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Dorling Kindersley., 2000. pp.72 with many coloured photos. A vg. copy. Softback.

Bloomsbury Wildlife., 2020. 1st. Ed.. pp.128 with colour photos., throughout. 8vo. New softback. This is a detailed 'biography' of ducks and geese that breed in or regularly visit the UK � covering 30 species in all. It includes chapters on the evolution of ducks and geese as well as their anatomy and physiology and diverse breeding behaviour.

Bloomsbury Wildlife., 2020. 1st. Ed.. pp.128 with colour photos., throughout. 8vo. New softback. New for Summer 2020. A very informative guide to discovering the secrets of the UK's three native snake species, the Barred Grass Snake, the Smooth Snake and the Adder. Includes how to identify and spot them in the wild and the latest scientific discoveries about their life-history and ecology.

Special Offers Ornithology . 5th. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2021. pp.320 with 1200 colour illus. 8vo. New softback. The bestselling �RSPB Handbook of British Birds� has been completely revised and updated for its fifth edition

Bloomsbury., 2016. 1st. Ed.. pp.128 profusely illus. with colour photos. 8vo. A new softback. Recommended. A vibrant introduction to the life, behaviour and identification of Bats.

Bloomsbury., 2021. 1st. Ed.. pp.128 with colour photography throughout. 8vo. New softback. Introduces readers to the life and behaviour of Sparrows with eye-catching colour photography and informative expert text.

Bloomsbury., 2016. 1st. Ed.. pp.128 profusely illus. with colour photos. 8vo. New softback. Recommended. A vibrant introduction to the life and behaviour of Eagles.

Bloomsbury., 2018. 1st. Ed.. pp.128 profusely illus. with colour photos. 8vo. A new softback. Recommended. A vibrant introduction to the lives and behaviours of these, surprisingly, completely unrelated birds.

Bloomsbury., 2016. 1st. Ed.. pp.128 profusely illus. with colour photos. 8vo. New softback. Recommended. A vibrant introduction to the life and behaviour of Badgers.

., 20172017. 1st. Ed.. pp.128 profusely illus. with colour photos. 8vo. New softback. Recommended. A vibrant introduction to the life and behaviour of the Kingfisher.

Bloomsbury., 2014. 1st. Ed.. pp.128 profusely illus. with colour photos. 8vo. A new softback. Recommended. A vibrant introduction to the life and behaviour of Otters.

Bloomsbury, 2017. 1st. Ed.. pp.128 profusely illus. with colour photos. 8vo. New softback. Recommended. A vibrant introduction to the life and behaviour of the Owl.

Bloomsbury., 2014. 1st. Ed.. pp.128 profusely illus. with colour photos. 8vo. A new softback. Recommended. A vibrant introduction the the life and behaviour of the Puffin.

Merlin Unwin Books., 2015. 1st. Ed.. pp.191 with colour and b/w. photos., and illus. 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw. Examines the behaviour, breeding, feeding habits, adaptability and resourcefulness of the wild rabbit. With a fascinating reference section on the sites of the UK's former commercial warrens.

Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Heinemann Medical. 1972. pp.xiii, 480 with b/w. frontis., tables and illus. 8vo. Address label to ffep. Nr. fine hardback with good to vg. dw. A very detailed work. This book maps the spread of rabies thoughout the world and describes the methods used in attempting to control the spread of this disease.

Botany Trees, shrubs and forestry . 1st. Ed. Pub. Botany School Cambridge. (c.1965). pp.167-185 with b/w. photos, figs. and tables. 8vo. Fine softback. The Small Balsam or Impatiens parviflora DC was used as the focus for this study.

H.M.S.O., 1968. Rev. Ed.. pp.5 with colour photo. 8vo. A vg. softback.

Special Offers Ornithology . 1st. Ed. Pub. Pica Press. 1998. pp.600 with 43 colour plates, text figs. and dist. maps. Royal 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP. £35.00. Complete guide to the 145 species of Rail found throughout the world. Gives comprehensive information on field identification. Includes a detailed summary of all aspects of Rail behaviour.

Ornithology Illustrated . Pub. Smithsonian. 1984. pp.31 with 41 fine colour plates. Small folio. Card portfolio case (with a few neat repairs, o/w. thor. vg.) containing 41 loosely inserted individual colour plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, all in fine condition. This portfolio edition of this super work by Ripley comprises a text volume with introductory chapters and abbreviated species accounts; together with 41 high quality reproductions of Rail plate illustrations, loosely inserted at the rear of the work. An absolute joy to look at, the plates could easily be framed to appreciate them more frequently.

Ornithology Illustrated . Pub. Smithsonian. 1984. pp.31 with 41 fine colour plates. Small folio. Card portfolio case (thor. vg. condition) containing 41 loosely inserted individual colour plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, all in fine condition. This portfolio edition of this super work by Ripley comprises a text volume with introductory chapters and abbreviated species accounts; together with 41 high quality reproductions of Rail plate illustrations, loosely inserted at the rear of the work. An absolute joy to look at, the plates could easily be framed to appreciate them more frequently.