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Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland - Richard Lewington

Description: ISBN 0953139913 / Genre: Science / Nature / Author: Richard Lewington / Paperback / 144 Pages / Book is published 2003-06-16 by British ... more

Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland - Richard Lewington ... Wildlife Publishing

Newest Review: ... introduction the author describes how British butterflies have been, and continue to be the, most studied butterflies in the ... more

... world. This nation has a long history of butterfly watching, with more and more people getting involved in recent years. This increase in activity in butterfly watching is in stark contrast, however, to the gradual decline of butterflies in this country, so Lewington goes through considerable effort to provide a great deal of information to do with conservation and how the reader can get involved. A short reference section describes anatomy and life cycle of a butterfly as well as detailing the five families of Br...more

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Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland - Richard Lewington: A Great Butterfly Handbook (610 words)
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When I am out an about in the countryside I have a backpack containing a number of things, in particular a few field guides. One of the books that never leaves my side is Richard Lewington's Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. There are only 69 butterflies resident to the British Isles, so a field guide devoted to them will always be pocket size, and at 144 pages long, this book is certainly diminutive. What the Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland lacks in size it more than makes up with content, artwork and information, making this book the best field reference guide to arguably our most beguiling of ... Read the complete review