A comprehensive, single source of information on the plants and animals that live alongside us. This updated edition features new material on climate change, recycling and wild spaces in gardens.This friendly handbook is full of practical advice on attracting wildlife to your garden and encouraging creatures to stick around. A helpful introductory section includes expert tips on green gardening, seasonal planting, how to deal with garden predators and how to get children involved in gardening. A DIY chapter, with a step-by-step guide on creating projects for your garden – from building nest, bat and hedgehog boxes to making your own pond – is also included.From foxes to finches and from lizards to ladybirds, colour photographs illustrate almost 400 garden species, including mammals, birds, insects, invertebrates, reptiles and amphibians, flowers, trees, shrubs and fungi, while the comprehensive text explains everything you need to cultivate a haven for nature.
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- 2023
- 2021
RSPB Handbook of British Birds
- 320 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
The bestselling RSPB Handbook of British Birds is the most comprehensive reference for birdwatchers of all levels of interest and experience. Now in its fifth edition, it remains the most accessible field guide to more than 300 bird species likely to be encountered in Britain and Ireland. Alongside artworks depicting all common plumages, the detailed text describes each bird's behaviour, habitat, voice, breeding biology, longevity and seasonal movements, as well as other useful information. The guide also includes UK population trends and up-to-date distribution maps. Completely revised and updated, this fifth edition also features new artwork and comparison spreads, additional rarities, the most recent taxonomic order, as well as each species' conservation status, a summary of the threats UK species are currently facing and details of what conservationists are doing to help.
- 2006
- 2006
Birds
- 64 Seiten
- 3 Lesestunden
The 'Usborne Spotter's Guides' series offers enthusiasts a range of pocket-sized field guides that help identify animals, plants, minerals and astronomical objects. Each title contains glossaries, maps, reference materials and illustrations.
- 2000
Birds of prey
- 64 Seiten
- 3 Lesestunden
The 'Usborne Spotter's Guides' series offers enthusiasts a range of pocket-sized field guides that help identify animals, plants, minerals and astronomical objects. Each title contains glossaries, maps, reference materials and illustrations.
- 1999
- 1997
Ptáci - Příručka mladého přírodovědce
- 59 Seiten
- 3 Lesestunden
Každý titul této série nabízí přitažlivé barevné ilustrace a praktické rady, např. jak a kde pozorovat život v přírodě. Ve většině knížek najdete bodovou tabulku, do které si mohou mladí přírodovědci zaznamenat, kdy kterou rostlinu, živočicha, nebo přírodní jev vyobrazený v knížce uviděli v přírodě a pozorovali.
- 1997
Vtáky - príručka mladého prírodovedca
- 59 Seiten
- 3 Lesestunden
- 1994
Birds sticker book
- 34 Seiten
- 2 Lesestunden
Combines the detailed information of a spotter's guide with sticker activities. Each bird is described, next to a simple outline of its shape. Matching up the reusable colour stickers with the descriptions should help children to recognize many British and European species.


