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CI-UK Reviews: Magazines

British Wildlife

Since its launch in Autumn 1989 British Wildlife has rapidly established itself as a quality magazine providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists in Great Britain and Ireland.

 

Latest Edition: June 2009.

Bitterns & reedbeds, purple hairstreaks, hedgerows, vole signs, an intertidal survey of Wales and a special supplement on re-wilding.

Go to British Wildlife website

 

BBC Wildlife Magazine

BBC Wildlife is the world’s best natural history magazine. Every issue, you can enjoy the beauty of nature through our spectacular wildlife photography and informative features by leading animal behaviour experts.

 

Latest Edition: July 2009.

Osprey odysseys, exploring East Anglia, budget binoculars plus all the regular features.

Go to BBC Wildlife website

 

Birdwatch

Birdwatch is the home of birding. An independent magazine established in 1992 by birders for birders, it has grown to become the leading monthly news and features magazine at the enthusiast end of the market.

 

Latest Edition: July 2009.

Garden birding, where to go birding, Darwin's Theory, the History of British Birds.

Go to the Bird Watching website

 

Countryfile

The Countryfile magazine supports the BBC television programme, first aired in 1988, which reports on rural and environmental issues within the United Kingdom. The magazine is 'a glossy, people-centric magazine concerning all aspects of country life'.

 

Latest Edition: July 2009.

Waterways special feature, the Orkney Isles, the decline of 'pick-your-own'.

Go to Countryfile Magazine website.

 

Country Walking

Country Walking magazine shares and celebrates your passion for walking with stunning photography, great writing, brilliant, practical advice, expert kit tests, and a superb pull-out guide of walks around the UK.

 

Latest Edition: July 2009.

Escape to Britain's most secluded and wild locations, plus trace your family history.

Go to Country Walking website

 

CI-UK Picks: Television & Radio

Week: 18-24th July 2009.

Country Tracks

Sunday – 11am – BBC One

On a journey down the remote Northumberland coast, Ellie Harrison reports on ancient castles and deserted beaches.

 

Coast

Tuesday – 8pm – BBC Two

Neil Oliver, Dick Strawbridge and Miranda Krestovnikoff are in Cap Griz-Nez, France exploring the remains of a fortress built by Henry VIII, a map related to the D Day landings and bats in an abandoned German bunker.

 

Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast

Tuesday – 10pm – BBC2

Julia Bradbury walks through three national parks between the Irish and the North Sea following Wainwright's final guidebook.

 

Countrywise

Thursday – 7.30pm – ITV1

En route from Fort William to Mallaig in West Scotland, the team take a trip on board the steam train, Jacobite.

 

CI-UK Picks: Scientific Papers

Spatial covariance between biodiversity and other ecosystem service priorities Journal of Applied Ecology Volume 46, Issue 4, Date: August 2009, Pages: 888-896 Barbara J. Anderson, Paul R. Armsworth, Felix Eigenbrod, Chris D. Thomas, Simon Gillings, Andreas Heinemeyer, David B. Roy, Kevin J. Gaston Abstract

Population trends of breeding birds in British woodlands over a 32-year period: relationships with food, habitat use and migratory behaviour Ibis Volume 151, Issue 3, Date: July 2009, Pages: 464-486 CHRIS M. HEWSON, DAVID G. NOBLE Abstract

A method for applying fluvial geomorphology in support of catchment-scale river restoration planning Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Volume 19, Issue 5, Date: July/August 2009, Pages: 506-519 David Sear, Malcolm Newson, Christopher Hill, Jo Old, Julia Branson Abstract

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Primula vulgaris Huds. (P. acaulis (L.) Hill) Journal of Ecology Volume 97, Issue 4, Date: July 2009, Pages: 812-833 Hans Jacquemyn, Patrick Endels, Rein Brys, Martin Hermy, Stanley R. J. Woodell Abstract

 

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