Lost Gods of Albion Paul Newman Yes, you are correct, that is a picture of a man that seems to be very pleased to see you. And he has been […]

The Handbook of British Mammals Corbet and Southern This volume is probably more a historical document today but use it alongside any modern Field Guide and it works wonderfully. Just […]

‘A Generall Historie of plantes’ or Gerard’s Herbal After identification manuals and handbooks, ecology guides, accounts of rare and unusual flowers, where should the botanist turn to next- How about […]

Birds of the Western Palearctic If you can afford them, then anyone that is keen to fill space on their bookshelves with an authoritative set of volumes on the avifauna […]

‘Shire’ publications So far, in this series of posts looking at various books pulled from my book shelves, there have been a number of slim little volumes scattered through the […]

Granite and Grit A walker’s guide to the geology of British Mountains Ronald Turnbull “Walking up Slieve Donard from Newcastle, I noticed that the character of the stream had changed […]

Butterflies and Moths I so wish I could remember the species better, there should be some hope for me with the names of the British Butterflies, there are only around […]

T & A D Poyser I have written before on the terrific volumes published by T & A D Poyser. I have probably an uncomfortable number of their volumes sitting […]

Alfred Wainwright Alfred Wainwright has arguably done more to popularise […]

Philip’s Guide to Minerals, Rocks & Fossils A.C. Bishop, A.R. Woolley, W.R. Hamilton Have you ever picked up a rock, rolled it through the fingers, felt its weight and roughness […]

Churches Cross the British landscape on any walk and you don’t have to go too far before you either pass a church, or spot the spire of one above the […]

Fungi There are any number of books on fungi, the ones shown here are a good selection and you could do far worse than these. There are also a number […]