Wild Flowers of Britain: Over a Thousand Species By Photographic Identification (A Pan Original)

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Here is our list of the best nature and wildlife books and the best British bird identification books. There are also some top tips if you’re keen to discover where to find the most attractive and special wildflowers Scotland has to offer. YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface.

This book has been produced in association with the British conservation charity, Plantlife, which aims to save threatened wildflowers, fungi and plants.These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Where the Wildflowers Grow is an intriguing and timely exploration of the importance of Britain and Ireland’s plant life. The illustrations are also on the same page as the descriptions which makes for straightforward, faff-free reading.

The Library, Art and Archives at Kew is one of the most extensive botanical libraries in the world, with the oldest item dating back to the 1370s. His journey takes him from the Cornish coast to the pine forests of Scotland – even to the streets of London, proving that nature can be found in the most unexpected places.

From flowers of hedgerow and prairie to desert blooms and rainforest orchids, this book is bursting with beautiful wildflowers from different environments all around the world. The Introduction pages are clear and give straight forward information on how to use the book and on specimens, photographs and indexes. This wildflower identification book aims to make the art of identifying wildflowers in Britain and Ireland as easy as possible through use of clear language and useful close-ups. You can learn about 500 of Britain’s most exquisite wildflowers in this informative book which is divided by habitat, covering woods, downs and dales, lanes and hedgerows, meadows, marshes and streams, coast, moors and mountains and wasteland.

Plantlife * 'A delightful, soothing book, packed with enlightening information about the natural world and the threats it faces.Along the way, Leif highlights the joy and positivity that can be found through understanding nature and why it is so desperately important to protect our wildflowers. A wonderful companion to The Orkney Book of Birds, now also just been reprinted, with informative text by Tim Dean and wonderful artwork by Anne Bignall.