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WILDGuides of Britain & Europe²⁵

Andy Swash and Robert Still, Series Editors

“The future of field guides . . . absolutely wonderful!”—Chris Packham
“Superb range of photographic field guides.”—Stephen Moss
“A brilliant book collection.”—Stuart Winter, Sunday Express

Award-winning and highly acclaimed, the Britain’s Wildlife and Europe’s Wildlife series are photographic field guides covering the wildlife of Britain and Europe. Each guide provides exhaustive and up-to-the-minute treatment with the very best photographs, maps, and text. Revised and new editions appear regularly to keep the individual titles completely current, and new books in the series appear regularly. These are the go-to photographic field guides for British and European naturalists—amateur and professional alike.

Europe's Alpine Flowers: A Field Guide Bob Gibbons
An authoritative photographic guide to Europe’s spectacular Alpine flora
Trees of Britain and Ireland Jon Stokes
A comprehensive photographic identification guide to all of the native trees and shrubs of Great Britain and Ireland and many of the common non-native species
Hoverflies of Britain and Ireland: Third Edition, Fully Revised and Updated Stuart Ball and Roger Morris
A fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling photographic guide
British and Irish Wild Flowers and Plants: A Pocket Guide Rachel Hamilton, Chris Gibson, and Robert Still
A highly illustrated and portable identification guide to the most common wild flowers and other plants
Edible Fungi of Britain and Northern Europe: How to Identify, Collect and Prepare Jens Henrik Petersen
A richly illustrated guide to edible mushrooms by one of Europe’s leading fungi experts
Europe's Birds: An Identification Guide Rob Hume, Robert Still, Andy Swash, and Hugh Harrop
The most comprehensive single-volume photographic guide to Europe’s birds ever produced—from the authors of the acclaimed Britain’s Birds
Britain's Mammals Updated Edition: A Field Guide to the Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland Dominic Couzens, Andy Swash, Robert Still, and Jon Dunn
A comprehensive photographic field guide to the mammals of Great Britain and Ireland
Britain's Insects: A Field Guide to the Insects of Great Britain and Ireland Paul D. Brock
The go-to photographic guide to Britain and Ireland’s insects
Flight Identification of European Passerines and Select Landbirds: An Illustrated and Photographic Guide Tomasz Cofta
A richly illustrated, state-of-the-art field guide for identifying European passerines in flight—the first of its kind
Britain's Habitats: A Field Guide to the Wildlife Habitats of Great Britain and Ireland - Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition Sophie Lake, Durwyn Liley, Robert Still, and Andy Swash
A comprehensive and lavishly illustrated photographic guide—now in a handy field-guide format
Britain's Spiders: A Field Guide – Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford, and Helen Smith
A comprehensively updated edition of an identification guide that was named a Guardian Best Nature Book of the Year
Britain's Orchids: A Field Guide to the Orchids of Great Britain and Ireland Sean Cole and Mike Waller
An accessible, comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide—the only one to cover all the orchids found in Britain and Ireland
Britain's Butterflies: A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland – Fully Revised and Updated Fourth Edition David Newland, Robert Still, Andy Swash, and David Tomlinson
A new and improved edition of the popular photographic field guide
Ferns: Clubmosses, Quillworts and Horsetails of Britain and Ireland James Merryweather
The only comprehensive photographic guide to the ferns, clubmosses, quillworts and horsetails of Britain
Britain's Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland Second Edition, fully revised and updated Rob Hume, Robert Still, Andy Swash, Hugh Harrop, and David Tipling
A new, improved and thoroughly updated edition of the bestselling photographic guide—the only one to cover every bird, in every plumage, ever recorded in Britain and Ireland
Europe's Dragonflies: A field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies Dave Smallshire and Andy Swash
The go-to photographic guide to all the damselflies and dragonflies recorded in Europe, including the Macaronesian Islands and western Turkey
British and Irish Birds: A Pocket Guide Rob Hume, Robert Still, Andy Swash, Hugh Harrop, and David Tipling
A carefully designed and lavishly illustrated photographic guide
Britain's Day-flying Moths: A Field Guide to the Day-flying Moths of Great Britain and Ireland, Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition David Newland, Robert Still, and Andy Swash
A carefully designed and beautifully illustrated photographic guide to the moths you are most likely to see during the day
Europe's Sea Mammals Including the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde: A field guide to the whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals Robert Still, Hugh Harrop, Luís Dias, and Tim Stenton
A state-of-the-art photographic identification guide to Europe’s whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals
Britain's Dragonflies: A Field Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland - Fully Revised and Updated Fourth Edition Dave Smallshire and Andy Swash
A fully revised, comprehensive photographic field guide to the dragonflies of Britain and Ireland
Britain's Hoverflies: A Field Guide - Revised and Updated Second Edition Stuart Ball and Roger Morris
Britain's Hoverflies is a beautifully illustrated photographic field guide to the hoverflies of Britain, focusing on the species that can be most readily identified. It is the perfect companion for wildlife enthusiasts, professional...
Britain's Freshwater Fishes Mark Everard
Britain hosts a diversity of freshwater environments, from torrential hill streams and lowland rivers to lakes and reservoirs, ponds and canals, and ditches and estuaries. Britain's Freshwater Fishes covers more than 50 species of...
Britain's Plant Galls: A Photographic Guide Michael Chinery
This book has been produced with the aim of stimulating the general naturalist to take a closer look at the bumps and lumps that make up the fascinating world of plant galls. Induced by a variety of insects and other organisms and...
Britain's Reptiles and Amphibians: A guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Great Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands Howard Inns
This detailed guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands has been produced, with the collaboration of the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust, with the aim of inspiring an increased level of...
Britain's Orchids David Lang
Featuring 60 superb color plates, this is an easy-to-use photographic identification guide to the 51 orchid species native to Britain and Ireland, including their various forms, and 9 species of uncertain provenance. The text includes...