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The Little Stinker! Polecats in the UK in Need of a Helping Hand.

Breed and Release – did it work? By Graham Wellstead. There are today many creatures in the UK, and indeed, World Wide, that are in need of a concentrated scheme dedicated to try and reverse their decline. As a private individual I have done my best with the use of my time and money (unsupported)…
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Maxwell Knight the Amateur Naturalist – Remembering a Lecture by Prof. John E. Cooper

Introduction In a compelling lecture at the Maxwell Knight Commemorative Symposium, Professor John E. Cooper delved into the captivating world of Maxwell Knight, known to many as a WW2 MI5 spymaster and agent handler, but equally significant (especially to John Cooper) as a pioneering amateur naturalist. Held on 24th November 2018 at Birkbeck College, London,…
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Mystic Meg: A Tale of Peregrine Falcon Rescue

By Graham Wellstead. In 1994 I was called to the Isle of Sheppey on the Kent coast to recover a female Peregrine in trouble. She had been found filthy and starving, trying to kill a chicken. I gathered her up and returned home. She was not wearing Government issued ring, therefore was not traceable, and…
