Series: Bloomsbury Naturalist

This comprehensive work covers every species of wild flower that you might encounter in Britain and Ireland, highlighting key features to allow identification with confidence. Wild flower identification may seem extremely challenging to those not familiar with them, but this brilliant photographic guide changes that forever. Packed with superb photography throughout, including stunning portraits and close-ups of key features along...

The definitive field guide to the floristic wonders of the Alps Walking through an Alpine meadow in late spring is one of Europe’s great wildlife experiences – the variety of flowers can be both dizzying and magical, while the prospect of identifying them can appear intimidating. This brilliant guide book provides the answer. Alpine Flowers covers every species that occurs...

A comprehensive and richly illustrated field guide to the mammals of the Western Palearctic. Fully revised and updated, this major work presents all species that occur in the Western Palearctic, serving as the perfect field guide to the great diversity of mammals in the region. This new edition presents 86 new species, including 40 cetaceans, and reports on the latest...

Practical and portable, this is the ultimate field guide to the world's cetaceans. This outstanding field guide to whales, dolphins and porpoises is the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date guide to these popular mammals. With more than 500 accurate illustrations—complete with detailed annotations pointing out the most significant field marks—Field Guide to Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises covers all 93 species...

Practical and portable, this is the ultimate field guide for any whale-watcher in North America. This outstanding field guide provides the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date coverage of the whales, dolphins and porpoises that occur off the coasts of North America. Packed with accurate illustrations – complete with detailed annotations pointing out significant field marks – Field Guide to Whales,...

An intuitive introduction to 200 of our most common and conspicuous lichens, which can be identified with nothing more than a magnifying lens and some practice. Lichens colour our landscapes, adding subtle textures and hues to our environments, urban and wild alike. There are more than 2,000 species in Britain and Ireland, and working out where to begin when it...

From the largest terrestrial carnivore, the Polar Bear, to the tiny Least Weasel that can squeeze through a wedding ring, the true carnivores include some of the world's most charismatic, admired, feared and spectacular creatures. This fully updated second edition of Field Guide to Carnivores of the World by Luke Hunter profiles all of the world's terrestrial carnivore species. Thoroughly...

The impact of invasive organisms is second only to habitat loss as a threat to biodiversity. Yet, despite increasing ecological awareness, people remain largely unaware of these plants and animals and their potentially devastating impact. Although most biological introductions fail, many prove successful, and these can prove disastrous for native fauna and flora. Field Guide to Invasive Plants and Animals...

The most complete photographic field guide to hoverflies of Britain and North-west Europe ever written. An essential part of our ecosystems, hoverflies are the second most important pollinators after bees. Sadly, more than a third of all European species are now under threat of extinction. Written by two leading experts, Hoverflies of Britain and North-west Europe is the first and...