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Biodiversity in Bexley

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Public Involvement

Public involvement for habitats

Please click on a habitat in the list below to read about public involvement with that habitat:

Public involvement for species

Please click on a species in the list below to read about public involvement with that habitat:

General book list

Here is a list of classmarks from Bexley libraries where you will find books on nature and wildlife subjects:

574.92

Seashore and Pond life

580

Plants

582.16

Flowers and Trees

584.9

Grasses

587

Ferns, mosses and lichens

589.2

Fungi and Mushrooms

591.479

Animal tracks

592

Invertebrates

595.4

Spiders

595.7

Insects

595.733

Dragonflies

595.78

Caterpillars

595.78

Moths

595.789

Butterflies

597

Fish

597.8

Amphibians

597.9

Reptiles

597.96

Snakes

598

Birds

599

Mammals

599.0941

Mammals of Britain

Book list for identification of wildlife

Here is a list of a few of the many books you can use to identify wildlife when completing surveys. You can find these books in Bexley Libraries - some of them are available for loan (for both adults and children), some for reference in the library, but not every book will be in every library. Please ask the library staff if you can't find what you are looking for.

Classmark

Author(s)

Title

574.92

Barnes, Brian

Coast and shore. British Naturalists' Association guides Seashore life

574.929

Fitter, Richard. Manuel, Richard

Field guide to the freshwater life of Britain and North-west Europe (Collins Field Guides)

582.13

Grey-Wilson, Christopher

Wild flowers of Britain and North-west Europe

582.13

Streeter, David

The wildflowers of the British Isles

582.16

Bean, William Jackson Taylor, George Sir

Trees and shrubs hardy in the British Isles. Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4. 8th ed.

582.16

Mitchell, Alan Fyson

A field guide to the trees of Britain and Northern Europe 2nd ed.

582.16

Mitchell, Alan Fyson and More, David

The complete guide to trees of Britain and Northern Europe

582.16

Reader's Digest Association

Field guide to the trees and shrubs of Britain. Reader's Digest nature-lovers' library

584.9

Fitter, Richard and Fitter, Alastair

Collins guide to the grasses, sedges, rushes and ferns of Britain and Northern Europe

587

Jahns, Hans Martin

Collins guide to the ferns, mosses and lichens of Britain and North and Central Europe

589.2

Jordan, Michael

The encyclopædia of fungi of Britain and Europe

589.22

Pegler, David and Spooner, Brian

Identifying mushrooms: the new compact study guide and identifier

589.22

Courtecuisse, Regis and Duhem, Bernard

Mushrooms and toadstools of Britain and Europe. Collins field guides

591.479

Bouchner, Miroslav

Animal tracks (a field guide in colour)

592

Robinson, Maureen Anne and Wiggins, Judith Felicity

Invertebrates. 2nd ed.

595.4

Roberts, Michael J.

Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins Field Guides

595.40941

Roberts, Michael J.

The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. 3 vols

595.7

Chinery, Michael

Insects of Britain and Northern Europe. 3rd ed. Collins Field Guides series

595.733

Aguilar, Jacques d', Dommanget and Jean-Louis, Prechac

A Field Guide to the dragonflies of Britain, Europe and North Africa

595.78

Carter, David J. and Hargreaves, Brian

Caterpillars of Britain and Europe. A field guide to caterpillars, butterflies and moths of Britain and Europe. Collins Field Guides

595.781

Brooks, Margaret

A complete guide to British moths (Macrolepidoptera): their entire life history described and illustrated in colour from photographs taken in their natural surroundings

595.789

Thomas, Jeremy and Lewington, Richard

The butterflies of Britain and Ireland

595.789

Tolman, Tom

The butterflies of Britain and Ireland

598

Elphick, Jonathan

Birds: a guide book to British birds

598

Walters, Michael

Birds' eggs. (Eyewitness handbooks)

597.8

Mattison, Chris

Frogs and toads of the world

597.8

Parker, Steve

Frogs and toads. Insights.

597.8

Savage, Steve

Amphibians. What's the difference?

597.85

Griffiths, Richard

Newts and salamanders of Europe

597.9

Pope, Joyce

Reptiles. Find out about series.

597.96

Appleby, Leonard George

British snakes

597.96

Arnold, Edwin Nicholas and Burton, John Andrew

A field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Britain and Europe

598

Westoll, Tim

The complete illustrated check list of the birds of the world

598.294

Peterson, Roger Tory, Mountfort, Guy and Hollom, Philip Arthur Dominic

Birds of Britain and Europe. 5th rev. ed. Collins Field Guide series

598.723

Flegg, Jim

Birds of Britain and Europe (Photographic Field Guides)

599.094

Morrison, Paul

Mammals, reptiles and amphibians of Britain and Europe

599.094

Thompson, Shirley

The Wayland book of common British mammals: a photographic guide.

599.0941

Thompson, Shirley

The Wayland book of common British mammals: a photographic guide

 

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