Britain's Dragonflies: A Field Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland - Fully Revised and Updated Fourth Edition

(Paperback, Fully Revised and Updated Fourth Edition)

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A fully revised, comprehensive photographic field guide to the dragonflies of Britain and Ireland Britain's Dragonflies is the only comprehensive photographic field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Written by two of Britain's foremost Dragonfly experts, this fully revised and updated fourth edition features

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"A brilliant book collection . . . each volume is a colourful, fact-filled introduction to the animals, insects, plants and habitats that makes watching wildlife so fascinating."---Stuart Winter, Sunday Express
"A MUST have for anyone with a casual interest or the serious observer in (odonata) dragonflies and damselflies, the new edition of a definitive guide is packed with fully revised up-to-date information. . . . The most beautiful and comprehensive guide currently available."---Christopher Heaton, Towpath Talk
"The authors and the BDS are to be congratulated on producing a first-rate, full colour, field identification guide to British Dragonflies."---John Badmin, British Journal of Entomology
"If there is a better book on the market covering dragonfly and damselfly identification I have yet to see it."---Eric Brown, News Shopper
"Where this book really comes into its own are the crisp colour photographs of each species showing both the male and female in excellent detail. . . . This is a fact-filled comprehensive book and will be invaluable for the beginner or expert alike and I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in our magical dragonflies and damselflies."---Neville Davies, Gwent Wildlife Trust
"Very informative, comprehensive and colourful . . . . The guide has an excellently simple key for dragonfly identification together with clear and well-illustrated species description pages."---Erica McAlister, Amateur Entomological Society

Author Bio

Dave Smallshire is an ecologist, lecturer and wildlife tour guide, and plays an active role in the British Dragonfly Society. He formerly worked as an environmental adviser to the UK government. Andy Swash is an ecologist, a renowned wildlife photographer and tour leader and managing director of WILDGuides. He is the coauthor of five other books in the WILDGuides Britains Wildlife series, and has written and edited many other titles.