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Fauna
Private Life of Adders
Rodger McPhail
The adder, Britain's only venomous reptile, captured on camera as never before. 128 pages. More details...
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...
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...
Animals under logs and stones
Philip Wheater & Helen Read
92 pages.
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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Badger
Tim Roper
New Naturalist series 114. A comprehensive natural history of one of Britain's favourite animals. 400 pages. More details...
Badgers
Michael Clark
First published in 1988, now fully revised. 128 pages. More details...
British Bat Calls: A Guide to Species Identification
Jon Russ
192 pages. More details...
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...
Hardback £45.00 £35.99Blowflies
Zakaria Erzinclioglu
This book introduces the natural history of blowflies. It offers illustrations and keys for identification. 71 pages.
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...
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...
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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Softback £11.99 £9.99
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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Softback £7.99
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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Softback £16.99 £15.99
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...
Hardback £24.95 £22.95
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...
Softback £29.99 £23.99
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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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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Softback £9.95 £8.95
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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Softback £17.99 £14.99
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...
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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Softback £4.99
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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Softback £4.99
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.
Softback £4.99
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.
Softback £4.99
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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Softback £18.95 £16.95
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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Softback £21.95 £20.95
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
Steve & Caroline Dudley, Andrew Mackay
341 pages. More details...
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Dragonfly
David Chandler
An insight into the hidden world of dragonflies and damselflies. 128 pages. More details...
Fauna Scotica: Animals and People in Scotland
Polly Pullar & Mary Low
289 pages. More details...
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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Softback £12.95 £11.95GEM Birds
Published by HarperCollins
Softback £4.99
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
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.
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...
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...
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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Softback £16.99 £14.29
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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Softback £16.99
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...
Ladybirds
Helen E Roy, Peter M J Brown, Richard F Comont, Remy L Poland and John J Sloggett
120 pages. More details...
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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Hardback £59.00 £54.99
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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Softback £24.99 £22.99
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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Softback £29.95 £27.95
Bird-Dropping Tortrix Moths of the British Isles: A Field Guide to the Bird-dropping Mimics
Jon Clifton & Jim Wheeler
70 pages. More details...
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
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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each £12.95 £11.95
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...
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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Softback £29.95 £26.95
The Natural History of Moths
Mark Young
Biology and ecology of British moths. 304 pages. More details...
Hardback £50.00 £41.99
British Pyralid Moths
Barry Goater
A guide to their identification, with illustrations by Geoffery Senior and Robert Dyke. 175 pages. More details...
Mushrooms
Peter Marren
A remarkable insight into the natural and human world of British fungi 272 pages. More details...
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...
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...
Hardback £150.00 £85.00
New Naturalist Grasshoppers and Crickets
Ted Benton
New Naturalist Series 120. Includes a unique DVD . . . 532 pages. More details...
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.
Otters
Paul Chanin
The story of the eventual population recovery of this charming, and still very elusive, mammal. 168 pages. More details...
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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Softback £17.95 £14.99RSPB Handbook of the Seashore
Maya Plass
Available from 23 May 2013. Stunning new photo guide to the British Seashore. 240 pages. More details...
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...
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...
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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Hardback £29.99 £24.99
Squirrels
Jaessica Holm
Revised and updated by Rob Strachan. 127 pages. More details...
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...
Whales & Dolphins of Great Britain: Where to go and what to see
Dylan Walker & Alex Wilson
(2009) More details...
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.
Softback £7.99
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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Softback £14.99
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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Hardback £14.99
Flora
Arable Bryophytes
Ron Porley
A Field Guide to the Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of cultivated land in Britain and Ireland. 140 pages. More details...
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...
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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Softback £4.99
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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Softback £4.99
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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Softback £4.99
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...
Flora Celtica: Plants and People in Scotland
William Milliken & Samuel Bridgewater
Available from early August 2013. 328 pages. More details...
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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Hardback £30.00 £24.99 Large Format Hardback £60.00 £49.99
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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Softback £7.99
Britain's Rare Flowers
Peter Marren
334 pages. More details...
Softback £19.99
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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Softback £9.99
Collins Fungi Guide
Stefan Buczacki & Christopher Shields
The Most Complete Field Guide to the Mushrooms & Toadstools of Britain & Europe 604 pages. More details...
Hardback £35.00 £19.99
The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe
Michael Jordan
384 pages. More details...
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...
Hedgrow (River Cottage Handbook No.7)
John Wright
Practical guide to gathering plants from hedgerow and wood, meadows and heath. 256 pages.
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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Softback £9.99
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...
Softback £9.99
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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Softback £9.99
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...
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
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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Softback £16.99 £11.99
Plant Galls
Margaret Redfern
New Naturalist Series 117. Plant Galls: beautiful, often bizarre and colourful, and amazingly diverse in structure. 400 pages. More details...
Vegetation of Britain and Ireland
Michael Proctor
New Naturalist Series 122. 516 pages. More details...
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...
Softback £29.99 £24.99
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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Hardback £14.95 £11.95
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
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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Hardback £25.00 £21.99 Softback £18.99 £14.99
Trees of Britain & Northern Europe
Alan Mitchell
Collins Field Guide. 800 tree species described and illustrated. 420 pages.
Hardback £25.00
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...
Softback £16.99Vegetative Key to the British Flora
John Poland & Eric Clement
A New Approach to Plant Identification 556 pages. More details...
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...
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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Softback £25.00 £23.99
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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Softback £9.99
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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Softback £9.99
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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Softback £16.99
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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Softback £16.99
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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Softback £9.99
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...
Wildlife Gardening
Beekeeping
Andrew Davies
Everything you need to know about beekeeping. 96 pages.
Hardback £7.99
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...
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...
RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife
Geoffrey Abbott & Peter Holden
450 colour photos, 30 colour artworks. 240 pages.
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Softback £9.99Gardening for Birdwatchers
Mike Toms, Ian & Barley Wilson
The definitive guide for improving your garden for birds and other wildlife. 96 pages. More details...
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...
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...
Hardback £19.99 £15.99Gardens: 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...
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.
RHS Nature's Gardener: How to Garden in the 21st Century
Matthew Wilson
224 pages. More details...
Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe
Terence Dickinson
192 pages. More details...
Wildlife Pond Handbook
Louise Bardsley
Full of advice on how to encourage different varieties of pond plants and animals. 80 pages. More details...
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...
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...
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...
Softback £6.99 £5.99
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...
Wildlife (General)
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...
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...
Bat Workers' Manual
Edited by A J Mitchell-Jones & A P McLeish
178 pages. More details...
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...
Complete Guide to British Garden Wildlife
Paul Sterry
An essential and comprehensive photographic guide to garden wildlife. 384 pages.
Softback £16.99
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...
Collins Complete British Coastal Wildlife
Paul Sterry & Andrew Cleave
The perfect seashore companion for 'staycation' or travelling nature enthusiasts. 384 pages. More details...
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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Softback £4.99
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
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...
Softback £12.99
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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Softback £20.00
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...
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...
Field Guide to Invasive Plants and Animals of Britain
Max Wade, Helen Roy & Olaf Booy
288 pages. More details...
Mammal Detective
Rob Strachan
Just the thing for the naturalist Sherlock Holmes 128 pages. More details...
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...
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.
Naturalized Animals of Britain and Ireland
Christopher Lever
424 pages. More details...
Brecon Beacons
J Mullard
Available from 29 August 2013. New Naturalist Series 123 c400 pages.
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...
Marches
Andrew Allott
New Naturalist Series 118. 464 pages. More details...
The New Naturalists
Peter Marren
New Naturalist Library. 368 pages.
Hardback £65.00Plant Galls
Margaret Redfern
New Naturalist Series 117. Plant Galls: beautiful, often bizarre and colourful, and amazingly diverse in structure. 400 pages. More details...
NN Plant Pests
David V Alford
New Naturalist Series 116. 400 pages. More details...
Scotland
Peter Friend
New Naturalist Series 119. Highlights the many famous and much loved natural landscapes of Scotland. 468 pages. More details...
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...
RSPB Children's Guide to Nature Watching
Mark Boyd
A practical and exciting introduction to wildlife, packed with brilliant photographs and illustrations. 160 pages.
RSPB Great Wildlife Hunt
Anne Harrap
Available from 20 June 2013. 224 pages. More details...
RSPB Nature Guide
Mike Unwin
Full of activites for every season and every weather. 128 pages. More details...
Softback £8.99
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.
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...
Softback £14.99 £13.99A 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...
Hardback £45.00
Springwatch and Autumnwatch
Bill Oddie, Kate Humble & Simon King
Published to tie in with BBC2's Springwatch 2007. 256 pages. More details...
Softback £12.99
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...
Tooth & Claw
Peter Cairns & Mark Hamblin
Living Alongside Britain's Predators. 150 photos. 240 pages. More details...
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...
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.
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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Softback £16.99
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
Published by Field Studies Council
Guide to Bees of Britain
Published by Field Studies Council
'Top 50' garden birds
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British land mammals
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British mammal tracks and signs
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Butterflies of Britain
Published by Field Studies Council
Illustrations by Richard Lewington.
Caterpillars of the butterflies of Britain and Ireland
Published by Field Studies Council
Churchyard lichens
Published by Field Studies Council
Cloud name trail
Published by Field Studies Council
Chart - Day flying Moths
Published by Field Studies Council
Dragonflies & Damselflies of Britain
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Common Ferns
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Fossils
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Chart - Freshwater Fishes
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Fruits and seed dispersal
Published by Field Studies Council
Fungi Nature Trail
Published by Field Studies Council
Grasses
Mark Gardener and Carol Roberts
8 pages.
British Grasshoppers and allied insects
Published by Field Studies Council
Grassland plants
Published by Field Studies Council
Grassland Plants II, chalkland & limestone
Published by Field Studies Council
Hawkmoths
Published by Field Studies Council
Guide to the insects of the British Isles
Published by Field Studies Council
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.
Keeping common frog tadpoles
Published by Field Studies Council
Guide to the ladybird lavae of the British Isles
Published by Field Studies Council
As bizarre as the adult creatures are beautiful - this chart features the 26 larger coccindellid species which are recognizable as ladybirds.
Chart - Ladybirds
Published by Field Studies Council
Lichens of Heaths and Moors Chart
Published by Field Studies Council
Lichens of rocky shores
Published by Field Studies Council
Lichens on twigs
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Minerals
Published by Field Studies Council
Orchids
Published by Field Studies Council
Chart - Pennine Way
Published by Field Studies Council
Plant Galls in Britain
Published by Field Studies Council
Plants common on moorlands
Published by Field Studies Council
Playing field plants
Published by Field Studies Council
Reptiles & amphibians of Britain and Ireland
Published by Field Studies Council
Rocks
Published by Field Studies Council
Rocky Shore Communities
Published by Field Studies Council
Rocky shore name trail
Published by Field Studies Council
Saltmarsh plants of Britain
Published by Field Studies Council
Plants common on sand dunes
Published by Field Studies Council
Common seashells of Britain and Ireland
Published by Field Studies Council
Common seaweeds
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Shieldbugs of the British Isles
Published by Field Studies Council
House and garden spiders
Published by Field Studies Council
British Stonefly Families
Published by Field Studies Council
Tree name trail
Published by Field Studies Council
Chart - Common Urban Lichens 1
Published by Field Studies Council
Chart - Urban Lichens 2
Published by Field Studies Council
Commoner water plants
Published by Field Studies Council
Woodland plants
Published by Field Studies Council
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