Butterfly Watching by Paul Whalley

Butterfly Watching by Paul Whalley lands on the shelves of my shop.

Severn House, 1980, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Facsimiles; Colour Photographs; Black & White Drawings; Colour Drawings;

From the cover: Here is a book for people who enjoy sitting and watching butterflies go about their daily lives, rather than trying to catch them for collections. Collections play an important role in the scientific study of butterflies, but today there is also a need for more observations on butterfly behaviour.

In this book Paul Whalley shows how easy it is to derive pleasure from butterfly watching once you know where to look and what to watch for. He takes us into the field and explains how important it is to record our observations and how this should be done. He suggests many lines of enquiry for the butterfly watcher, and emphasizes the value of amateur observations in filling the gaps in our knowledge of butterfly behaviour. He covers rearing butterflies at home, attracting butterflies to the garden and butterfly conservation. Heather Angel, the well-known natural history photographer, has contributed a section on photographing butterflies, and there are appendices on places to visit, useful addresses and detailed butterfly life-histories. Specially commissioned drawings and over 60 photographs, 25 in colour, illustrate the text.

If you enjoy seeing butterflies alive and free, and you are interested in butterfly natural history and behaviour, this book will give you hours of pleasure and add a new dimension to your butterfly watching.

In the Severn House Naturalist’s Library series.

Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. Heavily faded at the spine of the dust wrapper. Edges of the text block lightly tanned.

Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 160 pages. Index. Bibliography. 8½” x 5¾”.

Of course, if you don’t like this one there are plenty more available here!

Small-Scale Game Rearing by Jeremy Hobson

Small-Scale Game Rearing by Jeremy Hobson lands on the shelves of my shop.

The Crowood Press, 1988, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Black & White Drawings;

From the cover: Much worthwhile shooting can be built up from scratch, given enthusiasm, determination and some expert guidance. In this practical handbook Jeremy Hobson shows how gamebirds can be reared and released on a small scale both effectively and economically.

From hatching and buying in chicks to dealing with the mature bird, all aspects of the rearing and releasing programme are discussed in detail, including shelter, feeding, daily care, and minimising losses from predators and disease. For the newly established syndicate there is clear advice on negotiating with landowners, choosing the shoot and improving the existing habitat, while a special section on the shooting day covers all the elements of organising a successful shoot from employing beaters and pickers-up, showing partridge and getting reared duck to fly, to inviting guests and being a good host.

Fully illustrated with photographs and diagrams, Small-Scale Game Rearing is an invaluable guide for the amateur gamekeeper and DIY shooting syndicate.

Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper damp-stained on the reverse of the spine, just showing through. Text complete, clean and tight.

Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 112 pages. Index. Bibliography. 8¾” x 5¾”.

Of course, if you don’t like this one there are plenty more available here!