Author : Pat Morris
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 11,42 MB
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0008235716
The hedgehog is regularly voted Britain’s favourite mammal, and yet we know surprisingly little about the life of this spiny mammal. Pat Morris provides an all-encompassing new study of the hedgehog and its habitat, shedding new light on conservation efforts crucial to the survival of this charming creature of our countryside.
Author : Robert Cameron
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 826 pages
File Size : 37,21 MB
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0008203490
Slugs and snails are part of the great Phylum Mollusca, a group that contains creatures as varied as the fast-moving squid or the sedentary clams, cockles and mussels. The largest group, however, are the gastropods, animals originally with a single foot and a single coiled shell.
Author : Professor John C. Coulson
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 42,65 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0008201447
The gull is a familiar sight by the seaside, and one of the most recognisable bird species, but most people know surprisingly little about the lives and habits of these seafaring birds. John C. Coulson remedies this with a comprehensive overview of the gull.
Author : Tim Bernhard
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 881 pages
File Size : 38,85 MB
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0007413467
Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet. The Collins New Naturalist series is the longest-running and arguably the most influential natural history series in the world with over 120 volumes published in nearly 70 years.
Author : Hugh Warwick
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 35,83 MB
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1913733556
A welcome visitor heard rustling through our hedges or spotted shuffling across our lawns, hedgehogs are a celebrated addition to every garden and their proper care and conservation valuable to numerous other species. Through informative chapters ranging from the physiological and environmental to the inclusion of the hedgehog in myth, legend, art and literature, The Hedgehog Book is an ideal guide to its subject for all nature lovers, beautifully illustrated throughout with new photography and artwork. Chapters include: Hedgehog Life Threats to Hedgehogs The Hedgehog in Myth and Legend The Hedgehog in Art and Literature
Author : Tim Knight
Publisher : Collins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 31,8 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Nature conservation
ISBN : 9780008276454
Established over a century ago, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) was the world's first international conservation organisation. The pioneering work of its founders in Africa led to the creation of numerous protected areas, including Kruger and Serengeti National Parks. For the first time, the story of FFI's history is told in its entirety.
Author : Pat Morris
Publisher :
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 20,98 MB
Release : 2014-05-31
Category :
ISBN : 9781873580905
Author : Dominic Couzens
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 22,54 MB
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0008438625
Whether you would like to learn how to build a bird box, dig a hedgehog tunnel or implement broader environmental changes in your community, this practical guide to saving our most endangered species will teach you how you can help on an individual, local and national level.
Author : James C. Scott
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 19,69 MB
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300252986
“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University
Author : David Woodfall
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 21,40 MB
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0008300488
A hopeful yet practical collection of essays exploring the many opportunities and benefits of rewilding and how to get involved today. Highly illustrated with nature photography tracing landscape change over thousands of years.
