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Compiled by RICHARD SMYTH
BBC WILDLIFE
ADVISORY PANEL
SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
BBC natural-history presenter
PROF CHRIS BAINES
Conservationist and gardener
DR JON BRIDLE
Biologist, University of Bristol
JOHN A BURTON
CEO, World Land Trust
MARK CARWARDINE
Zoologist, writer and photographer
DR PETER EVANS
Scientific director, Sea Watch Foundation
DR PHIL GATES
Botanist, University of Durham
DR JANE GOODALL
Primatologist
STEVE GREENWOOD
Series producer, BBC Natural History Unit
MIKE GUNTON
Producer, BBC Natural History Unit
Answers
in our
July
issue
MARTIN HARPER
Director of conservation, RSPB
PROF STEPHEN HARRIS
Zoologist, University of Bristol
DR PETER HAYWARD
Honorary research fellow, University of Swansea
APRIL ANSWERS
Across: 1 Pebble, 4 Scops,
9 Jura, 10 Vietnamese,
11 Catkin, 12 Slovenia, 13
Seashells, 15 Onion, 17 Stoop,
19 Broadleaf, 22 Creepers,
24 Musk ox, 26 Hen harrier,
27 Ibis, 28 Otter, 29 Gentle
✂
Down: 1 Plumage, 2 Black,
3 Lavender, 5 Congo, 6
Pimpernel, 7 Weasel, 8 Eskimo,
14 Stonechat, 16 Palm tree,
18 Turkey, 20 Russia, 21 Aconite,
23 Eyrie, 25 Stilt
APRIL PRIZE WINNER:
Don Good Newhall
ACROSS
6 Henry David ___ was a 19th-century
American nature writer well known for
his book Walden (7)
7 Large, thick-trunked tree with edible
fruit; the lemur on p113 is in one (6)
9 Insects such as the barred hook-tip,
garden tiger and drab looper (5)
10 White-flowered plant of the family
Fabaceae, used in curry powder (9)
11 The arctic fox is the only indigenous
land mammal in this island country (7)
13 Protective covering of silk spun by
an insect larva, such as a caterpillar (6)
15 The ___ gull has a distinctive black
head in summer (13)
19 East ___ is a region of England
known for its fens and marshes (6)
20 ___wrack is common brown
seaweed found on UK coastlines (7)
23 Deadly poisonous fungi of
the genus Amanita that can be
found across Europe (5, 4)
24 Australian bird also known as
the rose-breasted cockatoo (5)
26 Small falcon of moorland and
heath; also the name of a magician
in Arthurian legend (6)
27 The Falkland ___ were once home to
the extinct wolf known as the warrah (7)
DOWN
1 Black waterbird with a white facial
shield; belongs to the rail family (4)
2 Popular scuba-diving location in the
Middle East due to its coral reefs (3, 3)
3 Venomous African viper that inflates
the upper part of its body and hisses
loudly when under threat (4, 5)
4 Type of beetles featured in this
month’s Three Of A Kind on p11 (8)
5 Archaic name for a giraffe (10)
6 The blue tit is also know as a ___ (6)
7 The Northern European poisonous
plant wolfs___ has hooded pink
or purple flowers; belongs to the
buttercup family (4)
8 Burrowing lizard that may resemble
a small snake with legs (5)
12 Big area of tropical wetlands in
Florida, home to the snail kite, roseate
spoonbill and American alligator (10)
14 The ___ monkey gets its name
from its prominent fleshy nose (9)
16 Huge deer, now extinct, once
found throughout Europe (5, 3)
17 Bedfordshire town, home to the
headquarters of the RSPB (5)
18 Genus of flowering plants to which
the lady orchid, monkey orchid and
Spitzel’s orchid belong (6)
21 The biggest of all wild sheep;
inhabits Asian mountains (6)
22 Young deer in its first year (4)
25 The ___ crab is a terrestrial
crustacean that lives in burrows (4)
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Chairman, British Naturalists’ Association
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Entomologist
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Environmental campaigner
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Wildlife presenter and film-maker
DR ANDREW KITCHENER
Principal curator of vertebrates,
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TOM LANGTON
Herpetologist
RICHARD MABEY
Naturalist and author
PROF DAVID MACDONALD
Director, Wildlife Conservation Research
Unit, University of Oxford
PROF ROBBIE McDONALD
Chair in natural environment, Environment and
Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter
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Naturalist and conservationist
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Mammalogist
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Palaeontologist and science writer
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Whale biologist, International Fund for Animal Welfare
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Wildlife artist
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Ornithologist
IAN REDMOND
Chief consultant, UNEP/UNESCO
Great Apes Survival Project
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Executive producer, Springwatch,
BBC Natural History Unit
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Editorial consultant
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Conservationist
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