Since it was first published a decade ago, Birds of Europe has become the definitive field guide to the diverse birdlife found in Europe.
Now this superb guide has been brought fully up to date with revised text and maps along with added illustrations.
Uniquely designed for easy use in the field, this expanded edition covers all 772 species found in the region as well as 32 introduced species or variants and 118 very rare visitors.
Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, voice, habitat, range, and size.
More than 3.500 full-color illustrations depict every species and all major plumage variations, and color distribution maps provide breeding, wintering, and migration ranges for every species.
Complete with an introduction to each group of birds that addresses major problems of observation and identification, this new edition is the ultimate field guide to Europe's fascinating birdlife.

A comprehensive field guide and key to the butterflies of Europe.

Contains over 400 distributions maps, taxonomic keys, and detailed drawing of genitalia to assist identification of difficult species.

Using Butterflies of Europe, all identification of species can be carried out ethically, i.e. without killing the specimen.

This new identification guide to all the dragonflies and damselflies of Britain and Europe brings together some of the top field experts from across the Continent with Richard Lewington, generally accepted to be Europe's foremost illustrator of insects.
The guide covers the whole of Europe from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean basin, including western Turkey, Cyprus, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and the Azores, Canaries and Madeira.
It includes almost 1,000 superbly detailed artworks, line drawings and photographs of all 160 species found in Europe; up-to-date newly researched distribution maps; and, a comprehensive introduction.
It is a unique county-by-country guide to finding dragonflies throughout Europe.

A comprehensive field guide to every species of newt, salamader, frog, tortoise, terrapin, turtle, lizard and snake in Europe.
The only truly pocket-sized quide and the most up-to-date in termsof taxonomy.

• 300 colour photographs showing key identification features, difference between males and females, subspecies and other variations for many species.
• species occuring in Britain or which are widespread in continental Europe recieve greater coverage.
• includes a detailed distribution map for each species
• 143 detailed species accounts covering ID, habitat, range, food, breeding, hibernation and subspecies
• 59 concise accounts for species with restricted ranges, most including a distribution map
• accounts colour coded by family for quick reference

Southern Spain has a particularly rich and varied flora.
This photographic field guide describes a representative selection of the most frequent and characteristic flowering plants to be found in this part of south-east Spain, many of which can also be seen anywhere in southern Spain or further afield.
The area covered spans 2000 m in altitude and takes in a variety of largely Mediterranean vegetation types, of which those dominated by the aromatic thymes and colourful brooms are amongst the most spectacular.
Wild Flowers of Eastern Andalucia describes 625 species, with 575 illustrated by colour photographs. It will appeal to local residents or holidaymakers, visiting botanists or anyone with an interest in wild flowers who is planning to visit the region.
There is an introductory account for each plant family and each species account also includes the English and local Spanish names where known and a summary of cultural and medicinal uses.

Botanist Sarah Ball is a regular visitor to the Almería and Sierra de los Filabres regions in eastern Andalucía, Spain. She has helped run field courses for the University of Reading, the Eden Project, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for many years.