The Ranger's Blog

The thoughts and writings of The Virtual Ranger, since 1995 the host and mascot of Naturenet, the UK's most popular independent environmental website; along with interjections from his real-life alter ego, Matthew Chatfield, and others. Featuring not only Naturenet and countryside related stuff, but, as on Naturenet, plenty of other material - more or less at random - that takes The Ranger's fancy. But you can be confident that soon enough he'll be rather sarcastic.

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6. What is the purpose of wasps? (44490 views) 
7. Why do spiders come indoors in the autumn? (33802 views) 
8. Gents, something in your pocket kills trees - and it's not a copper nail. (32152 views) 
9. Wart seems to be the problem? The very strange papillomavirus (31974 views) 
10. A fungus that looks like Britney Spears? (29733 views) 

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Naturenet popular links

• Get a Countryside Job: we tell you how!
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• The Countryside Jobs Service
• The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

The Ranger's other blog favourites

• Architectures of Control
• BES Ecology and Policy Blog
• Boing Boing - a directory of wonderful things
• Bug Girl's Blog
• Cabinet of Curiosities
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• Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
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• The Science Blog
• Village Idiot
• Zooillogix

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• Benjamin James Dyer
• Craig's gardening blog
• Isle of Wight Green Gym Blog
• Another Pint Please...
• Brian's Blog
• Gift to Nature
• Island 2000 Trust Blog
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• Ventnor Blog
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