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NHBS Grapevine: The Best of our Books & Equipment #2
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NHBS Grapevine - The Best of Our Books & Equipment
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9th June 2015   

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In this edition: The new Collins BTO Guide to British Birds, and a round-up of the latest local atlases that have been created from the BTO's Bird Atlas project; features on Sandor Books of Botswana, whose first publication is the Chobe Companion, and Siri Scientific Press, who exemplify the best in independent academic publishing.

Plus, blog posts on how to enhance habitat connectivity for your local hedgehog population, and an important customer update on how to view your order status with NHBS – which you can now do online.

Don’t forget our regular look at Leon’s Bookshelf and Luanne’s Kit Bag to see what's new in books and equipment.

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Leon's Bookshelf
Leon's selection of new arrivals at the warehouse & important new titles catalogued.
Browse Leon's Bookshelf
Luanne's Kit Bag
Take a look at the new Iron and Force trail cameras; exciting additions to the Spypoint range.
Browse Luanne's Kit Bag
Sharks & Rays of the Arabian/Persian Gulf
The elasmobranch diversity of the Gulf has not been fully recorded until recently. Sharks & Rays of the Arabian/Persian Gulf presents the results of many years of research on the part of the authors, in this comprehensive full-colour guidebook. Featuring nearly 80 species, each entry includes specimen photo, size details, key features, distribution, habitat & biology, conservation status, plus further remarks and references.
Out now: Collins BTO Guide to British Birds
Collins BTO Guide to British Birds
Four years of data collection, and thousands of volunteer hours, went into creating the Bird Atlas 2007-11. Now the results have been condensed into a lively new field guide to all the breeding and wintering birds of Britain & Ireland
Collins BTO Guide to British Birds
BTO Bird Atlas 2007-11 and its offspring
The BTO Bird Atlas project took place over four summers and winters and was supported by over 40,000 volunteers. The data collected was valuable to many local groups - so far we have seen the publication of the following local atlases:
The Chobe Companion - Sandor Books
Pete Hancock and Richard Randall have been involved in tourism and wildlife in Botswana for over 25 years, and started Sandor Books in 2014 as a publishing company to promote knowledge about all aspects of Botswana’s natural history. 
The Chobe Companion: All-in-One Guide to Common Animals and Plants

Their first publishing venture is a series of all-in-one guide books to animals and plants in Chobe (published as Chobe Companion in 2014 - see left), Okavango, and Kalahari (the latter two currently in preparation as Okavango Companion and Kalahari Companion).
The Chobe Companion: All-in-One Guide to Common Animals and Plants
Siri Scientific Press - a publisher profile
Siri Scientific Press
David Penney set up Siri Scientific Press in 2008, as a vehicle for his book on spiders fossilised in amber in the Dominican Republic. Dr Penney is a world expert on fossil spiders, and the book was very well received with excellent reviews and hundreds of copies sold.
Trilobites of the World: An Atlas of 1000 Photographs
Since then Siri Scientific Press has quickly grown in stature and is regularly producing important contributions to several natural science disciplines, including one of our favourites from 2014, Trilobites of the World.
NHBS stocks the full range of over 30 titles.
Latest publications from Siri Scientific Press
Top ten new species for 2015
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) has recently announced its annual list of 10 new species named in the last year. The list highlights the undiscovered biodiversity on Earth, which scientists believe may amount to 10 million species. The 2015 list includes a frog that lays tadpoles, and a cartwheeling spider (watch the video to see it in action!).

Permanent protection for 'breathtaking' wildlife diversity in Madagascar
Two wetlands and one rainforest have had their protected status made permanent by the Madagascar government. Asity Madagsacar (Birdlife in Madagascar) has been instrumental for several years in managing the nearly 800,000 ha of land, which collectively provides a home for many threatened species, including critically endangered bird species. 

Communicating ecology – a new BBC initiative
Interesting developments at BBC Earth, where the challenge of communicating ecology and its dynamics is underway. Have a look at this brilliant YouTube video on plankton, just released. 

On a similar theme, Plankton: Wonders of the Drifting World is a stunning photographic showcase of the diversity of plankton form.
Our catalogue editor's picks from the new books at NHBS

Important arrivals at the warehouse: Important titles catalogued:
New product listings from the NHBS Equipment Team
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On the Blog
Enhancing habitat connectivity for hedgehog populations
Enhancing habitat connectivity for hedgehog populations
Linking urban habitats for declining hedgehog populations; plus, homes for hedgehogs including our bestseller, the Hogitat.
View your order status online
View your order status online
Thanks to the guys in our IT department, you can now view your order status online. From the order date and price, to live updates on what stage each item is at on its journey to your door.
NHBS Equipment Sale
Available now
Zambian Mushrooms and Mycology
Zambian Mushrooms and Mycology - the latest volume in the Norrlinia series - surveys Zambia's rich tradition around mushrooms, introduces fungi biology and ecology, and describes over 90 species.
Guide to Wildlife of Burial Grounds
The Field Studies Council Occasional Publications series reaches 166 volumes
with this chart featuring the unique wildlife profile of cemeteries and burial grounds in the UK.
These easy-to-use laminated fold-out guides are weatherproof and lightweight and cover a huge range of natural history topics.

NHBS keeps all the FSC guides in stock.
Top 10 Bestselling FSC Guides
1. Guide to British Bats
2. Guide to Bees of Britain
3. Guide to the Butterflies of Britain
4. Guide to Common Grasses
5. Guide to Insects of the British Isles
6. Guide to House and Garden Spiders
7. Guide to British Mammal Tracks and Signs
8. Guide to the Day-flying Moths of Britain
9. Guide to Ladybirds of the British Isles
10. Key to Common Ferns
Available now
The Biology of Mangroves and Seagrasses
Naturalist, author and broadcaster Matthew Oates' In Pursuit of Butterflies is an invitation to tour through the author's 50 years of diary entries from a life devoted to 'butterflying'.
Equipment highlight
A great quality general purpose hand lens from Opticron – 10x magnification and a large 23mm lens.
Available now
The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution
The original 1997 edition of The Rise of Birds introduced 'Protoavis'. This update presents further discoveries of transitional fossils and a revision of the latest evidence around the evolution of the avian form.




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