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From David Attenborough to Robert Macfarlane, here you’ll find our bestselling new nature books and best-loved nature writing classics. Explore our huge selection of nature guides and handbooks or pick the perfect present for a budding naturalist from our range of wonderful nature books for children. Here you’ll also find our range of beautiful nature-themed gifts.

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Our Best Nature Books

A Life on Our Planet
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A Life on Our Planet
Sir David Attenborough
£20.00   £17.99
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My Garden World
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My Garden World
Monty Don
£20.00   £16.99
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Entangled Life
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Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake
£20.00   £17.99
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Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess
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Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Amanda Owen
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
The Lost Spells
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The Lost Spells
Robert Macfarlane
£14.99
Hardback
The Wild Silence
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The Wild Silence
Raynor Winn
£14.99   £12.99
Hardback
Diary of a Young Naturalist
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Diary of a Young Naturalist
Dara McAnulty
£16.00   £14.99
Hardback
The Almanac
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The Almanac
Lia Leendertz
£10.99
Hardback
The Yorkshire Shepherdess
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The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Amanda Owen
£8.99
Paperback
Back to Nature
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Back to Nature
Chris Packham
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
English Pastoral
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English Pastoral
James Rebanks
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Wilding
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Wilding
Isabella Tree
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
A Life on Our Planet
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A Life on Our Planet
Sir David Attenborough
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Rewild Yourself
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Rewild Yourself
Simon Barnes
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
The Hidden Life of Trees
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The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben
£9.99
Paperback
Mudlarking
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Mudlarking
Lara Maiklem
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
The Forager's Calendar
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The Forager's Calendar
John Wright
£12.00
Paperback
Vesper Flights
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Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald
£16.99   £14.99
Hardback

New for 2020

A Perfect Planet
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A Perfect Planet
Huw Cordey
£25.00   £20.00
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The Book of Trespass
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The Book of Trespass
Nick Hayes
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Vesper Flights
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Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald
£16.99   £14.99
Hardback
Antlers of Water
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Antlers of Water
Kathleen Jamie
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Featherhood
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Featherhood
Charlie Gilmour
£16.99   £14.99
Hardback
The Accidental Countryside
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The Accidental Countryside
Stephen Moss
£16.99   £14.99
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Native
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Native
Patrick Laurie
£14.99   £12.99
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The Well Gardened Mind
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The Well Gardened Mind
Sue Stuart-Smith
£20.00   £17.99
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His Imperial Majesty
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His Imperial Majesty
Matthew Oates
£20.00   £17.99
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The Bird Way
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The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman
£14.99   £12.99
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The Nature of Summer
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The Nature of Summer
Jim Crumley
£12.99
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Bringing Back the Beaver
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Bringing Back the Beaver
Derek Gow
£20.00   £17.99
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The Natural Health Service
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The Natural Health Service
Isabel Hardman
£16.99   £14.99
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Owls of the Eastern Ice
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Owls of the Eastern Ice
Jonathan C. Slaght
£20.00   £17.99
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The Gospel of the Eels
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The Gospel of the Eels
Patrik Svensson
£16.99   £14.99
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The Seaweed Collector's Handbook
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The Seaweed Collector's Handbook
Miek Zwamborn
£12.99
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The Swallow
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The Swallow
Stephen Moss
£12.99   £10.99
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2020's Best Paperbacks

Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess
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Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Amanda Owen
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Mudlarking
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Mudlarking
Lara Maiklem
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Rewild Yourself
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Rewild Yourself
Simon Barnes
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Underland
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Underland
Robert Macfarlane
£10.99   £8.99
Paperback
Extraordinary Insects
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Extraordinary Insects
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
£9.99
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Ghostland
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Ghostland
Edward Parnell
£9.99   £8.49
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The Forager's Calendar
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The Forager's Calendar
John Wright
£12.00
Paperback
Around the World in 80 Trees
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Around the World in 80 Trees
Jonathan Drori
£12.99
Paperback
Rebirding
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Rebirding
Benedict Macdonald
£9.99
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The Wild Journal
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The Wild Journal
Willow Crossley
£10.99
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The Fens
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The Fens
Francis Pryor
£9.99
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The Garden Jungle
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The Garden Jungle
Dave Goulson
£9.99   £8.49
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The Way Home
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The Way Home
Mark Boyle
£9.99
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'Cherry' Ingram
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'Cherry' Ingram
Naoko Abe
£10.99
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Wintering
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Wintering
Stephen Rutt
£9.99
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The Seafarers
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The Seafarers
Stephen Rutt
£9.99
Paperback
Incredible Journeys
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Incredible Journeys
David Barrie
£9.99
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Salt On Your Tongue
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Salt On Your Tongue
Charlotte Runcie
£9.99
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Naturally Delightful Gift Ideas

Dinosaur Bingo
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Dinosaur Bingo
Caroline Selmes
£16.99
Cards
Matt Sewell's Our British Birds 500pc Puzzle
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Matt Sewell's Our British Birds 500pc Puzzle
£8.99
Jigsaw
The Lost Words
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The Lost Words
Robert Macfarlane
£16.99
Jigsaw
Match a Leaf
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Match a Leaf
Tony Kirkham
£14.99
Cards
Voysey Owl Elasticated Journal
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Voysey Owl Elasticated Journal
£8.50
Notebook / blank book
Ocean Bingo
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Ocean Bingo
Holly Exley
£19.99
Cards
Bee Clock
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Bee Clock
£12.99
General merchandise
Bird Bingo
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Bird Bingo
Christine Berrie
£19.99
Game
Wildflower Cloth Pouch
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Wildflower Cloth Pouch
£12.99
General merchandise
Almond Blossom & Swallow Exercise Book
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Almond Blossom & Swallow Exercise Book
£3.99
Notebook / blank book
Michaelmas Daisy Lined Exercise Book
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Michaelmas Daisy Lined Exercise Book
£3.99
Notebook / blank book
Ferns Cloth Bag
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Ferns Cloth Bag
£14.99
General merchandise
Yellow Ibis Elasticated Journal
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Yellow Ibis Elasticated Journal
£8.50
Notebook / blank book
Bug Bingo
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Bug Bingo
Christine Berrie
£19.99
Cards
Monkey Bingo
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Monkey Bingo
Marcel George
£19.99
Cards

Our Best Classic Nature Books

The Shepherd's Life
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The Shepherd's Life
James Rebanks
£9.99
Paperback
The Living Mountain
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The Living Mountain
Nan Shepherd
£9.99   £8.99
Paperback
H is for Hawk
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H is for Hawk
Helen MacDonald
£9.99
Paperback
The Wild Places
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The Wild Places
Robert Macfarlane
£9.99
Paperback
Meadowland
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Meadowland
John Lewis-Stempel
£9.99
Paperback
Walden
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Walden
Henry David Thoreau
£6.99
Paperback
The Running Hare
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The Running Hare
John Lewis-Stempel
£9.99
Paperback
Notes from Walnut Tree Farm
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Notes from Walnut Tree Farm
Roger Deakin
£9.99
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Badgerlands
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Badgerlands
Patrick Barkham
£9.99
Paperback
Deep Country
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Deep Country
Neil Ansell
£9.99
Paperback
Claxton
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Claxton
Mark Cocker
£9.99
Paperback
A Brush With Nature
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A Brush With Nature
Richard Mabey
£12.99
Paperback
Kilvert's Diary
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Kilvert's Diary
William Plomer
£9.99
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Counting Sheep
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Counting Sheep
Philip Walling
£9.99
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The Ring of Bright Water Trilogy
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The Ring of Bright Water Trilogy
Gavin Maxwell
£14.99
Paperback
The Goshawk
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The Goshawk
T. H. White
£12.99
Hardback
Wild Hares and Hummingbirds
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Wild Hares and Hummingbirds
Stephen Moss
£9.99
Paperback
The Snow Geese
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The Snow Geese
William Fiennes
£9.99
Paperback

Coming Soon

A Perfect Planet
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A Perfect Planet
Huw Cordey
£25.00   £20.00
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Rootbound
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Rootbound
Alice Vincent
£9.99
Paperback
The Book of the Earthworm
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The Book of the Earthworm
Sally Coulthard
£14.99
Hardback
Seed to Dust
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Seed to Dust
Marc Hamer
£14.99
Hardback
The Way Through the Woods
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The Way Through the Woods
Long Litt Woon
£9.99
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Footprints
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Footprints
David Farrier
£9.99
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The Last Giants
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The Last Giants
Levison Wood
£9.99
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Thin Places
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Thin Places
Kerri ni Dochartaigh
£14.99
Hardback
How to Be Animal
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How to Be Animal
Melanie Challenger
£18.99
Hardback
These Silent Mansions
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These Silent Mansions
Jean Sprackland
£9.99
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Native
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Native
Patrick Laurie
£9.99
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Notes from Deep Time
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Notes from Deep Time
Helen Gordon
£20.00
Hardback
Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear?
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Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear?
Lev Parikian
£9.99
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Regeneration
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Regeneration
Andrew Painting
£20.00
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Save Our Species
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Save Our Species
Dominic Couzens
£10.99
Hardback
From Field & Forest
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From Field & Forest
Anna Koska
£14.99
Hardback
Floriography
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Floriography
Sally Coulthard
£12.99
Hardback
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Nature Books for Children 

The best nature books & activities for young naturalists

The Lost Spells
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The Lost Spells
Robert Macfarlane
£14.99
Hardback
David Attenborough
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David Attenborough
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
£9.99
Hardback
Bug Hunter
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Bug Hunter
DK
£9.99
Mixed media product
On The Origin of Species
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On The Origin of Species
Sabina Radeva
£12.99
Hardback
What? Where? Why?
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What? Where? Why?
Jim Bruce
£12.99
Paperback
RSPB First Book Of Birds
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RSPB First Book Of Birds
Anita Ganeri
£5.99
Paperback
RSPB Birds
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RSPB Birds
Miranda Krestovnikoff
£12.99
Hardback
RSPB First Book Of Minibeasts
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RSPB First Book Of Minibeasts
Anita Ganeri
£5.99
Paperback
First Facts Bugs
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First Facts Bugs
DK
£6.99
Hardback
Blue Planet II
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Blue Planet II
Leisa Stewart-Sharpe
£14.99   £12.99
Hardback
A First Book of Nature
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A First Book of Nature
Nicola Davies
£12.99
Paperback
RSPB First Book Of Trees
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RSPB First Book Of Trees
Derek Niemann
£5.99
Paperback
Insect
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Insect
DK
£7.99
Paperback
The Little Book of Garden Bird Songs
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The Little Book of Garden Bird Songs
Andrea Pinnington
£12.99
Novelty book
RSPB My First Book of Garden Bugs
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RSPB My First Book of Garden Bugs
Mike Unwin
£7.99
Hardback
The Bee Book
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The Bee Book
Charlotte Milner
£12.99
Hardback
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Some Words on Birds

The best bird books

Rebirding
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Rebirding
Benedict Macdonald
£9.99
Paperback
The Seabird's Cry
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The Seabird's Cry
Adam Nicolson
£9.99
Paperback
Wintering
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Wintering
Stephen Rutt
£9.99
Paperback
RSPB Birds
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RSPB Birds
Miranda Krestovnikoff
£12.99
Hardback
H is for Hawk
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H is for Hawk
Helen MacDonald
£9.99
Paperback
The Peregrine: 50th Anniversary Edition
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The Peregrine: 50th Anniversary Edition
J. A. Baker
£12.99
Paperback
A Short Philosophy of Birds
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A Short Philosophy of Birds
Philippe J. Dubois
£9.99
Hardback
Mrs Moreau's Warbler
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Mrs Moreau's Warbler
Stephen Moss
£9.99
Paperback
The Genius of Birds
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The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman
£8.99
Paperback
A Shadow Above
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A Shadow Above
Joe Shute
£9.99
Paperback
The Seafarers
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The Seafarers
Stephen Rutt
£9.99
Paperback
Bird Migration
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Bird Migration
Ian Newton
£12.99   £10.99
Paperback
Raptor
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Raptor
James Macdonald Lockhart
£9.99
Paperback
The Meaning of Birds
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The Meaning of Birds
Simon Barnes
£10.00
Paperback
Bird Therapy
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Bird Therapy
Joe Harkness
£9.99
Paperback
The Wonderful Mr Willughby
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The Wonderful Mr Willughby
Tim Birkhead
£10.99
Paperback
Curlew Moon
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Curlew Moon
Mary Colwell
£9.99
Paperback
Birds in a Cage
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Birds in a Cage
Derek Niemann
£8.99
Paperback

Life on the Land

The best books on country living

Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess
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Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Amanda Owen
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
English Pastoral
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English Pastoral
James Rebanks
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
The Shepherd's Life
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The Shepherd's Life
James Rebanks
£9.99
Paperback
Counting Sheep
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Counting Sheep
Philip Walling
£9.99
Paperback
A Short History of the World According to Sheep
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A Short History of the World According to Sheep
Sally Coulthard
£16.99   £14.99
Hardback
The Yorkshire Shepherdess
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The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Amanda Owen
£8.99
Paperback
The Secret Life of Cows
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The Secret Life of Cows
Rosamund Young
£8.99
Paperback
Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs
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Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs
Julian Norton
£8.99
Paperback
Heida
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Heida
Steinunn Sigurdardottir
£9.99
Paperback
Park Life
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Park Life
John Bartram
£8.99
Paperback
On Sheep
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On Sheep
Axel Linden
£8.99
Paperback
Till the Cows Come Home
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Till the Cows Come Home
Philip Walling
£9.99
Paperback
Like Farmer, Like Son
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Like Farmer, Like Son
Adam Henson
£9.99
Paperback
The Illustrated Herdwick Shepherd
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The Illustrated Herdwick Shepherd
James Rebanks
£16.99
Hardback
A Farmer's Diary
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A Farmer's Diary
Sally Urwin
£14.99
Hardback
The Crofter And The Laird
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The Crofter And The Laird
John McPhee
£9.99
Paperback
Meadowland
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Meadowland
John Lewis-Stempel
£9.99
Paperback

Into the Woods 

The best books on trees and woodland

The Glorious Life of the Oak
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The Glorious Life of the Oak
John Lewis-Stempel
£9.99
Hardback
The Green Road Into The Trees
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The Green Road Into The Trees
Hugh Thomson
£9.99
Paperback
Wildwood
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Wildwood
Roger Deakin
£9.99
Paperback
Gossip from the Forest
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Gossip from the Forest
Sara Maitland
£9.99
Paperback
The Hidden Life of Trees
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The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben
£9.99
Paperback
Around the World in 80 Trees
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Around the World in 80 Trees
Jonathan Drori
£12.99
Paperback
Trees of Life
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Trees of Life
Max Adams
£25.00
Hardback
Meetings With Remarkable Trees
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Meetings With Remarkable Trees
Thomas Pakenham
£30.00
Hardback
A Wood of One's Own
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A Wood of One's Own
Ruth Pavey
£10.99
Paperback
The Wood
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The Wood
John Lewis-Stempel
£9.99
Paperback
The Wisdom of Trees
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The Wisdom of Trees
Max Adams
£10.00
Paperback
The Wood for the Trees
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The Wood for the Trees
Richard Fortey
£9.99
Paperback
Sprout Lands
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Sprout Lands
William Bryant Logan
£19.99
Hardback
The Long, Long Life of Trees
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The Long, Long Life of Trees
Fiona Stafford
£10.99
Paperback
British Trees
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British Trees
Paul Sterry
£16.99
Paperback
Trees
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Trees
Alastair Fitter
£4.99
Paperback
Collins Tree Guide
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Collins Tree Guide
Owen Johnson
£18.99
Paperback

The Natural Navigator 

The best nature guides and handbooks

British Wildlife
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British Wildlife
Paul Sterry
£16.99
Paperback
Collins Complete British Animals
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Collins Complete British Animals
Paul Sterry
£19.99
Paperback
British Insects
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British Insects
Michael Chinery
£16.99
Paperback
British Wild Flowers
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British Wild Flowers
Paul Sterry
£16.99
Paperback
British Butterflies and Moths
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British Butterflies and Moths
Paul Sterry
£19.99
Paperback
Pocket Nature Wildlife of Britain
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Pocket Nature Wildlife of Britain
DK
£16.99
Paperback
Insects
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Insects
Michael Chinery
£5.99
Paperback
Food for Free
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Food for Free
Richard Mabey
£12.99
Paperback
Collins Tree Guide
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Collins Tree Guide
Owen Johnson
£18.99
Paperback
RSPB Garden Birds
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RSPB Garden Birds
Marianne Taylor
£25.00
Hardback
RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds
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RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds
Peter Holden
£12.99
Paperback
RSPB First Book Of Minibeasts
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RSPB First Book Of Minibeasts
Anita Ganeri
£5.99
Paperback
RSPB First Book Of Trees
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RSPB First Book Of Trees
Derek Niemann
£5.99
Paperback
RSPB First Book of Flowers
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RSPB First Book of Flowers
Anita Ganeri
£5.99
Paperback
RSPB My First Book of Garden Wildlife
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RSPB My First Book of Garden Wildlife
Mike Unwin
£7.99
Hardback
The Best Books of 2020: Nature Writing

The Best Books of 2020: Nature Writing

From David Attenborough to Helen Macdonald, here are the nature writing books we've loved this year.

Dara McAnulty on Discovering the Natural World

Dara McAnulty on Discovering the Natural World

Dara McAnulty, the youngest ever winner of the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing, discusses the importance of nature.

Simon Barnes on Noticing Nature

Simon Barnes on Noticing Nature

Simon Barnes, author of Rewild Yourself, our Non-fiction Book of the Month for June, reveals some tips and tricks for getting back to nature.

Stephen Moss on the Wonders of the Accidental Countryside

Stephen Moss on the Wonders of the Accidental Countryside

Stephen Moss, author of The Accidental Countryside, details the remarkable and unlikely places that nature can flourish.