Key Natural History Titles for the South West
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.
David K Ballance
This new Somerset avifauna is the first since 1988. Written in
clear, engaging language, it covers the birds of the post-1974
County from the earliest times to the end of 2004, setting the most
recent information on species, habitats, breeding and migration in
an historical context.
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hardcover | 2006 | #162088 | £44.00
softcover | 2006 | #162089 | £23.99
Andrew Cooper
A great new wildlife guide for
Devon, the first in a new series. Secret Nature of Devon is
easily readable, with attractive colour photographs, informative (on
species, habitats and ecology), and a handy gazetteer of the best wildlife
viewing sites, complete with directions, OS map references, and contact
information for would-be visitors. Secret
Nature of the Isles of Scilly
is also available.
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softcover | 2005 | #151868 | £12.95
Roger Smaldon and Mike Langman
The Birds of Dartmoor is the first
book to provide a comprehensive history of the birds
of this area, drawing on references from the late
eighteenth century to the present day. Relying particularly on records of the
Devon Birdwatching and Preservation Society and the Dartmoor Study
Group for current information, it represents the most complete status report
to date.
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hardcover | 2005 | #153754 | £39.95
softcover | 2005 | #153729 | £18.95
P Hill-Cottingham
Presenting a contemporary review of the
Somerset Wetlands, this illustrated book covers the area extending
from Gordano to Ilchester and comprising its levels and moors out
to the coast along, and beyond Bridgwater Bay National Nature
Reserve. It also includes a CD of the sounds of Somerset's wetland
birds.
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hardcover | 2006 | #161739 | £22.00
Ken Hall and John Govett
Part of the Where to
Watch Birds series from Helm; this
fully revised and updated edition covers all the
best birding sites in the south-western counties of Somerset, Avon,
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. This is a relatively undeveloped region of England,
with some of the finest and most extensive ancient woodlands in the country.
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softcover | Edition 3 | 2004 | #140255 | £14.99
R Barnett, R Higgins, T
Moulin and C Wiltshire. With a foreword by Bill Oddie.
The Butterflies of the Bristol Region summarises the occurrence of
over 50 species of buttterfly that have been recorded over the last
150 years and more, within the area formerly known as the County of
Avon. Maps and diagrams illustrate the extent and occurrence of
species over twelve years, thanks to the Avon Butterfly Project.
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hardcover | 2003 | #158223 | £24.95
George Green and Martin Cade
Fully revised and updated edition of
tye previous 1997 version. This area is one of the most popular
volumes in the series, covering several new sites and forms part of the Where to
Watch Birds series from Helm. More...
softcover | Edition 3 | 2001 | #120343 | £14.99
George Green
The English county of Dorset is
noted for its expanses of heathland and coastal reedbeds. The combination
of these nationally scarce habitats and a mild climate make Dorset a
stronghold for some of Britain's rarest breeding birds. It also holds
important seabird cliffs as well as several bird-rich estuaries and inland
reservoirs. Part of the County
Avifaunas series.
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hardcover | 2004 | #146209 | £40.00
David Norman and Vic Tucker
Illustrations by Peter Harrison and
Steve Bird; Still the most accessible guide to sites in these two
counties, innovations in the new edition include extra chapters,
`clusters' of sites easily accessible from particular holiday or
population centres, and a complete update of recent occurences at each
site. Part of the Where to
Watch Birds series from Helm.
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softcover | Edition 4 | 2001 | #119385 | £14.99
Edited by Lorraine Weeks and Graham Blight
A new volume in the series of guides
from The Woodland
Trust The South West of England
covers an amazing array of coastal and
inland woodlands from the Forest of Savernake in Wiltshire down
through Dorset, Somerset and Devon to Helston and Falmouth in
Cornwall.
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softcover | 2006 | #160200 | £7.99
Roger Kain
This title forms part of the England's
Landscape series.
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 | #152981 | £35.00
John Wacher, John Worth and Adrian Spalding
Many rich colour
photographs capture Cornish butterflies in their natural habitat,
providing a complement to the detailed descriptions of the text. A
chapter on the butterflies of the Isles of Scilly and another on
where best to see them on the mainland, a comprehensive
bibliography and a gazetteer complete the book.
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hardcover | 2003 | #135178 | £28.95
Peter Robinson
This is an avifauna for the Isles of
Scilly - one of the most popular and exciting birding sites in the whole
of Britain. The annual October pilgrimage to Scilly is a fixed point on
many birders' calendars, and these tiny islands have hosted a considerable
proportion of extreme rarities for Britain. Also includes considerable
information on Scilly's resident and commoner migrant species. Part of the
County
Avifaunas series.
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hardcover | 2003 | #140251 | £45.00
Paul Kay
Lundy, a small island off the
coast of north Devon, is the only Marine Nature
Reserve (MNR) in England and is a superb location for scuba diving
- rich marine life and dramatic underwater scenery - seals, swaying
kelp forests, basking sharks and rock walls and caves
adorned with a colourful 'garden' of sea fans, jewel anemones
and cup corals.
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softcover | 2001 | #147045 | £5.00
Chris Manley
Illustrated with over 500 species of live moths shown, with notes
on habitats, food plants, flight times and rarity status.
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softcover | 2006 | #164487 | £9.99
MO Hill and B Edwards
Since 1880, when HH Wood published Mosses of Dorsetshire,
there have been many changes in the county. However it retains a
diverse bryophyte flora comprising 426 taxa. This book describes
its current state.
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softcover | 2003 | #147542 | £16.95
Edited by EB|Durrance, EM Selwood and CM Bristow
Cornwall is renowned for the diversity and complexity of its
geology. A literature of great historical interest exists, and this
is analysed alongside a wide-ranging review of the current position
and assessments of the environmental consequences of rock and
mineral exploitation.
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hardcover | 1998 | #76799 | £42.50
softcover | 1998 | #76798 | £15.99
Nigel Hudson and Danni Borrett
A photographic guide to the birds of
the Scilly Isles, which boast the largest list of species for
any location in Europe.
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hardcover | 2006 | #161004 | £7.99
Damian K Pinguey
Photo identification guide to the 10 dragonflies and 9 damselflies
that have been recorded in Mortimores Wood in Wiltshire. Species
accounts include several photos, notes on identification, status,
distribution, habitat and flight period.
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softcover | 2007 | #166095 | £9.99
Humphry Bowen
Provides full details of the distribution and status of over 2000
species of seed plants and ferns and over 400 mosses and
liverworts. It also contains the first county list of some 1500
species of fungi, together with full coverage of lichens, marine
algae and stoneworts.
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hardcover | 2000 | #106337 | £45.00
Edited by Sam Turner
The countryside of Devon and Cornwall preserves an unusually rich
legacy from its medieval past. This book explores the different
elements which go to make up this historic landscape - the chapels,
crosses, castles and mines; the tin works and strip fields; and
above all, the intricately worked counterplane of hedgebanks and
winding lanes.
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softcover | 2006 | #164931 | £19.99
David Chapman
A celebration of the natural history of Cornwall and the Isles of
Scilly. It features 40 sites - the best places to see flora and
fauna in a variety of habitats across the county and on the
islands; suggested walks.
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softcover | March 2007 | #165817 | £14.95
Tim Smit
Opened in March 2001 and
featuring the world's largest greenhouses, it aims to tell the
story of plants and their relationship with man. It has become the
UK's alternative millennium attraction. Smit's vivid writing plus
copious illustrations bring this remarkable story to life.
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hardcover | 2001 | #124876 | £24.99
softcover | 2002 | #129765 | £8.99
Richard Edmonds
Few places in the British Isles are as rich in fossils as
Dorset, and the county is internationally famous as the source of some of
the finest and rarest fossils in the world. Thanks to its remarkable
geology and the instability of much of the coast, new and often important
discoveries continue to be made.
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softcover | 1999 | #103302 | £6.50
Peter Cramb and Margaret Cramb
Identifies many of the wild flowers commonly found along the Dorset
Coast path, as well as some of the rarer flowers. Over 100 flower
species are illustrated and described, and grouped in their
habitats to make identification easier.
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softcover | 2003 | #142879 | £5.95
David Ballance and Brian Gibbs
This avifauna covers Exmoor National
Park, the remainder of West Somerset, and is the first comprehensive
survey to include the Quantocks. It contains a review of all published
information since 1800 as well as professional surveys of recent years.
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hardcover | 2003 | #142521 | £39.95
softcover | 2003 | #142519 | £14.95
Michael Fuller
Draws on historical records from the last 150
years and on records from the Wiltshire Butterfly Mapping
Scheme to present the first butterfly atlas for the county. Each
species is illustrated with at least one photograph, and other photos
show some of the county's typical butterfly habitats.
Distribution maps show the status of each species, and
diagrams show typical flight periods.
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hardcover | 1995 | #44146 | £22.50
Ian P Green, Rupert J Higgins, Mark AR Kitchen and Clare Kitchen
Presents a culmination of a 15 year flora project to record the
plants - over 1600 of them - found within every one kilometre grid
square in the Bristol region (the area formerly known as the County
of Avon).
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hardcover | 2000 | #115911 | £29.50
Edited by J Humphreys and VJ May
The Ecology of Poole
Harbour
brings together for the first time
expert contributions in such a way as to provide a picture of the
ecology of the Harbour system as a whole. It covers all the major
habitats from reed beds and salt marshes to the extensive mudflats
and unseen sub-tidal regions, while also examining in some detail a
wide range of ecological phenomena and issues.
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hardcover | 2005 | #156472 | £75.00
Suzanne Treseder
In
1857 three brothers left Cornwall for Australia in search of
gold. One of them, John Garland Treseder, took with him
vegetable seeds, and started a market garden.
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hardcover | 2004 | #150199 | £17.95
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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