John Cantelo
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Another interesting book is on the horizon and due to be published in August - Restoring the Wild: 60 Years of Rewilding our Skies, Woods and Waterways by Roy Dennis. Should be worth a read.
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Your most anticipated futures books (1 Viewer)
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Nicola Main
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Yeah this is on my wishlist :t:
Andrea Collins
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New book about the human and natural history of Skomer by Mike Alexander, one of the previous wardens. Sounds interesting. Due November 2020.
https://www.nhbs.com/skomer-island-book
https://www.nhbs.com/skomer-island-book
Cheers Andrea. That’s the Christmas present off my mother in law sorted. :t:
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Murray Lord
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More info on All the Birds of the World is out at https://www.lynxeds.com/all-the-birds-of-the-world-highlights/
Makes me wonder whether I should hold off buying their two volume illustrated checklist of mammals and just wait for the one volume version.
Makes me wonder whether I should hold off buying their two volume illustrated checklist of mammals and just wait for the one volume version.
Andy Adcock
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Just when you think that Lynx have run out of ways to make money out of the main set, they come up with this and really, what's the point of it?
CerambyX
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Completely agree! As much as I wanted to get the two-volume set, I just couldn't justify the price tag as for the same money I could get 7-10 other books that just would be more useful/valuable for me (mainly different insect books). But I do still want something like that on my bookshelf - just to see on paper all different birds species that I will never ever get to see in my life :-O So this single-volume, concise edition for that price is a no-brainer for me. I believe this book will definitely have wider audience - especially among non-birders and just casual nature lovers who just do not need all that extra information that is presented in two-volumes.
John Cantelo
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Lynx now have details of 'All the Birds of the World' on their website - see https://www.lynxeds.com/all-the-birds-of-the-world-highlights/ Tempting at 65.00€ pre-publication offer. Also good to see 'European Breeding Bird Atlas 2' listed for 'late 2020'. The 3rd Spanish Breeding Birds Atlas should also appear around then too.
aegithalos
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Agree completely. I even have the HBW full set, and am still looking forward to this single volume to leaf through.
Price, as mentioned, is €65, but add €10 postage (or more if you want it quicker / better tracked).
Keith
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I wonder if it is worth it. Shipping to the US still makes it fairly expensive.
I feel like it will be outdated as complete book in no time.
Andy Adcock
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That's true of almost every fieldguide, monograph or handbook.
Very true.
Andrea Collins
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My copy of the latest New Naturalist, "Uplands and Birds" by Ian Newton arrived a few days ago and very nice it looks too.
I've read the first couple of chapters and am pleased that the book seems to be living up to its title of "Uplands and Birds" rather than simply being a book about birds of the uplands.
I've read the first couple of chapters and am pleased that the book seems to be living up to its title of "Uplands and Birds" rather than simply being a book about birds of the uplands.
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Andrea Collins
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On a related note I see the New Naturalist "Cormorants and Shags" volume is disappearing ever further into the future. Now expected March 2022. I hope that's not a sign that it's going to be cancelled. Cormorants and Shags are some of my favourite birds.
Melanie
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I've just got my copy of this book. The differences between this edition and the revised edition from 2011 are not large. Unfortunately Michael J. Tyler passed away this year.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03721426.2020.1781026
A most impressive person, indeed. Thanks for linking to this obituary.
