The British Wildlife Collection was inaugurated in 2012 with the publication of Peter Marren’s “Mushrooms” and has now reached its tenth volume with the upcoming publication in April 2021 of Martin Warren’s “Butterflies.” Not surprisingly, Mark, being Mark, has got hold of an advance copy for review.
Originally published to noteworthy acclaim in 2017, “Britain’s Spiders” from the Princeton University Press WILDGuides series has now been fully revised and updated into a second edition by the authorial team of Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford, and Helen Smith.
As a life-long resident of the U.S. state of Oregon, I find it absolutely galling how many of the field guides to the plants, animals, and fungi of this country are limited in their geographic range to the eastern portion of it. So when I learn of a new one being published that focuses the western U.S., I immediately take notice.
Back in March 2020, I published a review of Kelly Brenner’s then recently released book “Nature Obscura; a City’s Hidden Natural World.” It is a work by which I was – and still very much remain – much impressed by its overall concept, its content, and its writing style; which is why it continues to be one of the books I still commonly recommend to all seeking a book in which to loose themselves in the wonders of the natural world.