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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 Bestselling Nature Books

A Flat Place
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A Flat Place
Noreen Masud
£10.99   £9.49
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By the River
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By the River
Various Contributors
£9.99   £8.49
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Ten Birds That Changed the World
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Ten Birds That Changed the World
Stephen Moss
£10.99
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The Golden Mole
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The Golden Mole
Katherine Rundell
£10.99
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The Lost Rainforests of Britain
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The Lost Rainforests of Britain
Guy Shrubsole
£10.99   £9.49
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RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds
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RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds
Marianne Taylor
£8.99
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The Wild Silence
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The Wild Silence
Raynor Winn
£10.99
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The Rising Down
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The Rising Down
Alexandra Harris
£25.00
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Braiding Sweetgrass
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Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer
£10.99
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The Hidden Life of Trees
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The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben
£9.99
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The Year of Sitting Dangerously
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The Year of Sitting Dangerously
Simon Barnes
£10.99
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Food For Free
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Food For Free
Richard Mabey
£6.99
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Bitch
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Bitch
Lucy Cooke
£10.99
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The Observant Walker
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The Observant Walker
John Wright
£12.99   £10.99
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The Forager's Calendar
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The Forager's Calendar
John Wright
£14.99
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Sarn Helen
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Sarn Helen
Tom Bullough
£10.99   £9.49
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George
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George
Frieda Hughes
£10.99
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Our Best New Nature Books

Trelawny’s Cornwall
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Trelawny’s Cornwall
Petroc Trelawny
£22.00   £18.99
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The Rising Down
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The Rising Down
Alexandra Harris
£25.00
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Local
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Local
Alastair Humphreys
£12.99
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The Physics of Climate Change
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The Physics of Climate Change
Lawrence M. Krauss
£9.99
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Fifty Things to Do in the Snow
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Fifty Things to Do in the Snow
Richard Skrein
£12.99
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Grounded
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Grounded
James Canton
£10.99
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The Wild Remedy Journal
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The Wild Remedy Journal
Emma Mitchell
£12.99
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Twelve Moons
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Twelve Moons
Caro Giles
£9.99
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Groundbreakers
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Groundbreakers
Chantal Lyons
£20.00
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The Hidden Life of Garden Birds
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The Hidden Life of Garden Birds
Dominic Couzens
£18.99
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The Weather Book
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The Weather Book
Diana Craig
£9.99
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Cry of the Wild
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Cry of the Wild
Charles Foster
£10.99
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The Life of Birds
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The Life of Birds
Sir David Attenborough
£25.00
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All My Wild Mothers
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All My Wild Mothers
Victoria Bennett
£12.99
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A Cold Spell
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A Cold Spell
Max Leonard
£20.00
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The Tree Almanac 2024
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The Tree Almanac 2024
Dr. Gabriel Hemery
£14.99
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A Housefly Buzzes in the Key of F
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A Housefly Buzzes in the Key of F
BBC Studios
£14.99
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Birding Under the Influence
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Birding Under the Influence
Dorian Anderson
£20.00
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England: A Natural History (Hardback)
John Lewis-Stempel
£25.00 £21.99
Hardback
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From coast to moor and park to village, the acclaimed naturalist and author of Meadowland weaves an elegant natural history of England in luminous prose.
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Luxury Editions & Gift Books

Overleaf
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Overleaf
Richard Ogilvy
£25.00   £19.99
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A Year in Story and Song
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A Year in Story and Song
Lia Leendertz
£10.00
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The Tree Almanac 2025
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The Tree Almanac 2025
Dr. Gabriel Hemery
£16.99
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Wild Service
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Wild Service
Nick Hayes
£20.00
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The Gardening Book
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The Gardening Book
Monty Don
£30.00
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The Lost Spells
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The Lost Spells
Robert Macfarlane
£14.99
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Fifty Things to Do by the Sea
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Fifty Things to Do by the Sea
Easkey Britton
£12.99
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The Owl
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The Owl
Stephen Moss
£14.99
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The Book of Wilding
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The Book of Wilding
Isabella Tree
£35.00
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Britain’s Landmarks and Legends
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Britain’s Landmarks and Legends
Jo Woolf
£12.99
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The Book of Wild Flowers
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The Book of Wild Flowers
Angie Lewin
£16.99
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Planet Earth III
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Planet Earth III
Matt Brandon
£30.00
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Nature's Calendar
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Nature's Calendar
Kiera Chapman
£14.99
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Secret Britain
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Secret Britain
Mary-Ann Ochota
£18.99
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Natural Wonders of the World
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Natural Wonders of the World
DK
£30.00
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Great Books You Must Read

Our selection of classic titles

The Outrun
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The Outrun
Amy Liptrot
£10.99
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The Living Mountain
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The Living Mountain
Nan Shepherd
£9.99
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The Hidden Life of Trees
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The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben
£9.99
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The Shepherd's Life
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The Shepherd's Life
James Rebanks
£10.99
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H is for Hawk
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H is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald
£10.99
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Silent Spring
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Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
£10.99
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Waterlog
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Waterlog
Roger Deakin
£10.99
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The Seabird’s Cry
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The Seabird’s Cry
Adam Nicolson
£10.99
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Akenfield
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Akenfield
Ronald Blythe
£9.99
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Extraordinary Insects
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Extraordinary Insects
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
£10.99
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Where Poppies Blow
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Where Poppies Blow
John Lewis-Stempel
£10.99   £9.99
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Findings
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Findings
Kathleen Jamie
£9.99
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Leviathan
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Leviathan
Philip Hoare
£14.99
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Around the World in 80 Trees
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Around the World in 80 Trees
Jonathan Drori
£12.99
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A Wood of One's Own
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A Wood of One's Own
Ruth Pavey
£10.99
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Badgerlands
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Badgerlands
Patrick Barkham
£9.99
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Featherhood
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Featherhood
Charlie Gilmour
£8.99
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Arctic Dreams
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Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez
£10.99
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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
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RSPB First Book Of Birds
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RSPB First Book Of Birds
Anita Ganeri
£7.99
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RSPB First Book Of Minibeasts
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RSPB First Book Of Minibeasts
Anita Ganeri
£7.99
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A First Book of Nature
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A First Book of Nature
Nicola Davies
£12.99
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RSPB First Book Of Trees
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RSPB First Book Of Trees
Derek Niemann
£6.99
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On The Origin of Species
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On The Origin of Species
Sabina Radeva
£8.99
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Bugs to Spot
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Bugs to Spot
Kirsteen Robson
£3.99
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RSPB My First Book of Garden Bugs
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RSPB My First Book of Garden Bugs
Mike Unwin
£8.99
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First Sticker Book Planet Earth
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First Sticker Book Planet Earth
Kristie Pickersgill
£5.99
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Slow Down
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Slow Down
Rachel Williams
£20.00
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Poppy and Sam's Nature Spotting Book
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Poppy and Sam's Nature Spotting Book
Kate Nolan
£7.99
Board book
Fungarium
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Fungarium
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
£20.00
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Bugs Magic Painting Book
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Bugs Magic Painting Book
Abigail Wheatley
£6.99
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The Little Book of Garden Bird Songs
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The Little Book of Garden Bird Songs
Andrea Pinnington
£14.99
Novelty book
More Birds
More Birds: Paintings of British Birds (Hardback)
Jim Moir
£16.99
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Coming soon - 24/10/2024
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A beautiful collection of bird paintings from Sunday Times-bestselling author Jim Moir, the artist formerly known as Vic Reeves.
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Some Words on Birds

The best bird books

H is for Hawk
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H is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald
£10.99
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The Seabird’s Cry
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The Seabird’s Cry
Adam Nicolson
£10.99
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Birds
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Birds
Jim Moir
£14.99
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Rebirding
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Rebirding
Benedict Macdonald
£10.99
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The Peregrine: 50th Anniversary Edition
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The Peregrine: 50th Anniversary Edition
J. A. Baker
£14.99
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Birds and Us
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Birds and Us
Tim Birkhead
£14.99
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The Swan
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The Swan
Stephen Moss
£12.99
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Featherhood
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Featherhood
Charlie Gilmour
£8.99
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12 Birds to Save Your Life
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12 Birds to Save Your Life
Charlie Corbett
£10.99
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Birdsong in a Time of Silence
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Birdsong in a Time of Silence
Steven Lovatt
£10.99
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In Search of One Last Song
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In Search of One Last Song
Patrick Galbraith
£9.99
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Ten Birds That Changed the World
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Ten Birds That Changed the World
Stephen Moss
£16.99
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Mrs Moreau's Warbler
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Mrs Moreau's Warbler
Stephen Moss
£10.99
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A World on the Wing
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A World on the Wing
Charles Scott Weidensaul
£10.99
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The Seafarers
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The Seafarers
Stephen Rutt
£9.99
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Swifts and Us
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Swifts and Us
Sarah Gibson
£10.99
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Wintering
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Wintering
Stephen Rutt
£10.99
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Fledgling
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Fledgling
Hannah Bourne-Taylor
£9.99
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Life on the Land

The best books on country living

The Shepherd's Life
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The Shepherd's Life
James Rebanks
£10.99
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English Pastoral
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English Pastoral
James Rebanks
£10.99
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Field Work
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Field Work
Bella Bathurst
£10.99
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Wild Fell
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Wild Fell
Lee Schofield
£10.99
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The Way Home
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The Way Home
Mark Boyle
£10.99
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The Secret Life of Cows
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The Secret Life of Cows
Rosamund Young
£10.99
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Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess
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Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Amanda Owen
£8.99
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Native
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Native
Patrick Laurie
£9.99
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Make Hay While the Sun Shines
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Make Hay While the Sun Shines
Tom Pemberton
£9.99
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A Year on Our Farm
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A Year on Our Farm
Matt Baker
£10.99
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All Creatures Great and Small
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All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot
£10.99
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Springtime at Cannon Hall Farm
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Springtime at Cannon Hall Farm
The Nicholson Family
£22.00   £7.00
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The Way of the Hermit
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The Way of the Hermit
Ken Smith
£16.99
Hardback
My Farming Life
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My Farming Life
Emma Gray
£9.99
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Woodston
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Woodston
John Lewis-Stempel
£20.00
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Rural
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Rural
Rebecca Smith
£18.99
Hardback

Into the Woods 

The best books on trees and woodland

The Hidden Life of Trees
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The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben
£9.99
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Trees
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Trees
Alastair Fitter
£6.99
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Wildwood
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Wildwood
Roger Deakin
£10.99
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British Trees
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British Trees
Paul Sterry
£16.99
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Finding the Mother Tree
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Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard
£12.99
Paperback
Collins Tree Guide
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Collins Tree Guide
Owen Johnson
£19.99
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The Treeline
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The Treeline
Ben Rawlence
£10.99
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Around the World in 80 Trees
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Around the World in 80 Trees
Jonathan Drori
£12.99
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A Wood of One's Own
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A Wood of One's Own
Ruth Pavey
£10.99
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The Heartbeat of Trees
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The Heartbeat of Trees
Peter Wohlleben
£9.99
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How to Read a Tree
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How to Read a Tree
Tristan Gooley
£22.00
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Gossip from the Forest
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Gossip from the Forest
Sara Maitland
£10.99
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The Wisdom of Trees
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The Wisdom of Trees
Max Adams
£10.99
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Woodlands
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Woodlands
Oliver Rackham
£16.99
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Oak and Ash and Thorn
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Oak and Ash and Thorn
Peter Fiennes
£10.99
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The Long, Long Life of Trees
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The Long, Long Life of Trees
Fiona Stafford
£11.99
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Meetings With Remarkable Trees
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Meetings With Remarkable Trees
Thomas Pakenham
£40.00
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The Natural Navigator 

The best nature guides and handbooks

RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds
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RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds
Marianne Taylor
£8.99
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Insects
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Insects
Michael Chinery
£6.99
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Collins Tree Guide
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Collins Tree Guide
Owen Johnson
£19.99
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British Insects
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British Insects
Michael Chinery
£19.99
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British Wild Flowers
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British Wild Flowers
Paul Sterry
£16.99
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RSPB First Book Of Minibeasts
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RSPB First Book Of Minibeasts
Anita Ganeri
£7.99
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British Wildlife
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British Wildlife
Paul Sterry
£16.99
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Food for Free
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Food for Free
Richard Mabey
£14.99
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RSPB First Book Of Trees
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RSPB First Book Of Trees
Derek Niemann
£6.99
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Seashore
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Seashore
Rod Preston-Mafham
£6.99
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British Butterflies and Moths
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British Butterflies and Moths
Paul Sterry
£19.99
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RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds
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RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds
Peter Holden
£14.99
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Collins Complete British Animals
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Collins Complete British Animals
Paul Sterry
£19.99
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RSPB First Book of Flowers
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RSPB First Book of Flowers
Anita Ganeri
£6.99
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RSPB My First Book of Garden Wildlife
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RSPB My First Book of Garden Wildlife
Mike Unwin
£8.99
Hardback
RSPB Garden Birds
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RSPB Garden Birds
Marianne Taylor
£25.00
Hardback
Pocket Nature Wildlife of Britain
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Pocket Nature Wildlife of Britain
DK
£16.99
Paperback
The Non-Fiction You Need to Read in 2024

The Non-Fiction You Need to Read in 2024

Ranging across biography, history, cookery and more, discover the non-fiction books we are most excited about in 2024.

The Waterstones Round Up: July's Best Books

The Waterstones Round Up: July's Best Books

The Waterstones Blog presents the very best books published this July.

The Best Books of 2023: Nature & Travel

The Best Books of 2023: Nature & Travel

From Isabella Tree to Chris Broad, discover the nature and travel books we've loved this year.

Ed Winters on the Death of Animals

Ed Winters on the Death of Animals

The author of How to Argue With a Meat Eater and Vegan Propaganda discusses the ethics of killing animals.

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