Book review: A Year in the Woods, Colin Elford
A friend bought me ‘A Year in the Woods: The Diary of a Forest Ranger‘, by Colin Elford. I picked up the book with a certain apprehension – the second-hand
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Book review: Urban Mammals – a concise guide
In 2010, the People’s Trust for Endangered Species produced Britain’s Mammals – a concise guide, which I said was “a rich delight to read”. So when I heard that another book
Read moreBook Review: Flowers in the Field, Faith Anstey
The small learned society is a mainstay of British amateur natural history. Continuing the work of the gentleman-naturalists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, amateur enthusiasts today still provide a
Read moreBook review: Britain’s Mammals – A Concise Guide
The People’s Trust for Endangered Species are really keen on mammals – did you know that they own a large nature reserve on the Isle of Wight… for bats? Well,
Read moreBook review: Atlas of Rare Birds
The Ranger is a keen patron of second-hand book shops. When I find one, my first port of call is invariably the natural history section. Being familiar with many such
Read moreBook review: Dormice, by Pat Morris
Review by Rowan Adams ‘Dormice’ was first published in 2004 as part of the British Natural History Series. This revised edition is now a paperback instead of a hardback, there
Read moreBook Review: ‘Owls’ by Chris Mead
‘Owls’ is the first volume in the new British Natural History Collection from Whittet Books, and it seems very collectable to me. The first thing you can’t help noticing is
Read moreBook Review: Flowers in the Field, Faith Anstey
The small learned society is a mainstay of British amateur natural history. Continuing the work of the gentleman-naturalists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, amateur enthusiasts today still provide a
Read moreBook review: The retreat of reason (Anthony Browne, 2006)
A friend lent The Ranger a book for his entertainment; “The Retreat of Reason: Political Correctness and the Corruption of Public Debate in Modern Britain”. This provocatively-titled pamphlet was written
Read moreReview: The Rough Guide to Ethical Living
Book reviews by guest blogger Ray Harrington-Vail of the Footprint Trust The Rough Guide to Ethical Living claims to “cut through the greenwash” . From tea to trainers and pensions
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