Author Interview with Peter Holden and Geoffrey Abbot: RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife
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Now in its third edition, the RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife is a comprehensive and inspiring guide to making the most of your garden for wildlife. Full of practical tips, the book provides information on what plants to grow and how to structure your outside space to make it as attractive as possible for mammals, birds, insects, invertebrates, reptiles and amphibians. A DIY chapter includes lots of projects such as nest box building and making your own pond, and a comprehensive species account section includes information and colour photographs of almost 400 garden species.
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Peter Holden is the author of the bestselling RSPB Handbook of British Birds. He held senior positions at the RSPB for over 30 years and is the author of several books. Geoffrey Abbott formerly worked for the RSPB and now lectures part-time for the Field Studies Council. He is responsible for the book's plants and insects sections.
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In this Q&A, we chatted with Peter and Geoffrey about the book, about the importance and benefits of keeping our gardens ‘wild’ and their recommendations for small but impactful changes we can make in our outdoor spaces.
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Richard Jefferies (1848–1887) was a prolific and sensitive nature writer who produced a rich and varied body of work, including essays, nature writing and novels. Raised on a small Wiltshire farm, his writings focus in large part on the experiences of rural English life and connection with the natural world.
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The Richard Jefferies Award, bestowed by the Richard Jefferies Society and sponsored by The White Horse Bookshop, is awarded each year to reflect the heritage, content and spirit of Jefferies' books. The short list, featured below, was announced on the 23rd January and the winner, who will receive £1,000 and a year's membership to the Richard Jefferies Society, will be announced in June.
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This month, browse our newly catalogued books on Leon's bookshelf and explore our selection of garden wildlife equipment in Luanne's kit bag.
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Wild Isles
March 2023
Wild Isles is a celebration of the wildlife found on a relatively modest collection of islands, positioned at a latitude so northerly that they are unattractive to many animals and plants. This book explores the fascinating relationships within and between species who make their home on these beautiful isles.
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Pulsar Merger LRF XP50 Thermal Imaging Binoculars
The Merger LRF XP50 has a variable magnification of 2.5-20x and a digital zoom of 8x, making it suitable for use over long distances. The 8x digital zoom can either be adjusted gradually in steps of 2x or continually for fine control. It has an impressive detection range - a 'standard' 1.8m tall object or animal can be detected up to 1800 metres away in complete darkness.
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Author Interview with George Peterken: Trees and Woodlands
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Written by one of the UK's most highly regarded forest ecologists, Trees and Woodlands weaves together personal stories and scientific research in a thorough exploration of our woodlands, their ecology and how we as humans have interacted with them over the course of history. The 12th installment in the popular British Wildlife Collection, Trees and Woodlands will appeal to anyone who is fascinated by the stories told by our native woodlands and who is invested in their future.
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George Peterken worked with the Nature Conservancy to start the ancient woodland inventory and later worked as nature conservation adviser at the Forestry Commission. His research interests have centred on nature conservation, natural woodland and long-term and large-scale aspects of woodland ecology. He is the author of a large number of books on both woodlands and meadows and was awarded an OBE for services to forestry in 1994.
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In this Q&A we chatted with George about the book, about his life and career as a woodland ecologist and about his hopes for the future of woodlands in the UK.
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Twenty years of Conservation Land Management
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Conservation Land Management magazine (CLM), published by NHBS since 2016, is celebrating its 20th year in print. Throughout this time, CLM has strived to showcase innovative conservation projects, novel management techniques and personal experiences and insights of those working on the ground.
The upcoming Spring 2023 issue is set to feature a variety of informative and thought-provoking articles, including:
- Incorporating invertebrates into site management: benefits, challenges and key considerations, by Roger Morris, Keith Alexander & Robert Wolton
- Managing Aspen stands in the Scottish Highlands for deadwood insects, by Iain MacGowan
- Soil management on the farm, by Becky Willson
- Bringing lost ponds back to life: the art of ghost pond resurrection, by Carl Sayer, Helene Burningham, Emily Alderton, Jan Axmacher, Peter Robinson, Helen Greaves and Andrew Hind
- Improving river habitat by removing weirs and dams, by Tim Jacklin.
CLM is published four times a year, in March, June, September and December, and is available by subscription only, delivered straight to your door. Subscriptions start from £22 per year.
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A resurrected ghost pond © Carl Sayer
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