Eeles, P. Life Cycles of British & Irish Butterflies.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces. 2019 pp.vi, 394 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Hardback. New.
Frohawk was the first to capture all the stages in the life cycles of all British and Irish butterflies. This new work repeats that feat. With detailed descriptions and photographs of the adult, egg, caterpillar and chrysalis of each of the 59 butterfly species that are considered resident or regular migrants to Britain and Ireland.
£35.00 [ref: 63809]

Erritzøe, Johannes. et al. Cuckoos of the World.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2012 pp.544 with colour photos., illus. and dist. maps. Royal 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £105.00. A superb work.
‘Cuckoos of the World’ describes all 144 species of the Cuculidae in exceptional detail, with accurate range maps and superb illustrations by four world-renowned artists to show different plumages and subspecies.
£75.00 [ref: 53314]

view all images for this item

Evans, Sara. When the Last Lion Roars.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury 2018 pp.304 with a group of colour photos. 8vo. New hdbk. in new dw.
Sara Evans considers the cultural significance of the lion over thousands of years as well as its historic rise and fall as a global species. She also explores the many, and often complex, reasons that explain why numbers have plummeted so catastrophically in recent decades.
£14.99 [ref: 54613]

Falk, S. Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Field Guide.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. British Wildlife Publishing. 2015 pp.432 with colour photographs & over 1,000 colour and b/w. illustrations by Richard Lewington. 8vo. New softback. RRP £35.00.
Highly recommended. Provides the most recent information on the identification, ecology, status and distribution of all 275 bee species in Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands.
£31.50 [ref: 58298]

Farjon, Aljos. Ancient Oaks in the English Landscape.
1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017 pp.348 with 190 colour photographs, colour & b/w. illus., and tables. 4to. New hardback. Highly recommended.
England has more ancient native oak trees than the rest of Europe combined. In ‘Ancient Oaks In the English Landscape’, Aljos Farjon combines history with science and tells the story of how ancient oaks have shaped the English landscape over the past 1,000 years.
£30.00 [ref: 52733]

Fitter, J. Field Guide to the Wildlife of New Zealand.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2014 pp.276 with colour photographs throughout. 8vo. Very well illustrated. A new softback. RRP £16.99.
An excellent pocket guide. Considers birds, mammals, amphibians & reptiles, insects, the seashore, botany including alpine plants, lichens and herbs.
£15.50 [ref: 42812]

Forsman, Dick. Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2016 pp.544 with 1,095 colour photos., & 7 colour & b/w. illustrations. Royal 8vo. New hardback.
This is a photographic guide with stunning images, most of which have been reserved for ‘Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East’ and have never been published before. The thorough text covers every plumage and age in detail, and each species is illustrated with a range of photographs covering all the principal plumages.
£45.00 [ref: 53650]

Freeth, N. & Landsberg, O. Going Nowhere: Exploring London’s Abandoned Places.
1st. Ed. Pub. Baffin Books. 2017 pp.151 with colour photos. throughout. Small 4to. New softback.
An exploration in words and photographs of London’s stranger, lonelier locations, the stubbed out roads and railways and broken-off bridges and viaducts. With text by Nick Freeth and photographs by Olivia Landsberg.
£9.99 [ref: 62721]

Frowine, S.A. Fragrant Orchids. A Guide to Selecting, Growing, and Enjoying.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2005 pp.200 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. New hardback in new dw.
Profiles 110 fragrant orchids, with information on cultivation techniques and notes on the plants fragrance and intensity. With six extensive lists featuring a further 350 orchids grouped by ease of culture, intensity of fragrance and season of bloom.
£30.00 [ref: 60956]

Fry, Carolyn (et al). The Last Great Plant Hunt. The Story of Kew's Millennium Seed Bank Project
1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2011 pp.192 with 155 colour photographs. Large 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £27.99.
This wonderfully illustrated work describes the importance of seed collecting and the work of Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, the process of collecting and taking care of seeds, the uses of banked seed, and the future of seed conservation worldwide.
£22.50 [ref: 62164]