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Stalking tigers on Surrey heathland

Posted by: Sarah Bunce, Posted on: 12 July 2016 - Categories: Biodiversity, Protected sites and species, Wildlife
Wood tiger beetle

In the wilderness of Surrey, I went on a tiger hunt. A hunt for tiger beetles, that is. I work for Natural England as a warden on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area. The heath tiger beetle should be widespread on my patch, but is sadly in massive decline.

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