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Floating Pennywort (c) GB Non-native Species Secretariat

GB Non-native Species Secretariat offering free online courses

22nd July, 201422nd July, 2014 The Virtual Ranger 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 the thing for you. One of the very few parts

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Smearing toads with haemorrhoid cream… humanely

6th June, 2012 The Virtual Ranger 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 hedgehogs in Scotland, hard-pressed by conservationists bent on their eradication.

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Ivy on trees… kill it or cherish it?

20th December, 20056th April, 2014 The Virtual Ranger 72 Comments forestry, gardening, invasive, ivy, trees

At this time of year our thoughts turn to holly and ivy… and sometimes we encounter one of the ‘old chestnuts’ for debate that just seem to go on and