Incredibly cute hamsters, fish spawning aggregations, plus all you need to know about pipistrelle bats!

 

View this email online Home   |   Photography   |   Animals   |   British Wildlife   |   Travel   |   Wildlife Gardens   |   Magazine       PHOTO GALLERY   Wild hamsters In France there is a bold plan to save wild European hamsters. Wildlife photographer Eric Baccega met ‘Team Hamster’ to document the conservation efforts at breeding centres to rescue these endearing creatures.  Click here        IN THIS ISSUE       Summer issue – out now Browse through the latest issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine     Advertisement feature   This Month's Highlights BRITISH WILDLIFE How to find wild food – part 2: wild cherry Find out more PHOTOGRAPHY Fish spawning Find out more BLOG Understand mammal behaviour – part 4: pipistrelle bats Find out more     Advertisement Feature   New Zealand Wildlife Holidays Self-drive 15-days from £3,799pp Explore the scenically beautiful south island of New Zealand where you can discover the varied wildlife and spectacular scenery. The offer includes scheduled flights with award-winning Air New Zealand, car hire, 14 nights’ B&B, plus helicopter ride, Franz Joseph Glacier walk, Doubtful Sound Cruise, TranzAlpine train and more! Plus exclusive FREE added value worth £200 including car upgrade & NZ$50 donation to Kiwis for Kiwi nest egg program. Read more  WILDLIFE TV AND RADIO Frozen Planet – 8 July at 4.15pm on BBC Two Don’t miss teams of orcas creating giant waves to wash seals from ice floes in the first episode of this classic Sir David Attenborough series. Read more  WILDLIFE COMPETITIONS 2013 Camera-trap Photo of the Year Whether you’re a field researcher or a keen amateur, we want to see your best remote-camera wildlife images – and they could win you a £3,000 research grant or a Páramo jacket. Read more  READER HOLIDAY © Angie Scott Botswana photo safari Join TV presenter, naturalist and photographer Jonathan Scott on the holiday of a lifetime in a great African wilderness: the Okavango Delta from 16 to 24 November 2013.    WILDLIFE SOCIAL MEDIA Follow us Follow BBC Wildlife Magazine on Facebook and Twitter to join in the conversation, share your photographs and keep up-to-date with the latest wildlife news and events.  WILDLIFE PODCAST Podcast Catch up with the BBC Wildlife team and experts and hear the stories behind our top articles in our free podcast.  Click here  WILDLIFE GIVEAWAYS Win a copy of Looking at Birds by John Busby We have five copies of Looking at Birds by John Busby to give away, worth £20 each, courtesy of Langford Press.  Enter now Win a bird brick house We have two 'Type A' bird brick houses to give away, worth £78 each, courtesy of Bird Brick Houses.  Enter now   August 2013 Photo Contest: Best holiday wildlife This summer, we want to see your best images of wildlife taken while on holiday. See all the entries, upload your photo and vote for your favourite.  Some of your favourites this week       Japanese macaque   Blue-tailed bee-eaters    Female koala and joey   Spotted hyena         Offer ends on 30 July 2013. *30% saving is only available to UK residents paying by Direct Debit. Free gift is only available to UK residents and is subject to availability – BBC Wildlife Magazine reserves the right to substitute the gift with an alternative of similar value. Please allow 28 days for delivery of your gift. Your subscription will start with the next available issue.  Unsubscribe | Privacy © Immediate Media Company Limited 2013. Registered in England No. 5715415 Registered Office: Vineyard House, 44 Brook Green, Hammersmith, London, W6 7BT.