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We are pleased to announce that the Vincent Wildlife Trust has appointed NHBS the official distributor for their publications, including the new and bestselling Lesser Horseshoe Bat Conservation Handbook.

Other Vincent Wildlife Trust publications distributed by NHBS include:

The Bats of Britain and Ireland (Bestseller)

The Polecat Survey of Britain 2004-2006 (New for 2008)

Distribution and Status of the Polecat in Britain in the 1990s

The Distribution of the Hazel Dormouse in Wales

The Vincent Wildlife Trust Review of 1997-2000

The Water Vole and Mink Survey of Britain 1996-1998

The Water Vole in Britain, 1989-1990

For more than 25 years The Vincent Wildlife Trust has been supporting wildlife conservation through research, surveys and the establishment and management of reserves for British mammals. Since 1996 the VWT has concentrated its resources on bat conservation, and particularly on the protection and enhancement of roosts for rare bats. It has also maintained its involvement with conservation-led research and survey work on pine martens, polecats, water voles and dormice.

See a complete listing of Vincent Wildlife Trust publications

Click here to find out more about the Vincent Wildlife Trust

NHBS recently attended the BTO annual conference in Swanick, Derbyshire, UK.

Bestsellers at the NHBS stand included The Migration Ecology of Birds by Ian Newton and How and Why Species Multiply by Peter Grant. Peter was a featured speaker at the conference, discussing the evolution of Darwin’s finches.

NHBS is pleased to be the official distributor for all BTO guides, including the two newest titles: Bird Ringing and Gardening for Birdwatchers.

British Moths and Butterflies – an instant bestseller! Packed with the stunning photography of Chris Manley, this new photographic guide is the perfect guide to Britain’s moths and butterflies. Its coverage is broad, including all of the 800 or so macro-moths (within which the butterflies are placed), including all vagrants, and many of the micros, along with some 300 types of caterpillars.

The authoritative text provides important information on identification, size and larval food plant for each species, within introductory sections detailing habitats, life cycles, conservation,and trapping and photographic techniques. With many people now setting up their own backyard moth traps or interested to know which species are fluttering around their light bulbs, this book provides a superb introduction to this fascinating insect group.

In stock: order your copy now.

Browse our new and bestselling moth, butterfly, and insect titles published in 2008.

For our complete range of entomology titles, browse Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Did you know we sell moth traps, butterfly nets, and collecting pots? Browse our new range of wildlife equipment.

Browse the NHBS Festive Selection, where you’ll find this season’s new and bestselling books and wildlife equipment.

Browse the Festive Selection:
Highlights | Birds | Zoology | British Wildlife | Global Wildlife | Botany | Ecology & Conservation | General Science | DVD/CD-ROM | Children’s Books and Activity Kits | Wildlife Equipment

New this week, The Art of Peter Scott is flying off the shelves. This book features a lifetime of drawings and paintings by the esteemed wildfowl artist Sir Peter Scott.

Don’t miss Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?, the latest compilation of readers’ answers to the questions presented in the popular “Last World” column in New Scientist magazine. You’ll find answers to burning questions such as: Do spiders get thirsty? How long would it take a cow to fill the Grand Canyon with milk? How do they get the stripes on toothpaste?

Collins British Wildlife is the ideal gift for the amateur wildlife enthusiast, covering all common animals, plants, insects, and more found in the British Isles, and includes over 3,500 stunning photographs. This book is on special offer until 31 January 2009; order your copy now!

The Birdwatcher’s Yearbook 2009 and the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Wall Calendar are also proving popular this festive season.

Browse the Festive Selection:
Highlights | Birds | Zoology | British Wildlife | Global Wildlife | Botany | Ecology & Conservation | General Science | DVD/CD-ROM | Children’s Books and Activity Kits | Wildlife Equipment

About the Handbook of the Mammals of the World
Handbook of the Mammals of the World is an fantastic new publishing project from Lynx Edicions, publishers of The Handbook of Birds of The World. This eight volume series will provide the first comprehensive, global handbook to the Class Mammalia. The first volume deals with the Carnivores: African Palm Civet; Cats; Linsangs; Civets, Genets and Oyans; Hyenas; Mongooses; Euplerids; Dogs; Bears; Red Panda; Racoons; Skunks; Weasels, Martens, Polecats, Badgers and Otters.

The Format of the Book
Family accounts cover the following: systematics, morphological aspects, habitat, general habits, communication, food and feeding, breeding, movement, home range and social organisation, relationship with humans, and status and conservation.

Species accounts include chapters on taxonomy, descriptive notes, habitat, food and feeding, activity patterns, movements, home range and social organization, breeding, and a bibliography.

Distribution maps, colour photos and colour illustrations throughout.

About the Authors
Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Carnivores is edited by Don E Wilson and Russell A Mittermeier; Authored by: Jerry W. Dragoo, David L. Garshelis, Philippe Gaubert, Jason S. Gilchrist, Steven M. Goodman, Kay E. Holekamp, Andrew P. Jennings, Roland W. Kays, Joseph M. Kolowski, Serge Larivi’re, Sue Ruff, Claudio Sillero, Fiona C. Sunquist, Melvin E. Sunquist, Geraldine Veron, Fuwen Wei, Zejun Zhang; and Illustrated by: Toni Llobe.

About the Series
The first volume on the carnivores is announced for April 2009 – order now at the special pre-publication price of £99.99 (reduced from £134.99 until 31/03/2009). To ensure you receive all Volumes of Handbook of the Mammals of the World you can set up a standing order with NHBS by contacting customer.services@nhbs.co.uk.

Future Volumes 2-8 are:
Vol 2: Hoofed Mammals
Vol 3: Primates
Vol 4: Sea Mammals
Vol 5: Marsupials
Vol 6: Rodents
Vol 7: Insectivores
Vol 8: Bats

Sample Pages from Handbook of the Mammals of the World

Arable Bryophytes: A Field Guide to the Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of Cultivated Land in Britain and Ireland is now in stock after a long delay in publication. This covers the 81 bryophytes found in arable fields including Illustrated profiles of the 47 bryophytes most closely associated with arable farming, highlighting those included in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan

You may also be interested in:
Bryophytes of Native Woods: A Field Guide to the Common Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland’s Woodlands and Mosses and Other Bryophytes: An Illustrated Glossary

The 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit has just opened at the Natural History Museum in London, and will run until April 2009.

If you can’t make it to London to see this prestigious exhibition, you can enjoy wildlife in your own home.

We carry the popular companion book Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio Eighteen, which features more than 120 stunning images from the competition, selected from 35,000 entries.

 

To see other winning portfolios, browse the Wildlife Photographer of the Year series

The 2009 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Calendar is also available, and is on special offer until 31/12/2008.

You can also browse our wide range of books on Wildlife Photography

The second edition of the definitive identification guide Owls of the World has just been published, and is now in stock at NHBS.

This book, part of the acclaimed Helm Identification Guides series, fully describes every known species and subspecies of owl, and presents the latest evidence on owl taxonomy, based on DNA work and vocalisations. Because voice is vital in owl identification, much emphasis is placed on it in the book and sonograms are provided for many species. A CD of owl vocalisations has been announced for next year.

We have a special offer on this book until 31/12/2008; order your copy now!

For more books on raptors, browse our Birds of Prey subject list.

The latest Checklist of CITES Species, providing the official list of CITES species and resources, is now available on CD-ROM. The 2008 edition has been extensively revised and made more user-friendly, and is trilingual in English, French, and Spanish. The Checklist is only available as a CD and is no longer available in a print edition. This is a key resource for CITES authorities, customs officials, and others involved in implementing and enforcing CITES.

Get your copy now!

You may also be interested in the CITES Handbook (2007)

What is CITES?
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is a voluntary cooperative agreement by the world’s governments to monitor and control the international trade in wild animals and plants. This trade is significant, worth billions of dollars every year.

The CITES agreement aims to improve sustainability and avoid exploitation of resources, and to ensure continued survival in the wild. 28,000 plant species and 5,000 animal species, and the products made from those species, are protected by CITES with three levels of rankings based on the risk of exploitation or extinction.

It’s a very frosty morning here in the UK – perfect weather for unloading hundreds of copies of Handbook of the Birds of the World! Volume 13 is in stock now and copies will be leaving our warehouse to customers from this afternoon.

Information about the Handbook of the Birds of the World can be found on our HBW series page. If you haven’t started your collection of this landmark ornithological series you can catch up with the discounted set of Volumes 1-13.