Urban plants
The Urban plants guide features 45 different plants found growing wild in towns and cities in Scotland and northern England. It uses the results of a comprehensive 10-year botanical survey of the plants of towns and cities.
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Park and Garden Birds Guide
Is that a chaffinch, greenfinch or bullfinch at the bird feeder? Do you know a great tit from a blue tit? Covering the top 50 birds seen in parks and gardens, including ponds and rivers.
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Waterside flowers
The Waterside flowers guide covers 46 wild flowers you can see by ponds, canals, streams and rivers in Britain and Ireland. Beautiful colour paintings by Lizzie Harper show the key features of each plant.
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Butterflies guide
Covering all 60 wild butterflies of Britain and Ireland, with beautiful colour life-sized paintings by acclaimed artist Richard Lewington. Co-created with Butterfly Conservation.
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Flowers of walks and waysides
Looking for a quick guide to common wild flowers? Gardens, grassy tracks, quiet lanes, hedgerows, playing elds and canal towpaths are a great place to look. Features 42 different flowers to spot.
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Creative fieldwork 2
Looking for fresh and inspiring ideas for Geography fieldwork? Creative fieldwork 2 features 15 innovative techniques to inspire and challenge your students.
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Ladybirds guide
There are 26 conspicuous ladybird species in Britain and Ireland. Beautiful colour paintings of all species by Chris Shields show the key colours and patterns to look out. Co-created with the UK Ladybird Survey.
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Grasses guide
Want to start identifying grasses? The FSC grasses guide features a manageable list of 30 species, all widespread and common. Descriptions and diagrams demystify specialist terms, from awns to spikelets. Also included is a multi-access key to vegetative characters.
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Raptors
WildID Raptors is a new field guide designed for real-world raptor watching, featuring all 16 day-flying species in Britain and Ireland.
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Shark and skate eggcases
WildID Shark and skate eggcases features the eggcases of the 3 sharks and 10 skates reported to the Great Eggcase Hunt from around the coasts of Britain and Ireland.
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Chalk rivers guide
Chalk rivers guide features the special insects, molluscs, mammals, fish and flowering plants that live around chalk streams and rivers.
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Bee guide
Gardeners know the value of pollinators. Featuring 28 species of bees found in gardens, including mining bees, cavity-nesting bees and cuckoo bees as well as the Big Six bumblebees. Co-created with Buglife.
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Bats guide
WildID Bats is guide to all 16 species that live and breed in Britain. It has two parts: a night guide for flying bats, using calls and flight patterns, and a daytime guide for key for bats at rest.
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Mammal tracks and signs guide
Many mammals are shy, making them difficult to see. But mammals often leave signs they have visited an area, like tracks, droppings and burrows. Co-created with the Mammal Society.
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Dragonflies guide
Featuring all 20 damselflies and 26 dragonflies of Britain and Ireland, plus 5 common vagrant species. Designed for speedy identification in the field, with paintings shown at life-size.
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Winter coastal birds guide
44 birds to spot along the coast in winter. Seaside birding in winter is quite different to summer: plumage varies, some species are only present in the winter months and large feeding flocks can be seen.