Pocket Guides
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A compact guide covering everything you need to know about insects of the UK.
This pocket-sized book is an essential guide to insects, helping you to identify around 240 of the most easily noticed British species selected from a range of orders and families. The introduction covers the characteristics of an insect, where to find them as well as the conservation work in demand around the world, then entries on each species are divided into simple sections covering general information followed by its flight period, habitat and similar species.
As visually impressive as it is useful in the field, Pocket Guide to Insects features many stunning full-page and double-page images supporting the authoritative text.
Part of the Pocket Guides series covering British and European wildlife, including garden birds, butterflies, mushrooms, wild flowers, trees and shrubs and tracks and signs.
This pocket-sized book is an essential guide to insects, helping you to identify around 240 of the most easily noticed British species selected from a range of orders and families. The introduction covers the characteristics of an insect, where to find them as well as the conservation work in demand around the world, then entries on each species are divided into simple sections covering general information followed by its flight period, habitat and similar species.
As visually impressive as it is useful in the field, Pocket Guide to Insects features many stunning full-page and double-page images supporting the authoritative text.
Part of the Pocket Guides series covering British and European wildlife, including garden birds, butterflies, mushrooms, wild flowers, trees and shrubs and tracks and signs.
This book is as visually impressive as it is useful in the field, with many stunning full-page and double-page photographs to support the authoritative text.
The introduction explains the basics of tree forms and their identification. Each species is illustrated by the author's remarkable photographs. The text covers information such as ID features for bark, flowers, fruit and leaves, blossoming and fruiting times, distribution, habitat, status, confusion species and interesting facts such as plant uses.
Printed on quality paper, the paperback format with flaps adds to the book's durability in the field and provides built in page-markers for quick reference.
The introduction explains the basics of tree forms and their identification. Each species is illustrated by the author's remarkable photographs. The text covers information such as ID features for bark, flowers, fruit and leaves, blossoming and fruiting times, distribution, habitat, status, confusion species and interesting facts such as plant uses.
Printed on quality paper, the paperback format with flaps adds to the book's durability in the field and provides built in page-markers for quick reference.
This book is as visually impressive as it is useful in the field, with many stunning full-page and double-page photographs to support the authoritative text.
The introduction explains the basics of butterflies and their identification. Each species is illustrated by the author's remarkable photographs. The text covers information such as ID features, distribution, habitat, status, confusion species and interesting facts.
The introduction explains the basics of butterflies and their identification. Each species is illustrated by the author's remarkable photographs. The text covers information such as ID features, distribution, habitat, status, confusion species and interesting facts.
An accessible guide providing comprehensive detail on 130 of the most common British species of wild flowers.
A short introduction to the book includes information on the structure of flowers and how to use the guide to identify wild flowers.
Species are illustrated in more than 150 of the author's remarkable colour photographs.
Each species account includes a general introduction and description, flowering time and distribution.
Also available in this series:
Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Insects
Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Garden Birds
Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Trees and Shrubs
Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Tracks and Signs
Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Mushrooms
A short introduction to the book includes information on the structure of flowers and how to use the guide to identify wild flowers.
Species are illustrated in more than 150 of the author's remarkable colour photographs.
Each species account includes a general introduction and description, flowering time and distribution.
Also available in this series:
Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Insects
Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Garden Birds
Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Trees and Shrubs
Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Tracks and Signs
Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Mushrooms