Continuing our weekly selection of the very best titles available through NHBS:
The Private Life of Adders
by Rodger McPhail
What?
An account of the life and behaviour of the adder – one of the UK’s six native reptile species.
Why?
Full of his own close-up photographs, this book is the result of McPhail’s own investigations into the natural history of the adder. The succinct chapters cover the range of subjects from basking, sloughing and venom to predation and the life-cycle. There are also appraisals of habitat management and conservation, and an appendix providing details of further resources. His love and enthusiasm for the countryside and its birds and animals are evident throughout this work which is brought to life by the rich variety of portraits – of adders, and their neighbours.
Who?
Rodger McPhail has had a life-long fascination with adders. Born in Lancashire in 1953, he studied at the Coventry Art College at Lanchester Polytechnic for one year before being accepted at Liverpool Art College in 1972. He is widely known as one of Britain’s most outstanding wildlife and sporting artists. His work is sought after internationally.
