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I’ll see your numbered pebble and raise you a numbered butterfly!

2nd May, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

Ranger regular Dave Larkin noticed the article on the numbered pebble, and typically, manages to knock that into a cocked

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Buglife Protected species 

The butterfly that stamped… Buglife sees off Royal Mail at West Thurrock?

15th April, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment insects, invertebrates, planning

The most ironic marketing gaffe ever, and then an apparent u-turn by Royal Mail: did plucky little conservation charity Buglife

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Protected species Wildlife & countryside news 

Endangered fly rediscovered on unusual ‘crabitat’

12th April, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments crabs, flies, invertebrates

In 1966, 21 specimens of a new type of fly were collected from an unusual habitat in the Caribbean by

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Giving conservation a bad name

27th March, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments

Remember the Euro-banana? Every tabloid in the land screamed rage at Brussels for the unimaginable insult to that very British

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Protected species Red Squirrels & Grey Squirrels 

Invisible squirrels

3rd October, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments

Once more the allegedly deadly grey squirrel rears its cute little head in the media, with a rather desperate article

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Isle of Wight Protected species Wildlife & countryside news 

Lock up your bees!

25th July, 200720th July, 2015 Matthew Chatfield 5 Comments

Sometimes, the name of a species isn’t really very informative. Oonops pulcher, for example (a spider), means ‘beautiful egg-eyes’. Not

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Small game hunting

17th July, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment dorset, sand lizard

The biggest prize of all on The Ranger’s holiday in Dorset would be a sighting of the elusive sand lizard

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Braving the rare carnivores

16th July, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

The Ranger has recently returned from a few days house-sitting for a friend on the mainland, in Dorset. By happy

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Legal matters Protected species 

Scotsmen will need a sporran licence. No, seriously.

24th June, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 4 Comments

As from 21 August this year, European Protected Species are getting extra protection in England. It would be nice to

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Protected species 

Help save the Thames rainforest

23rd November, 2006 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

It’s corny but it’s true. We sometimes spend so much effort looking at all the environmental trouble in far-flung parts

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