of Britain’s Tawny Owls

August 2014
Natural history

Categorising our ‘cats’: a case for pragmatism

June 2014
Species conservation

Securing a future for East Norfolk’s Little Terns

April 2014
Species conservation

Bat-monitoring: a novel approach

April 2014
Biological recording

Chalk streams and grazing Mute Swans

February 2014
Conservation trends

Bat detectors: past, present and future

December 2013
Biological recording

Are Eels a declining food source for Otters in Scotland?

December 2013
Biological recording

The battle for British Beavers

August 2013
Species conservation

New frontiers in our understanding of Bechstein’s Bat in the UK

August 2013
Natural history

The end of feral wallabies in the Peak District

February 2013
Natural history

Comment: Uist Hedgehogs – lessons learnt in wildlife management

December 2012
Species conservation

Common Crane habitats in Britain

August 2012
Natural history

Can the Harvest Mouse survive in a modern arable landscape? A Suffolk case study

August 2012
Species conservation

Deer in the Peak District and its urban fringe

April 2012
Natural history

Comment: Wildlife bridges for small mammals

February 2012
Conservation practice

Lapwings on a downland farm – a personal view

February 2012
Natural history

From carrots to cranes: the creation of RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk

August 2011
Regional ecology & conservation

The long-staying dolphins of Loch Carron

August 2011
Natural history

Supplementary feeding of subadult Choughs

June 2011
Species conservation

The Cirl Bunting recovery story. Celebrating the success of a model species recovery project

April 2011
Species conservation

A long-term study of the Edible Dormouse in Britain

February 2011
Natural history

Reflections on a tern colony – The Long Nanny Little Tern colony over 30 years

December 2010
Regional ecology & conservation

Comment: Lapwings, farming and Environmental Stewardship

October 2010
Conservation policy

Black Grouse recovery in northern England

August 2010
Species conservation

Skipper Newson of Grimsby – the ‘Sturgeon Hunter’

August 2010
Natural history

Harbour Porpoise distribution around the UK – records from aerial surveys for waterbirds

April 2010
Natural history

Escalating ecological impacts of deer in lowland woodland

April 2010
Conservation trends

Shetland Otters revisited

April 2010
Natural history

Black Guillemots at Bangor, Co Down: a 25-year study

February 2010
Natural history

The National Dormouse Monitoring Programme – 21 years of bags and boxes

December 2009
Species conservation

Predation of breeding waders on lowland wet grassland – is it a problem?

October 2009
Regional ecology & conservation

Eagle Owls in Britain: origins and conservation implications

August 2009
Natural history

Identifying voles from their field signs

June 2009
Species identification

Boom or bust – a sustainable future for reedbeds and Bitterns?

June 2009
Conservation practice

The Polecat in Britain – continuing recovery

April 2009
Species conservation

The changing status of amphibians within Eppping Forest

February 2009
Species conservation

The history of the Eurasian Lynx in Britain and the potential for its reintroduction

December 2008
Natural history

‘For five shillings this duck can be yours‘ – a history of the Orielton Decoy

October 2008
Natural history

Reintroducing the European Beaver in Britain

August 2008
Species conservation

An undercurrent of change for Norfolk’s seals

June 2008
Species conservation

BTO is 75 years old – what have its archives got to offer?

June 2008
Natural history

Conservation of bats in British woodlands

February 2008
Species conservation

Solitary-sociable dolphins in the UK

December 2007
Natural history

Are gardens good for birds or birdwatchers?

December 2007
Natural history

Bird conservation and access: coexistence or compromise?

October 2007
Species conservation

Bird Atlas 2007-11 – an overview of atlases and plans for 2007-11

August 2007
Biological recording

The BTO’s Nest Record Scheme – the value of counting your eggs before they hatch

April 2007
Biological recording

Are the Fens a national stronghold for Water Voles? Evidence from the Cambridgeshire fens

April 2007
Natural history

The Bullhead – its biology and conservation

December 2006
Natural history

Are British bats at risk from windfarms?

June 2006
Conservation trends

Status of the Common Tree Frog in Britain

February 2006
Natural history

The Farmland Bird Database

December 2005
Biological recording

Comment – A trial reintroduction of the European Beaver

August 2005
Species conservation

Predation and the profitability of grouse moors

June 2005
Conservation policy

Beyond hypothesis – a long-term study of British snakes

June 2004
Natural history

The status, ecology and conservation of the Smelt in the British Isles

June 2004
Natural history

Links with West Africa: people, policy and migratory birds

April 2004
Conservation policy

Possible impacts of Grey Squirrels on birds and other wildlife

February 2004
Conservation trends

Mountain Hares in the Peak District

December 2003
Natural history

Sunbleak and Topmouth Gudgeon – two new additions to Britain’s freshwater fishes

December 2003
Species conservation

Conserving Scotland’s Slavonian Grebes

October 2003
Species conservation

The Greater Horsehoe Bat Project: a species conservation success story

October 2003
Species conservation

The Migration Atlas – 90 years of bird-ringing and recording migration

June 2003
Biological recording

The status and ecology of the Yellow Wagtail in Britain

April 2003
Natural history

Water frogs in Britain

April 2003
Natural history

Mammals in Britain – a historical perspective

April 2003
Natural history

The Savernake Tunnel – an important hibernation site for bats

April 2003
Regional ecology & conservation

Wetlands as an important habitat for small mammals

February 2003
Natural history

Shropshire Ravens on a roll

February 2003
Natural history

Essex Otters – struggling in a hostile environment?

February 2003
Natural history

Lapwings in Britain – a new approach to their conservation

December 2002
Species conservation

Putting Dormice back on the map

December 2002
Species conservation

Killer Whales in British waters

December 2002
Natural history

The UK network of Special Protection Areas for birds

October 2002
Conservation policy

Bats in Greater London – Unique evidence of a decline over 15 years

October 2002
Species conservation

Lamprey: relicts from the past

August 2002
Natural history

The perfect disciple – the perfect hunter. The myths and realities of Mustela

August 2002
Natural history

Lesser Horseshoe Bats in a Welsh valley

August 2002
Natural history

Bird communities on chalk grassland – a case study of Salisbury Plain Training Area

June 2002
Regional ecology & conservation

Water Voles in the Highlands An undiscovered refuge?

April 2002
Natural history

The small cetaceans of Cardigan Bay

April 2002
Regional ecology & conservation

Nesting behaviour of the Red Kite in the Chilterns

February 2002
Natural history

The fall and rise of Ainsdale’s Natterjacks

February 2002
Species conservation

The legacy and significance of The Life of the Robin by David Lack

December 2001
Natural history

The value of gardens for wildlife – lessons from mammals and herpetofauna

December 2001
Natural history

Identification: Wild Boar signs in southern England

October 2001
Species identification

Can fish determine the conservation value of shallow lakes in the UK?

October 2001
Conservation policy

Bristol’s Foxes – 40 years of change

August 2001
Natural history

Marine finfish farming in Scotland

August 2001
Conservation trends

The Barbastelle in Britain

June 2001
Natural history

Sea Eagles – reclaiming the west

April 2001
Species conservation

Identification – Egg-laying and larval development of Great Crested Newts

April 2001
Species identification

The effects of flooding of grassland on food supply for breeding waders

February 2001
Conservation practice

Water Voles and development – a case study of mitigation techniques

February 2001
Species conservation

Whatever happened to the Ravenglass gullery?

February 2001
Natural history

Wild trout in the British Isles – their variety and conservation

December 2000
Natural history

Identification: Prominent and kitten moths

December 2000
Species identification

The Wall Lizard in England

December 2000
Natural history

Management of RSPB Minsmere Reserve reedbeds and its impact on breeding Bitterns

October 2000
Species conservation

Birds and wind turbines in Britain

October 2000
Conservation trends

The role of large grazing animals in nature conservation – a Dutch perspective

October 2000
Conservation practice

On the trail of the Spined Loach: developing a conservation plan for a poorly known species

August 2000
Species conservation

Intraspecific aggression, cannibalism and suspected infanticide in Otters

August 2000
Natural history

When do frogs emerge from hibernation (and how do we know)?

August 2000
Natural history

The Black Redstart in urban Britain – a conservation conundrum?

August 2000
Natural history

British Bullfrogs?

June 2000
Species conservation

The ecology and conservation of Allis and Twaite Shad

February 2000
Natural history

Living with Yellow-necked Mice

February 2000
Natural history

Problems with rodenticides: the threat to Red Kites and other wildlife

February 2000
Conservation trends

A key to the guard hairs of British canids and mustelids

December 1999
Species identification

Saving the Cirl Bunting… and lots more

October 1999
Species conservation

Zander – the hidden invader

October 1999
Natural history

Current status of the House Sparrow in Britain

August 1999
Natural history

The Golden Eagle – free spirit of The Highlands

June 1999
Natural history

Predicting the date of frog emergence in Devon

June 1999
Natural history

The Nightingale in England – problems and prospects

April 1999
Natural history

Dormice in Dorset – the importance of hedges and scrub

February 1999
Natural history

Black Squirrels in Britain

December 1998
Natural history

Northern Bottlenose Whales off Skye

December 1998
Natural history

Exmoor Ponies – Britain’s Prehistoric Wild Horses?

June 1998
Natural history

Whale-watching Begins at Home

June 1998
Biological recording

The Scottish Wildcat – a cat with an identity crisis?

April 1998
Species conservation

The Peregrine Falcon in Shropshire – whatever next?

April 1998
Natural history

Reinforcing Otter Populations of the Derwent and Esk Catchments in North Yorkshire

February 1998
Species conservation

The Lesser White-toothed Shrew on the Isles of Scilly

December 1997
Natural history

Marine Turtles in British and Irish Waters

December 1997
Natural history

Ecological Genetics, Conservation and Extinction – a case study with frogs and toads

August 1997

Pathetic Bundles of Feathers – Birds and Roads

April 1997
Conservation trends

Man’s Vertebrate Competitors

April 1997
Conservation & people

Urban-fringe Deer Management Issues – a South Yorkshire Case Study

October 1996
Conservation trends

Decline and Recovery of the Otter – a Personal Account

August 1996
Species conservation

Changing Perceptions of the Dark-bellied Brent Goose

August 1996
Natural history

Nightjars – some aspects of their behaviour and conservation

June 1996
Natural history

Comment – Wilderness or Cultural Landscapes: Conflicting Conservation Philosophies?

June 1996
Natural history

Comment – Beavers, Fish and Fishermen

June 1996
Natural history

Estuary Birds – Before the Counting Began

April 1996
Natural history

The History of the Beaver in Scotland and the Case for its Reintroduction

February 1996
Natural history

The Red Kite Re-introduction Project in Britain – Progress so far and future plans

October 1995
Species conservation

Crested Newts – Ancient Survivors

October 1995
Natural history

What Future for the Harvest Mouse

August 1995
Species conservation

The Coypu in Britain

June 1995
Species conservation

Wasteland or Oasis? The use of set-aside by breeding and wintering birds

April 1995
Conservation practice

The Feral Goat – Conservation and Management

February 1995
Species conservation

Management of Lowland Wet Grassland for Breeding Waders

December 1994
Conservation practice

Greater Horseshoe Bats – Activity, foraging behaviour and habitat use

December 1994
Natural history

Conservation and Rare Breeds of Farm Livestock

October 1994
Conservation practice

Comment: The Pool Frog – a neglected native?

October 1994
Species conservation

Comment: A Killing Question – ls there a moral dilemma for conservationists?

August 1994
Conservation practice

Grey Seals in West Wales

August 1994
Natural history

The Water Vole – some aspects of its ecology

June 1994
Natural history

Wildlife Road Casualties

April 1994
Conservation trends

Effects of Grazing and Browsing by Mammals on Woodlands

April 1994
Natural history

Rehabilitating Sick and Injured Hedgehogs – Does it Work?

December 1993
Species conservation

Identification – Deer in Britain

October 1993
Species identification

The Return of the Polecat

October 1993
Natural history

Freshwater Fish Conservation in the British Isles

October 1993
Species conservation

The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland – an overview of methods and results

August 1993
Biological recording

The Hobby’s Breeding Range in Britain – what factors have allowed it to expand?

August 1993
Natural history

Conservation of the Dormouse

February 1993
Species conservation

The Red Squirrel in Jersey

December 1992
Natural history

Pine Martens in Scotland

October 1992
Natural history

ldentification – British Reptiles

October 1992
Species identification

The Need for Conservation of Sharks and Rays in British Waters

October 1992
Conservation policy

Corn Buntings in North-west Europe – going down

October 1992
Species conservation

Crotting and Bird Conservation on Coll and Tiree

August 1992
Conservation practice

The Otter in South-east Britain

August 1992
Natural history

Barn Owl Releases – Why the new controls are so necessary

June 1992
Conservation trends

Identification – Cetaceans in British waters

April 1992
Species identification

Brock’s Defence – a brief examination of the law relating to Badgers

April 1992
Conservation policy

Trying to Save the Natterjack Toad – a case study in amphibian conservation

February 1992
Species conservation

The Gadwall in Britain

December 1991
Natural history

The Management and Creation of Reedbeds – especially for rare birds

December 1991
Conservation practice

Identification – British Newts

August 1991
Species identification

The Enigmatic Serotine Bat – a case of human dependency

June 1991
Natural history

British Whales and Dolphins – Threats, Research and Conservation

April 1991
Conservation trends

Identification – Tracks and Signs of the Weasel Family

February 1991
Species identification

Population Trends in British Barn Owls – a review of some possible causes

February 1991
Conservation trends

Identification – British Bats at Twilight

October 1990
Species identification

Upland Birds and their Conservation

October 1990
Species conservation

Feral Mink and Nature Conservation

August 1990
Species conservation

Habitat Change and Bird Populations

August 1990
Conservation trends

Identification – Shrews, Voles and Mice

June 1990
Species identification

Threats to Britain’s Native Salmon, Trout and Charr

June 1990
Species conservation

Looking for British Reptiles

June 1990
Natural history

Identification – Britain’s Frogs and Toads

February 1990
Species identification

The Basking Shark – Its fishery and conservation

February 1990
Species conservation

Conservation of the Greater Horseshoe Bat

October 1989
Species conservation

Waterbirds, climate change and wildlife conservation in Britain

January 1970
Conservation trends
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