Recommended Books

General Wildlife This section is available from NHBS Environment Bookstore. To order a book from the NHBS online store please click on the green 'add to trolley' button. To return to this list to add more books please use your browser's 'Back' button.
	The Changing Wildlife of Great Britain and Ireland Edited by David L Hawksworth Series: SYSTEMATICS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL VOLUMES SERIES 62 454 pages, figs, tabs, maps. Taylor & Francis Hardcover \| 2001 \| £127.00 \| approx. $244/€187 #105636W \| ISBN: 0748409572 Softcover \| 2003 \| £36.99 \| approx. $71/€55 #139498W \| ISBN: 0415326818 Twenty-five years after the last book on the subject this new report looks at what has happened in the intervening period. Well compiled and very comprehensive. A key reference to the topic. Please Click here for more information on this book
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	The Countryside Detective How to Discover, Observe and Enjoy Britain's Wildlife David Bellamy 352 pages, col photos, illus. Reader's Digest Hardcover \| 2000 \| £24.99 \| approx. $48/€37 #100995W \| ISBN: 0276424387 Does what it says on the cover! A really helpful guide to reading the signs and discovering the wealth of wildlife all around us. Please Click here for more information on this book

	History of the Countryside The Classic History of Britain's Landscape, Flora and Fauna Oliver Rackham 445 pages, b/w photos, illus, maps. Phoenix Publishers Softcover \| 1997 \| £14.99 \| approx. $29/€23 #70545W \| ISBN: 1842124404 This marvellous book traces the history of the British countryside from the late Ice Age to the present. It examines how indigenous plants and wildlife, as well as the general topography, have altered over the centuries, and how the changing nature of the landscape shapes our lives. ` It is the ideal approach to any consideration of the British countryside which seeks to bring past, present and future into harmony ... This is a big book and a demanding one but it is not a difficult one. Nobody who reads it can fail to look at our countryside with a new and enriched vision.' Desmond Hawkins, New Scientist. Please Click here for more information on this book

	Fauna Britannica The Practical Guide to Wild and Domestic Creatures of Britain Duff Hart-Davis 416 pages, col photos, col illus. Orion Hardcover \| 2002 \| £30.00 \| approx. $58/€45 add to basket #127534W \| ISBN: 0297825321 Impressive, well illustrated encyclopedic reference to Britain's animal life. Tells you everything simple wildlife guides do not – including social history, folklore and legend. Please Click here for more information on this book.

General Wildlife This section is available from NHBS Environment Bookstore. To order a book from the NHBS online store please click on the green 'add to trolley' button. To return to this list to add more books please use your browser's 'Back' button.
	The Changing Wildlife of Great Britain and Ireland Edited by David L Hawksworth Series: SYSTEMATICS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL VOLUMES SERIES 62 454 pages, figs, tabs, maps. Taylor & Francis Hardcover \| 2001 \| £127.00 \| approx. $244/€187 #105636W \| ISBN: 0748409572 Softcover \| 2003 \| £36.99 \| approx. $71/€55 #139498W \| ISBN: 0415326818 Twenty-five years after the last book on the subject this new report looks at what has happened in the intervening period. Well compiled and very comprehensive. A key reference to the topic. Please Click here for more information on this book
	Hardcover
	Softcover
	The Countryside Detective How to Discover, Observe and Enjoy Britain's Wildlife David Bellamy 352 pages, col photos, illus. Reader's Digest Hardcover \| 2000 \| £24.99 \| approx. $48/€37 #100995W \| ISBN: 0276424387 Does what it says on the cover! A really helpful guide to reading the signs and discovering the wealth of wildlife all around us. Please Click here for more information on this book

	History of the Countryside The Classic History of Britain's Landscape, Flora and Fauna Oliver Rackham 445 pages, b/w photos, illus, maps. Phoenix Publishers Softcover \| 1997 \| £14.99 \| approx. $29/€23 #70545W \| ISBN: 1842124404 This marvellous book traces the history of the British countryside from the late Ice Age to the present. It examines how indigenous plants and wildlife, as well as the general topography, have altered over the centuries, and how the changing nature of the landscape shapes our lives. ` It is the ideal approach to any consideration of the British countryside which seeks to bring past, present and future into harmony ... This is a big book and a demanding one but it is not a difficult one. Nobody who reads it can fail to look at our countryside with a new and enriched vision.' Desmond Hawkins, New Scientist. Please Click here for more information on this book

	Fauna Britannica The Practical Guide to Wild and Domestic Creatures of Britain Duff Hart-Davis 416 pages, col photos, col illus. Orion Hardcover \| 2002 \| £30.00 \| approx. $58/€45 add to basket #127534W \| ISBN: 0297825321 Impressive, well illustrated encyclopedic reference to Britain's animal life. Tells you everything simple wildlife guides do not – including social history, folklore and legend. Please Click here for more information on this book.