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CONTENTS Spring 2015 26 Big carnivores are reclaiming former haunts across Europe. Will we see wolves, lynx, bears and bison in the UK? SPECIAL OFFER SAVE WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE SEE P28 SEE P36 Wild ALL NEW WILD! 6 Dawn chorus drama How you can join the BBC Wildlife team to experience this amazing spectacle 8 Spring wildlife highlights Essential species to see this month Plus The latest news and wildlife sightings 11 Swallows’ nests Discover why these birds return to their nests Plus Garden spiders 12 Animal behaviour How oil beetle larvae rely on solitary mining bees 14 Nature Table Discover the science of discarded grass snake skins Plus Harvest mouse nests and cuckoo-spit 4 BBC Wildlife 16 Latest scientific research Feisty lemmings, crocodile games, ant-nest beetles and new seadragon species 20 Saving sharks Revealed: why threatened sharks are still ending up in our restaurants 14 Find out why grass snakes shed their skin Features Agenda 26 Return of the lynx Carnivores are returning to most of Europe – will we see them here in Britain? 38 Rights for whales! New research reveals their intelligence and culture 60 Nest invaders! Discover how cuckoos are caught in an evolutionary arms race with host parents 68 Carnivorous plants Borneo’s pitcher plants’ incredible relationships with other species 88 City bees Pollinators are thriving in our cities – how can you help boost their numbers? 49 Rare ape extinction Hainan gibbon population hits an alarming low 50 Dogs protect vultures Sniffer dogs used to locate poisoned bait in Greece Plus Dolphins in captivity 51 Mark Carwardine What does a Cornish whale sighting mean for oceans? 52 Facebook and seahorses Can social media help British wildlife? Plus How to run your own online campaign 54 You r Fe edbac k Demand for wildlife lessons in schools, inspirational nature writing and faithbased conservation Spring 2015
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READ OUR COLUMNISTS 60 The evolutionary arms race that tricks a reed warbler into raising a cuckoo chick 80 Discover the body forms caterpillars use to defend against predators 88 Urban areas can be good for some pollinators AMY￿JANE BEER “The skin of a grass snake is distinctive — each scale has a pronounced keel.”p14 BILL ODDIE “It is in spring that we realise which migrants have returned in diminished numbers.”p23 38 New research is changing the way we think about whales MARK CARWARDINE “Seeing a bowhead whale in Cornwall was like spotting a great white in the Thames.”p51 JOIN THE DEBATE www.discoverwildlife.com/forum Discover Reviews Regulars OR GET IN TOUCH… 79 Animal language lessons Plus Why some young birds are bigger than their parents, captive orcas’ fins and animals with amazing snapping bones 84 Wildlife gardening Create the perfect wildlife compost in your garden Plus Make a bioblitz tool 97 Dawn Chorus Day Experience an amazing international celebration 98 Book reviews Rare British wildlife and how to get into insects 100 TV and Radio Shark, bears and a Caribbean adventure 102 Wildlife events Reserve of the Month, bee survey and Puffin Fest 2015 52 Find out if an online campaign can save the spiny seahorse 23 Bill Oddie Signs of spring? This is the season that mixes bad news with new growth 24 Wildlife school prize A new award to celebrate wildlife in schools 36 Subscription offer Save 30 per cent and get 6 issues for just £16.75 111 Crossword Try our brain-teaser and win a weather station 112 You r Photo s Share your best photos at www.discoverwildlife.com 114 Ta l e s fr om t h e B u s h Spanish horseshoe whip snake saved from traffic EDITORIAL Te l 0117 314 7366 Email wildlifemagazine@immediate.co.uk Post BBC Wildlife Magazine, Immediate Media Company, 2nd Floor, Tower House, Fair fax Street, Bristol BS1 3BN SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BACK ISSUES Te l 0844 844 0251 Email wildlife@servicehelpline.co.uk Post BBC Wildlife Magazine, FREEPOST LON16059, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8DF OTHER CONTACTS App support immediateapps@ servicehelpline.co.uk Advertising Louise Edwards 0117 314 8384; louise.edwards@immediate.co.uk Syndication Emma Brunt 0117 314 8782; emma.brunt@immediate.co.uk TALK TO US ON SOCIAL MEDIA... facebook.com/wildlifemagazine twitter.com/WildlifeMag In g o A r n d t / n a t u r e p l . c o m ; h u m p b a c k : D o c W h i t e / n a t u r e p l . c o m ; s e a h o r s e : T h e S e a h o r s e Tr u s t W o l f : M a u r i z i oB i a n c a r e l l i ; c u c k o o : T h o m a s H i n s c h e / M i n d e n / F L P A ; c a t e r p i l l a r : BBC Wildlife 5

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CONTENTS

Spring 2015

26

Big carnivores are reclaiming former haunts across Europe. Will we see wolves, lynx, bears and bison in the UK?

SPECIAL OFFER

SAVE

WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE

SEE P28

SEE P36

Wild

ALL NEW WILD!

6 Dawn chorus drama

How you can join the BBC Wildlife team to experience this amazing spectacle 8 Spring wildlife highlights

Essential species to see this month Plus The latest news and wildlife sightings 11 Swallows’ nests

Discover why these birds return to their nests Plus Garden spiders 12 Animal behaviour

How oil beetle larvae rely on solitary mining bees 14 Nature Table

Discover the science of discarded grass snake skins Plus Harvest mouse nests and cuckoo-spit

4

BBC Wildlife

16 Latest scientific research

Feisty lemmings, crocodile games, ant-nest beetles and new seadragon species 20 Saving sharks

Revealed: why threatened sharks are still ending up in our restaurants

14

Find out why grass snakes shed their skin

Features Agenda

26 Return of the lynx

Carnivores are returning to most of Europe – will we see them here in Britain? 38 Rights for whales!

New research reveals their intelligence and culture 60 Nest invaders!

Discover how cuckoos are caught in an evolutionary arms race with host parents 68 Carnivorous plants

Borneo’s pitcher plants’ incredible relationships with other species 88 City bees

Pollinators are thriving in our cities – how can you help boost their numbers?

49 Rare ape extinction

Hainan gibbon population hits an alarming low 50 Dogs protect vultures

Sniffer dogs used to locate poisoned bait in Greece Plus Dolphins in captivity 51 Mark Carwardine

What does a Cornish whale sighting mean for oceans? 52 Facebook and seahorses

Can social media help British wildlife? Plus How to run your own online campaign 54 You r Fe edbac k

Demand for wildlife lessons in schools, inspirational nature writing and faithbased conservation

Spring 2015

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