Items you can Borrow
We have books, magazines and a variety of equipment available to borrow.
Library
The group has the following books available to loan. Just contact our librarian and he will bring the books you want to the next convenient meeting.
| Title | Author | Publisher | Date | ISBN | On loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butterflies and Moths | |||||
| Butterflies in Towns and Cities | Butterfly Conservation | W | |||
| The Millenium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland 2001 | Asher, Warren et al. | O.U.P | 2001 | 0-19-850565-5 | N |
| A Complete Guide to British Butterflies | Brooks, Margaret & Knight, Charles | Book Club Associates | 1982 | Y | |
| Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe | Carter, David | Pan Books | 1982 | 0-330-26642-x | N |
| A Lepidopterist's Handbook | Dickson, Richard | Amateur Ent | 0-900054-28 | N | |
| Moths | Ford E.B. | Collins | 1967 | ||
| British Pyralid Moths | Goater, Barry | Harley Books | 0-946589-08- | N | |
| A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain & Europe | Higgins L.G. & Riley N.D. | Collins | 1970 | 0-00-212028-3 | N |
| Collins Butterflies of Britain and Europe | Higgins, Lionel & Hargreaves, Brian | Collins | 1983 | 0-00-219702-2 | N |
| Colour I.D. Guide to Butterflies of the British Isles | Howarth T.G. | Viking | 1984 | 0-670-80355-3 | |
| Provisional Checklist of Lepidoptera of Lancashire | Palmer S.M. | 2002 | |||
| Butterflies in Woodlands | Robinson T.C. | Forestry Commission | 0-11-710092-7 | ||
| Observers book of Butterflies | Tstokoe W.J | Fredereicke | 0-7232-1519- | N | |
| Butterflies | Warnecke, George | 1973 | 0-222-69267-7 | Y | |
| Pocket Guide to Butterflies | Whalley , Paul | Mitchell Beazley | 1981 | 0-85533-348-0 | |
| Butterflies of Britain and Europe | Whalley, Paul | Hamlyn Nature Guide | 1979 | 0-600-55860-6 | |
| Insects and Spiders | |||||
| Ladybird Identification Chart | |||||
| Britains Spiders | Bee L, Oxford G, Smith H | Princetown | 978069116529 | N | |
| The Oxford Book of Insects (rep 1974) | Burton, J | Oxford Univ. Press | 1968 | 0-19-910005-5 | N |
| Insects of Britain & Western Europe | Chinery, Michael | Collins | 1986 | 0-00-219137-7 | |
| Dragonflies New Naturalist | Corbet P.S., Longfield C. & Moore N.W. | Collins | 1960 | 0-00-219064-8 | |
| The Wasps | Evans H.E. & West M.J. Eberhard | David Charles | 1973 | 0-7153-6060-4 | |
| The Dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland | Hammond, Cyril O. | Harley Books | 1983 | 0-946589-14-3 | |
| Woodlice of Britain & Ireland | Hopkins, Stephen | F.S.C. | 1991 | 1-85153-204-8 | N |
| Insect Natural History | Imms A.D. | Bloomsbury Books | 1973 | 1-870630-39-4 | N |
| How to Begin the Study of Plant Galls | Ing, Bruce | Countryside Pamplet | 1966-7 | ||
| The World of the Wasp | Joy O.I.Spoczynska | Frederick Muller Ltd | 1975 | 0-584-10338-7 | Y |
| Dragonflies | Kemp R. | Worcestershire Conservation Trust | 1981 | ||
| British Spiders Vol.3 | Locket,Millidge&Merrett | Ray Society | 1974 | 0-903874-02-4 | |
| Dragonflies New Naturalist Handbook 7 | Miller, Peter L. | Cambridge U.P. | 1987 | 0-521-31765-7 | |
| Insects of the World | Remington, Jeanne E. | Bantam Books | 1975 | ||
| Scolioidea,Vespoidea,Sphecoidea,Hymenoptera,Aculeata | Richards O.W. | Royal Ent.Soc. | 1980 | ||
| Key to the earthworms of the UK and ireland | Sherlock, Emma | AIDGAP | 978190881940 | N | |
| The wasp that brainwashed the caterpillar | Simon, Matt | Headline Pub | 0-85546275-2 | N | |
| Mosquitoes New Naturalist Handbook 14 | Snow, Keith R. | Richmond Publishing Co Ltd | 1980 | 0-85546-275-2 | |
| The Coleoptera of the Witherslack area of Cumbria | Thomas, James R. A. | Raven Ent & | N | ||
| Introducing the Insect | Urquhart F.A. | Y | |||
| The dragonflies of Lancashire & N. Merseyside | White S. & Smith P.H. | Lancashire & Cheshire Fauna Society | 2015 | ||
| Vertebrates | |||||
| Reptiles & Amphibians of Britain & Europe | Arnold E.W. & Burton J.A. | Collins (Hardback) | 1978 | 0-00-219318-3 | N |
| The vertebrates of Lancashire | White S. (ed) | Lancashire & Cheshire Fauna Society | 2017 | 978-1-9997312-1-2 | N |
| Plants | |||||
| The Oxford Book of Wildflowers | Ary S. & Gregory M. | Oxford Univ. Press | 1960 | ||
| The Wildflowers of Britain & N.Europe | Fitter R., Fitter, A., Blamey M | Collins Paperback | 1974 | 0-00-219069-09 | Y |
| Sedges of the British Isles | Jermy, Chater & David | BSBI | 1982 | 0-901158-05-4 | |
| Wild Flowers of Chalk & Limestone | Lousley J.E. | Collins | |||
| The Wild Garden (Illustrated Guide) | Lys de Bray | 1978 | 0-297-77480-8 | N | |
| The Flowering of Britain | Mabey, Richard & Evans, Tony | Arrow Books | 1982 | 0-09-928060-4 | |
| Trees & bushes in wood and hedgerow | Methuen, Eyre & Lange, Johan | Eyre Methuen | 0413-0160-5 | N | |
| New Atlas of the British & Irish Flora | Preston C.D., Pearman D.A. & Dines T.D. | Oxford Univ.Press | 2001 | 0-19-851067-5 | |
| The Pollination of Flowers | Procter M. & Yeo P. | Collins | 1973 | 0-00-213178-1 | |
| A visitor's guide to Woodland Trust woods | Quarrie, Rachel | Woodland tru | N | ||
| The Wildflower Key British Isles &N.W.Europe | Rose, Francis | 1981 | 0-7232-2419-6 | ||
| New Observer's book of wild flowers | Rose, Francis | Frederick Wa | 07232-1642-8 | N | |
| New Flora of the British Isles | Stace, Clive 2nd ed. | Cambridge U.P. | 1997 | 0-521-58933-5 | |
| Wild Orchids of Britain | Summerhays V.S. | Collins | 1985 | 0-00-219086-9 | |
| The Secret Life of Trees | Tudge, Colin | Penguin Books | 2005 | 0-141-01293-5 | Y |
| Fungi | |||||
| Entangled life | Y | ||||
| Mushrooms & Toadstools- A Field Guide | Kibby, Geoffrey | Oxford Univ. Press | 1979 | 0-19-286004-6 | |
| Mushrooms & Toadstools | Lange,M & Bayard Hora,F | Collins | 1965 | 0-00-219300-0 | |
| Introduction to Mycology | Macdonald J.A. | Butterworth Scientific Publications | 1951 | N | |
| Fungi of N.Europe No.1- Larger Fungi | Nilsson, Sven & Persson, Olle | Penguin Nature Guides | 1978 | ||
| Fungi of N.Europe No.2 - Gill Fungi | Nilsson, Sven & Persson, Olle | Penguin Nature Guides | 1978 | ||
| Sea & Shoreline | |||||
| Pocket Guide to the Seashore | Barrett J. & Yonge C.M. | Book Club associates | 1974 | ||
| A Key to the Crabs & Crab-like Animals of British Inshore Waters | Crothers, John & Marilyn | F.S.C. | 1983 | ||
| The Open Sea - The World of Plankton | Hardy, Alistair | New Naturalist | 1956 | ||
| Seashore Guide | Hayward, Peter & King, Simon | BBC Wildlife | |||
| A Field Guide to the British Brown Seaweeds (Phaeophyta) | Hiscock, Sue | F.S.C. | 1979 | ||
| Freshwater | |||||
| Freshwater Crayfish in Britain & Ireland | Environment Agency | ||||
| Managing Ponds for Wildlife | English Nature | 1996 | 1-85716-215-3 | ||
| Ponds & Streams | Clegg, John | T.P Crowood Press | 1989 | 1-85223-233-1 | |
| Freshwater Invertebrates | Croft P.S. | F.S.C. | 1986 | 1-85153-181-6 | |
| Life In Lakes & Rivers | Macan T.T. & Worthington E.B. | Collins | 1974 | ||
| Birds | |||||
| Birds of Prey - Habits and Habitats | Andrews, John | World distributors | 1979 | 723508623 | |
| The Kingfisher | Boag, David | Shire Publications (Natural History Series) | 1986 | ||
| The Oxford Book of Birds | Campbell, Bruce & Watson, David | O.U.P. | 1964 | ||
| R.S.P.B. Reserves Visiting | Chapman A. | RSPB | 1987 | 0-903138-24-7 | |
| Bird watching | Flegg, Jim | Parragon | 075252436-4 | N | |
| A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain & Ireland | Gooders, John | Kingfisher | 1957 | 0-86272-143-1 | |
| A birdwatching guide to Menorca,Ibiza & Formentura | Hearl, Graham | Arlequin Paperback | 1996 | 1-900159-20-1 | |
| The Popular Handbook of British Birds | Hollom P.A.D. | Witherby (pub.1952) | rep. 1969 | 85493-002-7 | |
| Birds By Character, The Field Guide to Jizz Identification | Hume, Rob | Papermac | 1990 | 333490541 | |
| Birds Of The Norfolk Broads | Jones R. | Jarrold & Sons Ltd | 1977 | ||
| Birds of lake, river, marsh and field | Jonsson, Lars | Penguin Book | 014063009-0 | N | |
| Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse | Madge S. & McGowan P. | Christopher Helm | 2002 | 0-7136-3966-0 | |
| A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain & Europe (4th. Ed.) | Peterson, Mountford & Hollum | Collins (Hardback) | 1961 | ||
| Key to the Wildfowl of the World | Scott, Peter | Wildfowl Trust | Rep 1977 | ||
| Owl Pellets - Identification of remains | Yalden D.W. | The Mammal Society | 1977 | ||
| Lancashire and Cumbria | |||||
| Lancaster British Geological Survey | Y | ||||
| Geology of the Country Around Lancaster | Brandon A et al. | British geological Survey | 1998 | 0-11-884526-8 | |
| The Natural History of Walney Island | Dean, Tim | Faust Pub. | 0-948558-04-0 | ||
| The Flora of Lancashire | Greenwood, Eric | Palatine Books | 2012 | Y | |
| Flowering Plants & Ferns of Cumbria | Halliday, G | Univ.of Lanc. | 1978 | 01-901699-62-4 | |
| Lancashire - a journey into the wild | Lamb, John | Palatine Books, LWT | 2018 | 13:978-1-910837-14-6 | N |
| Fungi of Gait Barrows N.N.R. | Livermore P.D. & L.A. | Nature Conservancy Council | 1987 | ||
| The Flowering Plants, Ferns & Rusts of the Lancaster Canal | Livermore L.A. & P.D. | L.A.&P.D.Livermore | 1989 | N | |
| Plants & Rust Fungi of the Dismantled Railway Lines in the Lancaster District | Livermore L.A. & P.D. | N | |||
| Lancaster's Plant Life | Livermore L.A. & P.D. | 1991 | |||
| Coastal Plants & Rust Fungi of the N.Lancs Coast | Livermore L.A. & P.D. | L.A.&P.D.Livermore | 1990 | ||
| Mosses and Liverworts of North Lancashire | Wigginton, M.J. | 1995 | 0901800-81-3 | N | |
| Miscellaneous | |||||
| British wildlife | Arlott,N , Fitter, R & Fitter, A | HarperCollin | 185927092-1 | N | |
| The Countryside Detective Consultant | Bellamy, David | Y | |||
| Conserving Bogs - The Management Handbook | Brooks, Stuart & Stoneman, Rob | The Stationery Office | 1997 | 0-11-495836 | Y |
| A Nature Guide to Wales | Chatfield, June E. | Usborne Regional Guide | 1981 | ||
| Nature Detective | Falkus, Hugh | Penguin | 1978 | 0-14-00.5438-3 | |
| Countryside Conservation | Feltwell, John | Whiteland Leisure. | rep. 1989 | 1-85079-186-4 | |
| Other Minds, the octopus and the evolution of intelligent life | Godfrey-Smith, Peter | William Coll | 987000822629 | N | |
| The Delarna Journey | Linnaeus C. & Casson A (ed) | Gullers Forl | 978918823866 | N | |
| Test3 | Machiavelli, Niccolo | W | |||
| Heathlands | Packham, Chris | Collins Hard | 000-219844-4 | Y | |
| The Changing Scene - A Review of Natural History in the N.W. | Shepley A.V. (ed) | 1966 | |||
| Watching Wildlife | Stephen, David | Collins Hardback | 1963 | ||
| Wildlife Britain - 1000 Sites Around Britain | Strathers, Ruth (ed) | Think Books | 2007 | 978-1-84525-039-3 | Y |
| Focus on Nature | Thompson, Gerald & Oxford Scientific Films | Book Club Associates | 1981 | ||
| The invention of nature | Wulf, Andrea | John Murray | 1-84854-900- | N | |
| Brochures & Journals | |||||
| F.S.C. Guides (numerous) | |||||
| Keer to Kent No 58 Autumn/Winter 2005 | Arnside & Silverdale ANOB ; Landscape Trust | 2005 | |||
| Local Nature Reserves | Barker G. | English Nature | 1999 | 1-85716-441-5 | |