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Book cover for Small Game Hunter, featuring illustrated insects and green foliage

Small Game Hunter

Peter Smithers

Small Game Hunter is a captivating biography shaped by the author’s lifelong encounters with insects and spiders. It spans moths drawn to light traps and …

A Weed-lover’s Calendar – Secrets of those errant plants revealed

Rachel Fulcher

Discover the hidden pleasures of weeding! Ever wondered how many weed species there might be in your garden? Rachel Fulcher discovered up to 88 different …

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An Introduction to the Butterflies of Cyprus

Adrian M Riley

A photographic pocket guide designed to help you identify both resident and migratory butterflies found on the island. Cyprus is home to a wide variety …

Bringing Home the Cows – Growing up on a wild Devon farm

Bill Symondson

This is the story of a boy growing up on a farm in the 1960s. Nine-year old Bill, the author, moves with his family from …

An Invertebrate Fable – Ten Sequences of poetry about insects, gastropods & arthropods

Simon Zonenblick

Invertebrates are fascinating, their shapes and behaviour intriguing. In this anthology, the author takes us into the English countryside in search of butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, …

Bee Tiger

Philip Howse

The Death’s Head Hawk-Moth through the Looking-glass. Philip Howse, an expert on mimicry, takes us on a tour de force of the biology and rich …

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Discovering British Wild Flowers

Deirdre Shirreffs

Out and About (wildflowers UK ID) This is a bright and cheerful photographic identification guide aimed at youngsters to help them discover wild flowers when …

Dragons and Damsels

Adrian Riley

An identification guide to the British and Irish Odonata. This is a comprehensive and user-friendly photographic identification guide to all species, sexes and forms of …

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Bee Tiger

Philip Howse

The Death’s Head Hawk-Moth through the Looking-glass. Philip Howse, an expert on mimicry, takes us on a tour de force of the biology and rich …

Cover of Discovering British Wild Flowers

Discovering British Wild Flowers

Deirdre Shirreffs

Out and About (wildflowers UK ID) This is a bright and cheerful photographic identification guide aimed at youngsters to help them discover wild flowers when …

Making Wildlife Ponds – How to create a pond to attract wildlife to your garden

Jenny Steel

Any kind of access to water in your garden will attract new wildlife, such as damsel- and dragonflies, toads and frogs to breed, birds to …

Making Garden Meadows – How to create a natural haven for wildlife

Jenny Steel

Making Garden Meadows will tell you how to create a meadow area in your garden, full of wildflowers and teeming with wildlife. Also how to …

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Wonderful reviews from Toppsta

January 20, 2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a truly lovely read that feels gentle, warm, and full of charm… You follow Harry, a boy with a passion for fishing, the story takes us to his favourite spot beside a crystal clear stream. The storytelling is whimsical and engaging, and it genuinely reminded me of …

Great things are on the horizon

December 15, 2025

Great things are on the horizon!   Something big is brewing! Our store is in the works and will be launching soon!

Xmas Market at Heasley Mill

November 24, 2025

Brambleby Books Christmas Market at Heasley Mill, North Molton EX36 3LE Join us on 6th December at 1 – 4pm. Here is more information.