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BBC Wildlife No. 12 Vol. 41

THE COVER Our cover this month is a still image of a loggerhead turtle taken from Planet Earth III film footage. “We went out into open waters every day for two entire summers and sailed at a slow pace for hours to find turtles and the crabs living on them,” says cameraman Rafa Herrero Massieu. “Out of nearly 1,000 sightings, only a few turtles allowed us to film them.”

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A national park in Chad offers almost guaranteed sightings of a rare giraffe

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NICK BAKER

“The fairy wasp might be small and dainty but it is far from nice – especially if you’re a diving beetle” P.36

GILLIAN BURKE

The presenter celebrates the life of Wangari Maathai, who founded The Green Belt Movement P.1 7

MARK CARWARDINE

Unfortunately, we’re unable to feature a column from Mark this month, but he’ll be back as usual next issue

LUCY COOKE

“Female black larks gather dung to construct walls and pavements around their nests” P.27

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MIKE DILGER

The naturalist shares his pine marten-watching top tips, including identifying scat and footprints P.32