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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...

Badger
Tim Roper
New Naturalist series 114. A comprehensive natural history of one of Britain's favourite animals. 400 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...

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...

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.


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...

Discover Butterflies in Britain
David Newland
Beautifully illustrated with numerous photos. Features 66 sites (with maps) as well as a description and photo of 58 species found regularly in Britain. The species guide also includes "hotspot" site information - with at least one site for every species, including rarities! 224 pages.

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...

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...

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...

British and Irish Butterflies
Adrian Riley
A wonderful butterfly book, the first to cover all the adult forms, including subspecies, in the British Isles. It provides clear directions and field tips on where to find them (incl. OS grid references), as well as details of identification and behaviour, and is complemented with stunning colour photographs of living specimen of all the taxa. 352 pages. More details...

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...

Collins Butterfly Guide
Tom Tolman & Richard Lewington
The most complete field guide to the Butterflies of Britain & Europe. 384 pages. More details...

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...

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.

Concise Mushroom Guide
Various
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.

Concise Seashore Wildlife Guide
Various
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.

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...

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...

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...


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...

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...





Insects of Britain and Western Europe
Michael Chinery
This title is now out-of-print but we have managed to source a few copies but at a premium price. 320 pages. More details...


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...



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...

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 larger 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...

British and Irish Pug Moths
A M Riley and 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...

Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland
Martin Townsend and 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...

The Natural History of Moths
Mark Young
Biology and ecology of British moths. 304 pages. More details...

British Pyralid Moths
Barry Goater
A guide to their identification, with illustrations by Geoffery Senior and Robert Dyke. 175 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...

Dragonflies
Philip Corbet & Stephen Brooks
New Naturalist Library Series 106. A fascinating new outlook on the natural history of dragonflies. 480 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.
Private Life of Adders
Rodger McPhail
The adder, Britain's only venomous reptile, captured on camera as never before. 128 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...



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...

Whales & Dolphins of Great Britain: Where to go and what to see
Dylan Walker & Alex Wilson
(2009) More details...


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.

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...
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 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.

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

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...

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...

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

Britain's Rare Flowers
Peter Marren
The first complete and popular study of British rare plants and their world. Beautifully presented, with colour illustrations and over 100 colour photos. 334 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...

Medicinal Plants of Britain & Europe
Wolfgang Hensel
Indispensable guide to the medicinal plants of Britain and Europe. 256 pages. More details...

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...

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...

Mushrooms & Toadstools of Britain and Europe
Andreas Gminder and Tanja Bohning
Over 350 species of mushroom are covered, each beautifully illustrated with detailed paintings and clear photos. 320 pages. More details...


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...

Plant Galls
Margaret Redfern
New Naturalist Series 117. Plant Galls: beautiful, often bizarre and colourful, and amazingly diverse in structure. 400 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...

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...

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


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...


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...
Vegetative Key to the British Flora
John Poland and 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
228 pages. More details...



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...

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...

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...

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...
Wildlife Gardening


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...

Gardening for Birdwatchers
Mike Toms, Ian and 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. More details...
Gardens: Their Hidden Life
Colin Spedding
Available from 26 April 2012. 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...



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...

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...

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...

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...


Bumper Book of Nature
Stephen Moss
A treasure trove of nature activities, ideas and information. 271 pages. More details...


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...

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.

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...

Food from the Wild
Ian Burrows
A practical field guide to over 250 species of fruits, nuts and seeds, flowers, plant leaves, herbs, roots, seaweeds and fungi found in Britain and northern Europe. 144 pages. More details...

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...

Gardenwatch
Sarah Whittley
Gardenwatch is the essential guide to making the most of the animals and plants that are literally on your doorstep. 128 pages. More details...

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...

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.


Nature by Night
Vincent Albouy & Jean Chevalier
This is the first book devoted solely to the mysterious world of nocturnal and crepuscular wildlife in Britain and Europe. 224 pages. More details...
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...

Dartmoor
Ian Mercer
New Naturalist Dartmoor explores the complex and fascinating history of one of southern England's greatest National Parks. 320 pages. More details...
Garden Natural History
Stephan Buczacki
New Naturalist Series 102. Mint. 1st edition 1st Impression. 288 pages. More details...


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


Isles of Scilly
Rosemary Parslow
New Naturalist series 103. Examines the many aspects that make the islands and their flora and fauna so unique. Also tells the story of the rise in popularity of the islands for birdwatchers. 336 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...
British Wildlife Photography Awards Collection 1
Published by AA Publishing
224 pages. More details...
RSPB Nature Guide
Mike Unwin
Full of activites for every season and every weather. 128 pages. More details...

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...
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...
Silent Summer: The State of Wildlife in Britain and Ireland
Norman MacLean
Written by a team of the country's leading experts, Silent Summer highlights the changes and decline of a variety of wildlife species over the past 20 years.
Chapters includes in-depth coverage on each of the vertebrate and major vertebrate groups and investigates the changes that need to take place to preserve these species.
With a forward by Sir David Attenborough. 765 pages. More details...

Springwatch and Autumnwatch
Bill Oddie, Kate Humble & Simon King
Published to tie in with BBC2's Springwatch 2007. 256 pages. More details...
Tooth & Claw
Peter Cairns & Mark Hamblin
Living Alongside Britain's Predators. 150 photos. 240 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.
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.
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