Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Wildlife Books |
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Each entry, where possible, has an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) to assist you in locating a copy. In order to assist the design process for a garden, the Library has been split into the following order of abstraction:-
The Reference Library and the Practical Projects categories will assist with construction. Private garden maintenance can then be assisted by the following:-
Please note that entries in the library pages in red text indicate books that Chris Garnons-Williams has found to be more useful than the others in that section. |
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A Handguide to the Butterflies and Moths of Britain and Europe |
1-85051-115-2 |
John Wilkinson and Michael Tweedie |
Butterflies and Moths |
Butterfly and Moth data |
Along the Riverbank The living countryside |
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Nigel Holmes Reader's Digest |
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Details the plant and animal communities of rivers in Britain |
Birds of Britain |
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birds |
British Bird data |
Chick Rearing and Hatching for the Beginner |
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Ditchfield |
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How to hatch and raise chicks. Thin Booklet |
Complete British Wildlife Photoguide |
0-00-220071-6 |
Paul Sterry |
3000 wildlife and plants |
Good description including photograph of:- mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, butterflies and moths, insects, spiders, molluscs, crustaceans, invertebrates, trees and shrubs, wild flowers, grasses, rushes and sedges, lower plants, and fungi |
Frogs and Toads |
0-905483-38-3 |
Trevor Beebee |
Frog and toad diagrams |
Behaviour and life of frogs and toads |
Hedgehogs |
0-905483-28-6 |
Pat Morris |
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Behaviour, habits, physiology and private life of hedgehogs |
Looking After Wild Birds |
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Talking Pets |
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How to feed wild birds with helping birds to build a nest. Thin Booklet |
Our Heritage of Wild Nature |
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A.G. Tansley |
26 wild animals and countryside |
Planning for the preservation of rural beauty must be directed to the deliberate conservation of much of our native vegetation. Written in 1944 with conclusions that are still relevant today |
Our Magnificent Wildlife how to enjoy and preserve it |
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Reader's Digest |
wildlife |
Wildlife of the world is detailed in 331 pages |
Pond Life |
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Rev. Charles A. Hall |
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Wordy essay on pond plant and animal life of 1913 |
Reader's Digest Pocket Book of Birds |
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Hermann Heinzel |
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An illustrated guide to the identification of all the birds commonly seen in Britain, as well as some of the rarer species. Thin Booklet |
The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs. Series One |
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T.A. Coward |
242 coloured illustrations |
Handy pocket guide to British birds published in 1939. Written description of which areas it lives in, of itself, its feeding habits and its young. |
The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs. Series Two |
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T.A. Coward |
213 coloured illustrations |
Handy pocket guide to British birds published in 1939. Written description of which areas it lives in, of itself, its feeding habits and its young. |
The Conservation of Farm Ponds & Ditches |
0-86139-194-2 |
Nature Conservancy Council |
Water plants/ animals |
Management of ponds and ditches to aid conservation of them, their plants and animal life. 11 page booklet |
The Conservation of Lowland Broadleaf Woodland |
0-86139-201-9 |
Nature Conservancy Council |
Woodland trees/animals |
Management of woodland to aid conservation of them, their plants and animal life. 11 page booklet |
The Countryman's Week-End Book |
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Eric Parker |
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Wordy essay of 1946 about garden, bird, field animals trees, and country crafts |
The Hedgehog |
0-85263-958-9 |
P.A. Morris |
Hedgehogs |
Hedgehogs. Thin Booklet |
The Observer's Book of British Wild Animals |
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W.J. Stokoe |
46 wild animals |
All the wild animals endowed with a bony framework are described in essay form |
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Library Pages
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The Garden Style chosen at the beginning defines what a garden should look like. Following this choice of Garden Style, then:-
Plant Association shows which plant combinations give pleasing flower or foliage colour combinations, then Plant Type gives growing conditions of a family of plants - ie Primulas - with lists of primulas with the same flower colour, foliage colour or height and where is suitable for those plants, followed by Plant Species gives data about a family of plants in a restricted format - ie without lists - as the lowest level of useful information (unless you are prepared to read the text in a whole book each time you want to use this particular species of plant).
Gardening gives general information on how to garden for the whole garden. Garden Cultivation gives specific information on veg, fruit, lawn, pond, etc. Garden Pests details garden pests/diseases and their control.
Practical Projects gives details on how to construct hard landscaping. |
THE 2 EUREKA EFFECT PAGES FOR UNDERSTANDING SOIL AND HOW PLANTS INTERACT WITH IT OUT OF 15,000:-
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when I do not have my own or ones from mail-order nursery photos , then from March 2016, if you want to start from the uppermost design levels through to your choice of cultivated and wildflower plants to change your Plant Selection Process then use the following galleries:-
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There are other pages on Plants which bloom in each month of the year in this website:-
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