A second edition of the comprehensive photographic guide to 472 species of European butterfly with another 64 North African and Turkish species thrown in for good measure. This is a commendably simple book – you get lots of very good photographs of all the butterflies you might see in Europe with enough additional information to…
Category: BOOK REVIEWS
Sunday book review – Green and Prosperous Land by Dieter Helm
This book, out of 25+ I reviewed in 2019, was the title I chose as my wildlife book of the year – I recommend it highly. You can buy this book from Bookshop.org and I have set up a booklist to make that easy through this link https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/MarkAvery Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Bookshop.org…
Sunday book review – Rebirding by Benedict Macdonald
This book is a ‘Must read’ and a ‘Good read’ but not necessarily a ‘Must agree with’ type of book. By which I mean that it is well written and has the right mixture of interesting facts and well-explained views mixed in with a few areas where I thought (you might not) ‘Hang on, I…
Sunday Book review – The Worshipful Companies by Stuart Medland
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Reviewed by Ian Carter This landscape format book is the second in a series on Norfolk wildlife by the same author. It deals with the Norfolk coast and combines photographs of wildlife (mostly birds) and poems, with a short accompanying text. The ‘worshipful companies’ bit is his comparison of the different bird species with medieval…
Guest blog – New Year, New Moon Bird by Kerri ni Dochartaigh
Kerri ní Dochartaigh is a writer who grew up during the Troubles that ravaged Ireland. She lives in a very northwesterly part of the island, where the sky is grey and unbearably beautiful. She writes about nature, literature, place, beauty, grieving and healing. She writes at her kitchen table with the back door open; even…
Sunday book review – The Wild Remedy by Emma Mitchell
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Reviewed by Ian Carter It is increasingly widely recognised that nature is good for us. Most of us instinctively know this to be true and the science is gradually getting to grips with how this works; the biochemistry of a visit to the local woods and its impacts on our health and well-being. Science is…
Two books I’m reading at the moment
Reviews will appear closer to publication date. Rebirding by Ben Macdonald is published by Pelagic Publishing. Bird Therapy by Joe Harkness is published by Unbound.
Sunday book review – Noor by Andy Rouse and Aditya Singh
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I’ve never seen a Tiger in the wild and I probably never will. But this book introduces the reader to one tigress, Noor, and her family, and the place she lives, Ranthambhore National Park. This is a feast of images and a pleasure to hold in one’s hands and turn the pages. Aren’t Tigers amazing?…
Sunday book review – A Field Guide to the Carnivores of the World by Luke Hunter and Priscilla Barrett
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This is an updated edition of a book which covers many of the most charismatic speces on this planet. From Polar Bear to Least Weasel (that’s our Weasel Mustela nivalis) this book beautifully illustrates mammals with sharp teeth from the biggest to the smallest. The illustrations are very attractive and cover many subspecies and a…
This blog’s books of the year 2018
This blog has reviewed 41 books this year (and many thanks to Ian Carter for his reviews). My selection of the ‘top 4’ books of the year is as follows; Number 4 A tour-de-force of clear writing about a technical subject. Deserves to be widely read. Which birds are related to which others most closely?…