DVDs

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A Butterfly Year

Author(s): Paul Wetton

Paul spent six months in 2010, travelling from the south coast of England to western Scotland, capturing the fifty eight breeding butterfly species of mainland Britain on film. This personal account shows these fascinating and colourful insects, all filmed on location in Britain, using a broadcast quality digital video format. There are 2 DVDs. The first begins with a journey to the East Rutland site of Ketton Quarry in late April, searching for Grizzled Skipper and Green Hairstreak. The DVD covers 28 species, ending in mid June at Strumpshaw Fen, in the Norfolk Broads, watching Britain’s largest butterfly, the fabulous brightly coloured Swallowtail. The second DVD continues the journey, heading north into Cumbria for specialities such as the Northern Brown Argus, High Brown Fritillary, Large Heath and the rare and elusive Mountain Ringlet. The remaining 30 species are covered, ending with the migrant Clouded Yellow.

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Beauties or Beasts (Butterfly Behaviour)

Author(s): Rob de Jong

Butterflies are regarded by most as noble creatures attracted to flowers. Few realise they also visit carcasses and excrement. When next you observe butterflies either in the garden or on holiday, you will now see them in a new light. For this DVD will reveal the unseen life of butterflies, with all the surprising behaviour it comprises. The film was shot in butterfly-rich Hungary and in the alpine region of Slovenia. The resulting footage has been acquired with much patience. It has taken two years to complete. This could only be realised with the filmmaker constantly living among butterflies. No other film shows such numbers of them. Think of puddling parties with over 1000 butterflies. Furthermore, this DVD contains unique footage of behaviour, which was never filmed before. Moreover, it includes the latest scientific knowledge of nectaring, mate location, courtship, mud-puddling and mating.

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British Butterflies – an interactive guide

Author(s): BirdGuides

This DVD-ROM reference guide provides comprehensive multimedia coverage of all 61 butterfly species that regularly occur in Britain and Ireland (including the recently split Cryptic Wood White). This new edition contains over 200 video clips presented using the latest high-quality digital video technology and filmed by professional natural history cameraman Derek Budd. 100 beautiful still photographs have been added, all maps updated with the latest distribution data and the text species accounts revised. You can easily compare any species side by side, with simultaneous video and wonderful illustrations by Richard Lewington. There are also evocative spoken commentaries for every species by naturalist Richard Williamson. Plus, it's now possible to add your own content—such as notes, photos or even video—all automatically integrated with the published assets for each species. This DVD-ROM is produced in association with, and endorsed by, Butterfly Conservation. BirdGuides will donate £2 to Butterfly Conservation for every copy sold. The DVD-ROM runs on Windows XP and Vista and Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5.

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Jewels in the Air

Author(s): Roger Kemp

Interested in butterflies and their presence in the British Isles? Then this unique butterfly guide DVD package is essential for you! If you are at all interested in beautiful butterflies and perhaps conserving this rapidly changing feature of the British countryside and gardens, then you should get to know more with `Jewels in the Air'. The wealth of information available in a compact package includes: * NEW interviews with the author highlighting the changes to the environment over the last 30 years and how the butterfly population reflects this. * Detailed descriptions of all British butterflies with colourful illustrations in video and still formats to aid identification in a quick and easy reference guide. * Descriptions of the major habitats of butterflies: Woodland - Grassland - Chalk & Limestone Grassland - Fens - Moorland - Heathland - Gardens - Hedgerows. * Listing and illustrations of the food sources of butterflies and where they can be found. Often, depending on the preferences of each butterfly species, these food sources and their location are the keys to butterfly conservation and encouragement. * Maps showing the general and sometimes very limited distribution of each species as at the end of the 20th century. * Review of the place of butterflies in history. Narrated by Roger Kemp himself, this comprehensive DVD tour of British butterflies in their natural habitats, endorsed by Butterfly Conservation, is a timeless and treasured record of the British countryside.

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The Beautiful Butterflies of the British Isles

Author(s): Rodney Goodhand

This DVD contains all fifty eight species of British butterflies, all beautifuly filmed in their natural habitat. "To have seen all of the British butterflies is for any naturalist quite an achievement - but to have recorded them in such a closeup and comprehensive manner is no less than a remarkable feat. This DVD contains some beautiful images of some of our most attractive insects, all free and in their natural environment. If Fritillaries, Skippers and Blues excite you then you should take a look at this DVD" Chris Packham

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