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book reviews

The book reviews provide in-depth critiques of the most important new titles in natural history publishing, from nature-writing bestsellers to technical identification handbooks. All reviews are authored by experts in the relevant subjects, which ensures an honest and insightful appraisal of each book featured.

Issue Pages Title
British Wildlife 31.6 August 2020 465-466 Pembrokeshire
British Wildlife 31.6 August 2020 466 Wild Child: Coming Home to Nature
British Wildlife 31.6 August 2020 466-467 Britain’s Ferns – A field guide to the clubmosses, quillworts, horsetails and ferns of Great Britain and Ireland
British Wildlife 31.6 August 2020 467-468 Gentians of Britain and Ireland
British Wildlife 31.5 June 2020 388 Field guide to the Caterpillars of Great Britain and Ireland
British Wildlife 31.5 June 2020 388-389 Rostherne Mere - Aspects of a Wetland Nature Reserve. Wildlife, People and Science Through Time
British Wildlife 31.5 June 2020 389 The Ecology of Hedgerows and Field Margins
British Wildlife 31.4 April 2020 310 Fight for it now: John Dower and the struggle for National Parks in Britain
British Wildlife 31.4 April 2020 310-311 Concise guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Second Edition
British Wildlife 31.4 April 2020 311 Mushrooms and toadstools of Britain and Europe. Volume 2
British Wildlife 31.3 February 2020 233-234 Grassland Plants of the British and Irish Lowlands: Ecology, Threats and Management
British Wildlife 31.3 February 2020 231 British Coleoptera larvae: A guide to the families and major subfamilies
British Wildlife 31.3 February 2020 232 Life Cycles of British and Irish Butterflies
British Wildlife 31.3 February 2020 232-233 Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean
British Wildlife 31.3 February 2020 233 Atlas of Britain and Ireland's Larger Moths
British Wildlife 31.2 December 2019 152 Turning the Boat for Home: A life writing about nature
British Wildlife 31.2 December 2019 152-153 Fungi of Temperate Europe (2-volume set)
British Wildlife 31.2 December 2019 153-154 Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places
British Wildlife 31.2 December 2019 154 Rebirding – Rewilding Britain and its Birds
British Wildlife 31.1 October 2019 76 Vickery's Folk Flora: An A-Z of the Folklore and Uses of British and Irish Plants
British Wildlife 31.1 October 2019 76-77 Garden Birds
British Wildlife 30.6 August 2019 465 Cambridgeshire's Mosses & Liverworts: a dynamic flora
British Wildlife 30.6 August 2019 465-466 Emperors, Admirals & Chimney Sweepers: The Weird and Wonderful Names of Butterflies and Moths
British Wildlife 30.5 June 2019 388-389 Ichneumonid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): Their Classification and Biology
British Wildlife 30.5 June 2019 389 Shotover: The Life of an Oxfordshire Hill
British Wildlife 30.5 June 2019 389-390 Green and Prosperous Land: A Blueprint for Rescuing the British Countryside
British Wildlife 30.4 April 2019 308 Rocky Shores
British Wildlife 30.4 April 2019 309 New Flora of the British Isles. Fourth Edition
British Wildlife 30.4 April 2019 309-310 The Burren
British Wildlife 30.4 April 2019 310-311 Lichens: An Illustrated Guide to the British and Irish Species. Seventh Edition
British Wildlife 30.3 February 2019 231 Sea Squirts and Sponges of Britain and Ireland
British Wildlife 30.3 February 2019 231-232 The Field Key to Winter Twigs: A Guide to Native and Planted Deciduous Trees, Shrubs and Woody Climbers (Xylophytes) found in the British Isles
British Wildlife 30.2 December 2018 151 Identification of Trees and Shrubs in Winter using Buds and Twigs by Bernd Schulz
British Wildlife 30.2 December 2018 151-152 Climate Change and British Wildlife
British Wildlife 30.2 December 2018 152-153 Atlas of the Hydrophiloid Beetles of Britain and Ireland
British Wildlife 30.2 December 2018 153-154 Ploughing a New Furrow: A Blueprint for Wildlife-friendly Farming
British Wildlife 30.2 December 2018 154 Handbook of the Bees of the British Isles
British Wildlife 30.1 October 2018 74 The Wonderful Mr Willughby: The First True Ornithologist
British Wildlife 30.1 October 2018 74-75 Abernethy Forest: The History and Ecology of an Old Scottish Pinewood
British Wildlife 30.1 October 2018 75-76 The Nature of the Malverns: An ancient landscape steeped in wildlife
British Wildlife 30.1 October 2018 76 Ancient Oaks in the English Landscape
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"British Wildlife is the pulsating heart of the UK nature conservation movement."

Matthew Oates, National Trust

"The most important and informative publication on wildlife of our times"

Michael McCarthy, The Independent

"Packed with readable, thoughtful, up to date articles; written by ecologists and naturalists for ecologists and naturalists"

Nick Baker, Presenter and Naturalist

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