Mongooses are a remarkable and fascinating group of small carnivores, with 25 species occurring i...

Shorebirds, or waders, are a large group of small to medium-sized birds that occur worldwide, in ...

Recounted with his usual level of meticulous historical research, Rod weaves an easily readable a...

This accessible introduction to animal behaviour provides an authoritative yet reader-friendly gu...

In November 1943, four years into World War II, Corporal Sid Wade, a conscripted and reluctant so...

This wonderful book describes the fascinating lives of the two most ubiquitous shorebirds in the ...

Classic of wilderness writing by well known author - still sells

Captain Woodfield made 20 seasonal voyages to the Antarctic on three research ships between 1955 ...

The British have always had a special affinity for the seaside and piers are the epitome of the B...

In clear and utterly compelling English, this moving memoir tells the story of the agony, and the...

First class nature writing from an acknowledged master

Using vivid extracts from field notebooks and profusely illustrated with photographs as well as p...

A systematic and comprehensive approach for the use of small mobile unmanned systems for robotic ...

This is a book about what it's like being a birder in an age of natural decline. It is part autob...

A mythical tale of genuine power from a true wordsmith

Individuals from Caithness who made a difference all over the world - USA, Canada, Australia etc

Farmland wildlife has been decimated by intensive crop growing using pesticides, grubbing up hedg...

The story of the conversion of a general dumping-ground to a rich and productive wildlife haven

A novel set in a Highland shooting lodge, where the focus is a hunt in a remote deer forest; but ...

Simply Stairs is a ‘how to’ book which guides the reader through all aspects of the design and co...

The West Highland Way is Scotland’s first official Long Distance Route and runs nearly 100 miles....

From all around the coast, from the remote wildness of Cullykhan in Aberdeenshire to the bustling...

A trade union and maritime history with lessons for today. It is also the story of how maritime p...

This volume provides an integration of the essentials of environmental and engineering geology, g...