BBC Wildlife Magazine

MIKE DILGER’S WILDLIFE WATCHING

Say it quietly, but a walk in the woods can be terribly quiet when it comes to wildlife in March. Nature aside, there is of course great joy and solace to be taken from a stroll among the trees. However, for those for whom wildlife spotting is their raison d’être , Britain’s most biodiverse habitat may have a strange ‘twixt cup and lip’ feel this month.

By March, for example, many

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