Matthew Oates, John Taverner and David Green

Cover: Hardback
Size: 244 x 187 mm
No. of Pages: 184pp
Colours: 59 colour photos, 55 illustrations, 56 maps
ISBN: 1 874357 17 X

£28.50

This is the first ever comprehensive account of the butterfly fauna of Hampshire. Compiled over the last 10 years, The Butterflies of Hampshire presents detailed descriptions of all the butterflies found in the county. Each species is illustrated, and its distribution, habitat and foodplant, major sites, population trend and size, flight period, and earliest and latest dates are all detailed for the period 1990—1999.

Described by Sir David Attenborough in his Foreword as a “ … well documented and readable book”, this publication is essential reading for butterfly enthusiasts and conservationists in Hampshire and beyond. Indeed, it contains such a wealth of information that it is much more than an account of the county’s habitats and butterflies as they are today and have been in the past — it is also a considerable investment in their future.