Books

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	A Cornwall Butterfly Atlas Author(s): John Wacher, John Worth and Adrian Spalding ISBN: 1-874357-23-4 Cornwall is still very much alive with butterflies and this hardback book reveals to the reader where and when they might be found. Opening with a preface by Jeremy Thomas, Vice-President of Butterfly Conservation, the preliminary chapters set the scene, describing the Cornish environment and the history of butterfly conservation and monitoring in the country. Informative accounts of all species ever recorded in Cornwall are accompanied by distribution maps and flight-period graphs. Many rich colour photographs capture Cornish butterflies in their natural habitat, provding a wonderful complement to the detailed deiscriptions of the text. A chapter on the butterflies of the Isles of Scilly and another on where best to see them on the mainland, a comprehensive bibliography and a gazetteer complete the book.
	Britain's Butterflies Author(s): David Tomlinson and Rob Still ISBN: 1-903657-01-6 A comprehensive photographic guide to the butterflies of Britain and Ireland, covering the 60 regularly occurring species. Its innovative, easy-to-use format aims to help the butterfly watcher identify any species they encounter, whether they be a beginner or an expert. The 81 remarkable colour plates depict typical views of each butterfly, as well as their egg, caterpillar and chrysalis. They have been produced using the latest digital image technology and include many images that have never previously been published. The text covers the key identification features of each species, emphasising the differences between similar species, and includes information on behaviour, habitat requirements and population and conservation. Colour distribution maps accompany the text for each species.
	British and Irish Butterflies Author(s): Adrian Riley ISBN: 978-0-9553928-0-1 This lavishly illustrated butterfly book is the first to cover all the adult forms found in the British Isles, including sub-species, written by a highly experienced lepidopterist. The clear directions and field tips, with added OS grid references, will assist you in finding the butterflies and also in identifying them in their habitats, guided by details of behaviour and morphology. The text is complemented with over 270 photographs of living specimens of all the taxa in full colour. This volume is supported by Butterfly Conservation in their efforts to protect the butterfly fauna of these islands, whilst at the same time, encouraging greater public awareness of their existence and beauty.
	Butterflies of Europe Author(s): Tristan Lafranchis ISBN: 2-9521620-0-X A field guide to Europe's Butterflies with over 1300 unique colour photographs of living butterflies. The key identification features are indicated on the photos. Distribution maps for all species are included. There are simple and accurate identification keys and genitalia drawings which enable identification of the "difficult" species.
	Butterflies of Yorkshire Author(s): Howard M. Frost ISBN: This book maps and describes today's butterfly distribution in Yorkshire and compares it to what has happened over the last 200+ years. The contents have been written and prepared by a team of volunteer enthusiasts who have spent ten years putting together the most comprehensive assessment of Yorkshire butterflies ever produced. Edited by Howard M Frost with artwork by Nick Lawman and maps by Jim Asher, the book summarises data collected by over 1000 recorders between 1995 and 2003 and is the first ever book dedicated solely to Yorkshire's butterflies, their distribution and lifestyle. It is a report on an eight-year distribution study intended to provide baseline information against which future assessments of the state of our butterflies can be made. The writers have tried to summarise our current knowledge, bringing together a mass of information previously scattered through 200+ years of entomological literature and reports. The book is attractive and very colourful, packed with unusual photographs and containing specially designed distribution maps which put Yorkshire butterflies into a national and regional context. The book will be an important reference volume for anyone interested in our butterflies. It has also been designed to be of use to those working in the conservation field and to people involved in writing BAPs and other conservation management plans. Contents are divided into: Background Articles; Current Species; Rare and Extinct Species. Although not intended as an ID book, a brief ID section will be included for all current species as a guide to the inexperienced.
	Caterpillars of the British Isles Author(s): Jim Porter ISBN: 0-670875-09-0 For the first time in over a hundred years, a comprehensive, illustrated guide to the caterpillars of British butterflies and macro-moths has been produced to complement Bernard Skinner's Colour Identification Guide to the Moths of the British Isles. This book illustrates over 850 different species, all photographed in natural situations upon the relevant foodplants, including many varieties indigenous to continental Europe. Many have never been illustrated before, either by artwork or by photography.
	Discover Butterflies in Britain Author(s): David Newland ISBN: 1-903657-12-1 The aim of this book is to help readers discover butterflies. It has detailed descriptions and photographs of 66 good places to find butterflies. They have been chosen not only because of the butterflies there, but because they are lovely places to visit in their own right. Readers can choose where they would like to go and find out what butterflies there are to be seen and where to look. Alternatively they can select a butterfly and find when and where to look and what to look for. The places included range from well-known ones like Arnside Knott and Denbies Hillside, to less popular sites like Wiveton Down in North Norfolk and the new wild flower meadows at Gunpowder Park in Essex. Although the selection is a personal one by the author, the sites have been chosen so that readers will be led to at least one hotspot for every British species. And the beautiful and interesting places which the book describes will lead not only to butterflies but to the British countryside at its best. There are photographs and short descriptions of every butterfly separately, with historical information about dates of discovery and name changes over the years. There is also a gazetteer with an extended list of butterfly reserves, a bibliography, and a list of relevant web sites.
	Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Author(s): Paul Waring and Martin Townsend ISBN: 0-953139-92-1 With illustrations by Richard Lewington, this is the first field guide to illustrate and describe all the British and Irish macro-moths showing the species in their natural resting posture. Brings together up-to-date information on identification, life-cycle, foodplants, habitats, status, and distribution. Written by some of the UK's leading lepidopterists and illustrated by one of Europe's finest natural history artists.
	Moths of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Author(s): Barry Goater and Tim Norriss ISBN: 1-874357-21-8 Provides comprehensive details on the current status of nearly 1900 species. Further background information on foodplants, changes in distribution, important habitats and conservation is also provided. Distribution maps are included for almost 800 of the macro-moths and Pyralids.
	Moths of the British Isles Author(s): Bernard Skinner ISBN: 0-670879-78-9 The successor to South's classic The Moths of the British Isles, Skinner's work is by far and away the best book on British moths currently available. It covers over 800 species and enables the entomologist to identify all the larger moths. Updated edition, including new data on scarce migrants.
	Philip's Guide to Butterflies of Britain and Ireland Author(s): Jeremy Thomas ISBN: 978-0540089802 Opening with an introduction to butterflies, including life- cycles, habitats and behaviour, this indispensable handbook continues with an identification guide comparing all 60 species. The illustrations by Richard Lewington show both male and female upper and lower wings, with all distinguishing features clearly labelled. Each species article contains a detailed account of the butterfly's distinguishing features, a description of its immature stages, habitat and behaviour, and its distribution and status. The text is accompanied by a colour photograph and life-cycle diagram that illustrates the caterpillar, egg and chrysalis and how each appears in the field - a unique and invaluable feature of this guide. Revised edition of the author's Hamlyn Guide, published in 1986.
	Photographic Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe Author(s): Tom Tolman ISBN: 0-198506-06-6 Represents a completely new approach and is aimed at those who wish to find and identify butterflies encountered in the field quickly and easily while promoting their conservation. Full colour throughout allows the text to be arranged alongside the illustrations of the butterflies, and the text itself deliberately focuses on features that complement the photographs and facilitate identification. This is the only guide that includes the Canaries, Azores, Madeira, and all the Aegean islands and contains numerous unique photographs and information about their biology that has never been published before.
	Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Author(s): Richard Lewington ISBN: 0-953139-91-3 Practical guide, written and illustrated by one of Europe's leading natural history artists and butterfly experts. Identifies all the resident and migrant species of butterfly that have occurred in Great Britain and Ireland. Includes artworks of adult males and females and all life stages. Describes each species, its life-cycle, status and distribution. Includes distribution map for each of the resident species, and a plate on day-flying moths.
	The Aurelian Legacy Author(s): Michael A Salmon, Peter Marren and Basil Harley ISBN: 0-946589-40-2 Although the collecting of butterflies is today an emotive subject, it is impossible to separate a history of British butterflies from a history of their collectors, without whose activities our knowledge of the identification, occurrence, distribution and variation of British butterflies would be much the poorer. This entertaining and informative book charts the history of British butterflies and their collectors since the seventeenth century, a time when serious interest in natural history had its beginnings. It contains brief biographies, with contemporary portraits where available, of 101 deceased lepidopterists, generously laced with anecdotes and quotations from their own and others' accounts of their exploits. In addition to the numerous monochrome figures, the book includes colour plates by 14 artists of British butterflies from Petiver to Frohawk (including two illustrations never previously reproduced), as well as colour photographs of historic specimens.
	The Aurelian's Fireside Companion Author(s): Michael A Salmon and Peter J Edwards ISBN: 0-953723-61-5 An anthology of more than 200 extraordinary and entertaining contributions from British entomological literature of the past 250 years.
	The Butterflies of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Author(s): Jim Asher ISBN: 1-874357-02-1 This book presents the findings of a six-year survey organised by the author and the Upper Thames Branch of Butterfly Conservation. It contains full descriptions of all the butterflies found in the three counties, with details of their conservation status. Colour distribution maps and flight period diagrams present the survey results. There is also a chapter on the conservation status of butterflies and their habitats, and a guide to when, where and how to see butterflies.
	The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland Author(s): Jeremy Thomas and Richard Lewington ISBN: 0-86318-591-6 This title is unfortunately out of print. However, it's still mentioned here since it's absolutely one of the best around.
	The Butterflies of Essex Author(s): David Corke ISBN: 0-953036-20-0 Includes photographs, distribution maps, flight-time charts and conservation details of every kind of butterfly ever found in Essex and a status report on all 1800 species of Essex moths and butterflies by Brian Goodey (Essex Lepidoptera Recorder).
	The Butterflies of Hampshire Author(s): Matthew Oates, Jon Taverner and David Green ISBN: 1-87435717-X Presents detailed descriptions of all the butterflies found in the county. Each species is illustrated, and the distribution, habitat and food plant, major sites, population trend and size, flight period, and earliest and latest dates are all detailed for the period 1990-1999.
	The Butterflies of Wiltshire Author(s): Michael Fuller ISBN: 1-874357-06-4 This work draws on historical records from the last 150 years and on records from the Wiltshire Butterfly Mapping Scheme to present the first butterfly atlas for the county. It provides an account of the changing fortunes of the 48 species found in the county. Each species is illustrated with at least one photograph, and additional photos show some of the county's typical butterfly habitats. Distribution maps show the status of each species in the county, and diagrams show typical flight periods and results of transect counts for most species. Introductory chapters cover Wiltshire's butterfly habitats, the history of butterfly recording and the status of butterflies in Wiltshire.
	The Millenium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland Author(s): Jim Asher, Martin Warren, Richard Fox, Paul Harding, Gail Jeffcoate, Stephen Jeffcoate ISBN: 0-19-850565-5 Presents the findings of Butterflies for the New Millennium, the most comprehensive survey of butterflies ever undertaken in Britain and Ireland. After five years of recording by thousands of volunteers, it provides up-to-date assessment of the butterflies, the habitats they live in, the threats they face, and the major changes that have occurred since publication of the previous such atlas in 1984. The body of the book is taken up with species accounts, each accompanied by a full-page distribution map and a colour photograph of the butterfly concerned. The book summarises the wealth of new information about butterfly ecology, incorporating findings from the Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, describes and illustrates the habitats favoured by particular communities of butterflies, and presents a vision of how these insects might be conserved in the future.
	The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Author(s): Various ISBN: Various This is a series of books in several volumes. Contains keys to and descriptions of all of the known British species of butterflies and moths.
	The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 7 (1) Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae (the Butterflies) Author(s): A. Maitland Emmet and John Heath (editors) ISBN: 0-946589-37-2 Illustrated by Richard Lewington and Tom Freed, this volume describes in detail all 111 species of butterfly on the British and Irish lists (including rare migrants), and illustrates both sexes of most species and many aberrations.
	The State of Butterflies in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Author(s): Jim Asher, Nick Bowles, David Redhead and Mike Wilkins ISBN: 1-874357-29-3 This book presents another milestone in our knowledge of butterflies in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. A detailed survey of butterflies across the three counties over the period 1995-2000, has made possible for the first time the identification of changes and trends since a similar survey completed almost a decade earlier (1987-1992). The changes reflect the damaging effects of further habitat loss and the warming effects of climate change. Habitat specialists are declining further-Pearl-bordered Fritillary and Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary appear to be extinct in the three counties and Marsh Fritillary is on the verge of extinction. In contrast, species at the limit of their European range in this area, such as Silver-spotted Skipper and Adonis Blue are faring better, as warmer climate improves their breeding success. The book, richly illustrated with colour photographs and graphics, describes the trends for all of our local butterfly species, what is happening to key habitats and the continuing impact of climate change.
	The State of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland Author(s): Richard Fox, Jim Asher, Tom Brereton, David Roy and Martin Warren ISBN: 1-874357-31-5 This major new landmark publication provides the first assessment of the changing status of butterflies in the 21st Century, updating the Millennium Atlas of Butterflies of Britain and Ireland. Butterflies are more sensitive indicators of environmental change than other well-known groups such as birds and flowering plants, so at a time of rapid climate change, continued loss and fragmentation of wildlife habitats and chemical pollution, there is a greater need than ever to keep track of their changing fortunes. The new assessment is based on the best information on butterfly populations and distributions anywhere in the world. In the 2000-04 period alone, thousands of volunteer recorders and conservationists have contributed over 1.6 million butterfly distribution records and carried out butterfly monitoring transects at over 500 sites. This book, richly illustrated with many colour photographs, maps and plots showing changes in distribution and abundance, provides a vital and up-to-date reference for the current state of the 59 butterfly species that regularly breed in our islands. Much has happened in the years since the Millennium Atlas; some species have continued dramatic expansions of range whilst others have been lost from entire counties and regions.
	Variation in British Butterflies Author(s): A. S. Harmer ISBN: 0-953723-60-7 Published to celebrate Donald Russwurm's ninety-fifth birthday, and containing eighty-four colour plates featuring over four hundred specimens, each one carefully observed and accurately painted by him, this book provides one of the most comprehensive treatments yet on the subject of variation in British butterflies. The underlying factors and genetic principles behind many of the striking aberrations figured are explained; many previously unpublished photographs of new and extreme aberrations are also included.
	Warwickshire's Butterflies Author(s): Keith Warmington and Margaret Vickery ISBN: 0-954470-10-9

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