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