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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 …

News and Views

A third of new pupils unable to use books

April 20, 2026

Nearly a third of children cannot use books when they start school, with some even trying to swipe and zoom on the pages, a survey from Kindred Squared has shown. Source: The Booksellers Newsletter 20/4/26

Reflections on reflections

February 15, 2026

Animal behaviour is often more complex than it first appears. The other day I was sitting at my desk upstairs typing away on my computer when I heard a strange tapping noise coming from below in the back garden. It persisted for some minutes and intrigued, I eventually got up …

Exhibition of insect inspired art in Bath

February 10, 2026

Author Peter Smithers, author of Small Game Hunter, is taking part at the exhibition of inspired art in Bath. Have a look! Venue: BATH ROYAL LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE 2 – 25 FEBRUARY 2026 Mon–Sat 10am–4pm  |  Admission Free Here is an article in Bath Magazine that is leading up …