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This handsome volume describes where and how best to see the wide variety of birds and their habitats and gives extra details about selected birds that are particularly characteristic of Colonsay and the Inner Hebrides.

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This volume covers the complete spectrum of plant uses, addressing their diverse roles in our diet, healthcare, culture, housing, language, environment, crafts, and much more. It is a book to delight, inspire and inform.

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Suitable for the Scot or the tourist who wish to explore the world of gardens and plants in Scotland, this book presents an essential compendium of Scotland's plants and gardens. It covers specialist nurseries, garden centers, wildflower walks, shows, and public parks.
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Argyll, Dalriada or Earra-ghaidheal, 'the Coastland' or 'Boundary of the Gael', is one of the most beautiful and historically significant parts of Scotland.

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Healing Threads is a unique introduction to the healing properties of nature that has fascinated generation after generation.

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Lavishly illustrated in black and white and colour throughout, The Edinburgh New Town Gardens covers each the gardens in the centre of the city, from the large public spaces of Princes Street Gardens to the more intimate and secluded gardens of the elegant New Town crescents.

        
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Seeds of Blood and Beauty sketches the lives and pratices of eighteenth and nineteenth century botanic explorers. In a time when the world was expanding through discovery, these men risked everything in search of the exotic and new.  

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This latest edition brings the story of biting midges up to date with new material on the Highland midge, its biology and why it bites. Written in a highly readable but informed way.

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This book commemorates the late John Morton Boyd (1925–1998), one of the most influential figures in nature conservation of Scotland.

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Insightful and meticulously researched, Scottish Mammals is an analysis of the impact of humans on the planet, as well as a riveting study of the facts and fictions associated with mammals in Scotland.

            
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Focussing on the natural history of this fascinating island, John Love gives us a history of discoveries from the many naturalists and scientists who have studied St Kilda, showing just how important wildlife was to the survival of the islanders.
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Acclaimed nature artist Darren Woodhead captures in painting and words the natural beauty of the countryside around Carlops and the valley of the North Esk river.
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‘By revealing much of the undisturbed natural beauty of the region, the book makes a strong case for the conservation of its habitats … It will be appreciated by local resident, visitors and armchair naturalists alike.’ – Watsonia, Journal of the Botanical Society of the British Isles

A guide that illustrates the beauties of wild flower species across Northern Scotland. It discusses the various species and includes notes of how to identify them. It also examines the habitats in which each species is to be found, including factors of geology, climate, history and plant competition.

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Jim Crumley explores the place of the wolf in Scotland – past, present and future – and challenges many of the myths that have been regarded for centuries as biological fact. This is an elegant, erudite and imaginative account that readdresses the place of the wolf in modern Scotland.

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