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New Books May 2023
Welcome to our May Newsletter, with a selection of new and forthcoming titles.
Highlights include:
* Solitary Bees, the most recent in the New Naturalist Series, which presents new research and observations about the complex lives of these insects.
* Moths of Europe Vol. 7 by Leraut. Just published and now in stock.
* Meeting with Moths, a delightful read, ecologist Katty Baird roams East Lothian, Scotland, trapping, documenting and observing moths.
* The Book of Wilding: A Practical Guide to Rewilding, Big and Small, a well-designed work which Chris Packham states ‘builds hope for a better, wilder world’.
* The handy and ever-popular Collins Bird Guide, is now in a third revised edition with expanded text and additional colour illustrations.
Customers are very welcome to visit and browse our stock in our Bookshop in Iver.
Julie and Ian Johnson
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by Leraut, P.
Cat No. : 46528, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 118 col plates, line drawings, distribution maps
Hardback £76.00
This volume deals with Micropterigidae to Tortricidae (including more than 30 families). For each species, a deatailed description is provided, as well as useful information on biology. Over 2500 (more)
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by Benton, T.; Owens, N.
Cat No. : 48849, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos, col illus
Hardback £46.99
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Cat No. : 48850, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos, col illus
Paperback £26.99
£35.00 (Save £8.01)
Bees, for most people, mean honey or bumble bees. In fact, the honey bees and bumblebees make up only a small proportion of the bee species that live in Britain, while the other bees are the great (more)
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by Baird, K.
Cat No. : 51002, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 8 page col plate section, b/w photos
Hardback £14.99
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Why do butterflies bask in the limelight as mood-lifting colourful insects associated with bright flowers and sunny days, when the near-identical moths are relegated to be cast as their drab and (more)
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by Tree, I.
Cat No. : 53735, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos, col + b/w illus
Hardback £27.50
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The enormity of climate change and biodiversity loss can leave us feeling overwhelmed. How can an individual ever make a difference? Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell know firsthand how (more)
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by Chiba, H.; Bozano, G.C.; Fan, X.L.
Cat No. : 54148, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col illus, maps, line drawings
Paperback £32.00
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by Gallardo, R.J.; Diaz, O.
Cat No. : 52872, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 113 col plates
Paperback £29.99
For the first time ever, the butterfly diversity of this little-known Central American country is revealed. This is the first book for the region that covers all the known species in each of the six (more)
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by Top, M; Fritsch, D.; Kononenko, V.
Cat No. : 54483, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 92 col plates, col distribution maps
Hardback £190.00
This book deals with all 1623 known species of European Noctuids. The concise text describes habitats, flight periods, larval food plants and distribution of every European species and their (more)
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by Taylor, M.; Lewington, R.
Cat No. : 52307, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 70 col illus, 6 col photos
£5.00
RSPB ID Spotlight Ladybirds is a reliable fold-out chart that presents illustrations of 27 of our most widespread and familiar ladybirds by renowned artist Richard Lewington. * Species are (more)
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by Cannon, R.J.
Cat No. : 51454, Published : MAY 2023
Hardback £175.00
This book explores mate-finding and courtship behaviour in the insect world, in all its subtlety and diversity. Insects engage in courtship as much, or as little, as any other animal; they have (more)
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by Smith, Philip H.
Cat No. : 53991, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos, map
Paperback £10.99
This book describes the insect fauna of the sand dunes of the Sefton Coast in north Merseyside in North West England; the largest example of this rare habitat in England. As this book will show, (more)
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by Yee, D.A. (Ed.)
Cat No. : 54536, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £179.99
The second edition of this comprehensive book provides one of the most complete overviews of the aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae, also known as predaceous diving beetles. Dytiscids (more)
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by von Proschwitz, T.; Roth, J.; Lundin, K.
Cat No. : 53559, Published : MAY 2023, Illustrations : col photos, col illus, maps
Hardback £69.00
Text Swedish with species summaries in English. The second volume on molluscs presents the Gastropod subclass Heterobranchia. The 193 species are presented in a systematic order and are described (more)
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by Picton, B.; Morrow, C.
Cat No. : 52306, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £26.25
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A strikingly illustrated photographic identification guide to sea slugs in all their colourful variety. Nudibranchs, or sea slugs, are a group of marine gastropod molluscs whose adults lack shells, (more)
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by Holden J.
Cat No. : 54420, Published : MAY 2023, Illustrations : c. 300 col photos, 3 maps, line drawings
Hardback £44.00
Since the first field guide 2008 almost a dozen species have joined the list of Cambodian amphibians, furthermore numerous name changes and genus reassignments occurred and this process is ongoing. (more)
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by Michaels, C.J., Bosch, J., Jervis, P.A., Marquez, R., Rosa, G.M.
Cat No. : 54419, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 238 col + b/w illus
Hardback £44.00
Midwife toads of the genus Alytes form a small group of primarily Iberian anurans. These fascinating toads hold cultural and scientific recognition on account of their distinctive, bell-like (more)
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by Brichetti, P.; Fracasso, G.
Cat No. : 54099, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 82 col photos, 117 distribution maps, 30 graphs
Hardback £58.00
The first account of the Italian avifauna to be published in English. Final volume of a 3-volume series, illustrating the current status of all Italian species, with detailed data on distribution, (more)
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by Howell, S.N.G.; Dyer, D.
Cat No. : 52977, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 116 col plates, 600 col distribution maps
Paperback £24.00
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Belize is one of the world’s premier birding destinations, home to a marvelous array of tropical birds and beautiful habitats ranging from verdant rain forests and extensive wetlands to rolling pine (more)
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by Svensson, L.; Mullarney, K.; Zetterström, D.; Grant, P.J.
Cat No. : 50639, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 4000+ col illus, 700 col distribution maps
Paperback £14.99
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Cat No. : 50638, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 4000+ col illus, 700 col distribution maps
Hardback £19.95
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Third revised edition with expanded text and additional colour illustrations. This standard field guide is a must for every birdwatcher. The book provides all the information needed to identify (more)
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by Baldock, L.; Dipper, F.
Cat No. : 53622, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos, b/w line drawings
Paperback £16.50
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A beautifully illustrated photographic identification guide to the common marine fish found around Britain and Ireland-ideal for divers, snorkellers, and natural history enthusiasts Fish are a (more)
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by Ball, Sarah
Cat No. : 53970, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 720 col photos, 2 b/w illus
Paperback £22.95
This field guide acts as a companion to Wild Flowers of Eastern Andalucía (2014). Covers the flora of the Andalucían coastline along the Atlantic, Straits of Gibraltar and Mediterranean. (more)
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by Longstaffe-Gowan, T.
Cat No. : 48673, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 198 col + b/w illus
Hardback £30.00
A highly original study of eccentric English garden-makers and their extraordinary gardens In this new book, renowned landscape architect and historian Todd Longstaffe-Gowan reveals a series of (more)
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by Bell, N.
Cat No. : 54126, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 170 col illus
Hardback £25.00
Mosses have a spectacular diversity of beautiful and surprising forms. They are nearly always, what we as humans would consider, small; but they play a critical role in climate change prevention and (more)
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by Jacob, B.
Cat No. : 53719, Published : MAY
Hardback £20.00
Obsessed by orchids since childhood, Ben spent years travelling to far-flung jungles to see them in the wild. Then a chance encounter set him off on a journey of discovery into the wonderful, but (more)
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by Bouillard, N.
Cat No. : 51490, Published : APR 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £21.99
Can one undertake a round-the-world trip with conservation uppermost in the mind? This is exactly what Nils Bouillard sought to do in 2019, adapting a popular concept in birding known as the 'big (more)
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by Gooley, T.
Cat No. : 54116, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 16 plates with col photos, b/w illus
Hardback £22.00
Do two trees ever appear identical? No, but why? Every small difference is a clue. Each tree we meet is filled with signs that reveal secrets about the life of that tree and the landscape we stand (more)
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by Southall, O.
Cat No. : 53443, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 80 col illus, 23 b/w illus
Hardback £18.00
An in-depth social and natural history of the much-loved, highly symbolic rowan tree. Whether crag-bound on a lonely moor or busy with birdlife on a city street, the rowan is a tree that captivates (more)
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by Donald, P.F.
Cat No. : 53726, Published : 2023, Illustrations : b/w photos + text figs
Hardback £19.99
Traffication develops a bold new idea: that the trillions of miles of driving we do each year are just as destructive to our natural environment as any of the better known threats, such as (more)
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by Parikian, L.
Cat No. : 53421, Published : 2023
Hardback £16.99
This is the miracle of flight as you've never seen it before: the evolutionary story of life on the wing. A bird flits overhead. It's an everyday occurrence, repeated hundreds, thousands, millions (more)
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by Bersweden, L.
Cat No. : 53532, Published : 2023
Paperback £10.99
Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Award 2022. Leif Bersweden has always been fascinated by wild plants. From a young age, his afternoons were spent hunting for and cataloguing the plants in his (more)
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by Krieger, C.
Cat No. : 53727, Published : MAY 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £22.99
Author and photographer Carsten Krieger takes us on a journey across Ireland to explore the nature we pass by every day, and that which is buried deep in the bog, high in the mountains and under (more)
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by Wright, J.
Cat No. : 53188, Published : MAY 2023
Hardback £20.00
When we go for a walk, whether in the countryside or city, we pass through landscapes full of natural beauty and curiosities both visible and invisible - but though we might admire the view, or (more)
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by Wright, J.
Cat No. : 54423, Published : MAY 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £12.99
Discover the answers behind the mysteries of the countryside in all their fascination and beauty… Ever wondered about the masses of twigs in bare-branched trees that look like abandoned nests? Seen (more)
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by Parsons, M.; Clancy, S.
Cat No. : 49336, Published : SUMMER 2023, Illustrations : col photos, distribution maps
Hardback £55.00
The first comprehensive review of this popular group of moths in Britain and Ireland since Barry Goater’s British Pyralid Moths (Harley Books, 1986). This new publication will include specimens and (more)
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by Gregory, S.
Cat No. : 54457, Published : JUNE 2023, Illustrations : col photos, col illus, maps
Paperback £6.00
This book is intended to help young people (ages 7-10), especially those living in built-up areas, to explore the countryside and discover these beautiful flying insects. The new guide describes 12 (more)
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by Buchmann, S.L.
Cat No. : 53722, Published : MAY 2023, Illustrations : 19 photos + illus
Hardback £22.99
For many of us, the buzzing of a bee elicits panic. But the next time you hear that low droning sound, look closer: the bee has navigated to this particular spot for a reason using a fascinating set (more)
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by Marshall, S.A.
Cat No. : 51205, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £60.00
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Comprehensive and packed with richly illustrated keys and thousands of colour photographs identified with help from nearly 100 of the world’s best hymenopterists, this volume provides the reader with (more)
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by Wick, C.; Wick, D.
Cat No. : 53512, Published : MAY 2023, Illustrations : 32 col illus, 104 b/w illus
Paperback £44.99
Honeybees are an important link in our food chain because they are major pollinators of food crops. In recent years, honeybee populations have declined precipitously perhaps due to changes in their (more)
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by Parey, S.; Ali, T.; Singh Pandher, M. (Eds)
Cat No. : 53534, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 218 b/w illus, 10 col illus
Hardback £139.00
The order Trichoptera is one of the sixth largest insect orders with over 16,000 species known all over the world. In India, this order is represented by about 1400 species only. The literature on (more)
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by Miller, C.B.
Cat No. : 53427, Published : MAY 2023, Illustrations : 250 col illus
Hardback £89.00
Oar Feet and Opal Teeth is about free-living copepods and the copepodologists who study them. Copepods are a subclass of the arthropod class Crustacea. They act as dominant herbivores and (more)
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by Dyer, D.; Howell, S.N.G.
Cat No. : 53733, Published : MAY 2023, Illustrations : 203 col plates, 19 col photos, 920 col distribution maps
Paperback £18.75
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A state-of-the-art illustrated field guide to the birds of Costa Rica. Costa Rica is among the most popular birding destinations in the world, with a breathtaking diversity of neotropical birdlife (more)
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by Forshaw, J.M.; Knight, F. (Illus.)
Cat No. : 53442, Published : MAY 2023, Illustrations : col illus, col photos, b/w photos
Hardback £132.00
A fully-illustrated review of knowledge on these small, secretive ground-dwelling birds. Although not closely related, quail, buttonquail and the Plains-wanderer have much in common. Quail, (more)
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by Lee, C.-T.
Cat No. : 51494, Published : MAY 2023, Illustrations : 55 col + b/w illus. 19 maps, 53 spectrograms
Paperback £11.50
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The identification of Empidonax flycatchers and pewees can be a daunting challenge for even the most seasoned birder. Field Guide to North American Flycatchers takes bird identification (more)
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by Serjeantson, D.
Cat No. : 54124, Published : MAY 2023
Hardback £60.00
Renowned archaeologist, Dale Serjeantson, tells the story of human engagement with birds from the end of the last Ice Age to around AD 1650. In this book, she integrates the study of archaeological (more)
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by Sun, L.
Cat No. : 53716, Published : MAY 2023, Illustrations : 12 col + 34 b/w illus
Hardback £18.75
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A natural history of cheating from selfish genes to lying politicians. Nature is rife with cheating. Possums play possum, feigning death to cheat predators. Crows cry wolf to scare off rivals. (more)
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by Stroh, P.A.; Walker, K.J.; Humphrey,T.A.; Pescott, O.L.; Burkmar, R.J.
Cat No. : 52861, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 5400+ col illus, 2709 maps
Hardback £95.00
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An authoritative two-volume survey of the wild plants of Britain and Ireland. Plant Atlas 2020 presents the results of field surveys by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, building on (more)
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by Kibby, G.
Cat No. : 44539, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col illus throughout
Hardback £27.95
This final volume will cover the third part on the agarics or gilled mushrooms (Basidiomycetes: Bolbitaceae, Inocybaceae and Entolomataceae). A unique, fully illustrated guide with paintings of the (more)
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by Redfern, M.; Shirley, P.; Bloxham, M.
Cat No. : 53809, Published : 2023, Illustrations : b/w line drawings
Paperback £30.00
3rd edition. Many naturalists recognise the commoner plant galls, like Oak Apples and Robin’s Pin Cushions. But there are many more. Some are tiny and require diligent searching. They occur on all (more)
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