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A Naturalist’s Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Northern Europe

2nd edition

Ted Benton

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English
John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd
14 March 2019
This easy-to-use, fully comprehensive identification guide to all 159 butterfly species found in Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Baltics is perfect for amateur naturalists. High-quality photographs are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include common and scientific name, wingspan, distribution and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers living with butterflies, anatomy, behaviour, enemies and friends, ecology, distribution and conservation.

Naturalist’s Guide series: A series of photographic wildlife identification guides. Each title features 280 species that a keen amateur might expect to see in the field or garden. High quality photographs are accompanied by full species descriptions, giving identifying features, as well as details of size, habits, habitats and distribution.

Each title is written by an acknowledged expert in the subject with photographs largely supplied by Paul Sterry, a biologist whose interest in natural history spans more than 50 years

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Imprint:   John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Height: 180mm,  Width: 128mm, 
ISBN:   9781912081202
ISBN 10:   1912081202
Series:   Naturalist’s Guide
Pages:   160
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ted Benton is professor emeritus in Sociology at the University of Essex, UK. His academic work has focused on integrating environmental issues into social scientific theory, and he is a long-time environmental activist. Since childhood he has been a field-naturalist, with a strong interest in insects. He has travelled throughout Europe over the past 35 years studying and photographing butterflies in their natural habitats. In addition to his academic publications he has authored or co-authored seven books on natural history, including two award-winning volumes in the New Naturalist series (Bumblebees (2006) and Grasshoppers and Crickets (2012).

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