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The people
behind our stories
NIKI RUST
Niki Rust is an environmental scientist
and writer.“Climate change will be
the number one threat to wildlife in
the future. The work that Will Reid is
doing to understand how this will afect
wildlife is crucial.” See p55
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60 32 STEFAN BUCZACKI
Fascinated by the history and natural
history of burial grounds, Stefan says,
“They are possibly our most under-
appreciated wildlife sanctuaries
and their care and conservation is
supremely important.” See p42
ALEX MORSS
Ecologist Alex works with a range of
protected species, including bats.
OUR WILD REGULARS “To many of us, bats are mysterious,”
WORLD 6 WildMonth she says.“They so often dwell in the
shadows right beside us, and yet
Find out the answers to your wild Seven species to look for in November remain so enigmatic.” See p60
questions and share your stories
13 MikeDilger’swildlifewatching
101 Q&A Scout out some of Britain’s wildest
How the leatherback turtle got its name, inhabitants, on the Scottish hills
and why shieldbugs smell of marzipan
17 NickBaker’sHiddenBritain
106 Travel: NationalParks The shoveler duck’s surprising talent
Fauna and flora to look out for in Thomas Marent/Minden/FLPA; bat: Photo Researchers/FLPA; illustration by Peter Scott/The Art Agency Churchyard: Erica Olsen/FLPA; kea: David Tipling/Alamy; wild dogs: James Giford; Vermilion Cardinal:
40 InFocus: Portuguesemano’war
Nepal’s Chitwan National Park
84 BehindtheImage SARAH MCPHERSON
107 Volunteer: WorkingforNature Section editor Sarah spent a week on
The gemsbok, Namibia’s drought survivor
Frances Dismore co-ordinates a the Northern Colombia Birding Trail,
waterways clean-up group in London 87 WildatHome: Naturalhistory and saw more than 200 species. “The
TV,books,puzzlesandmore country could become one of the
108 YourPhotos
greatest eco-tourism destinations in
114 WildlifeChampion
110 Feedback the world,” she says. See p32
Why film-maker Gordon Buchanan has
Your letters and Tales from the Bush
fallen in love with the African elephant
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