NHBS Quick Guide – Butterfly Nets

Take a closer look at the beautiful butterflies of your region with one of the wide variety of butterfly nets offered by NHBS.

From the portable Crushable Pocket Butterfly Net to the heavy-duty Large Butterfly Net, we offer a butterfly net for every need (and for every age – check out the Children’s Butterfly Net). With these nets, you can safely capture and examine butterflies and other insects, then release them back into the wild.

We list over 1500 lepidoptera books at NHBS, including these Butterfly Bestsellers.

Large Butterfly Net

Large Butterfly NetThis complete butterfly net set includes a 47cm (18 inch) diameter frame, a deep net bag, and a 60cm extension handle. The extension handle can be removed from the frame for transport, or to use the net frame/bag without the extension where extra length is not required. The net bag is constructed from soft Terylene material that will minimise damage to insect wings and stand up well to UV degradation. Available in both white and black netting. This large, strong portable net is also suitable for catching bats.

Standard Butterfly Net

Standard Butterfly Net
This complete butterfly net set includes a 37cm (14 inch) diameter frame, a deep net bag, and a 60cm extension handle. The extension handle can be removed from the frame for transport, or to use the net frame/bag without the extension where extra length is not required. The net bag is constructed from soft Terylene material that will minimise damage to insect wings and stand up well to UV degradation. Available in both white and black netting.

Small (Children’s) Butterfly Net

Children's Butterfly NetA lightweight butterfly net well suited for children and educational use. The wooden handle provides good grip and reach. The net bag is constructed from soft Terylene material that will minimise damage to insect wings and stand up well to UV degradation.

Butterfly Net and Ultra-Light Frame

Butterfly Net & Ultra-Light FrameThe net handle is black moulded plastic on a black plastic coated aluminium frame. There is a hook on elastic in the end of the handle to hang the net from a belt or rucksack. The net is attached by velcro and can be easily removed to wash. It is very light fitting a “spoon shaped” frame 38 x 28 cms. and 50 cms deep. The net material is olive green (camouflage colour) mosquito size mesh.

Lightweight Folding Butterfly Net (Small)

Lightweight Folding Butterfly Net (Small)tThe Lightweight Folding Butterfly Net can be used with its telescopic handle half extended for close sweeps, and fully extended to lengthen your reach to over 1m. The net is highly portable and folds down into its own bag for carrying (it’s small enough to fit into a typical rucksack). The frame is robust and designed to withstand years of field use.

Crushable Pocket Butterfly Net

Crushable Pocket Butterfly NetA butterfly net with a spring steel frame which twists up, allowing the net to be collapsed and folded to a pocket size (instructions provided). The net is supplied with a short brass handle for general use; this can quickly be extended by inserting a stick or a piece of wood to into the handle.

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Ecology & Conservation – New Titles at NHBS

Spatial Conservation PrioritizationNow available at NHBS – Spatial Conservation Prioritization brings together a team of leading scientists to introduce the conceptual and methodological aspects of how to undertake spatial conservation planning in a quantitative manner. We have a special offer on this title – order your copy today and save £5!

Also browse other recent titles of interest in conservation ecology, including Nested Ecology and Population Genetics for Animal Conservation.

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Lichens & Bryophytes: New Titles at NHBS

Some great new lichen and bryophyte titles are now on the shelves at NHBS, including the greatly expanded and revised new edition of The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland – the key reference for the identification of lichens in the British Isles.

Lichens of Great Britain and IrelandThe first edition of The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland was an outstanding achievement for British Lichenology – a pioneering work and the first of its type in Europe. This much enlarged revision reflects the considerable accumulation of new information that has occurred since the publication of the first edition and is symptomatic of the enormous advances in lichen taxonomy over the last two decades.

This book is undoubtedly the standard work for the identification of lichens in Great Britain and Ireland and will be indispensable to all serious students of British, Irish and overseas lichenology and other biologists working in related fields of ecology, pollution, chemical and environmental studies.

Order your copy of The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland today!

Other new lichens and bryophytes titles include Introduction to Bryophytes and Bryophyte Biology.

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The Latest New Naturalist Volume Is Here – Save 22%


New Naturalist WildfowlVolume #110 in the legendary New Naturalist series has now arrived at NHBS.

Wildfowl provides a much-anticipated overview of the fascinating birds that have become icons of our diminishing wilderness areas.

David Cabot has been obsessed with wildfowl for nearly sixty years; in this seminal new work, he discusses the 56 species of wildfowl that have been recorded either in a natural state, or that have been introduced and now maintain self-sustaining populations in Britain and Ireland.

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Mammals of the World – Now in Stock at NHBS

Handbook of Mammals of the WorldWe are excited to announce that the first volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of the World has just been published and is now in stock at NHBS!

This landmark new series from Lynx Edicions – the publishers of the classic series Handbook of Birds of The World – provides the first comprehensive, global handbook to the Class Mammalia.

Volume 1 covers 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.

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Set up a Standing Order for all volumes in the series – you will receive each volume automatically as it is published.

Future volumes in this series will include:

Volume 2: Hoofed Mammals
Volume 3: Primates
Volume 4: Sea Mammals
Volume 5: Marsupials
Volume 6: Rodents
Volume 7: Insectivores
Volume 8: Bats

These internal scans show the high quality of the illustrations and photographs in Volume 1: Carnivores.Handbook of Mammals of the WorldHandbook of Mammals of the World

Diversity of Fishes – and other New Marine Biology Titles

The second edition of the classic textbook The Diversity of Fishes has just been published and is now in stock at NHBS.
This new edition represents a major revision of the world’s most widely adopted ichthyology textbook. Expanded and updated, the second edition of The Diversity of Fishes is illustrated throughout with striking color photographs depicting the spectacular evolutionary adaptations of the most ecologically and taxonomically diverse vertebrate group. The text incorporates the latest advances in the biology of fishes, covering taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, biogeography, ecology, and behavior.

Order your copy of The Diversity of Fishes today – and save £5!

Other recent fishes titles include Fish Reproductive Biology and Recruitment and Early Life History of Marine Fishes.

Be sure to check out our expanding range of wildlife equipment, including aquatic nets, sampling trays and waterproof notebooks.

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Birds of the Horn of Africa – Now in Stock at NHBS

The eagerly awaited Helm Field Guide for Birds of the Horn of Africa has now arrived at NHBS!

The Horn of Africa has the highest endemism of any region in Africa, and around 70 species are found nowhere else in the world. Many of these are confined to the isolated highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea, but a large number of larks specialise in the arid parts of Somalia and adjoining eastern Ethiopia, whilst the island of Socotra has its own suite of endemic species. The region is also an important migration route and wintering site for many Palearctic birds.

This is the first field guide to the birds of this fascinating region, and an ideal companion to Birds of East Africa by two of the same authors. Over 200 magnificent plates by John Gale and Brian Small illustrate every species that has ever occurred in the five countries covered by the guide, and the succinct text covers the key identification criteria. Special attention is paid to the voices of the species, and over 1000 up-to-date colour distribution maps are included.

Covering Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Socotra, this long-awaited guide is a much-needed addition to the literature on African birds and an essential companion for birders visiting the region.

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Living with Dormice – Now in Stock at NHBS

The dormouse is one of the least seen but most loved of British animals. Dormice have always been portrayed as elusive, rare animals with specialised food requirements found only in large ancient woodlands.

Sue Eden was therefore surprised to find them nesting in the coastal scrub of her new garden. Her many years of ensuing research have led her to the conclusion that the dormouse is in reality a widespread, tough, opportunistic omnivore that appears just as at home in low coastal scrub and conifer plantations.

This fascinating new research, together with many colour photographs, provides an inspiration in the search for this appealing creature.

Living with Dormice is now in stock at NHBS – order your copy today

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Collins Bird Guide – New Second Edition Due September 2009

We have just heard from Collins that the Second Edition of the immensely popular Collins Bird Guide will be published in September 2009.

This guide is written by Lars Svensson, one of Europe’s leading ornithologists, with translation by David Christie, and illustrated by two of the world’s finest bird illustrators, Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom.

Covering Britain and Europe, this book provides all the information needed to identify any bird species at any time of year, with detailed text on size, habitat, range, identification and voice.

Accompanying every species entry is a distribution map and colour illustrations (over 3500 in all) to show the species in all the major plumages (male, female, immature, in flight, at rest, feeding). This second edition includes expanded text and additional colour illustrations.

Here’s what Mark Golley of Birding World had to say about the first edition:

`The Collins Bird Guide is undoubtedly the finest field guide that has ever been produced and now deservedly sits in a bird book elite of essential titles – nestling between BWP, HBW and Birds of Europe. The nomenclature and taxonomy may not be to everybody’s liking, but it is a certainty that the magnificent work of Mullarney and Zetterstrom has set the illustrative standard for decades to come and will be admired and enjoyed by thousands of birders worldwide for many years. The word `classic’ is so often over-used these days but, for once, it is a particularly fitting way to refer to this book. This is the last great bird book of the 20th Century, and I am sure that Peter Grant would have been happy knowing that. It is a fitting tribute to him, and his co-author and the world class artists. This book is an absolute gem.’

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New Primatology Titles at NHBS

The NHBS Primatology Catalogue has now been updated for Spring 2009.

There are some great new primatology and behavioural ecology titles, including the new English-language edition of Virunga: The Survival of Africa’s First National Park.

Other recently published titles include Orangutans, Mountain Gorillas and Tinbergen’s Legacy. Upcoming titles include Ape and Not a Chimp: The Hunt to Find the Genes that Make Us Human.

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