Crowe, S. and Mitchell, M. The Pattern of Landscape.
Pub. PPL. 1988 pp.127 with colour photographs. 4to. New softback.
An analysis of both the acceptable and detestable features of the landscape we live in.
£10.00 [ref: 63339]
Dale, P. & Yen, B.C. Wordsworth’s Gardens and Flowers. The Spirit of Paradise.
1st. Ed. Pub. ACC Art Books 2018 pp.232 with colour illus. throughout. Small 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £30.00.
Wordsworth was as passionate about his gardens at Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount as he was about the untamed world that surrounded them. With contemporary horticultural illustrations throughout, this book traces his interest in the natural world to his childhood fondness for gardening, before examining the references to flowers in his verse.
£27.50 [ref: 60635]
Davies, Nick. Cuckoo. Cheating by nature.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2015 pp.xxii, 289 with colour photos. 8vo. New softback.
Offers a new insight into the lives of these extraordinary birds and their relationship with man.
£12.99 [ref: 51277]
de Juana, Eduardo & Varela, Juan M. Birds of Spain.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Lynx. 2016 pp.257 with around 1,000 colour illus. and over 300 dist. maps. 8vo. New hardback.
This is the latest edition of this extremely popular field guide which, through revised text, many new drawings and updated taxonomy, enables the reader to identify 567 species, including 173 vagrants.
£29.99 [ref: 52432]
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de Silva Wijeyeratne, Gehan. Mammals of Sri Lanka. Pocket Photo Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2016 pp.127 with colour photos. 16mo. A new softback.
£9.99 [ref: 50842]
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Densen, W.L.T. and Morris, M. (Eds.). Fish and Fisheries of Lakes and Reservoirs in Southeast Asia and Africa.
Pub. Westbury. 1999 pp.432 with figs. Royal 8vo. A new hardback in new dw. RRP £35.00.
£18.00 [ref: 41498]
Dickinson, E.C., Remsen Jr., J.V. & Christidis, L. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1 - Non-passerines & Vol. 2 - Passerines.
4th. Ed. Pub. Aves Press. 2013-2014 Two vol. set with two CD-Roms as published. 4to. New hardbacks. Latest edition. Out-of-print.
This is a new edition of the major reference work and most respected scientific checklist of birds. Due to its increased size, the fourth edition has been split over two volumes.
£65.00 [ref: 67641]
Dietz, C. & Kiefer, A. Bats of Britain and Europe.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2016 pp.398 with superb colour photography throughout. 8vo. New softback. RRP £30.00.
This concise and definitive guide presents all 45 bat species that regularly occur in Europe (of which 17 are known to breed in the British Isles). The extensive introduction details the remarkable biology of bats and explores the latest findings in bat evolution, behaviour and echolocation.
£27.00 [ref: 49749]
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Dijkstra, K.D. Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. B.W.P. 2014 pp.320 with colour photographs, illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. A new softback. RRP £21.95.
All the resident and migrant dragonflies and damselflies from the Arctic to the Sahara. Includes detailed field descriptions, innovative tables and keys by some of Europe’s leading dragonfly experts.
£20.00 [ref: 44780]
Dines, Trevor. Urban Plants. British Wildlife Collection No. 15.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2025 pp.384 with col. photos. throughout, plus illus. and maps. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £40.00.
An illuminating account of urban botany in the British Isles. Trevor Dines tells the stories of our urban flowers, ferns and conifers: how they arrived, how they survive, and how a select few seize the opportunity to become masters of the streets, thriving in the face of constant upheaval and change.
£36.00 [ref: 70157]