RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife

This title is designed as a companion to the best-sellingRSPB Handbook of British Birds. This RSPB-endorsed guide includessections covering over 200 of the mammal, bird, amphibian and reptile,invertebrate, spider, insect, butterfly, moth, wild flower, gardenplant, tree and shrub, and mushroom and toadstool species you arelikely to find in your garden. The concise, practical text covers identification, habits,characteristics, food and garden conservation. Additional introductorysections about garden habitats detail, among other topics, how to plantfor the seasons, how to make a pond or bog garden to attract newspecies into your garden, and how to build a hedgehog box or a nest boxfor birds to encourage your garden visitors to stick around for longer.This RSPB Handbook provides a complete, single source of basic information to our most familiar garden wildlife.

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An absolute must for anyone who has ever pulled back the curtains and wondered what creature, great or small, has taken up residence amid the herbaeous border Sunday Express 14th Sept 2008

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Abbott, Peter Holden, Peter Abbott Holden
• Publisher: Helm Christopher Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.2008
• EAN: 9780713688603
• ISBN: 978-0-7136-8860-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 15 mm
• Series: RSPB; RSPB
• Subject: Guides > Nature