Meet the volunteer - Sam Buckton
Sam is a University of Cambridge Biodiversity Intern who has been volunteering with The Wildlife Trust BCN since June.
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Lesser of two weevils
Mark Gurney from the RSPB has been out on our Bedfordshire reserves looking for beetles and has turned up some rare finds
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