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Friday听04听July 2008
A spotted flycatcher resting it's nest.
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Crucifix Ground Beetle
For an extremely small and fairly obscure beetle that few of us have ever heard of, this little creature has caused quite a stir. After fifty years of absence, it has now been rediscovered at Wicken fen, near Cambridge.
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Pool Frog
Shortly after Julia Wycherly began studying the Pool frog, one of our scarcest native amphibians, it became extinct. Then started the hard work to reintroduce this species back to Britain.
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Spotted Flycatcher
One amateur naturalist in Worcestershire has amassed the most research data ever collected on the Spotted flycatcher. Dylan finds out how one goes about studying these elusive birds and what the eight years of research have revealed.
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Barbastelle bats
If you venture into Ebernoe woods in West Sussex at dusk, you may be lucky enough to catch a fleeting glimpse of the Barbastelle bat.
Conservationist Frank Greenaway has been studying them for many years, providing valuable knowledge that is already helping to reverse the reverse the fortunes of this endangered species.
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