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152 WILD things to do (Softback)
£12.99 with free UK p&p
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 around the UK.
Whether at home, in your local area or at Wildlife Trust nature reserves, this book is packed with inspirational ideas to get outside and see
the best of the UK's wildlife and countryside.
From planting wildlife-friendly plants to searching through rockpools, from saving an endangered species in your garden to spotting whales and
dolphins, from walking through ancient forests to wading through a sea of bluebells, this family-friendly guide is accessible, practical and perfect for nature-lovers everywhere, young or old.
"There are enough ideas in the book to keep anyone - particularly families and children - outdoors all year...."
Patrick Barkham - Guardian.co.uk
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Mushrooms, by Roger Phillips (Softback)
£21.99 including UK p&p
Set to become the essential illustrated
mycological encyclopedia for the next 25 years, unsurpassed in both illustrative and descriptive detail, "Mushrooms" contains over
1,250 photographs. Having sold more
than 750,000 copies in Europe of his previous title on mushrooms, Roger Phillips' new book once again sets the benchmark. Quite simply, nobody with an interest in the subject can afford to be without this book.
'Roger Phillips has written the best mushroom book I know: the sublime taxonomic accuracy of his descriptions and photographs, combined with an evangelical and infectious passion for the subject, will make an instant
mycophile of anyone who picks it up.'
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
'A masterpiece of identification.'
David Bellamy
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Wild Food, by Roger Phillips (Softback)
£21.99 including UK p&p
Roger Phillips, creator of "Wild Flowers" and its bestselling companion volumes, turns his attention and his camera to the wide range of good things to eat from the countryside and seashore. From the multitude of species
that are safely edible, he has selected those that are actually attractive and appetizing as food. Beautiful colour photography shows each species growing in the wild - for accurate identification - and prepared as an
appealing dish. Well-known wine and food writers such as Jane grigson, Katie Stewart and B.C.A. Turner are among those who have contributed the recipes that accompany Roger Phillips' photographs.
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Food for Free, by Richard Mabey (Softback)
£15.99 including UK p&p
A complete guide to help you safely identify edible species that grow around us, together with detailed artworks, field identification notes and recipes. First published in 1972, this updated edition of Richard Mabey's
cult bestseller has been revised to reflect the ever-increasing eco-awareness and popular interest in finding different, and more natural, sources of food. Each of the 240 types of fruit, nut, flower, seaweed, fungi
and shellfish featured has its own identification field notes and artwork. Understand and learn about the fascinating edible species that you may come across and, with the help of the numerous recipes also included,
find out the best way to pick and enjoy them. Beautifully illustrated and written, 'Food for Free' will inspire you to take more notice of the natural harvest that surrounds us, learn how to make use of it and conserve
it for future generations.
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How to Make a Wildlife Garden, by Chris Baines (Softback)
£17.99 including UK p&p
Chris Baines shows the reader how to transform a garden into a haven for wildlife. He sets the wildlife garden within the context of the broader concerns of regional ecology and reveals how we can each do our bit to
safeguard the habitats of important indigenous flora and fauna. A wide range of natural habitats is discussed in detail, including hedgerows, shrubberies, meadows and ponds, with lists of native wildflowers and practical tips.
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Attracting Wildlife to your Garden, by Michael Chinery
(ex display stock - faded/marked jacket) (Hardback)
Was £17.99, now £13.00 including UK p&p
Our gardens have become an important nature conservation area for animals, insects and plants, especially as many natural habitats are being destroyed. With the help of this practical book, you can create not only
a fascinating mini nature reserve but also a vibrant and attractive garden. Projects and special features include: creating a wildflower meadow; looking after injured, baby and hibernating hedgehogs; making a bat
roost or bat box and siting it; developing a wildlife pond; planting a butterfly garden; and filming and photographing wildlife in your garden.
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The Bat Detective, A Field Guide for Bat Detection (Softback)
£25.00 including UK p&p
'This book, together with the accompanying CD, provides an essential reference for bat enthusiasts who would like to gain or improve their skills in identifying British bats, using a bat detector.
The material has been gathered from experience gained in numerous bat detector workshops, throughout Europe, and is suitable for those who have just acquired a bat detector as well as for more experienced bat workers.
The sounds of 13 bat species are included in the 48 tracks of the CD. This is the first ever comprehensive compilation of British bat recordings on compact disc.' A. M. Hutson
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The Inaudible World Double CD
A double CD which contains the echolocation calls of 27 European bat species. On the 1st CD the calls are recorded in 'real time' with heterodyne detectors and on the second CD they are slowed down ten times (time expanded).
A 47 page explanatory booklet accompanies the CDs called 'The World of Bats'.
£40 including UK p&p |
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European Bats book
This book by Yves Tupinier has 132 pages of detailed analysis of European bat echolocation calls. The opening chapters have some general explanations of sound, hearing, acoustics etc. This is probably the most advanced book available on the subject of European bat echolocation.
£20 including UK p&p |
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Britain's Butterflies (flexicover)
£15.00 including UK p&p
A comprehensive photographic guide to the butterflies of Britain and Ireland, covering the 60 regularly occurring species. The 81 remarkable colour plates depict typical views of each butterfly, as well as their egg,
caterpillar and chrysalis. The plates have been produced using the latest digital image technology and include many images that have never previously been published.
The text covers the key identification features of each species, emphasising the differences between similar species, and includes information on behaviour, habitat requirements, population and conservation. Colour
distribution maps accompany the text for each species.
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Britain's Dragonflies, 2nd Edition (hardback)
£17.95 including UK p&p
A full revision of this highly acclaimed best-selling photographic guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of Britain and Ireland, covering all 56 species that have been recorded, as well as ten potential vagrants.
Featuring new colour plates, a redesigned section on larval identification and updated text.
Includes remarkable colour plates depicting typical views of the adult of each species of dragonfly, showing males, females, immatures and colour forms.
Each species account covers the identification of adults, and includes information on eggs and larvae, behaviour, habitat requirements, population and conservation status.
Colour distribution maps and charts summarising the flight periods accompany the text for each breeding species.
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Britain's Orchids (hardback)
£15.00 including UK p&p
This stunning photographic guide covers the identification and ecology of all 51 species of wild orchid native to Britain and Ireland, and a further nine species of uncertain provenance.
Over 60 orchid profiles include information on key features to aid identification, their flowering and germination times and the differences between similar species and sub-species.
Colour distribution maps show where they have been seen in the last 25 years while the accompanying text makes clear the current position.
Other sections of the book cover orchid habitats, germination and growth, reproduction and pollination, hybridisation, conservation in action, and observing and photographing orchids.
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Britain's Reptiles and Amphibians (paperback, plastic cover)
£17.95 including UK p&p
This detailed guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands is designed to help anyone who finds a reptile or amphibian to identify it with confidence.
The book features stunning photography; an easy-to-use approach to identification; superbly illustrated sections on the biology, conservation, taxonomy, life-cycle and behaviour of each species group;
profiles of 16 native reptiles and amphibians, 5 marine turtles, 7 non-native species and a summary of 8 more with a history of release/escape; distribution maps based on the latest available information;
and hints and tips on where, when and how to watch reptiles and amphibians.
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Discover Butterflies in Britain (hardback)
£19.95 including UK p&p
Featuring detailed descriptions and photographs of 66 good places to find butterflies, chosen not only because of the butterflies
there, but because they are lovely places to visit in their own right. Choose where to go and find out what butterflies there are to be seen and where to look, or select a butterfly and find out when and where to look
and what to look for.
Also contains a section featuring superb photographs and short descriptions of every butterfly separately, with historical information about their dates of discovery and name changes over the years. There
is also a gazetteer with an extended list of butterfly reserves, a bibliography, and a list of relevant web sites.
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Arable Plants - A Field Guide (hardback)
£20.00 including UK p&p
The group of plants within the British flora that has shown the steepest decline over the last 25 years - those which grow among the crops. Its easy-to-use format is designed for use in the field and aims to
help any botanist, beginner or expert, to identify with confidence the species they encounter.
The introductory text covers the history of arable cultivation and includes practical recommendations for managing the places where these plants still occur. Featuring 100 plant profiles, including key features
to aid identification, flowering and germination times and differences between similar species. Colour distribution maps
show where these plants have been seen in the last 25 years.
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Arable Bryophytes (paperback with plastic cover)
£22.00 including UK p&p
This book has been produced to highlight the conservation importance of the mosses, liverworts and hornworts that are found on cultivated land. The stunning photographs will aim to inspire an increased level of
interest in this relatively little-known group and enable even the novice bryologist to gain a better insight into the rich diversity of our bryophyte flora.
Featuring an introduction to the mosses, liverworts and hornworts associated with cultivated land; information on the 81 bryophytes found in arable fields; illustrated profiles of the 47 bryophytes most closely
associated with arable farming, highlighting those included in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan; superb close-up photographs and illustrations showing the key features; distribution maps based on the latest available
data.
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British Bryological Society
Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland
£27.50 including UK p&p
The want of a field guide has for many years greatly hindered further spread of interest in British and Irish field bryology. By filling this gap in the market, the guide will make a group that has largely been the realm of
specialists into an accessible and popular interest for naturalists, reaching far beyond the current pool of bryologists, and into the wider community of naturalists beyond. Indeed, the guide makes an attractive, modestly
priced Christmas or birthday gift for friends and relatives who are or might become interested in bryophytes.
This book is the only up-to-date, user-friendly guide to identifying British and Irish bryophytes in the field, with hundreds of colour photographs and black and white drawings showing what species look like, together with
notes on how to identify and distinguish similar species, and habitat notes and distribution maps showing where they occur.
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Birds of Surrey (hardback with dust cover)
£35.00 including UK p&p
A comprehensive account of the status, distribution and history of Surrey's birds, based on many years of research and fieldwork. This is a county avifauna which is superbly produced and illustrated, and all the features
one would expect in such a publication have been included. This will undoubtedly become a standard work of reference for the birds of the county of Surrey.
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Birds of Wiltshire (hardback)
£45.00 including UK p&p
This book records the state of Wiltshire's birds at the beginning of the new Millennium.
In creating this significant account, 5000 hours were spent in the field by 160 observers over a six year period. All 915 tetrads in Wiltshire were surveyed for a minimum of 4 hours, with supplementary visits during
the summer to assess the full extent of distribution. The results show the breeding distribution of each species by tetrad and summer abundance to the same scale. Each of the 308 species of bird ever recorded in
Wiltshire also has its own comprehensive text, and each has been illustrated by one of 35 of the nation's leading bird artists. The cover was painted by Ian Lewington. The book weighs 2.5kg, and is therefore a weighty
tome in more ways than one; it will undoubtedly become the standard work of reference for the birds of the county.
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The Birds of Berkshire (hardback with dust jacket)
Was £35, now £15 including UK p&p
The Birds of Berkshire is the first authoritative account of Berkshire's Birds and provides a comprehensive summary of the records of every species observed in the county since records began. It brings together all
the available information on the birds of the county, much of which has previously been available only in club records, private notes and historical sources long since out of print. The book contains chapters on the
history of bird recording in Berkshire and on its physical geography, habitats and climate. Detailed accounts are included for all 313 species recorded up to the time of publication (1996).
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Whale and Dolphin Identification CD-ROM
£15.00 including UK p&p
This stunning CD-ROM covers the identification of all 24 species of whales, dolphins and porpoise that occur regularly in the North Atlantic, North Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Combining an outstanding selection of
video footage, audio, photographs and maps, and featuring an excellent narrative, its purpose is to assist in identification. The easy-to-use format is aimed at beginners and experts alike and provides the viewer
with an opportunity to watch cetaceans as they would see them in the wild.
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Whales & Dolphins of the European Atlantic Wallchart
£8.50 including UK p&p
This beautifully illustrated, full colour Wallchart of the Whales and Dolphins of the European Atlantic is the perfect gift for children and adults alike. Covering all of the whales, dolphins and porpoises known to
occur around the UK, Ireland and western Europe, this unique poster shows each species to scale, with similar species positioned close together for ease of identification.
This poster complements the field guide
Whales and Dolphins of the European Atlantic, a must-read for anyone with an interest in these fascinating marine mammals.
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Whales and Dolphins of the European Atlantic (flexicover)
£8.00 including UK p&p
The first comprehensive photographic guide to the cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) of the European Atlantic (the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay), covering all 27 living species recorded. Its
innovative, easy-to-use format aims to help whale-watchers identify any species they encounter.
14 remarkable colour plates depict typical views of cetaceans at sea, using the latest digital image technology, including images of some species never previously published.
The text covers the key identification features of each species, emphasising the differences between similar species, including information on status, behaviour and distribution. Colour distribution maps accompany
the text for each species.
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Whales and Dolphins of the European Atlantic (2nd Edition) (paperback with plastic cover)
£12.00 including UK p&p
A completely revised second edition of this best-selling field guide describing all of the 31 species of cetacean that have occurred in the European Atlantic (the Bay of Biscay, English Channel, Celtic Sea and Coastal SW Ireland).
For every species there is a description of the key identification features, notes on how to separate it from similar
species, a brief natural history, and a map showing its known distribution and likelihood of occurrence. Facing each species account is a colour plate which has been created, using the latest digital image technology,
from several separate surface photographs. These photographs have been carefully selected to illustrate the key identification features.
Charts are included showing the best times of year to observe each species.
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Whales and Dolphins of Great Britain (paperback)
£9.95 including UK p&p
A comprehensive and easy-to-use field guide to all the species that are seen regularly in the seas around Great Britain, showing how, where and when to go and see these spectacular marine mammals. The book also provides
details of 38 boat operators and 16 outstanding land-based viewpoints, plus advice on responsible whale watching.
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Whales and Dolphins of the North American Pacific (flexicover)
£14.75 including UK p&p
This is the first comprehensive photographic guide to the marine mammals of the North American Pacific (Baja California, Mexico to South East Alaska), covering all 38 species of cetacean,
6 species of pinnipeds (seals and sea lions), and the Sea Otter.
38 remarkable colour plates depict typical views of cetaceans at sea. Text covers key identification features of each species, emphasising differences between similar species, including information on
behaviour, status and distribution. Colour distribution maps and full colour artwork accompany the text for each species.
There are additional chapters on the geography, climate and oceanography of the North American Pacific. The book provides extensive information on where, when and how to go whale watching, and a guide to the best places
to watch, including four accounts of outstanding days on the water.
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Nightjars of the World - a Photographic Guide (hardback)
£45 including UK p&p
The first comprehensive photographic guide to Caprimulgiformes of the world, including 100 species of nightjars and nighthawks, 17 frogmouths, 7 potoos, Oilbird and 10
owlet-nightjars.
Introductory chapters cover distribution, plumage and structure, biology and taxonomy. Concise text for each species covers size, identification, similar species, voice, habitat preferences, breeding, range and
status. An up-to-date distribution map including historical data is shown for each species.
The book features over 570 superb colour photographs covering every known species, including many species never previously published, and photographs of museum specimens of five species which have not
been seen since their original discovery.
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