BBC Wildlife - UK (2021-12)

discoverwildlife.com BBC WILDLIFE 61 she is spoken for. The couple takes turns to watch the nest: when one goes in search of foo ...

62 BBC WILDLIFE December 2021 When to pick up, when to leave alone Both adults and children have an instinct for collecting natu ...

discoverwildlife.com BBC WILDLIFE 63 I n my cupped hand is one of nature’s treasures. A feather I’ve often dreamed of finding. I ...

64 BBC WILDLIFE December 2021 a wooden frame with divided areas for more substantial collections. Grown-ups, too, seem compelled ...

discoverwildlife.com BBC WILDLIFE 65 “Even a bit of bark might be home to all sorts of invertebrates” KELLY THOMAS, RSPB SENIOR ...

66 BBC WILDLIFE December 2021 Fickweiler says that changes in behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic led to double the usual num ...

discoverwildlife.com BBC WILDLIFE 67 plants, and only taking small handfuls. There’s a neat rule of thumb, “One in 20”, which me ...

By the 1970s, otter numbers had plummeted in the UK due to pesticide pollution in rivers ...

Ten years ago, it was jubilantly announced that otters had returned to every county in England. But is river pollution putting t ...

70 BBC WILDLIFE December 2021 saw an otter! An otter! Right here... by the bus stop!” I was in the bath, appropriately enough, w ...

discoverwildlife.com BBC WILDLIFE 71 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anna Levin is an author and journalist. Ripples on the River: Celebrating ...

Juvenile otters stay close to their mothers as they learn to forage and catch fish. They may be a year old before they can fend ...

discoverwildlife.com BBC WILDLIFE 73 As well as having dense, water-repellent fur and webbed feet, otters can close their ears a ...

74 BBC WILDLIFE December 2021 continue to pose a risk. These toxins, which caused otter populations to crash, are known as Persi ...

discoverwildlife.com BBC WILDLIFE 75 how they all combine or what the long- term impact of this cocktail will be. Other substanc ...

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discoverwildlife.com BBC WILDLIFE 77 wildlife TRAVEL 2022 Let the adventure begin! As the world opens up, here are 15 destinatio ...

78 BBC WILDLIFE December 2021 the r The UK has a wealth of wildlife easily packed into weekend-sized chunks. RSPB Minsmere, Suff ...

discoverwildlife.com BBC WILDLIFE 79 GE TT Y^ IM AG ES X 5 ;^ PO LE CA T:^ DA VI D^ HE RM ON Head to the Scottish Highlands for ...

80 BBC WILDLIFE December 2021 There’s no need to fly to spend a fortnight watching wildlife in Europe. Take your car on a ferry ...