Britain's Dragonflies

Dave Smallshire & Andy Swash

Excellent and comprehensive photographic guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of Britain and Ireland, covering 44 breeding, 3 extinct, 10 vagrant and 6 potential vagrant species. The innovative, easy-to-use format aims to help dragonfly-watchers, both beginners and experts, to identify any species they encounter. Its 55 remarkable full colour photographic plates show all you need to identify the adults. 8 pages of colour id charts. There are sections on larval identification, biology, habitats, recording and conservation. The text covers the key identification features of each species during the egg, larval and adult stages, emphasising the differences between similar species, and includes information on behaviour, breeding habitat, population and conservation. Colour distribution maps and charts showing flight period accompany the text for each species.

"Here's a photographic guide that is actually useable!"

 - Steve Dudley, Bird Watching

168 pages.

Hardback £15.00 £11.95