Dunn, Robert. & Limbert, Martin. The Ornithologist’s Guide to The Islands of Orkney and Shetland.
Facsimile Pub. Peregrine Books 2007 xii, 128 plus appendix. New hdbk. in new dw.
‘The Ornithologist’s Guide to The Islands of Orkney and Shetland’ was first published in 1837. It is now a vital component of the early literature on the islands, a significant early ornithological reference and a window into that period for birders, naturalists, historians and island goers. This facsimile of the original edition contains a biographical chapter on Robert Dunn by Martin Limbert.
£37.50 [ref: 54198]

d’Arnoux, Alexandra. (et al.). Gardens by the Sea.
1st. Ed. Pub. Thames & Hudson. 2002 pp.239 with many superb coloured photographs. 4to. New hardback with new dw. RRP £29.95.
The author visits the talented creators of the most glorious seaside gardens along the coasts of UK, Europe, Mediterranean and the United States.
£12.00 [ref: 49916]

Easterbrook, M. (et al). Butterflies of Kent & South East London
1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces. 2022 pp.viii, 216 with colour photos. throughout and dist. maps. 4to. Hardback. New.
‘Butterflies of Kent & South East London’ illustrates all the species that occur in the area, plus others that used to be here. Maps show the current distribution and compare historical data where the range has changed. Detailed information is also provided on places to see these beautiful butterflies.
£29.95 [ref: 63805]

Easterbrook, Trevor. Birds of the Heart of England.
1st. Ed. Pub. Liverpool University. 2013 pp.212 with illus. Large 8vo. New hardback in new dw.
Draws on a 60 year study of birds in the Banbury area (includes North Oxfordshire, South Northamptonshire and South Warwickshire), providing an in-depth account of birdlife in the region between 1952 and 2011.
£20.00 [ref: 54185]

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]

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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]

Ffrench, R. A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago.
2nd. Ed. Helm. 2003 pp.xx, 426 illus. in colour. 8vo. A new softback, gently bumped top rear corner of text block. RRP £35.00.
£20.00 [ref: 31395]