Nature and the natural world: general interest

Are you curious about the remains of an animal you have found?

Are you curious about the remains of an animal you have found?

Graham Martin takes the reader deep into the world of birds from a new perspective, with a 'through birds' eyes' approach to ornithology that goes beyond the traditional habitat or ecological point of view.

The invasive Harlequin ladybird is an eye-catching and beautiful species, but it can be very difficult to identify, with huge variation in colouration and pattern.

The invasive Harlequin ladybird is an eye-catching and beautiful species, but it can be very difficult to identify, with huge variation in colouration and pattern.

Insects are often overlooked because they are small or ignored because they are deemed trivial, and many are dismissed as nuisance pests.

Insects are often overlooked because they are small or ignored because they are deemed trivial, and many are dismissed as nuisance pests.

An essential guide to assist those surveying for water voles, whether as a professional ecological consultant, a researcher or simply an interested amateur.

An essential guide to assist those surveying for water voles, whether as a professional ecological consultant, a researcher or simply an interested amateur.

What does it mean to be a part of-rather than apart from-nature?

What does it mean to be a part of-rather than apart from-nature?

This guide provides descriptions of when the bat species resident in Britain and Ireland use natural and human-made rock habitats, how they use them, and the environments each species occupies therein.

This guide provides descriptions of when the bat species resident in Britain and Ireland use natural and human-made rock habitats, how they use them, and the environments each species occupies therein.

High above the mountaintops on the Isle of Mull, a huge bird is soaring.

High above the mountaintops on the Isle of Mull, a huge bird is soaring.

Birdwatching in Britain has grown increasingly dependent on burning fossil fuels.

Time outdoors is always well spent.

Time outdoors is always well spent.

The social calls of bats are an area about which relatively little is known, with more research still required to expand our understanding.

The social calls of bats are an area about which relatively little is known, with more research still required to expand our understanding.

Most British birds of prey have largely recovered from historical persecution, but the beleaguered Hen Harrier is still struggling and remains far less common than it should be.

Most British birds of prey have largely recovered from historical persecution, but the beleaguered Hen Harrier is still struggling and remains far less common than it should be.

Many photographers wish to capture stunning and memorable images of the natural world, yet the whole process can be a challenge.

Many photographers wish to capture stunning and memorable images of the natural world, yet the whole process can be a challenge.

Birdwatching in Britain has grown increasingly dependent on burning fossil fuels.

Bats have long been the focus of fascination, and sometimes fear: they move faultlessly through the darkness and spend the day hanging upside down in gloomy caverns and cracks - most at home where humans are least comfortable.

Bats have long been the focus of fascination, and sometimes fear: they move faultlessly through the darkness and spend the day hanging upside down in gloomy caverns and cracks - most at home where humans are least comfortable.

This book considers the natural history and cultural symbolism of a most unusual woodpecker - a species that neither excavates nest holes in trees, nor bores into wood to find insect prey.

This book considers the natural history and cultural symbolism of a most unusual woodpecker - a species that neither excavates nest holes in trees, nor bores into wood to find insect prey.

A comprehensive guide to the calls of the 44 species of bat currently known to occur in Europe.

A comprehensive guide to the calls of the 44 species of bat currently known to occur in Europe.

Graham Martin takes the reader deep into the world of birds from a new perspective, with a 'through birds' eyes' approach to ornithology that goes beyond the traditional habitat or ecological point of view.

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATIONWinner of the Richard Jefferies Society and White Horse Book Shop Literary Prize splendid Guardian visionary New StatesmanRebirding takes the long view of Britain s wildlife decline, from the early taming of our landscape and its long-lost elephants and rhinos, to fenland drainage, the removal of cornerstone species such as wild cattle, horses, beavers and boar and forward in time to the intensification of our modern landscapes and the collapse of invertebrate populations.

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATIONWinner of the Richard Jefferies Society and White Horse Book Shop Literary Prize splendid Guardian visionary New StatesmanRebirding takes the long view of Britain s wildlife decline, from the early taming of our landscape and its long-lost elephants and rhinos, to fenland drainage, the removal of cornerstone species such as wild cattle, horses, beavers and boar and forward in time to the intensification of our modern landscapes and the collapse of invertebrate populations.

How do you record the wildlife in a wood?

How do you record the wildlife in a wood?

Carnivores include some of the most impressive, dangerous and mysterious animals in the world.

Carnivores include some of the most impressive, dangerous and mysterious animals in the world.

This is a guide to finding tree-roosts.

This is a guide to finding tree-roosts.

Leaf beetles are one of the largest groups of beetles, with tens of thousands of species worldwide and around 280 in Britain.

When and where did the ancestors of modern birds evolve?

When and where did the ancestors of modern birds evolve?

For centuries, botanists have been drawn to the rarest species, sometimes with dire consequences for the species' survival.

How and why did our most acclaimed birdwatchers take up birding?

The Eurasian beaver was near extinction at the start of the twentieth century, hunted across Europe for its fur, meat and castoreum.

How and why did our most acclaimed birdwatchers take up birding?

How and why did our most acclaimed birdwatchers take up birding?

'a true gem' -London Naturalist'I love this book' Nick BakerThe author completes the book with an identification guide to dung itself, so that you can identify the animal that left it behind.

'a true gem' -London Naturalist'I love this book' Nick BakerThe author completes the book with an identification guide to dung itself, so that you can identify the animal that left it behind.