good books for a novice

[maverick]

being very new to butterflies and with christmas coming soon what books do i need to drop hints about
ive already got the pocket book of uk butterflies

[Padfield]

You won't regret asking Santa for this:



http://www.amazon.co.uk/Butterflies-Bri ... ies+thomas

Guy

[maverick]

Thanks for that

[David M]

That's good advice from Guy, if UK butterflies are your main interest.

That said, there's plenty of incredibly useful information on the species pages of this website. That's how I started off finding out how and where to see them.

[MikeOxon]

I agree with Padfield - the Thomas/Lewington book contains many fascinating insights into butterfly behaviour and superb illustrations - a 'must have' in my opinion. Another highly inspirational book,though not in any way a field guide, is Patrick Barkham's "The Butterfly Isles: A Summer In Search Of Our Emperors And Admirals" Just read the reviews on Amazon!

As David M says, don't forget to look at the mass of information on this site, too.

Mike

[maverick]

I will get plenty of time on this web site as its time for going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark thanks for all the advise