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Private Life of Adders

Rodger McPhail

The adder, Britain's only venomous reptile, captured on camera as never before. 128 pages. More details...

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Amphibians & Reptiles

Amphibians & Reptiles

Trevor Beebee

Available from early August 2013. Comprehensive guide to the native and non-native species of amphibian and reptile found in the British Isles. 170 pages. More details...

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Animals of sandy shores

Animals of sandy shores

Peter Hayward

Sandy shores provide a rich habitat with a wide diversity of creatures for those who take the time and care to look. 108 pages. More details...

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Animals under logs and stones

Philip Wheater & Helen Read

92 pages.

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Collins Complete Guide to British Animals

Collins Complete Guide to British Animals

Paul Sterry

A photographic guide to all the mammals, reptiles and amphibians in the British Isles and surrounding seas. 224 pages. More details...

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Ants

Gary Skinner & Geoffery Allen

83 pages. More details...

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Badger

Badger

Tim Roper

New Naturalist series 114. A comprehensive natural history of one of Britain's favourite animals. 400 pages. More details...

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Badgers

Badgers

Michael Clark

First published in 1988, now fully revised. 128 pages. More details...

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British Bat Calls: A Guide to Species Identification

British Bat Calls: A Guide to Species Identification

Jon Russ

192 pages. More details...

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Bat Surveys. Good Practice Guidelines

Katie Parsons et al

82 pages. More details...

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Bats of Britain, Europe & North-west Africa

Bats of Britain, Europe & North-west Africa

Christian Dietz, Otto von Helversen & Dietmar Nill

Comprehensive handbook covering all 51 bat species that occur in the region. Over 400 breathtaking colour photos. 400 pages. More details...

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(LxW) 26.8 x 19.2 cm Hardback £45.00 £35.99

 

Blowflies

Zakaria Erzinclioglu

This book introduces the natural history of blowflies. It offers illustrations and keys for identification. 71 pages.

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Bugs Britannica

Bugs Britannica

Peter Marren & Richard Mabey

Not a biological guide but a richly-illustrated cultural one, seen through the eyes of writers, musicians, artists and naturalists. This rich compendium of bugs is a must not only for naturalists but for anyone who cares about the crawling, buzzing swarms at our feet. 500 pages. More details...

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Bumblebees (Naturalists' Handbooks 6)

Bumblebees (Naturalists' Handbooks 6)

Oliver E Prys-Jones & Sarah A Corbet

An indispensable guide to identification, ecology and study of bumblebees. 144 pages. More details...

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Field Guide to the Bumblebees of Great Britain & Ireland

Field Guide to the Bumblebees of Great Britain & Ireland

Mike Edwards & Martin Jenner

Revised edition. An excellent field guide, now describing 25 species with colour photographs of both sexes and a cross-referencing system with symbols to help with accurate identification in the field. 108 pages.

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DK Pocket Nature: Butterflies and Moths

DK Pocket Nature: Butterflies and Moths

Paul Sterry, Andrew Mackay

Compact and easy-to-use photographic guide to 300 species of Butterflies and Moths found in Britain and north-west Europe. 224 pages.

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Butterflies of Britain & Europe

Butterflies of Britain & Europe

Tari Haahtela, Kimmo Saarinen, Pekka Ojalainen & Hannu Aarnio

A stunningly beautiful photographic field guide with a difference. 383 pages. More details...

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Butterflies of Britain and Ireland (2nd Ed)

Butterflies of Britain and Ireland (2nd Ed)

Jeremy Thomas, illustrated by Richard Lewington

First published in 1991, it sold out in the early 1990s and was never reprinted. This completely revised edition includes substantially revised species accounts, all including the latest information and research. More details...

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Butterflies of Britain and Ireland: Field and Site Guide

Butterflies of Britain and Ireland: Field and Site Guide

Michael Easterbrook

This superb monograph covers every species in detail and includes an extensive site guide of all the most important localities. 416 pages. More details...

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Britain's Butterflies (2nd Ed)

Britain's Butterflies (2nd Ed)

David Newland & Rob Still

Completely revised second edition. A comprehensive photo field guide. 558 photos, 10 illustrations & 75 maps. The innovative easy-to-use format helps butterfly-watchers - beginners or experts - to identify any species they encounter. 224 pages. More details...

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British and Irish Butterflies

British and Irish Butterflies

Adrian Riley

352 pages. More details...

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Pocket Guide to Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland

Pocket Guide to Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland

Richard Lewington

A practical guide to all the resident and migrant species of butterfly, with superb colour artworks of all life cycle stages. 144 pages. More details...

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Discover Butterflies in Britain

Discover Butterflies in Britain

David Newland

224 pages. More details...

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Collins Butterfly Guide

Collins Butterfly Guide

Tom Tolman & Richard Lewington

The most complete field guide to the Butterflies of Britain & Europe. 384 pages. More details...

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Butterfly Isles: A Summer in Search of Our Emperors and Admirals

Butterfly Isles: A Summer in Search of Our Emperors and Admirals

Patrick Barkham

A summer in search of our Emperors and Admirals. 304 pages. More details...

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Concise Butterfly & Moth Guide

Concise Butterfly & Moth Guide

Published by New Holland

Covers more than 150 species, all of which are illustrated with superb full-color artworks. 192 pages. More details...

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Concise Insect Guide

Concise Insect Guide

Published by New Holland

180 species including dragonflies, bees, wasps, beetles, bugs and flies illustrated in a pocket-sized and well illustrated book. The book includes a fold-out insert with at-a-glance illustrations showing comparisons between similar species, conveniently tucked away in the book's durable plastic wallet. 192 pages.

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Concise Mushroom Guide

Concise Mushroom Guide

Published by New Holland

This beautifully illustrated mini field guide is packed with information on 200 species of fungi found in Britain and the near Continent. The range covered demonstrates the incredible variety that exists within the world of fungi, from the better-known groups such as the boletes and russulas, to more esoteric and often strangely shaped types like bracket fungi, clubs, corals, puffballs, stinkhorns and elfcups. 192 pages.

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Concise Seashore Wildlife Guide

Concise Seashore Wildlife Guide

Published by New Holland

This beautifully illustrated mini field guide is packed with information on nearly 180 species that live in the area between land and sea called the intertidal, or littoral, zone. It includes all the most common molluscs, crustaceans, seaweeds, fishes, spiny creatures such as starfishes and sea urchins, mammals and many other species found here, and is invaluable for anyone wanting to find out more about the fascinating shells and other objects they may pick up on our shores. 192 pages.

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Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland

Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland

Steve Brooks & Richard Lewington

Excellent field guide, with 220 superb colour plates of all of Britain's 38 resident and 9 migrant species. 160 pages. More details...

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Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe

Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe

K-D B Dijkstra

Provides full ID information on all the resident and migrant dragonflies and damselflies from the Arctic to the Sahara; covers all of Europe, western Turkey, Cyprus, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, as well as the Azores, Canaries and Madeira. Illustrated with almost 1,000 superbly detailed colour artworks, line drawings and photographs. 320 pages. More details...

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Britain's Dragonflies (2nd Ed.)

Britain's Dragonflies (2nd Ed.)

Dave Smallshire & Andy Swash

An excellent and comprehensive photo guide, its 55 remarkable full colour plates show all you need to identify the adults. The text covers the key id features of each species during the egg, larval and adult stages. 192 pages. More details...

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Watching British Dragonflies

Watching British Dragonflies

Steve & Caroline Dudley, Andrew Mackay

341 pages. More details...

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Dragonflight

Dragonflight

Marianne Taylor

Available from 6 June 2013. 288 pages. More details...

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Dragonfly

Dragonfly

David Chandler

An insight into the hidden world of dragonflies and damselflies. 128 pages. More details...

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Fauna Scotica: Animals and People in Scotland

Fauna Scotica: Animals and People in Scotland

Polly Pullar & Mary Low

289 pages. More details...

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Urban Foxes

Urban Foxes

S Harris & P Baker

152 pages. More details...

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Guide to Garden Wildlife

Guide to Garden Wildlife

Ian & Richard Lewington

Richard Lewington has teamed up with his brother Ian to produce a superb guide to the wildlife in your garden, from Blue Tits to bumblebees and hedgehogs to hawkmoths. 208 pages. More details...

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GEM Birds

Published by HarperCollins

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Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland

Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland

J A Marshall & E C M Haes

"This is not just an identification guide; it is set to become the 'orthopterist's Bible'."

 - New Scientist.

252 pages. More details...

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Grasshoppers

Grasshoppers

Valerie Brown

Grasshoppers draw attention to themselves by their active movements, their bright colours and their "song".

The British species are illustrated in colour and keys are provided for identification. 72 pages.

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Ground Beetles

Ground Beetles

Trevor G Forsythe

96 pages. More details...

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The Hare

The Hare

Jill Mason

192 pages. More details...

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The New Hedgehog Book

The New Hedgehog Book

Pat Morris

Simple, factual and down-to-earth information about the hedgehog's behaviour, habits, physiology and private life. 124 pages. More details...

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Britain's Hoverflies

Britain's Hoverflies

Stuart Ball & Roger Morris

A beautifully illustrated guide for anyone with an interest in this unique insect family. 240 pages. More details...

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DK Pocket Nature: Insects and Spiders

DK Pocket Nature: Insects and Spiders

George McGavin

224 pages. More details...

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Insects of Britain and Western Europe

Insects of Britain and Western Europe

Michael Chinery

The amount of information that has been crammed into relatively few pages is remarkable. 320 pages. More details...

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Complete British Insects

Complete British Insects

Michael Chinery

A photographic field guide with over 1,500 species of insects, ranging from butterflies and moths to ants and beetles. A stunning guide with clear photographs and complementary text. 384 pages.

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Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects

Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects

Peter Barnard

A landmark publication, celebrating the wonderful diversity of the insects of the British Isles, and the work of the Royal Entomological Society. 400 pages. More details...

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Ladybirds

Helen E Roy, Peter M J Brown, Richard F Comont, Remy L Poland and John J Sloggett

120 pages. More details...

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Britain's Mammals

Britain's Mammals

David Wembridge & Clare Bowen

90 pages. More details...

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Urban Mammals

Urban Mammals

David Wembridge

112 pages. More details...

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Midges in Scotland

Midges in Scotland

George Hendry

85 pages. More details...

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Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles

Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles

Bernard Skinner & David Wilson

Third edition of the superb moth ID 'bible', with colour throughout. 325 pages.

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British Moths and Butterflies, A Photographic Guide

British Moths and Butterflies, A Photographic Guide

Chris Manley

Packed with the stunning photography of Chris Manley, this new photographic guide is the perfect guide to Britain's moths and butterflies. 352 pages. More details...

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Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland

Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland

Waring & Townsend. Illus. R Lewington

Fully revised edition. More than 1600 illustrations of over 800 species of the macro-moths in their natural resting posture. The plates have been grouped together for ease of use. The text has been revised throughout to include the latest information. Over 50 colour photos. Includes additional illustrations and descriptions of species newly discovered in the British Isles since the original edition of 2003. 400 pages. More details...

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Bird-Dropping Tortrix Moths of the British Isles: A Field Guide to the Bird-dropping Mimics

Bird-Dropping Tortrix Moths of the British Isles: A Field Guide to the Bird-dropping Mimics

Jon Clifton & Jim Wheeler

70 pages. More details...

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British and Irish Pug Moths

British and Irish Pug Moths

A M Riley & the late Gaston Prior

All 52 species found in Britain and Ireland are described, with colour photos of adult moths and black-and-white illustrations of larvae. 244 pages. More details...

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Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland

Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland

Martin Townsend & Paul Waring

An easy to use comprehensive yet concise guide, with species texts facing Richard Lewington's superb illustrations, 'wire-bound' to open flat. Covers almost 880 species, most in natural resting posture. 160 pages. More details...

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Conifer Moths of the British Isles: A Field Guide to Coniferous-feeding Lepidoptera

Conifer Moths of the British Isles: A Field Guide to Coniferous-feeding Lepidoptera

Jon Clifton & Jim Wheeler

Features 108 coniferous-feeding micro and macro moths from Great Britain and Ireland. 132 pages. More details...

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Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain & Ireland

Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain & Ireland

Phil Sterling & Mark Parsons, illustrated by Richard Lewington

Covers 1,033 species, with more than 1,500 superbly detailed artworks and photos. 416 pages. More details...

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The Natural History of Moths

The Natural History of Moths

Mark Young

Biology and ecology of British moths. 304 pages. More details...

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British Pyralid Moths

British Pyralid Moths

Barry Goater

A guide to their identification, with illustrations by Geoffery Senior and Robert Dyke. 175 pages. More details...

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Mushrooms

Mushrooms

Peter Marren

A remarkable insight into the natural and human world of British fungi 272 pages. More details...

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Nick Baker's Bug Book

Nick Baker's Bug Book

Nick Baker

Discover the world of mini beasts: lavishly illustrated guide to the fascinating lives of insects, spiders, snails and other invertebrates. 128 pages. More details...

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Bumblebees

Bumblebees

Ted Benton

New Naturalist Series 98. A detailed and up-to-date account of the behaviour and ecology of bumblebees. 580 pages. More details...

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New Naturalist Grasshoppers and Crickets

New Naturalist Grasshoppers and Crickets

Ted Benton

New Naturalist Series 120. Includes a unique DVD . . . 532 pages. More details...

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The Otter

James Williams

Beautifully illustrated. This book describes the natural history and behavior of the otter, as well as other unusual bits of otter related information such as blind otters, otter groups, the difficulty of introducing otters in the wild and their surprising ability to live alongside man in an urban environment. 224 pages.

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Otters

Otters

Paul Chanin

The story of the eventual population recovery of this charming, and still very elusive, mammal. 168 pages. More details...

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Britain's Reptiles and Amphibians

Britain's Reptiles and Amphibians

Howard Inns

Designed to help anyone who finds a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, terrapin, frog, toad or newt to identify it with confidence. 164 pages. More details...

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RSPB Handbook of the Seashore

Maya Plass

Available from 23 May 2013. Stunning new photo guide to the British Seashore. 240 pages. More details...

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Britain's Sea Mammals: Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, and Seals and Where to Find Them

Britain's Sea Mammals: Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, and Seals and Where to Find Them

Robert Still, Jon Dunn & Hugh Harrop

Over 100 stunning photos plus 40 detailed and beautiful illustrations. 120 pages. More details...

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Seashore, RSPB Pocket Nature

Seashore, RSPB Pocket Nature

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224 pages. More details...

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Snails on rocky sea shores

Snails on rocky sea shores

John Crothers

The snails found living on rocky sea shores are among the most rewarding invertebrate animals to study. 101 pages. More details...

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Solitary Wasps

Solitary Wasps

Peter Yeo & Sarah Corbet

68 pages. More details...

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Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe

Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe

Michael J Roberts

Collins Field Guide. 450 species comprehensively illustrated with 288 colour plates and over 1500 drawings. 383 pages. More details...

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Squirrels

Squirrels

Jaessica Holm

Revised and updated by Rob Strachan. 127 pages. More details...

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A Sting in the Tale

Dave Goulson

256 pages. More details...

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The Mammals of Suffolk

Simone Bullion

207 pages. More details...

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Thrips

William Kirk

Thrips remain a mysterious group of insects because up to now they have been studied by only a few specialists. 72 pages. More details...

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Water Voles

Water Voles

Rob Strachan

96 pages. More details...

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Whales & Dolphins of Great Britain: Where to go and what to see

Whales & Dolphins of Great Britain: Where to go and what to see

Dylan Walker & Alex Wilson

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DK Pocket Nature: Wild Animals

DK Pocket Nature: Wild Animals

Chris Gobson

Compact, easy to use photographic guide to 300 species of British & European mammals, reptiles and amphibians. 224 pages.

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RSPB - DK Pocket Nature Wildlife of Britain

RSPB - DK Pocket Nature Wildlife of Britain

Published by Dorling Kindersley

This compact photographic guide features detailed profiles of over 1000 British plants, fungi, insects, birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.

Will easily slip into a pocket, although it is heavier than other books in the range. 600 pages.

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The Last Wolf

The Last Wolf

Jim Crumley

224 pages. More details...

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Small Woodland Creatures

Small Woodland Creatures

L Olsen, J Sunesen & B V Pedersen

Pocket guide to the commoner woodland 'creepy-crawlies'. Numerous colour illustrations are arranged alongside the readable text. 208 pages. More details...

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Flora

Arable Bryophytes

Arable Bryophytes

Ron Porley

A Field Guide to the Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of cultivated land in Britain and Ireland. 140 pages. More details...

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Arable Plants - A Field Guide

Arable Plants - A Field Guide

P Wilson & M King

Concentrates on plants which grow among crops. 100 plant profiles, with 88 colour plates. 312 pages. More details...

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Concise Herb Guide

Concise Herb Guide

Published by New Holland

180 herbs described in a neat, pocket-sized booklet with a durable plastic cover and a fold-out chart. 192 pages.

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Concise Tree Guide

Concise Tree Guide

Published by New Holland

Features illustrations and informative text on over 160 species of trees found in Britain. The book is conveniently pocket sized with a plastic wallet which also features a fold-out insert showing comparisons between trees to help quick and easy identification. 192 pages.

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Concise Wild Flower Guide

Concise Wild Flower Guide

Published by New Holland

Covers more than 180 species, all of which are illustrated with superb full-color artworks. 192 pages. More details...

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Flora Britannica

Flora Britannica

Richard Mabey

The definitive cultural flora of Britain, a record of the folklore, domestic uses and social history of our native plants. 480 pages. More details...

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Flora Celtica: Plants and People in Scotland

Flora Celtica: Plants and People in Scotland

William Milliken & Samuel Bridgewater

Available from early August 2013. 328 pages. More details...

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Collins Flower Guide

Collins Flower Guide

D Streeter, C Hart-Davies, A Hardcastle, F Cole & L Harper

Stunning. Covers over 1900 species of trees, ferns and wildflowers from Britain and Europe. Includes detailed identification keys based on family. 576 pages. More details...

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Flowers of the Norfolk Coast

Flowers of the Norfolk Coast

Simon Harrap

Describes and illustrates 77 wild flowers typical of the Norfolk Coast. 63 pages. More details...

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Britain's Rare Flowers

Britain's Rare Flowers

Peter Marren

334 pages. More details...

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RSPB - DK Pocket Nature: Fungi

RSPB - DK Pocket Nature: Fungi

S Evans & G Kirby

Stunning photo guide to the fungi of Britain & northwest Europe. Clear and concise for quick & easy id. 296 pages.

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Collins Fungi Guide

Collins Fungi Guide

Stefan Buczacki & Christopher Shields

The Most Complete Field Guide to the Mushrooms & Toadstools of Britain & Europe 604 pages. More details...

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The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe

The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe

Michael Jordan

384 pages. More details...

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Colour Identification Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and North-Western Europe

Francis Rose

Illustrated by Claire Dalby, Lura Mason and R B Davis. This comprehensive work provides amateurs and professionals alike with a definitive account of all the native and naturalized species of grasses, sedges, rushes and ferns. 204 pages. More details...

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Hedgrow (River Cottage Handbook No.7)

John Wright

Practical guide to gathering plants from hedgerow and wood, meadows and heath. 256 pages.

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Medicinal Plants of Britain & Europe

Medicinal Plants of Britain & Europe

Wolfgang Hensel

Indispensable guide to the medicinal plants of Britain and Europe. 256 pages. More details...

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Need to Know Mushroom Hunting

Need to Know Mushroom Hunting

Patrick Harding

Packed with information on identification and habitat, cooking, preserving and growing your own, this is the ideal foraging companion. 192 pages. More details...

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Mushrooms & Toadstools of Britain and Europe

Mushrooms & Toadstools of Britain and Europe

Andreas Gminder & Tanja Bohning

Over 350 species of mushroom are covered, each beautifully illustrated with detailed paintings and clear photos. 320 pages. More details...

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Mushrooms

Mushrooms

Roger Phillips

The most comprehensively illustrated book on the subject. Contains over 1,250 photographs, often showing the specimens at various stages of growth. 384 pages. More details...

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Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of Britain and Europe

Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of Britain and Europe

Peter Jordan

160 pages. More details...

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Collins Complete Guide to British Mushrooms & Toadstools

Collins Complete Guide to British Mushrooms & Toadstools

Paul Sterry & Barry Hughes

THE essential photographic guide to the mushrooms and toadstools of Britain and Ireland. 384 pages. More details...

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Plant Galls

Plant Galls

Margaret Redfern

New Naturalist Series 117. Plant Galls: beautiful, often bizarre and colourful, and amazingly diverse in structure. 400 pages. More details...

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Vegetation of Britain and Ireland

Vegetation of Britain and Ireland

Michael Proctor

New Naturalist Series 122. 516 pages. More details...

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Orchids of Britain and Ireland

Orchids of Britain and Ireland

Anne & Simon Harrap

A field guide featuring over 370 colour photographs, 49 distribution maps and a site guide to 330 places to go and see wild orchids. Covers all 56 species of wild orchid found in Britain and Ireland. 480 pages. More details...

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Britain's Orchids

Britain's Orchids

David Lang

A comprehensive photographic guide to the orchids of Britain and Ireland, covering the 51 species recorded, including all the varieties and sub-species, as well as 9 species of uncertain or doubtful provenance. 192 pages. More details...

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Britain's Plant Galls

Britain's Plant Galls

Michael Chinery

Superb photos of the most common or most conspicuous of Britain's plant galls. 96 pages. More details...

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Collins Tree Guide

Collins Tree Guide

Owen Johnson & David More

The most complete fully-illustrated field guide to the trees of Britain and northern Europe. 464 pages. More details...

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DK Pocket Nature: Trees

DK Pocket Nature: Trees

Allen Coombes

224 pages. More details...

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Trees of Britain & Northern Europe

Alan Mitchell

Collins Field Guide. 800 tree species described and illustrated. 420 pages.

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Collins Complete British Trees

Collins Complete British Trees

Paul Sterry

The first photoguide solely dedicated to British trees, featuring comprehensive illustrations of nearly 400 species. 320 pages. More details...

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Vegetative Key to the British Flora

John Poland & Eric Clement

A New Approach to Plant Identification 556 pages. More details...

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Weeds: How vagabond plants gatecrashed civilisation and changed the way we think about nature

Weeds: How vagabond plants gatecrashed civilisation and changed the way we think about nature

Richard Mabey

One person's weed is another's wild beauty. 228 pages. More details...

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Wild Flower Key

Wild Flower Key

Francis Rose

Revised and updated by Clare O'Reilly. Covers the British Isles and North-west Europe and includes a key to plants not in flower. 576 pages.

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Wild Flowers of Britain & Europe

Wild Flowers of Britain & Europe

Margot & Roland Spohn

Black's Nature Guide. Handy pocket-sized guide, with photographs and illustrations. 320 pages.

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DK Pocket Nature: Wildflowers

DK Pocket Nature: Wildflowers

Neil Fletcher

Compact and easy-to-use photographic guide to the wild flowers of Britain and Northern Europe. 296 pages. More details...

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Wild Flowers of Britain & Ireland

Wild Flowers of Britain & Ireland

Marjorie Blamey, Richard & Alastair Fitter

Reprint under consideration. With over 5000 detailed colour illustrations, and more than 1600 maps, this is the most extensively illustrated wild flower guide to Britain and Ireland. We have no stock left of this title. It is re-printing, date unknown. 480 pages. More details...

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Complete British Wild Flowers

Complete British Wild Flowers

Paul Sterry

A complete photoguide to over 1100 wild flowers of Britain, in the same format as the best-selling Collins Complete Guide to British Animals. Includes wildflowers, shrubs, aquatic plants, grasses, sedges and rushes. 320 pages. More details...

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Wild Flowers by Colour

Wild Flowers by Colour

Marjorie Blamey

An innovative and remarkably user-friendly guide to the identification of the flowers of Britain and north-western Europe. 208 pages. More details...

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Scottish Wild Flowers

Scottish Wild Flowers

Michael Scott

256 pages. More details...

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Scottish Wild Flowers (Mini Guide)

Scottish Wild Flowers (Mini Guide)

Michael Scott

198 pages. More details...

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Harrap's Wild Flowers

Harrap's Wild Flowers

Simon Harrap

Available from 20 June 2013. Photographic guide covering all species of wild flowers likely to be encountered in Britain and Ireland. 416 pages. More details...

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Wildlife Gardening

 

Beekeeping

Andrew Davies

Everything you need to know about beekeeping. 96 pages.

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Chris Packham's Back Garden Nature Reserve

Chris Packham's Back Garden Nature Reserve

Chris Packham

144 pages. More details...

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Garden Bird Handbook: How to Attract, Identify and Watch Birds in your Garden

Stephen Moss

This practical guide appeals to both wildlife gardeners and birdwatchers. It offers you all you need to know to attract, identify and watch birds in your garden - whether you have a small urban garden or a large rural one. 160 pages. More details...

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Garden Pests of Britain and Europe

Garden Pests of Britain and Europe

Michael Chinery

Packed with stunning photography, this book provides a reader-friendly introduction to the identification of 200 of the commonest insect pests of the backyard, along with other invertebrates such as slugs, snails and millipedes. 288 pages. More details...

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RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife

RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife

Geoffrey Abbott & Peter Holden

450 colour photos, 30 colour artworks. 240 pages.

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Gardening for Birdwatchers

Mike Toms, Ian & Barley Wilson

The definitive guide for improving your garden for birds and other wildlife. 96 pages. More details...

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Gardening for Butterflies, Bees and other beneficial insects

Gardening for Butterflies, Bees and other beneficial insects

Jan Miller-Klein

This book aims to show you how you can encourage butterflies to your garden, however small, as well as making use of insects like ladybirds and hoverflies to eat your plant-damaging pests.. There are sections on how to identify these beneficial insects, which plants to grow, how to construct different habitats and how to plan and make wildlife beds and containers for your own patch, public park or school.

This large format book also features good use of colour, large clear text and many photographs and illustrations. 262 pages. More details...

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RSPB Gardening for Wildlife

RSPB Gardening for Wildlife

Adrian Thomas

This book breaks the myths that wildlife gardens have to be 'wild', or that you can only garden for wildlife in a 'wildlife garden'. You can easily fit in wildlife gardening alongside everything else you want from your garden. 240 pages. More details...

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Gardens: Their Hidden Life

Colin Spedding

Explore the hidden world of life amid the grass, behind the bushes, in the trees and under stones and fallen branches in your garden. 320 pages. More details...

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Natural Garden Handbook

Natural Garden Handbook

Caroline Foley

Creating the perfect environment for local plants and wildlife in a biodiverse garden, including roof and wall gardens, and making bird and bat boxes. The book also includes a useful list of native British plants. 190 pages.

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RHS Nature's Gardener: How to Garden in the 21st Century

RHS Nature's Gardener: How to Garden in the 21st Century

Matthew Wilson

224 pages. More details...

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Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe

Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe

Terence Dickinson

192 pages. More details...

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Wildlife Pond Handbook

Wildlife Pond Handbook

Louise Bardsley

Full of advice on how to encourage different varieties of pond plants and animals. 80 pages. More details...

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The Ultimate Bird Feeder Handbook

The Ultimate Bird Feeder Handbook

John A Burton & Steve Young

Provides all the information you will need to attract and feed birds in your outdoor space - whatever the size. 128 pages. More details...

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How to Make a Wildlife Garden

How to Make a Wildlife Garden

Chris Baines

Completely revised and updated edition of this pioneering classic work that has been unavailable for several years. 192 pages. More details...

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Alan Titchmarsh - how to garden : Wildlife Gardening

Alan Titchmarsh - how to garden : Wildlife Gardening

Alan Titchmarsh

The most successful gardens work with nature to create natural environments in which jobs such as pollination and pest control are left to the wildlife. In this guide Alan Titchmarsh shows how to create natural ecosystems in your garden to encourage beneficial insects, birds and other wildlife and establish the best environment in which your garden will thrive. 128 pages. More details...

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Wildlife Habitats for your Garden

Wildlife Habitats for your Garden

Josie Briggs

Explains how to successfully create and maintain garden habitats such as woodlands, wetlands, grasslands and rocklands. 176 pages. More details...

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Wildlife (General)

152 Wild Things to do

152 Wild Things to do

Various

When did you last climb a tree? Pick some blackberries? Spot a bird of prey? Collect shells on a beach? Plant flowers to help bumble bees? 152 Wild Things To Do is exactly what you need to reconnect with nature. 236 pages. More details...

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Animal Tracks and Signs

Animal Tracks and Signs

Preben Bang, Preben Dahlstrom

Helps you to identify over 200 North-west European animals from the evidence they have left behind. 264 pages. More details...

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Bat Workers' Manual

Edited by A J Mitchell-Jones & A P McLeish

178 pages. More details...

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Bird, Bee and Bug Houses

Bird, Bee and Bug Houses

Derek Jones

Explains all you need to know to create the perfect habitats for garden wildlife. 160 pages. More details...

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Complete Guide to British Garden Wildlife

Complete Guide to British Garden Wildlife

Paul Sterry

An essential and comprehensive photographic guide to garden wildlife. 384 pages.

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Chris Packham's Back Garden Nature Reserve

Chris Packham's Back Garden Nature Reserve

Chris Packham

144 pages. More details...

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Chris Packham's Nature Handbook

Chris Packham's Nature Handbook

Chris Packham

Explore the wonders of the natural world with Chris Packham and the RSPB The natural world is on your doorstep; whether you live in the heart of a concrete jungle, or on top of a mountain ... so why not explore it? 256 pages. More details...

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Collins Complete British Coastal Wildlife

Collins Complete British Coastal Wildlife

Paul Sterry & Andrew Cleave

The perfect seashore companion for 'staycation' or travelling nature enthusiasts. 384 pages. More details...

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Concise Garden Wildlife

Concise Garden Wildlife

Published by New Holland

Pocket sized book featuring a plastic wallet with a pull-out insert illustrating differences between similar species and assisting in quick identification. The book illustrates around 200 species including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, mollusks and crustaceans. 192 pages.

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Concise Pond Wildlife

Concise Pond Wildlife

Published by New Holland

190 species with essential details of identification, habitat and behaviour. Also includes a very useful fold-out chart and durable plastic cover. 90 pages.

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Food for Free

Food for Free

Richard Mabey

When first published in 1972, this title became an instant success. Helps you identify 240 wild foods, including fungi, seaweed, shellfish, roots, vegetables, herbs, spices, flowers, fruits and nuts. 272 pages. More details...

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Collins Pocket Guide Freshwater Life

Collins Pocket Guide Freshwater Life

Greenhalgh & Ovenden

A beautifully illustrated guide to the wide variety of species found in rivers, streams, lakes and ponds in Britain and Europe. 256 pages. More details...

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Halcyon River Diaries

Halcyon River Diaries

Philippa Forrester & Charlie Hamilton James

An evocative look at the wildlife of a typical English river and the story of one family's year living by that West Country river. As seen on BBC2. 224 pages. More details...

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The Hedgerows Heaped with May

The Hedgerows Heaped with May

Stephen Moss (Ed), Contibutors: Clive James, Richard Mabey, Robin Page, Max Hastings, Joanna Trollope, Boris Johnson, Peter Marren, James May, JHB Peel, Byron Rogers, Fiona Armstrong, John Humphrys, WF Deedes, Clive Aslet

The Telegraph Book of the Countryside 354 pages. More details...

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Field Guide to Invasive Plants and Animals of Britain

Max Wade, Helen Roy & Olaf Booy

288 pages. More details...

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Watching Wildlife in London

Marianne Taylor

192 pages. More details...

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Mammal Detective

Mammal Detective

Rob Strachan

Just the thing for the naturalist Sherlock Holmes 128 pages. More details...

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Natural Navigator

Natural Navigator

Tristan Gooley

Starting with a simple question - which way am I looking - Tristan Gooley blends natural science, myth, folklore and the history of travel to introduce you to the rare and ancient art of finding your way using nature's own sign-posts, from the feel of a rock to the look of the moon. 296 pages. More details...

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Field Guide to Natural Wonders

Field Guide to Natural Wonders

Keith Heidorn & Ian Whitelaw

Engaging and beautifully presented - a guide to nature's most theatrical and mysterious events. From optical phenomena, such as rainbows and light pillars, to celestial phenomena like eclipses and the aurora borealis, it explores a wide range of rare natural events, describing each one in detail and explaining the science behind them in simple non-technical terms. 234 pages.

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Naturalized Animals of Britain and Ireland

Naturalized Animals of Britain and Ireland

Christopher Lever

424 pages. More details...

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Brecon Beacons

J Mullard

Available from 29 August 2013. New Naturalist Series 123 c400 pages.

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Climate and Weather

Climate and Weather

John Kington

New Naturalist 122. In this timely addition to the New Naturalist Library, leading climatologist John Kington offers a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the diverse climate of the British Isles. 496 pages. More details...

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Marches

Marches

Andrew Allott

New Naturalist Series 118. 464 pages. More details...

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The New Naturalists

The New Naturalists

Peter Marren

New Naturalist Library. 368 pages.

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Plant Galls

Plant Galls

Margaret Redfern

New Naturalist Series 117. Plant Galls: beautiful, often bizarre and colourful, and amazingly diverse in structure. 400 pages. More details...

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NN Plant Pests

NN Plant Pests

David V Alford

New Naturalist Series 116. 400 pages. More details...

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Scotland

Scotland

Peter Friend

New Naturalist Series 119. Highlights the many famous and much loved natural landscapes of Scotland. 468 pages. More details...

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North Norfolk's Wildlife

North Norfolk's Wildlife

Andrew Bloomfield & Gary Smith

Vividly captures North Norfolk's rich and dynamic wildlife and landscapes in stunning photos and evocative text. 144 pages. More details...

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The River Book

Tessa Wardley

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RSPB Children's Guide to Nature Watching

RSPB Children's Guide to Nature Watching

Mark Boyd

A practical and exciting introduction to wildlife, packed with brilliant photographs and illustrations. 160 pages.

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RSPB Great Wildlife Hunt

RSPB Great Wildlife Hunt

Anne Harrap

Available from 20 June 2013. 224 pages. More details...

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RSPB Nature Guide

Mike Unwin

Full of activites for every season and every weather. 128 pages. More details...

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RSPB Nature Watch

RSPB Nature Watch

Marianne Taylor

Whether you're just starting out, or a seasoned wildlife watcher, this book will help you to broaden your enjoyment and explore wildlife in a range of different habitats and environments.

You'll learn a host of techniques including observing without disturbing, different ways to record what you see, including note-taking, sketching and photography, filming and sound recording, as well as how to organise and report what you've seen. 224 pages.

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Secret Lives of Garden Wildlife

Secret Lives of Garden Wildlife

Dominic Couzens

Written with engaging humour and enlivened throughout with dazzling colour paintings and photographs, this wonderful book will appeal to anyone who enjoys watching wildlife in their gardens. 160 pages. More details...

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A Naturalist's Shetland

J Laughton Johnston

The only full description of the natural history of Shetland in print. Numerous colour photos plus illustrations by John Busby. 300 pages. More details...

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Springwatch and Autumnwatch

Springwatch and Autumnwatch

Bill Oddie, Kate Humble & Simon King

Published to tie in with BBC2's Springwatch 2007. 256 pages. More details...

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Springwatch Unsprung

Springwatch Unsprung

Jo Stevens, et al

Available from 6 June 2013. A new book answering the most frequently asked questions from the BBC's hit television show Springwatch Unsprung. Includes viewers' anecdotes and questions as well as quizzes, activities and advice on all aspects of wildlife and nature. 320 pages. More details...

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Tooth & Claw

Peter Cairns & Mark Hamblin

Living Alongside Britain's Predators. 150 photos. 240 pages. More details...

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Turned out nice again

Richard Mabey

On living with the weather.

An all-time favourite author turning his attention to the weather - a national obsession and cultural icon. 160 pages. More details...

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Wild Places

Wild Places

Robert Macfarlane

Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Or have we tarmacked, farmed and built ourselves out of wilderness? This book mixes history, memory and landscape in a strange and bewitching evocation of wilderness and its importance.

"...this is beautiful as well as intelligent writing...a new naturalist to set beside the classics in our literature."

 - The Scotsman

"a deeply stirring book"

 - Independent

340 pages.

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Wild Town: Wildlife on your doorstep

Wild Town: Wildlife on your doorstep

Mike Dilger

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Complete British Wildlife

Complete British Wildlife

Paul Sterry

Collins Photoguide to all the common and some unusual species of British wildlife. Describes the mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates likely to be encountered in Britain as well as all the common plants. 484 pages.

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Woodlands

Woodlands

Oliver Rackham

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Charts

Stunning 8 and 12 page laminated fold-out charts. Please note: there is a despatch charge of £2.00 for orders containing Children's Books or Charts where the total order value is under £15.00.


 

Animals on Schedule 9 Chart

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Guide to Bees of Britain

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'Top 50' garden birds

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British bats

British bats

Kate Jones and Allyson Walsh

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British birds of prey

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British land mammals

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British mammal tracks and signs

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Bugs on bushes

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Butterflies of Britain

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Illustrations by Richard Lewington.

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Caterpillars of the butterflies of Britain and Ireland

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Cetaceans

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Churchyard lichens

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Cloud name trail

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Chart - Day flying Moths

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Describing flowers

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Dragonflies & Damselflies of Britain

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Exploring colour in the Environment

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Common Ferns

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Guide to Floodplain Meadows

David Gowing

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Fossils

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Chart - Freshwater Fishes

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Freshwater name trail

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Fruits and seed dispersal

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Fungi Nature Trail

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Grasses

Grasses

Mark Gardener and Carol Roberts

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British Grasshoppers and allied insects

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Grassland plants

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Grassland Plants II, chalkland & limestone

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Hawkmoths

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Guide to the insects of the British Isles

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A brief introductory chart to the insect groups (or orders) found in the British Isles (excluding springtails, two-tailed bristletails and proturans) Illustrations by Richard Lewington originally appeared in Guide to Garden Wildlife.

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Keeping common frog tadpoles

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Guide to the ladybird lavae of the British Isles

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As bizarre as the adult creatures are beautiful - this chart features the 26 larger coccindellid species which are recognizable as ladybirds.

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Chart - Ladybirds

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Lichens of Heaths and Moors Chart

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Lichens of rocky shores

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Lichens on twigs

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Minerals

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Guide to the Night Sky

Robin Scagell & Margaret Penston

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Orchids

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Owls and Owl Pellets

Leanne Thomas and Chris Shields

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Chart - Pennine Way

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Plant Galls in Britain

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Plants common on moorlands

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Playing field plants

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Reptiles & amphibians of Britain and Ireland

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Rocks

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Rocky Shore Communities

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Rocky shore name trail

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Saltmarsh plants of Britain

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Plants common on sand dunes

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Common seashells of Britain and Ireland

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Guide to the Seasons,

Rebecca Farley-Brown & Simon Norman

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Common seaweeds

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Shieldbugs of the British Isles

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House and garden spiders

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British Stonefly Families

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Tree name trail

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Chart - Common Urban Lichens 1

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Chart - Urban Lichens 2

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Commoner water plants

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Wetland birds

Wetland birds

Doug Hulyer and Phil Shepherd

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Woodland name trail

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Woodland plants

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Woodlouse name trail

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