BBC Wildlife - UK (2020-08)

August 2020 |Vol. 38 No. 09 URBAN PARKS: ‘NATURE-FREE ZONES’ DRONES CHANGING THE WAY WE SEE THE WORLD Q&A DO ANY ANIMALS PRA ...

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Cover: Jonathan &Ange aScott; Th s page: Kertu Saarits/Alamy August 2020 BBC Wildlife 3 Getyour Contactus digitalcopy uya di ...

4 BBC Wildlife August 2020 Lion: Jonathan &Ang eScott; cuckoo: Fabr zo Mog a/Getty; honey bee: Nck Upton/naturep .com; drone ...

FEATURES 32 Howtocombatinvasive balsam Scientistsareusingfungitohelpkeep HimalayanbalsamatbayintheUK, buthowdoesit work? 38 Wild ...

Introduced to the UK from the Mediterranean (on more than one occasion), fallow deer were historically kept in the deer parks of ...

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This leaf-tailed gecko blends in beautifully with its background of tree bark. Found (though perhaps only by the eagle-eyed) in ...

From deterring flies to regulating heat, there are several theories when it comes to the evolutionary purpose of a zebra’s strip ...

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WILDMONTH We cover land, sea and air in the search for summer wildlife, leaving no discarded shell unturned. By Ben Hoare Alex M ...

WILD AUGUST Peopleona beachseldomrealise there’sa carnivaloflifewithin a stoneskimoftheshore.What biologistsrefertoasthelower in ...

August 2020 WILDAUGUST Englishoakis a misleadingname forthecommonestbroadleaf treeintheBritishIsles.So, it’sa shamethat‘peduncul ...

WILDAUGUST Thedramaofthebreedingseasonmay bea coupleofmonthsaway,butyou canstillwatchgreysealsaroundour coasts.Whilesomeswima fe ...

16 BBC Wildlife August 2020 Theirnestsdomakea mess,butwe shouldalljustlearntolivewithit. Housemartinsareinrapiddecline intheUK,e ...

Waterveneers arefoundabove andbelowa pond’ssurface. August 2020 BBC Wildlife 17 WILD AUGUST lying spread-eagled on the surface f ...

C haracterisedbygin-clearwaters, flowingovergravellybottoms throughemerald-greenbedsof aquaticplants,chalkstreamsare a quintesse ...

Cockw se from top eft: Mke Read/naturep .com; Mark Sm th/A amy; W em Ko voort/ naturep .com; Jack Perks/FLPA; Mche Roggo/naturep ...

Bullhead: Jack Perks/FLPA 20 BBC Wildlife August 2020 WILDAUGUST Watercrowfoot Therearesevenspecies ofthesebeautifulwhite- flowe ...