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Invasive species Isle of Wight Red Squirrels & Grey Squirrels 

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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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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Stand up for the rights of rats

15th January, 2006 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments hedgehogs, non-native, scotland

The National Trust for Scotland has been poisoning rats on the Scottish island of Canna in the name of bird

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