Richardson, M. and Fielding, A. The Modern Flower Press. Preserving the Beauty of Nature.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins 2022 pp.288 with colour photos and illus. 4to. New hardback. RRP £30.00.
An excellent introduction into the lost art of flower pressing. Tells the stories that surround traditional flower pressing from its origins to the present day. Provides clear step-by-step instructions from how to choose the right flowers through to how to display them in their pressed glory.
£27.00 [ref: 62687]

Riches, H. Medical Aspects of Beekeeping.
Pub. Northern Bee Books. 2000 pp.vi, 86. A new softback.
Considers the medical aspects of bee stings; hypersensitivity to bee venom, allergy problems, honey and apitherapy.
£11.00 [ref: 37684]

Riddington, R. (Ed.). Birds of the UK Overseas Territories.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 2020 pp.336 with colour photos., throughout. Large 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £60.00.
Based on a series of articles in the journal British Birds, this book highlights the importance of the UK's fourteen Overseas Territories (dispersed mostly across the Atlantic, Antarctic and Pacific Oceans), which are home to a quarter of the world's penguins and a third of the word's breeding albatrosses.
£54.00 [ref: 58974]

Rix, Martyn. Indian Botanical Art. An illustrated history.
1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021 pp.224 with 150 colour illus. 4to. New hardback. RRP £25.00.
Drawn mostly from original works held in the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This book brings together and shows for the first time ever striking botanical art of Indian origin spanning a period of three hundred years, focussing in particular on the 18th and 19th centuries.
£22.50 [ref: 61720]

Rushton, B.S. et al. Biological Collections and Biodiversity.
1st. Ed. Pub. Linnean Society & Westbury. 2001 pp.x, 326 with plates, line drawings, graphs & charts throughout the text. 4to. A new hardback in new dustwrapper. In-print at £35.00.
Covers: the traditional role of specimen collections; living collections; the role that molecular diversity is beginning to play in our views of species diversity; the practical benefits and applications of collections today; and finally, data logistics and collection management.
£20.00 [ref: 44875]

Rutland, C. The Cow. A Natural & Cultural History.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton Univ. Press. 2021 pp.224 with col. photos. throughout. Large 8vo. New hardback. RRP £22.00.
Tracing the evolution and history of cattle from the prehistoric aurochs to genome sequencing and technological breeding in the 21st century, Catrin Rutland gives a comprehensive, richly illustrated account of the origins, anatomy and behaviours of cattle, their interaction with humans and their cultural, religious and economic importance. The book ends with a directory of 40 global breeds.
£20.00 [ref: 69751]

Sage, Bryan. The Ecology of the Egyptian Goose at Holkham Park, Norfolk.
1st. Ed. Pub. Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society 2002 pp.56 with 16 colour photos. 8vo. New softback. Out-of-print.
More than three-quarters of the feral population of Egyptian Geese in the UK can be found in Norfolk and this study profiles their habitat in Holkham Park, Norfolk.
£9.00 [ref: 56817]

Sample, G. Garden Bird Songs and Calls.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2000 pp.32. Comes with an audio CD. 8vo. New copy in illus. boards. RRP £14.99. Last two copies.
Good fun! ‘Garden Bird Songs and Calls’ includes over 60 minutes of digitally recorded sound and covers 40 of the most common and vocal garden birds. Each recording is introduced by highly regarded bird song recorder, Geoff Sample, with a voice-over that gives a brief interpretation of the song or call.
£12.00 [ref: 44658]

Scherzinger, W. and Mebs, T. Owls of Europe. Biology, Identification and Conservation.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2025 pp.416 with 325 colour photos., colour & b/w. illus., plus colour dist. maps. 4to. New hardback. RRP £60.00.
Covering the 13 species of owls that occur across the continent, featuring detailed drawings of typical positions, behaviours and facial expressions, alongside more than 300 photographs selected to demonstrate age and subspecific variation, colour phases and the birds in flight. Includes up-to-date distribution maps and the latest European population estimates, along with detailed text on behaviour, voice, brood biology and juvenile development, life strategies, hunting techniques, choice of prey and habitat requirements for each species. It also explores human interactions with owls, from the threats posed to determined conservation efforts.
£54.00 [ref: 68873]

Schulenberg, T.S. et al. Birds of Peru.
Pub. Helm. 2007 pp.656 with 304 colour plates and dist. maps. 8vo. New softback. RRP £29.99.
£27.00 [ref: 43725]