Britain: Travellers' Nature Guide (Nature Guides) - Softcover

Walters, Martin; Gibbons, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198504330 ISBN 13: 9780198504337

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This new series of fabulously illustrated four-color natural history travel guides finally offers a practical and fun way to enjoy the wildlife and natural resources of a country. The guides consist of unique, authoritative descriptions of some two-hundred-plus sites to visit, complemented line drawings and photographs of individual animals and plants, spectacular photographs of landscapes, and paintings. Each book introduces the ecology, geology, and wildlife of the country it covers, then describes where to see its natural history at its best. The entries are based on intensive travel and research by the individual authors, all seasoned travelers with first-hand experience of the country they write about. Each guide includes practical information on access, maps, and appropriate field guides. Sites range in size from a few to thousands of acres, including National Parks, nature preserves, and common land, and all are open to the public.

About this title

About the Author:

Martin Walters is Series Editor of the Travellers Nature Guides series and a freelance author and wildlife consultant. He is currently acting as advisor to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Bob Gibbons is a highly respected natural history photographer, author of numerous plant and wildlife books, and a regular ecotour leader.

Review:

`The colour photographs are outstanding...this is a good general guide to Britain's wild places...'
British Wildlife

Review from previous edition Gibbons' 'Flowers at my feet' (with David Woodfall) has been shortlisted for the 2002 Natural World Book Prize

`For anyone interested in flora and fauna, a series of guidebooks from Oxford University Press will add an extra dimension to holidays. Practical and informative'
Choice Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0198504330
• ISBN 13: 9780198504337
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384