Reg charity no: 313364

Provider of overseas special interest study tours

www.fscoverseas.org.uk

FSC Overseas is one of the foremost providers of special interest study tours, visiting destinations far and near and covering a wide variety of interests, including botany, ornithology, zoology, geology, natural history and wildlife photography. The holidays are accompanied by leaders who provide high calibre tuition in a friendly informal atmosphere.

All our tours are open to anyone with curiosity about the natural world. No previous knowledge or qualifications are necessary. The majority of our courses are not physically strenuous. Most groups consist of 8-15 people with a wide range of age, experience and interests.

For a copy of the current brochure contact:
Field Studies Council Overseas
Montford Bridge
Shrewsbury SY4 1HW
UNITED KINGDOM
tel: +44 (0)1743 852150
fax: +44 (0)1743 852155
email: fsc.overseas@ukonline.co.uk

The Field Studies Council is a limited company, registered in England and Wales no. 414621 and a charity, no. 313364, and has ATOL 3331 and ABTOT 5049. Registered office: Preston Montford, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 1DX.

FSC Overseas fosters:

• "environmental understanding for all"
• an aesthetic appreciation of the natural and built environment
• fairly traded tourism
• a sense of belonging to and responsibility for the environment
• an environmental ethic wherever possible
• the work of environmentalists abroad

Mediterranean Wild Flowers
Marjorie Blamey and Christopher Grey-Wilson

A major work describing and illustrating all the wild flowers of the Mediterranean islands and coastal regions, from sea-level up to 1000 metres. It covers the area from Portugal and Spain eastwards to the Lebanon and includes the north African coast. As well as the flowering plants, it also covers the principal flowering or fruit trees, grasses and ferns. In total, over 2500 species and varieties are covered, with notes on flowers, foliage, fruit, habitat, flowering season and distribution.

560 pages, 192 col plates, 1300 b/w illus.
Harper Collins

Collins Pocket Guide: Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe
Richard Fitter, Alastair Fitter and Marjorie Blamey

Full updated and revised edition of this fine pocket guide, with descriptions of nearly 2000 species, and illustrations of 1450 plants (including 19 completely new colour plates). Text and illustrations now appear opposite each other.

352 pages, 130 colour plates (3000 illus) by Marjorie Blamey.
Harper Collins

Flowers of South-West Europe
Oleg Polunin and BE Smythies

The Iberian Peninsula is one of the richest botanical regions of Europe. This guide details the best plant finding areas of the region, giving information on where to go and what to look for. In total 2,400 flowering plants are listed. First published in 1988, this guide has yet to be superceded.

480 pages, 64 col plates, 61 line illus.
OUP

Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe
R Phillips

Useful large format photographic guide.

288 pages, col photos.
Pan

Collins Wildlife Trust Guide: Butterflies of Britain and Europe
Michael Chinery

Every European species is comprehensively illustrated with specially chosen photographs, so that no matter what part of the butterfly you see, or what sex, there is a photograph. The text also covers every detail that is needed to confirm the identification, plus information on the biology of each species.

652 pages, 900 col photos, distribution map for every species.
Harper Collins

Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe
EN Arnold and JA Burton

1999 reprint of the 1978 edition, with new jacket. Still the only comprehensive field guide to the European herpetofauna. It describes and illustrates all the British and European species of salamander, frogs and tree frogs, toads, tortoises, turtles and terrapins, geckoes, agamas, lizards and chameleons, slow worms, skinks, amphisbaenians and the 25 species of snake. The whole of mainland Europe is covered, as well as the Mediterranean islands.

272 pages, 40 col plates [by Denys Ovenden], 200 b/w illus, 120 maps.
Harper Collins

Field Guide to the Mammals of Britain and Europe
David MacDonald

Definitive field guide to the mammal fauna of Europe written by one of the world's mammal experts. It covers every species of mammal that occurs in Europe, including marine mammals, a total of over 230 species. The text covers identification, taxonomy, biology, behaviour, and distribution. The plates detail not only identification features but also paw prints, feeding signs and variants. The most authoritative guide yet published on the European mammal fauna. The colour plates include over 600 individual illustrations.

448 pages, 64 colour plates [by Priscilla Barrett], 236 b/w illus, 234 maps.
Harper Collins

Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe
Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort and PAD Hollom

Completely revised edition of this classic guide, which describes and illustrates 548 species, plus 171 accidentals. All the colour plates have been repainted and 19 new plates added, with revisions and updates to the text and maps.
`The best field guide for use in Europe' British Birds

261 pages, 1520 col illus, 366 maps.
Harper Collins

Flowers of the Himalaya
Oleg Polunin and Adam Stainton

Welcome return to print of this excellent reference. It describes some 1500 species found between 1200 and 5500 metres in the Himalayas, and details the finest plant-hunting areas and the best seasons to go. Over 1,000 species are illustrated.

580 pages, 690 col photos, 365 line illus, maps.
OUP

Handbook of the Canadian Rockies
Ben Gadd

Comprehensive naturalist's guide to the entire Canadian Rockies area, from Waterton-Glacier to the Yukon. Information is given on all plants, including lichens and mushrooms, and all animals, including birds, mammals, fishes, herpetofauna, fish, and bugs. Additional information is also given on the ecology, waether and climate, ecoregions, and history of the area.