BBC Wildlife - UK (2020-04)

Cover: koala: Doug Gimesy; eagle: Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty; This page: Danny Green/naturepl.com

April 2020 BBC Wildlife 3

H

avingspenta few

yearslivingin

Oxfordshirewhen

I wasyounger,I

canconfirmthat

it’sa longwayfromthesea.

Andthereweredefinitelyno

seaeaglesthereinthe1990s.

Buteverythingchanges,and

whenwewenttocheckupon

theeaglesrecentlyreintroduced

ontheIsleofWight,wewere

surprisedtolearnthatone

ofthemhadindeedtakenup

residenceclosetothecityof

dreamingspires(p42).

Nature’sadaptabilitynever

ceasestoamaze,asevidencedin

HelenPilcher’seye-opening

featureabouthow

humanbehaviourhas

causedevolution

tospeedup

(p73).But

hownature

respondsto

changeisn’t

alwaysclear,

andwe’llhave

towaitandsee

whatthefalloutwill

befromtwomajoreventsthat

tookplacewhilethisissuewas

inproduction.

Firstoff,therecamethe

announcementthatthelong-

debatedHS2raillinkwasgiven

thegreenlight.PatrickBarkham

exploreswhatthecostwill be to

ourwildlifeonpage32.

Morepoignantwasthe

heartbreakingnewsfrom

Australia,asthedevasating

effectsofthewildfiresbecame

clear.DougGimesyjoinsthe

rescuemission(p54),butit

remainstobeseenhowthe

scorchedareaswillrecover.

Times of change...

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