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    1. Home
    2. Wildlife
    3. How to identify

    How to identify

    Naturalist Dominic Couzens in the plodcast
    Podcast

    Podcast: Learn birdsongs on a delightful spring walk in the New Forest

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    Where to see

    Guide to cuckoos: where to see in Britain and why the species is in decline

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    Mammals

    Guide to British cattle breeds: common breeds and how to recognise them

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    How to identify

    Guide to Britain’s crab species: how to identify and where to find

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    Trees & plants

    Meadow guide: where to see and best wildflowers to plant

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    How to identify

    Britain’s urban wildlife: species, identification, how to photograph and where to see

    Seabirds on a rock
    How to identify

    Guide to Britain’s auk species

    A magnificent rare Smooth Snake, Coronella austriaca, coiled up in heathland in the UK.
    Wildlife

    British snake guide: how to identify snakes, whether they’re dangerous to humans and where they live in the UK

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    Mammals

    Native British pig breeds and how to recognise them

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    Trees & plants

    How to identify catkins

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    Wildlife

    How to identify winter animal tracks

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    Wildlife

    Guide to frogs and toads: when do they spawn and how to care for them

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    Birds

    Guide to British seabirds: how to identify and where to see them

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    How to identify

    Guide to tit species in the UK: how to identify and where to see

    Best wildflower identification books
    Trees & plants

    The best wildflower identification books to buy in 2022

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