Britain's Best Wildlife: The Top 40 Sights to See

by Mike Dilger, Chris Packham (Introduction)

From natterjack toads to diving gannets, nightingales to adders and from the northern tip of Scotland to the Isles of Scilly, this is the most spectacular wildlife in Britain. Mike Dilger, series host, introduces every spectacle in his fantastic, easy to read style. He will explain why you are seeing what you are seeing, but he will also tell you where to go and when to go. Illustrated with the very best wildlife photography available, showing the splendor of natural Britain, this is the perfect introduction to the very best that Britain has to offer. Features include starling roost, salmon leaping, black grouse lek, meadows, dawn chorus, bluebells, basking sharks, barn owls, geese, deer rutting, sea eagles, hares boxing, dolphins, great crested grebe, whale watching, wild orchids, trees and fungi in autumn, puffins, spiderwebs, red kites, common cranes, parakeets, pine martin, terns, butterflies, bats, rooks, otters, swallows, goats, machair, seals, moths, fox cubs, glow worms, and wood ants.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published May 6, 2008