Britain's dragonflies: a field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Britain and Ireland.

Maidenhead: WILDGuides, (2010 second edition),
Octavo, paperback, limp plastic, 192 pp. colour photographs, line drawings, maps.

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. Its 64 remarkable full colour photographic plates show all you need to identify the adults. 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.