Key Natural History Titles for Scotland
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.
Derek Ratcliffe
Another volume in the widely-read
New Naturalist series, this book is an in-depth study of
the natural
developments and history of Galloway and surrounding areas.
Galloway and the borders is an extremely varied region, from saltmarshes
and shingle beaches to rocky islands and seabird stations. The wide range
of hills, displaying a wealth of rich colours, give the area its dominant
character. The varied selection of flora and fauna only add to the
diversity.
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hardcover | 2007 | #152946 | £34.99
softcover | 2007 | #152947 | £17.99
Michael Scott
A pocket guide to over 350 plant
species found throughout Scotland. Each species is illustrated in full
colour with a comprehensive description, plus the plant's English, Latin and Gaelic names.
For ease of use, the plants are grouped together by the type of habitat
in which they can be found. A places to visit section
details over 35 of the best sites for finding some of the most attractive
and special species of wild flowers in Scotland.
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softcover | Edition 3 | 2005 | #152194 | £9.99
Valerie Thom
Illustrated by
Norman Arlott; This is an ideal pocket guide to over 180
species of bird found throughout Scotland. Each bird is illustrated
with colour photos, followed by a comprehensive description, plus the bird's English, Latin and -
new to this edition - Gaelic names. For ease of use the birds are grouped
together by the type of habitat in which they
can be. A places to visit section details over 70 of the best sites for
bird-watching, complete with directions to them and what to expect to see
when you get there.
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softcover | 2005 | #152195 | £9.99
Keith Futter et al
During 1995-2004, a detailed survey
of butterflies was undertaken in South West Scotland as part of a national
survey throughout Britain and Ireland; this book summarises the results.
There are colour maps for each of the 32 species showing distribution and
abundance. The book is however more than a series of maps.
It is beautifully illustrated with over 150 colour photographs showing all the
butterflies recorded in our the area.
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hardcover | 2006 | #159779 | £12.99
Edited by Philip Shaw and Des Thompson
The Cairngorms area is arguably the
most significant for nature conservation in Britain, and contains its
largest National Park. This
book presents a huge amount of new and previously unpublished
information, and sets a new standard for
assessing the importance of National Parks.
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hardcover | 2006 | #159205 | £19.99
Norman Elkins, Jim Reid, Allan Brown, Derek Robertson and Anne-Marie Smout
This publication has been overseen by the Fife
Ornithological Atlas Group to organise the fieldwork. The book is in
A4 format, with two pages allocated to most of the breeding
species described. Breeding distribution is mapped on a
2km x 2km grid and complementary monthly maps of non-breeding distribution
on a 5km x 5km grid. For each breeding species there is a text
and breeding distribution map, with other maps of non-breeding distribution chosen to depict
seasonal variation.
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hardcover | 2003 | #153887 | £24.99
P Harvey, M Pennington, K Osborn, R Riddington, P Ellis, M Huebeck and D Okill
The Shetland islands are important
for their 21 species of breeding seabirds, and other extremely rare or
sporadic British breeders such as the Red-necked Phalarope and Snowy Owl.
They are also much-visited by passage migrants. In particular, Fair Isle
is one of the places for keen birdwatchers to go in the autumn, and this
island, with its famous bird observatory, regularly hosts extreme
rarities. Part of the County
Avifaunas series.
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hardcover | 2004 | #142398 | £40.00
Gordon Hamlett
Great book on the best places to birdwatch in Scotland. Contains 22 birding
routes, 164 maps covering car journeys and individual sites, up-to-date
birding information, a complete coverage of Skye, a complete checklist of
Scotland's birds and a month-by-month guide to birdwatching in the region.
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softcover | 2005 | #154835 | £15.95
Niall Benvie
Working with the
help of scientists and conservationists, wildlife photographer Niall Benvie has compiled a
portrait of Scottish fauna. 73 species are illustrated including the red
deer, pine martens, otters, mountain hares, red squirrels among the mammals,
and birds such as golden eagle, ptarmigan, and red and black grouse.
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hardcover | 2004 | #146409 | £16.99
Murdo Macdonald and Gill Nisbet
This book
describes the current state of the 16 species of bumblebee found in the
Highland region of Scotland. Covers all aspects of the biology and ecology of
these valuable insects. The data collected over 16 years by the
authors and members of the Highland Biological Recording Group will
help inform conservation projects and land management.
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softcover | 2006 | #158165 | £4.50
Philip Snow
In his stunning watercolours Philip Snow has captured the whole
coastline of the Hebrides. His studies of birds are the product of
a lifetime of observation in the field.
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hardcover | 2007 | #164718 | £25.00
RL McMillan
This
is the first publication dedicated exclusively to the birds of Skye. A total
of 238 different species have been recorded, and 14 of these are red
listed. The book analyses records from the last 125 years, and provides a
systematic list, plus information on status and distribution.
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softcover | 2005 | #153731 | £11.95
Mark Hamblin and Peter Cairns
Over several years, wildlife and landscape photographers Peter Cairns and Mark
Hamblin have captured the spirit of this special part of the world
in a series of evocative images.
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hardcover | 2005 | #152110 | £24.99
Edited by Nick Kempe and Mark Wrightham
A guidebook to Scotland's mountain fauna, flora and landscape, written for
hillwalkers. This guide takes an in-depth look at the upland environment of
the hillwalker and outdoor enthusiast, with chapters and identification
sections on climate, geology, landscape, plants, animals, birds, insects,
human influences and conservation.
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hardcover | 2006 | #161920 | £17.50
Richard Row
Explores the diversity of Scotland's wildlife and the habitats that sustain
it. This book contains the information you need to identify where to go and
when for the best chance of glimpsing red kites and corncrake, pine marten
and bottle-nosed dolphin. It is intended for those who love the Scottish
landscape and its fascinating wildlife.
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softcover | 2006 | #165515 | £6.99
Richard Row
Explores the diversity of Scotland's wildlife and the habitats that sustain
it. This book contains the information you need to identify where to go and
when, for the best chance of glimpsing red kites and corncrake, pine marten
and bottle-nosed dolphin. It is intended for those who love the Scottish
landscape and its fascinating wildlife.
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softcover | 2006 | #165514 | £6.99
Donald Rodger, Jon Stokes and James Ogilvie
An illustrated full colour guide to 100 historic Scottish trees. The
hardback published in 2006 is a revised and expanded edition of the
paperback.
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softcover | 2003 | #143540 | £18.50
hardcover | Edition 2 | 2006 | #165516 | £33.50
TC Smout, Alan R MacDonald and Fiona Watson
Explores the changing relationship between trees and people from the time
of Scotland's first settlement. Separate chapters contain case studies of
management at Strathcarron, Glenorchy, Rothiemurcus and on Skye.
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hardcover | 2004 | #148014 | £65.00
Mike Madders and Julia Welstead
Covers 120 main sites plus many
other minor sites. Each site is described in terms of the habitat, the
species likely to be observed, the recommended timings for visits to get
the best from each site, and a calendar summarising which species are
found in the various seasons. Part of the Where to
Watch Birds series from Helm.
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softcover | Edition 4 | 2002 | #128944 | £14.99
Ken Crane and Kate Nellist
Privately published account written
in diary format of encounters with Golden Eagles in Skye. Well written,
with much useful behavioural information such as courtship, pair
bonding, hunting, displays and territorial defence.
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softcover | 1999 | #101942 | £11.95
Walter Scott, Paul Harvey, Roger Riddington and Morag Fisher
Provides
an account of 138 of Shetland's rarest plants. Their distribution in Shetland
is mapped, and population status described, including details of the threats facing those
which are most vulnerable. This is an essential reference for anyone
with an interest in Shetland's flora and its conservation.
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hardcover | 2003 | #138956 | £21.75
Craig Whyte
Craig Whyte was warden of the RSPB
reserve on Rousay in the Orkney islands in the early 1990s. This account
of the abundant wildlife of a beautiful island is in the great tradition
of natural history writing - at once evocative and grounded in empirical observation. The line drawings (some of species, some landscapes)
add much to this charming book.
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softcover | 2004 | #153456 | £5.99
J Cornish
Joe Cornish has travelled from the Mull of Galloway
in the south to the tip of Unst in the
Shetlands, the northernmost point in the British Isles, and from remote St
Kilda out in the Atlantic to the Sands of Forvie National Nature Reserve
on the North Sea to capture the enormous variety of scenery
that characterises the Scottish seacoast.
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hardcover | 2005 | #154324 | £24.99
CW Murray and HJB Birks
New edition of this excellent botanical guidebook, originally published in
1974 (Portree High School), with a second edition in 1980 (BSBI). This
third edition has been privately published by the authors.
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softcover | Edition 3 | 2005 | #153353 | £17.50
Scourie Wildlife Group
Presenting the results of a one-year survey project of this area in the
northwest of Scotland, this booklet describes the habitat, the fauna and
the flora including species lists.
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softcover | 2006 | #164005 | £4.50
Euan Clarkson and Brian Upton
By investigation of soils and
erosional features we can extend Edinburgh's history back to the end of
the ice-ages and the movements of glaciers across the region can also be
discerned.
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hardcover | 2006 | #159854 | £19.95
J Laughton Johnston
Illustrations by John Busby &l;Evocative natural history of the islands
where southern, British, Scandinavian and Icelandic species and communities
overlap and intermingle. There are 12 chapters on its ecology, flora and
fauna, marine fisheries, Fair
Isle, local and visiting naturalists, the oil industry, and recent
environmental changes.
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hardcover | 1998 | #77742 | £19.99
Robert Burton
The Aig an Oir (At the Edge) project, a
collaboration between the Society of Wildlife Artists, Forest Enterprise Scotland and
HI-ARTS, is a celebration of the little-known Atlantic oakwoods of the West coast of
Scotland. Artists from the SWLA were joined by bursary winners and local
artists to create a unique portrait of these woods to highlight their
conservation and cultural value.
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hardcover | 2005 | #154880 | £35.00
Eric Curtis
Compiled by former curator Eric
Curtis, this is a visual and historical celebration, richly illustrated
with colour photos throughout.
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hardcover | 2006 | #165517 | £15.99
Edited by Philip M Smith, Robert OD Dixon and Patricia Cochrane
Based on a twenty-year survey
organised by the Botanical Society of Scotland, this is the most extensive
and authoritative flora of the area to be published since 1927.
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hardcover | 2002 | #133228 | £24.99
Mike Cawthorne
Includes 8 extended essays about the author's travels in the Scottish
wilderness in the past twenty years.
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softcover | March 2007 | #166132 | £14.99
Claire M Pollock et al
This report presents seasonal distribution patterns of
all seabirds and mammals encountered from SAST and ESAS surveys
(1979-1999).
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softcover | 2000 | #115523 | £8.50
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