Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland - (Bloomsbury Wildlife Guides) 6th Edition by Steve Brooks & Steve Cham

About the Book

Book Synopsis

A fully updated and expanded edition of the essential field guide to British Odonata, featuring unrivalled full-colour artwork of all 58 species.

Adult dragonflies are among the largest and most spectacular insects alive today, and their beautiful colours, phenomenal aerobatic skills and habit of flying only in warm, sunny weather make them easy to observe. Now in its sixth edition, this practical guide will help you to distinguish between all 58 species, with fascinating descriptive accounts and insect-watching tips. Stunning paintings by renowned wildlife artist Richard Lewington allow for quick and accurate identification, and the guide also features an identification key to the larvae of all the resident and migratory dragonfly and damselfly species.

This sixth edition has been fully revised in light of recent unprecedented changes in the range of many of our species, as well as consolidation by new colonists. Updated regional guides, flight-period charts and distribution maps help you to determine when and where to see each species, and the authors have included tips on how to use digital photographs to record and identify dragonflies and damselflies observed in the field. All the species descriptions have been fully revised to include the latest information on life history, biology and ecology, supplemented by more than 50 additional artworks and 125 photographs that are new for this edition.

About the Author

Steve Brooks was a research scientist at the Natural History Museum for 38 years until he retired in 2017. He has published numerous scientific articles on dragonflies.

Steve Cham is a member of the British Dragonfly Society's Dragonfly Conservation Group. In 2011 he received the RES Marsh Award for outstanding achievements in insect conservation.

Richard Lewington FRES is one of Europe's finest wildlife illustrators. In 2010 he was awarded Stamford Raffles Award for contribution to zoology.