With a focus on Greater London, Andy Overall explores the variety of habitats in the urban environment to describe the most common and characteristic fungi that can be found. In Britain, we have between 3,500 and 4,000 species of larger fungi, otherwise known as mushrooms and toadstools. If searching for fungi, most people will be
A 12-year study has cast new light upon mammal population trends in urban areas, demonstrating the important role that citizen-science monitoring can play. Most of us live in urban landscapes. The word ‘urban’ is variously defined in different countries, but typically it refers to population centres with more than 2,000 inhabitants (UN 2014).
The effects of artificial light on wildlife are increasingly well documented, but are there realistic ways in which those effects can be mitigated?
All bats in the UK were given legal protection in 1981, but how effective have this and conservation and protection measures been?
The Red Fox Vulpes vulpes has the widest geographical distribution of any terrestrial carnivore and is found throughout the northern hemisphere, as well as in Australia, where it was introduced for hunting. It occupies a diverse array of habitats ranging from arctic tundra to deserts. During the last century, Foxes also colonised many towns and cities,
The Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros is an attractive robin-sized bird of the thrust family. The male is a stunning mixture of black and slate-grey, streaked with white on the wing. Both sexes sport vivid red-brown tail deathers, which give the bird its name. Although it is common in central and south-eastern Europe, Britain lies at the north-western
