The Milton Keynes Natural History Society now has its very own library. Every title in our library is part of a cherished legacy honouring Roy Maycock whose passion for natural history continues to inspire our community.
How to Borrow
To borrow a book, simply email librarian@mknhs.org.uk. The librarian will check the availability of your chosen title, confirm your loan and arrange collection details with you.
For more details, see our borrowing guidelines.
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| Category | Title | Author(s) | Date of Publication | Edition | Publisher | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plants | (Identifying) Distinguishing Wild Flower Families | Copley, G. | 2014 | 1st. | Bannister Publications Ltd. | 978-1-909813-12-0 |
| Animals | A Field Guide to the Insects of Britain and Northern Europe | Chinery, M. | 1973 | 1st. | Collins | 0-00-212036-4 |
| Plants | A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe | Mitchell, A., Dahlstrom, P., Sunesen, E. and Darter, C. | 1974 | 1st. | Collins | 0-00-212035-6 |
| Plants | A Flora of Cornwall | French, C.N. | 2020 | 1st. | Wheal Seton Press | 978-0-95346-133-2 |
| Plants | A Flora of Cumbria | Halliday, G. | 1997 | 1st. | Centre for North West Regional Studies | 1-86220-020-3 |
| Plants | A Year in the Life of an English Meadow | Garnett, A. and Devlin, P. | 2007 | 1st. | Frances Lincoln Ltd. | 978-0-7112-2722-4 |
| Plants | Alien Grasses of the British Isles | Ryves, T.B, Clement, E.J. and Foster, M.C. | 1996 | 1st. | Botanical Society of the British Isles | 0-901158-27-5 |
| Plants | Alien Plants of the British Isles: A Provisional Catalogue of Vascular Plants (Excluding grasses) | Clement, E.J. and Foster M.C. | 1994 | 1st. | Botanical Society of the British Isles | 0-901158-23-2 |
| Plants | Arthur Harry Church: The Anatomy of Flowers | Mabberley, D. | 2000 | 1st. | Merrell and The Natural History Museum, London | 1-85894-116-4 |
| Plants | Bedfordshire Plant Atlas | Dony, J.G. | 1976 | 1st. | Luton Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Animals | Book of British Birds | Readers Digest Association, Automobile Association (Great Britain) | 1969 | 1st. | Drive Publications Limited | |
| Plants | Britain’s Changing Flora: A Summary of the Results of Plant Atlas 2020 | Walker, K., Stroh, P., Humphrey, T., Roy, D., Burkmar, R. and Pescott, O. | 2023 | 1st. | Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland | |
| Plants | Britain’s Rare Flowers | Marren, P. | 1999 | 1st. | T & A D Poyser Ltd. | 0-85661-114-X |
| Plants | British Wild Flowers (Volume 2) | Hutchinson, J. | 1955 | 4th. | Penguin Books Ltd. | |
| Plants | Checklist of Plants: Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough | Gent, G. and Wilson, R. | 2009 | 1st. | Northamptonshire Flora Group | |
| Plants | Collins Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of Britain and Northern Ireland | Fitter, R., Fitter, A. and Farrer, A. | 1984 | 1st. | Collins | 0-00-219136-9 |
| Animals | Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe | Chinery, M. | 1986 | 1st. | Collins | 0-00-219137-7 |
| Plants | Crucifers of Great Britain and Ireland | Rich, T.C.G. | 1991 | 1st. | Botanical Society of the British Isles | 0-901158-20-8 |
| Plants | Docks and Knotweeds of Britain and Ireland | Akeroyd, J.R. | 2014 | 2nd. | Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland | 978-0-90-115847-5 |
| Plants | Encyclopedia of Garden Plants and Flowers | Hattatt, L. | 1998 | 1st. | Dempsey Parr | 1-84084-296-2 |
| Plants | Flora of Bedfordshire | Boon, C.R. and Outen, A.R. | 2011 | 1st. | Bedfordshire Natural History Society | 978-0-9506521-8-4 |
| Plants | Flora of Bedfordshire | Dony, J.G. | 1978 | 2nd. | EP Publishing Limited | 0-7158-1337-4 |
| Plants | Flora of Essex | Jermyn, S.T. and Adams, K.J. | 1974 | 1st. | Essex Naturalists’ Trust Limited | 0-904768-01-5 |
| Plants | Flora of Hertfordshire | James, T.J. | 2009 | 1st. | Hertfordshire Natural History Society | 978-0-9521685-8-4 |
| Plants | Flora of Jersey: with notes on the occurrence of species recorded for the other Channel Islands | Le Sueur, F., Sellars, P. | 1984 | 1st. | Société Jersiaise | 0-901897-11-6 |
| Plants | Flora of Northumberland | Swan, G.A., Lunn, A.G. and Richards, A.J. | 1993 | 1st. | The Natural History Society of Northumbria | 0-9520782-0-1 |
| Plants | Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire | Crackles, E. and Arnett, R. (ed.) | 1990 | 1st. | Hull University Press | 0-85958-487-9 |
| Plants | Flora of the London Area | Burton, R.M. | 1983 | 1st. | London Natural History Society | 0-90-1009-02-4 |
| Plants | Flowering Plants of Wales | Ellis, R.G. | 1983 | 1st. | National Museum of Wales | 0-7200-0271-0 |
| Plants | Grasses of the British Isles | Cope, T., Gray, A., Tebbs, M and Ashton, P. (ed.) | 2009 | 1st. | Botanical Society of the British Isles | 978-0-901158-413 |
| Plants | Grasses, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland | Phillips, R. and Grant, S. | 1980 | 1st. | Pan Books Ltd | 0-330-25959-8 |
| Plants | Grasses. A Guide to their Structure, Identification, Uses and Distribution in the British Isles | Hubbard, C.E., Hubbard, J.C.E. and Sampson, J. | 1985 | 3rd. | Penguin Books Ltd. | 0-14-022279-0 |
| Plants and Animals | Guide to Wildlife of Burial Grounds | Caring for God’s Acre/Shields, C. and Harper, L. | 2015 | 1st. | FSC Publications | 978-1-908819-22-2 |
| Animals | Insect Life | Tweedie, M. | 1977 | 1st. | Collins | 0-00-219343-4 |
| Plants | New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora | Preston, C. D., Pearman D.A. and Dines, T.D. | 2002 | 1st. | Oxford University Press | 0-19-851067-5 |
| Plants | New Flora of the British Isles | Stace, C. | 1991 | 1st. | Cambridge University Press | 0-521-42793-2 |
| Plants | New Flora of the British Isles | Stace, C. | 1997 | 2nd. | Cambridge University Press | 0-521-58933-5 |
| Plants | New Flora of the British Isles | Stace, C. | 2010 | 3rd. | Cambridge University Press | 978-0-521-70772-5 |
| Plants | Orchids: A Selection from the Famous Orchid Album Illustrated by Nugent Fitch First Published in 1882 | British Museum (Natural History)/Fitch, N. | 1991 | 1st. | Wordsworth Editions Ltd. | 1-85326-962-X |
| Animals | Painted Wings: Memories of George Higgs including his Paintings of Moths and Butterflies | Higgs, F, | 2017 | 1st. | Coch-y-Bonddu Books | 978-1-904784-80-7 |
| Plants | Pests Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants | Buczacki, S.T., Harris, K.M. and Hargreaves, B. | 1994 | 1st. | HarperCollins | 0-00-219103-2 |
| Plants | Plants of Herefordshire: a Handlist | Whitehead, L.E. | 1976 | 1st. | Herefordshire Botanical Society | |
| Plants and Animals | Prestwood and Holtspur Valley Reserves – A Review and Guide | Banyard, F. (Ed.) | 2001 | 1st. | Butterfly Conservation in the Chilterns | |
| Plants | Rare Plant Register: Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough | Gent, G. and Wilson, R. | 2008 | 1st. | Northamptonshire Flora Group | |
| Plants | Scarce Plants in Britain | Stewart, A., Pearman, D.A. and Preston, C.D. | 1994 | 1st. | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | 1-873701-66-7 |
| Plants | Sedges of the British Isles | Jermy, A.C., Simpson, D.A., Foley, M.J.Y. and Porter M.S. | 2007 | 3rd. | Botanical Society of the British Isles | 0-901158-35-6 |
| Plants | The Changing Flora of the UK | Preston, C.D., Telfer, M.G., Arnold, H.R., Carey, P.D., Cooper, J.M., Dines, T.D., Hill, M.O., Pearman, D.A., Roy, D.B. and Smart, S.M. | 2002 | 1st. | DEFRA | |
| Plants | The Dictionary of Garden Plants in colour with House and Greenhouse Plants | Hay, R. and Synge, P.M. | 1969 | 1st. | Ebury Press | 7181-4020-6 |
| Plants | The Dictionary of Shrubs in Colour | Gault, S.M. | 1976 | 1st. | Peerage Books | 0-907408-08-7 |
| Animals | The Hamlyn Guide to Butterflies of the British Isles | Thomas, J.A. | 1989 | 2nd. | Hamlyn | 0-600-56512-2 |
| Animals | The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief and Compassion – Surprising Observations of a Hidden World | Wohlleben, P. | 2017 | 1st. | The Bodley Head | 978-1-847924-54-4 |
| Plants | The Plant Hunters: 200 Years of Adventure and Discovery Around the World | Musgrave, T., Gardner, C. and Musgrave, W. | 2000 | 2nd. | The Orion Publishing Group | 1-84188-001-9 |
| Plants and Animals | The RoadsideWildlife Book | Mabey, R. | 1978 | 2nd. | Sphere Books Limited | 0-72215711-8 |
| Plants | The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe | Fitter, R., Fitter, A. and Blamey, M. | 1974 | 1st. | Collins | 0-00-211278-7 |
| Plants | Tree Fruit Growing . 1, Apples | Bush, R. | 1951 | 4th, | Penguin Books Ltd. | |
| Plants | Tree Fruit Growing . 2, Pears, Quinces and Stone Fruits | Bush, R. | 1946 | 2nd. | Penguin Books Ltd. | |
| Plants | Trees in Britain, Europe and North America | Phillips, R., Grant, S. and Wellsted, T. (ed.) | 1978 | 1st. | Pan Books Ltd | 0-330-25480-4 |
| Plants | Wild Flowers and where to find them in the Chilterns | Fallows, L. and Fallows, G. | 2007 | 1st. | Frances Lincoln Ltd | 978-0-7112-2780-4 |
| Plants | Wild Flowers of Britain | Phillips, R. | 1977 | 3rd. | Cripplegate Printing Co. Ltd. | 0-330-25183-X |
| Plants | Wild Flowers of the World | Everard, B. and Morley, B.D. | 1970 | 2nd. | Peerage Books | 0-907408-11-7 |
| Plants and Animals | Wildlife After Gravel: Twenty Years of Practical Research by The Game Conservancy and ARC | Giles, N. | 1992 | 1st. | Game Conservancy Limited | 0-9500130-3-X |
| Plants and Animals | Wildlife Under Threat: The Rare and Threatened Wildlife of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | Everett, S., Harvey, M. and Corbyn, I. | 1997 | 1st. | Pisces Publications | 1-874357-12-9 |
| Plants | Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland | Meikle, R.D. | 1984 | 1st. | Botanical Society of the British Isles | 0-901158-07-0 |
| Plants and Animals | Your Wild Guide to the Nature Reserves of Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust | Hudson, R. (ed.) | 2015 | 1st. | TheNatureBureau | 978-1-874357-71-1 |