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Each RSPB spotters guide comprises 35 common garden creatures for beginner naturalists. Through beautiful full-page illustration accompanied by key information about each creature books are designed to encourage young childrens interest in the outside world & the wildlife around them. A spotters chart for children to fill in & links to Internet-based activities in each book mean that children can extend the fun. ...
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Winner of the Garden Media Guild New Talent Award 2010. Gardening for wildlife is hugely enjoyable. There is something uplifting about having butterflies in your flowerbeds frogs in your water feature & birds in your bushes
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Inspired by the RSPB's learnbirding.com website this great new book will launch beginner birders of all ages into the world of birds & birdwatching. The book has been split into six sections which cover: principles of identification & tips on making notes & recording; birdwatching equipment & field skills; how birds are built how they work & where they come from; behaviour including breeding feeding migration & adaptation; bird habitats & distribution; how to help wild birds in your garden & beyond current threats to birds & how to get involved in conservation. ...
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This helpful & practical RSPB guide to all aspects of digital wildlife photography is an updated version of our first edition. It is accessibly written by & beautifully illustrated with the work of one of Britains best known wildlife photographers. The books elegant design makes the most of the authors incredible photos & informative text. The book discusses all aspects of digital wildlife photography from equipment fieldcraft locations & composition post-processing & computer manipulation of images through to getting your photos published. This is the ultimate reference book for all aspiring & established natural history photographers & will equip its readers with everything they need to know to help them take better digital wildlife photographs. Praise for the first edition: A helpful & practical RSPB guide to all aspects of digital wildlife photography accessibly written & beautifully illustrated with the work of one of Britains best-known wildlife photographers. Publishing News For anyone new to digital photography or wanting to judge their existing work against a professional standard the technical content alone makes this book a square meal. BBC Wildlife A comprehensive & brilliantly illustrated guide to the pleasures & mysteries of digital photography from choosing equipment to taking pictures working on them at the computer & selling your work. If you are serious about your hobby this is for you. RSPB Birds ...
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This is a brand new title designed as a companion to the best-selling RSPB Handbook of British Birds. This RSPB-endorsed guide



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How often have you visited the seashore & wished you knew more about the diverse & alien wildlife found on the UK's coastline? There are incredible stories to discover about our coastal species so if the tantalising glimpses you've caught of this semi-aquatic environment between the tides has left you curious to learn more the RSPB Handbook of the Seashore is for you. It will help you to easily identify & learn about the life cycles & anatomy of the species you discover & features useful sections on the tidal cycle how to read tide tables where to look conservation & climate change concerns & who to call should you come across something unexpected on your next beach visit. Featuring over 200 species accounts
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A beautiful picture book about garden birds that will appeal to families with young children. Rachel Lockwood's wonderful illustrations will delight children aged from two to seven & will help them to discover & identify the most common birds in their everyday surroundings. Each bird is introduced on a right-hand page in an illustration where it is partly obscured or turned away from the viewer. The text gives some clues & invites readers to guess the bird's identity. The reader then turns the page to find out more. 'A beautiful picture book that will appeal to children aged 2 to 7 & will help them identify common birds in their everyday surroundings.' Publishing News ' This beautifully illustrated book by the RSPB is a lovely way to introduce younger juniors to the UK's birds.' Scholastic's Junior Education April 2007 ...
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Take a journey through the garden & discover the bugs that are living there. The beautiful illustrations create the world of the garden combined with text that leads young readers to the hiding places of various bugs. inviting them to guess what creature they have found. My First Book of Garden Bugs is the perfect introduction to the names of some common garden insects along with interesting facts about them. ...
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Captivating illustrations & lively text make this follow-up to the bestselling My First Book of Garden Birds the perfect first introduction to garden animals. Inside young readers meet twenty common garden animals birds & insects in a fun question-&-answer format. Try to guess the animal from the clues then turn over the page to discover its name & more facts. ...
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RSPB Handbook Of British Birds

This is a completely revised and updated edition of the bestselling RSPB Handbook of British Birds. This unique guide provides a 'biography' of each of the 279 commonest British bird species. It covers all aspects of field identification using illustrations from the highly acclaimed Handbook of Bird Identification to show all common plumage forms. The text also covers behaviour breeding biology population status longevity and any other interesting facts about the species concerned. A detailed distribution map is provided for each species. New to the third edition is a rarities section featuring 24 additional species and six brand new comparison artwork spreads illustrating difficult to identify species - such as ducks waders warblers raptors and gulls - alongside one another. The RSPB
Handbook provides a complete single source of basic information to our most familiar birds.
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  • SKU: 9781408127353
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This is a completely revised & updated edition of the bestselling RSPB Handbook of British Birds. This unique guide provides a 'biography' of each of the 279 commonest British bird species. It covers all aspects of field identification using illustrations from the highly acclaimed Handbook of Bird Identification to show all common plumage forms. The text also covers behaviour breeding biology population status longevity & any other interesting facts about the species concerned. A detailed distribution map is provided for each species. New to the third edition is a rarities section featuring 24 additional species & six brand new comparison artwork spreads illustrating difficult to identify species
- such as ducks waders warblers raptors & gulls
- alongside one another. The RSPB Handbook provides a complete single source of basic information to our most familiar birds.

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