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.
391 What’s in a name? The legacy and lexicon of birds
Andrew Gosler
Appendix
398 Natural reflections
Brett Westwood
399 The Purseweb Spider: a very British tarantula
Richard Burkmar and Richard Price
407 Habitat management news
Compiled by Conservation Management Advice, RSPB
409 RSPB Geltsdale – a case study of upland management
Steve Garnett, Jen Selvidge, Stephen Westerberg, Malcolm Ausden and Pat Thompson
418 Wild story
Amy-Jane Beer
419 Local extinction: a case study of species loss in Surrey
Jonty Denton
426 Letter from Caledonia
Hugh Raven
427 Comment: How important is native status? Conservation and ‘alien’ plants
Peter Marren
433 Flying kites: a view from Wales
James Robertson
434 Wildlife reports
Compiled by Guy Freeman
457 Naturally opinionated
Mark Avery
458 Conservation news
Compiled by Sue Everett
464 Twitcher in the swamp
465 Book reviews & Letters