ISBN: 9781783784585 - the butterfly isles: a summer in search of our emperors and admirals (10 Ergebnisse)

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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good +. xiii + 370 pages. Light brown background soft covers, spine is colour-faded to a pale grey colour. Very clean pages. Line drawings by Helen Macdonald (illustrator).

Paperback. , . Author: Patrick Barkham (Y)Format: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 296g, 304 pagesPublished: Granta Books, United Kingdom, 2018Butterflies animate our summers but the fifty-nine species found in the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. Some bask unseen at the top of trees in London parks; others lurk at the bottom of damp bogs in Scotland. A few survive for months, while other ephemeral creatures only fly for three days. Several are virtually extinct. This bewitching book charts Patrick Barkham's quest to find each of them - from the Adonis Blue to the Dingy Skipper - in one unforgettable summer. Wry, attentive, full of infectious delight and curiosity, written with a beautifully light touch, The Butterfly Isles is a classic of British nature writing.PATRICK BARKHAM was born in 1975 in Norfolk and is Natural History Writer for the Guardian. He is the author of The Butterfly Isles, which was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize; Badgerlands, which was also shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and the Wainwright Prize, Coastlines, and Islander. He lives in Norfolk. Paperback.…

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Butterflies animate our summers but the fifty-nine species found in the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. Some bask unseen at the top of trees in London parks; others lurk at the bottom of damp bogs in Scotland. A few survive for months, while other ephemeral creatures only fly for three days. Several are virtually extinct. This bewitching book charts Patrick Barkham's quest to find each of them - from the Adonis Blue to the Dingy Skipper - in one unforgettable summer.Wry, attentive, full of infectious delight and curiosity, written with a beautifully light touch, The Butterfly Isles is a classic of British nature writing. A new edition of the best-selling nature writing classic, about the quest to find all 59 species of native butterfly over the course of one summer This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…