Key Natural History Titles for the London Area
Summer is here and with it more opportunities to experience the fauna and flora in your local area. To
help you enjoy what's on your doorstep we have put together a list of key natural history titles covering wildlife in your area. To
view our list of titles for other regions just click on the link Regional Selections. For further reading about the natural history of Britain we recommend Nature's Calendar, a month-by-month guide to Britain's best wildlife
locations, and Silent Fields which traces man's impact on wildlife
in Britain since the 16th Century.
Our unique "Browse by Geozone" feature which allows you
to view all titles by region is available from our website www.nhbs.com We
hope these titles and the selection below help you to make the most of the wildlife on your doorstep and wherever you travel.
Iain Green
This book showcases the
astonishing and fascinating diversity of wildlife to
be found within London's boundaries. Discover the floral anarchy
in Downing Street, newts at Heathrow, stag
nights in south London, urban wetlands,
power station peregrines, bee orchids, bluebells,
black redstarts, water voles and even seals and dolphins in
the Thames. 175 photographs compliment an
informative text looking at London's
important habitats and species.
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hardcover | 2005 | #154384 | £24.99
Edited by Tony Drakeford and Una Sutcliffe
Protected by an Act of 1871 which
decreed that they remain for ever open and unenclosed, the Wimbledon &
Putney Commons comprise about 1,140 acres of countryside, encompassing
woodland, scrubland, heathland, mown recreation areas and ponds. This book
gives an accessible guide to the Commons and the clear and comprehensive
coverage of flora, fauna and ecology offers the reader a fascinating
insight into this unique area.
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hardcover | 2000 | #111130 | £14.99
Brian Clews and Paul Trodd
Covers all the counties crossed by the Chilterns,
some of England's best inland reservoirs and other
wetland sites, as well as extensive areas of
ancient woodland, and traditionally managed
farmland. Part of the Where to Watch Birds series from Helm.
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softcover | Edition 3 | 2002 | #125993 | £14.99
David Sharp
The LOOP (London Outer Orbital Path) is a 140-mile
(224-km) walking route around the capital's
periphery that utilises the network of rural
footpaths linking the secret ribbons of greenery
that still survive amidst the suburban sprawl. In
this guide the route is divided into fifteen
sections, each representing a reasonable day's
walking and starting and finishing at locations
readily accessible by public transport.
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softcover | 2006 | #159538 | £12.99
Carolyn Fry
This lavishly illustrated book takes
a close look at the fascinating world of Kew Gardens, with a particular
emphasis on its conservation work in Britain and abroad. The "World of
Kew" covers all of Kews projects, from helping to solve crimes to
developing plant remedies to fight HIV. Chapters are thematic, celebrating
Kews past and future.
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hardcover | 2006 | #159175 | £18.99
Dominic Mitchell
Major birdwatching site guide for
the London area, including all the central parks, Thames marshes, and
reservoirs. As with previous guides, each site account gives details of
habitat, birds likely to be seen, when to visit, and how to get there.
Part of the Where to
Watch Birds series from Helm.
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softcover | 1997 | #44408 | £14.99
Edited by Tony Gunton
Foreword by Professor David Bellamy OBE; this guide Includes all the nature reserves managed by the Essex
Wildlife Trust, London Wildlife
Trust, National Trust, RSPB, & Woodland Trust in Essex and East London.
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hardcover | 2000 | #115569 | £23.50
softcover | 2000 | #114468 | £13.95
Edited by Jan Hewlett
Traces changes in London's breeding birds in the
last 30 years of the 20th century, a period of
major environmental change in both town and
countryside. It compares maps of breeding
distribution in 1988-94 with earlier surveys and
documents both the success of species such as the
Great Crested Grebe, Magpie and Sparrowhawk in
colonising new areas and the decline of
once-familiar species such as the Barn Owl and
Yellowhammer in the London Area.
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softcover | 2002 | #139192 | £16.95
Natalie Lawrence
The
author of this book is a teenager with a passion
for wild birds. Here Natalie Lawrence takes us on
an extended tour of her favourite
bird watching area - Hampstead Heath in London -
a suburban haven for wildlife, comprising different habitats
for birds. She reveals the beauty and
diversity of the local bird life, using drawings
and photographs, prose and poetry.
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hardcover | 2005 | #156512 | £15.50
Simon Wood
The County Avifaunas are a growing series giving full details of
the status and range of every species recorded in the county in
question. Essex
is of national and international importance to many migrating and
wintering wildfowl and waders, which can be found on the estuaries.
Elsewhere, the diverse habits include woodland and parkland, heaths and
commons, agricultural land and urban areas. This book is an essential reference for anybody who enjoys watching birds in this
amazing county.
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hardcover | May 2007 | #161080 | £40.00 Pre-order Now
T Benton
Presents the first book on the
bumblebees of any British county. Covers all of the bumblebees of Essex
and southern England, plus a selection of insects which mimic bumblebees.
Identification keys are provided, along with detailed distribution.
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hardcover | 2000 | #105677 | £18.50
Michael J Crawley
This comprehensive work
by one of Britain's leading plant ecologists is the first of its kind with
a dedicated, regularly updated website with distribution maps and
computerized indexes. All vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and
non-lichenized fungi found locally are described, with tips on their easy
identification, as well as information on the spatial scales of their
distribution. The best local walks to find particularly species are also
covered, with anecdotes on local history and architecture.
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hardcover | 2005 | #156993 | £50.00
John Pontin
Another volume in the excellent Surrey
Wildlife Atlas
series. Surrey is one
of the best places to study Britain's
ants as it supports 30
out of 42 native species currently recorded
from the British Isles. This book includes a series
of superb colour photographs illustrating many of
the species contained in the book including three
plates, which show key diagnostic features as an
aid to identification.
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hardcover | 2005 | #157229 | £17.95
Brian Short
The most detailed description of why the
countryside of England now looks the way it does,
covering the geology, archaeology and history of
each area and what effects each has had on the
landscape we see today.
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hardcover | 2006 | #152978 | £35.00
Don Taylor, Jeffrey Wheatley and David Burges
For the new edition every site
ccount has been revised and updated, new sites added, and maps and line
drawings redone. Part of the Where to
Watch Birds series from Helm.
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softcover | Edition 4 | 2003 | #133993 | £14.99
The Woodland Trust
A new volume in the series of
guides
from The Woodland Trust that describe and illustrate
101 beautiful woodland
sites in different regions and countries throughout the UK. Fully illustrated
with site maps
and photographs, these are the essential woodland guides. There
is a
map of each site and clear information on how
to find
it, the type of woodland, the facilities available
and what to
look out for on your visit, including
the wildlife
that you may meet there.
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softcover | February 2007 | #165492 | £7.99
We hope you found plenty of interesting titles in our selection; please visit our website www.nhbs.com and view our unique "Geozone" feature which allows you to view all titles by their appropriate region.
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