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View this email online Home   |   Photography   |   Animals   |   British Wildlife   |   Travel   |   Wildlife Gardens   |   Magazine       PHOTO GALLERY © Alan Williams/naturepl.com   Experience the dawn chorus International Dawn Chorus Day is a worldwide celebration of birdsong and takes place on 4 May 2014. This year, the BBC Wildlife editorial team are inviting you to join in the excitement and experience the dawn chorus in your garden or local wildlife patch. Click here          IN THIS ISSUE       April issue – out now Browse through the latest issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine     Advertisement feature   This Month’s Highlights INSPIRING PHOTOS Saving Sumatran species Find out more   AMAZING ANIMALS Discover 7 things you never knew about the cockchafer Find out more BRITISH WILDLIFE View this brilliant hedgehog video Find out more  BBC WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHIC GRANT You could win £5000 Do you want to break into the world of professional wildlife photography? This new award, sponsored by Kowa, aims to find undiscovered talent and unearth exciting new wildlife stories.  Find out more  WILDLIFE TV AND RADIO Nature's Misfits on 2 May at 9pm on BBC Two (except Northern Ireland and Wales) In this Natural World episode Bill Bailey introduces a delightfully eccentric cast of creatures that have chosen to do things differently.  Read more    CAMERA-TRAP PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2014 Call for entries Do you capture photos by remote camera – for research, or just for your own interest? Enter your best images in our Camera-trap Photo of the Year competition, sponsored by Lowepro, for the chance to win a fantastic prize. Find out more    WILD CHALLENGE FREE Download our guide to beetles Get out this month to hone your beetle-spotting skills. Click here  WILDLIFE PODCAST Podcast This month, natural-history TV producer and writer Stephen Moss gives some handy hints on how to identify some of our commonest garden birds’ songs. Click here  WILDLIFE GIVEAWAY Win a copy of Dolphins Spy in the Pod We have five copies of Dolphins: Spy in the Pod on Blu-ray to give away, worth £19.99 each, courtesy of Acorn Media.  Enter now   May 2014 Photo Contest: Marvellous minibeasts This month, we want to see your best images of insects. See all the entries, upload your photo and vote for your favourite.  Some of your favourites this week       Spiderlings   Praying mantis   Grasshopper   Garden chafer       †Closing date 30 July 2014 Open to UK, CI, IoM and RoI residents 18+. Draw closes for receipt of all entries 31.07.14. Limited to one entry per person. No purchase necessary. Prize: As stated above. Prize must be taken by 31.03.15. To enter and for full terms and conditions go to visitscotland.com/brilliantcanals. Promoter: VisitScotland, Edinburgh EH6 6JH. *Offer ends 8 May 2014. 3 issues for £1 offer is only available to UK residents paying by Direct Debit. After your first 5 issues your subscription will continue at £16.75 every 6 issues, saving 30% on the shop price. If you cancel within 2 weeks of receiving your 2nd issue you will pay no more than £1. BBC Wildlife Magazine is published 13 times a year. Your subscription will start with the next available issue. Unsubscribe | Privacy © Immediate Media Company Limited 2014 Registered in England No. 5715415 Registered Office: Vineyard House, 44 Brook Green, Hammersmith, London, W6 7BT.