Britain's Insects (WILDGuides): A Field Guide to the Insects of Great Britain and Ireland (WILDGuides, 23)

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Seventy of the 100 crop species that provide 90% of food worldwide are pollinated by bees. In the UK, there are more than 250 species of bee: 25 species of bumble bee, 224 species of solitary bee and one honey bee species. According to a government report in 2014, figures there has been an overall decline in wild and honey bees over the past 50 years. The figures also revealed evidence that there has been parallel declines in the plants that rely on them for pollination. Butterflies This guide is a marvellous book for both beginners and 'experts' and a complete bargain. ---Erica McAlister, Bulletin of the Amateur Entomological Society

This is the go-to guide for entomologists, naturalists, gardeners, wildlife photographers and anyone else interested in insects, whatever their level of knowledge. Covering more than 900 species, and illustrated with 4,700 photographs, Europe’s Birds is the most comprehensive, authoritative and ambitious single-volume photographic guide to Europe’s birds ever produced. Easy-to-use, practical...It is an intriguing story and it is likely to be repeated over the next few weeks. The start of summer is the time of year when the nation’s insects should make their presence known by coating countryside windows with their fluttering presence, and splattering themselves on car windscreens. But they are spectacularly failing to do so. Instead they are making themselves newsworthy through their absence. Britain’s insects, it seems, are disappearing. We cannot afford to lose them and that’s what makes this issue so urgent and so important,” Leather concluded. “That’s worth keeping in mind as the summer evenings begin – and we see hardly any insects.” Ladybirds An] engaging and must-have book. It really is one of those books th.at every time you dip in you feel as though you have learned something quite special."— Lapwing Magazine Plant a wide range of plants too, with a mix of native and non-native, evergreen and deciduous. Here are five inspirational wildlife-friendly plantsto get started.

Roy pointed to explosions in the number of ladybirds and painted lady butterflies that have occurred in the past as evidence. “There are huge variations in numbers of a particular insect species in a year and huge variation in the places you see them.” She also pointed to one study of pollinators that showed while 32% became less widespread between 1980 and 2014, 16% became more widespread. “It is not all doom and gloom,” Roy added. Britain's Mammals Updated Edition: A Field Guide to the Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland Dominic Couzens, Andy Swash, But perhaps the most alarming aspect of the research was the realisation that these grim drops in insect numbers were occurring in nature reserves – in other words, in areas where the landscape was highly protected and should be the most friendly of habitats for insects. Conditions elsewhere were likely to be a lot worse, the scientists warned. This is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated and user-friendly photographic identification guide to the fifty-seven ferns and seventeen other pteridophytes that occur in Britain. It is the perfect companion for botanists, naturalists... Clements, D.K. & Skidmore, P. (2002). The autecology of the Hornet Robberfly Asilus crabroniformis L. in Wales, 1997-1999. Countryside Council for Wales Contract Science Report No. 525. Bangor.This concise photographic field guide helps you to identify the day-flying moths most likely to be seen in Great Britain and Ireland. It combines stunning photographs, clear and authoritative text and an easy-to-use design to increase...

caption id="attachment_8911" align="alignnone" width="975"] Tansy Beetle 2 by Geoff Oxford is licensed under CC BY 2.0[/caption]Clements, D.K. & Skidmore, P. (1998). The autecology of the Hornet Robberfly Asilus crabroniformis L. in Wales, 1997. Countryside Council for Wales Contract Science Report No. 263. Bangor. Although it has no specific legal protection, it was listed as Notable (scarce) by Falk (1992) who noted key threats as: A garden tiger moth caterpillar. Changes in habitat caused by intensive farming have been blamed for the decline of insect populations. Photograph: H Lansdown/Alamy