| Description | 2001, 464pp, 270 colour illustrations and distribution maps, hardback with dustjacket. The millennium atlas is the culmination of five years intensive work by thousands of volunteer recorders resulting in the most comprehensive survey of butterflies ever undertaken in the British Isles. It is an up-to-date assessment of our butterflies, their habitats, the threats they face, and the major changes that have occurred since the 1984 atlas. The varying fortune of each species is meticulously charted particularly in relation to widespread habitat loss and climate variation. There is a wealth of new information about butterfly ecology including findings from the British Monitoring Scheme and descriptions of the habitats most favoured by particular communities of butterflies with visions of how their future conservation might be developed. The style of writing is easily readable and the book is fantastic value for money. It will be a classic work for many years and of interest to amateur naturalists, professional conservationists and policy makers alike. New copy but now out of print. However we still have a few copies left at the original price |
