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Squirrels don’t owe you anything

29th March, 2021 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, non-native

A letter in the Isle of Wight County Press (CP 12/4/19) from Steve Shaw raised a query about the Island’s

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Behold, the tree lobster. (Spoiler: not a lobster)

10th October, 201710th October, 2017 Matthew Chatfield 4 Comments australia, lord howe island, massive animals, rats, stick insect

We like to bring you the occasional large invertebrate on this blog. And even a huge vertebrate now and then. But here’s a big

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GB Non-native Species Secretariat offering free online courses

22nd July, 201422nd July, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments gbnnss, invasive, non-native

If you’re interested in non-native species and their impact on the environment, and you’d like to learn more, this is

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Smearing toads with haemorrhoid cream… humanely

6th June, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 7 Comments amphibians, australia, invasive, non-native, piles

Regular readers will remember the anguish with which celebrities and commoners alike rallied round the cause of poor old introduced

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Knotweed: is Stefan papering over the cracks?

12th May, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

Everyone seems to know a few facts about Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica: it’s going to be eaten by some Japanese

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Tell me, sweet little lice

14th March, 2010 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments

Well, it seems it’s actually come true. As reported on this blog and elsewhere, CABI have been looking at possible

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The non-native species portal opens!

9th February, 2010 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment

Behold! The portal is opening… and what’s inside? Is it a trans-dimensional gateway to another star system? No, it’s a

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Knotweed – what harm could it do?

13th October, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

Japanese knotweed is in the news because of the proposed introduction of a predatory insect to control it – a

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Invasion of the swingers

21st June, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 8 Comments

The Ranger is fond of internet tittle-tattle, and occasionally enjoys the salacious titbits found on the Holy Moly gossip website.

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Knotweed to be unravelled at last?

5th May, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments

An insect has been identified that just might prove to be the holy grail of biological control: a safe predator

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