Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (Bloomsbury Wildlife Guides) - Softcover

Townsend, Martin; Waring, Dr Paul

9781472965837: Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (Bloomsbury Wildlife Guides)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472965833 ISBN 13: 9781472965837

Publisher: Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2018

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A great practical solution for every active moth enthusiast - a concise guide with all the illustrations of the classic Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (Waring & Townsend 2009). The concise descriptions written by leading moth experts of almost every species known to have occurred naturally in Great Britain and Ireland (including Isle of Man and Channel Islands) are opposite the stunning colour plates, making this the perfect identification guide to use when identifying macro-moths in the field.

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About the Authors

Martin Townsend has had a life-long interest in natural history, and started specialising in Lepidoptera at the age of ten. He works as a consultant ecologist, concentrating on insects and other invertebrates, with Lepidoptera as his main field of expertise. He graduated with a BSc in Zoology from the University of Aberdeen in 1985, and since then has worked in ecological research and conservation, including work for IACR Rothamsted, Oxford University Department of Zoology and the RSPB. He has published a number of research papers and articles and has been an independent consultant since 1998, carrying out site surveys for conservation bodies and other landowners. He is based in Oxford.

Paul Waring was born in the New Forest, Hampshire. A schoolboy interest in caterpillars led ultimately to Honours Zoology at the University of Oxford and a PhD on the impact of woodland management on the moth fauna of Bernwood Forest. Since 1987, Paul has worked full time on moth conservation in Britain, both within the government conservation agencies and as a freelancer, as well as mothing elsewhere throughout the world. He is based in Peterborough, and has authored over 1,000 papers and reports in scientific journals, including a regular report on moths in British Wildlife magazine for the last 20 years.

Richard Lewington is an acknowledged leader in the field of insect illustration. His meticulous paintings of wildlife are the mainstay of many of the modern classics of field-guide art, including The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland, Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland, Guide to Garden Wildlife and Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland. Richard has also designed and illustrated wildlife stamps for several countries. In 1999 he was awarded Butterfly Conservation's Marsh Award for the promotion of Lepidoptera conservation, and in 2010 the Zoological Society of London's Stamford Raffles Award for contribution to zoology. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.

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