Introduced by BRUCE CAMPBELL
Botanists in action: DAVID MCCLINTOCK reports on an exhibition about recent work on British plants and reviews this year's events
Greece for small mammals: ANDREW NEAL , back from a trapping expedition
Birds and the Big Freeze: a final summing-up on 1963 by HUMPREY DOBINSON
The click of a bat: ANDREW WATSON describes, with recordings, some new ' bat-detector ' developments
How many ducks? BRUCE CAMP BELL does his monthly count at a lake near his home