The birdlife of Britain: a dramatic new way of identifying and understanding the birds of Britain and Europe.
London: Mitchell Beazley, (1976. reprint). Quarto, dustwrapper, sunned spine, colour illustrations by Peter Hayman. More
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Wildfowl of Britain and Ireland.
Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings. New Naturalist110. David Cabot has been obsessed with wildfowl for nearly sixty years. In this seminal new work, he discusses the 56 species of wildfowl that have been recorded either in a natural state, or that have been introduced..... More
Wildfowl of Britain and Ireland.
Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers, 2009. Octavo, colour photographs, line drawings, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist 110. David Cabot has been obsessed with wildfowl for nearly sixty years. In this seminal new work, he discusses the 56 species of wildfowl that have been recorded either in a natural state, or..... More
Tooth and claw: living alongside Britain's predators.
Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing, 2007. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Based in the heart of Scotland's Cairngorms National Park, Peter Cairns is a freelance nature photographer with a deep fascination for our relationship with the natural world. In addition to documenting Europe's high-profile wildlife species, his work focuses on a diverse..... More
Otters: return to the river.
Edinburgh: Birlinn General, 2014. Octavo, oblong format, paperback, colour photographs. This book is a celebration of the return of the otter to Britain's rivers and freshwater wetlands after a drastic decline in the last century. For more than two decades, award-winning photographer Laurie Campbell has documented these lithe, elusive predators..... More
Lakeland ornithology.
Arbroath: Transactions of the Carlisle Natural History Society, 1954. Octavo, photographs, signature, bookplate. More
Butterflies and moths in Britain and Europe.
London: Heinemann, 1982. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Mark Carwardine's guide to whale watching in Britain and Europe.
London: New Holland, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations, maps. The first book of its kind covering Britain and Europe, Mark Carwardine's Guide to whalewatching is the definitive guide to watching whales, dolphins and porpoises in those waters. A fascinating introduction to whales and whalewatching is followed by a...... More
Mark Carwardine's guide to whale watching in Britain and Europe.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, (2016. second edition), Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations, maps. There are many opportunities to see whales, dolphins and porpoises in the seas around Europe and this comprehensive and authoritative guide covers everything you need to know about where, when and how to watch them. Packed with useful..... More
Saltmarsh.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. "Saltmarshes are often remote, inhospitable places, neither land nor sea, as hard to pin down as they are to navigate. In this saline odyssey, Clive Chatters has explored his favourite creeks, pools and mudflats to bring us an absorbing celebration of the..... More
RSPB spotlight: Otters.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. This book by Nicola Chester is an accessible and lively account of an intriguing and much-loved animal that, surprisingly, is still endangered and rarely seen despite a recent resurgence that has seen it expand from the remote British countryside and into cities..... More
Collins complete guide to British insects: a photographic guide to every common species.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A photographic field guide to 1,500 species of insects found in Britain and Ireland. More
A field guide to the insects of Britain and northern Europe.
Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers, (2003. third edition). Octavo, laminated boards, colour plates, text illustrations. Includes a general introduction to insects. For each order, there is an introduction to key features and details of biology, and a further key to the insect families. The 60 colour plates illustrate 778 commonly found..... More
Garden pests of Britain and Europe.
London: A & C Black, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. With their extraordinary diversity, adaptability and abundance, insects and other invertebrates are the gardener's greatest foe. 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..... More
Seaweeds of the British Isles, Volume 4: Tribophyceae (Xanthophyceae).
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1987. Octavo, wrappers, text illustrations. More
Insects of the British woodlands.
London: Frederick Warne, [1937]. Octavo, photographs, chipped dustwrapper. More
Excursion flora of the British Isles.
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1959. Octavo, signature, dustwrapper. More
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Flora of the British Isles, three parts [of four].
London: Cambridge University Press, 1957-1960-1963. Quarto, text illustrations, very good set in dustwrappers. More
Birds of the Hants/Surrey border.
Aldershot: Hobby Books, 1984. Octavo, paperback, photographs, bookplate. More
Birds of Hampshire.
Hartley Wintney: Hampshire Ornithological Society, 1993. Oblong format, colour photographs, maps, fine cop in dustwrapper. More
Naturalist's guide to the wild flowers of Britain and Northern Europe.
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Featuring 280 species that the amateur naturalist might expect to see in the field or garden. The user-friendly introduction covers habitats, flower structure, identification, wild flower names, a glossary of botanical and habitat terms, and conservation, in a way that doesn't..... More
Birds Britannica.
London: Chatto & Windus, 2005. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Birds Britannica is neither an identification guide nor a behavioural study (though both these subjects enter its field). It covers cultural links, social history, birds as food, ecology, the lore and language of birds, myths, art, literature and..... More
Crow country.
London: Vintage, 2008. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. Rooks and jackdaws are both members of the same bird family. To ornithologists the group is known as the corvids, to the layperson they are 'crows'. This is a prose poem in a tradition of English pastoral writing. It is also a celebration..... More
Britain's natural heritage: reading our countryside's past.
Poole: Blandford Press, 1987. Quarto, colour photographs, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The food of some British wild birds: a study in economic ornithology.
London: Dulau and Co., 1913. Octavo, tables. Publisher's blue cloth, floral endpapers, sunned, few flecks, a good copy. More