Britain's Insects (WILDGuides): A Field Guide to the Insects of Great Britain and Ireland (WILDGuides, 23)

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In practice I've been a little bit disappointed with the coverage; in fact I've not been able to ID many of the species I come across in my daily walks and in my garden. Jim Almond, Shropshire Birder blog "A most wonderful book and must surely help to raise awareness towards protecting this precious insect biodiversity. It is a useful reference for family specialists when encountering species beyond their core knowledge. A comprehensive book packed with rich colour photos and infographics that explains all the main wasp families in detail . Challenges indeed, but ones that the WILDGuides take in their stride and deal with exceptionally well.

At last I will be able to put a name to many of the species I have snapped over the years, currently lingering in my ‘unidentified’ folder. For each species described though there is a species distribution map, a seasonality chart and a description of size, morphology, and habitat.Erica McAlister, Bulletin of the Amateur Entomological Society "This book has immediately winged its way onto my ‘absolute favourites’ book list. This book covers c1,700 of the 25,000 available species but they are representative of the rest and concentrates on the commoner species. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). The likely habitat and specific foodplants will help you look in the right places plus a distribution map details where records currently exist. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Mark Cocker, New Statesman "A superb guide for everyone from the entomological generalist to the interested with an enquiring mind. This will help to expand your knowledge and steer you to a successful and accurate identification of the ‘unknown’ species you are agonising over! Over 1,500 species are illustrated with detailed photographs chosen for their help in identification. It needs people on the ground with knowledge and passion, who see the hidden worlds around them and fight for what they love.This, the latest in the WILDGuides series, is a masterful exercise in clarity, clear design and will get you to the right identification of the species you are looking at, or at least very close to it. was a phenomenal year featuring opportunistic travels to all parts of the UK, record breaking numbers of local birds, rarities and a twitch or two. The most complete guide to insects of Britain and Ireland ever produced, this revised and expanded edition incorporates recent taxonomic changes. Whilst one particular family of birds is followed through the breeding season, there are some intimate moments in the development of other Peregrines. This site is devoted to my photographic activities whilst out birding - I never ever bird without a camera!