MKNHS Book Evening – Tuesday 6th January 2026
The list below covers all the books presented by members during the evening. A list doesn’t do justice to the descriptions which individuals gave and their enthusiasm for these titles. If you want to know more, do make a point of talking to the members concerned!
Members’ recommendations
- RSPB Birds of Britain and Europe by Rob Hume
Published by DK, 2018.
Recommended by Gary Fowler - Harrap’s Wild Flowers: Second Edition by Simon Harrap
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2025
Recommended by Frank Goates
(First edition available from Frank for £5!) - British & Irish Wild Flowers and Plants A Pocket Guide by Rachel Hamilton, Chris Gibson and Robert Still
Published by WILDguides, 2024
Recommended by Frank Goates - The Place of Tides by James Rebanks
Published by Penguin, 2025
Recommended by Charles Kessler - A Life of Ospreys by Roy Dennis
Published by Whittles Publishing, 2008
Recommended by Joan Hughes - How to Read a Tree by Tristan Gooley
Published by Hodder Press, 2024
Recommended by Richard Schmidt - Mark Avery’s Newsblast
Free monthly online news update
Subscribe at MONTHLY EMAIL ‘NEWSBLAST’ – Mark Avery
Recommended by Sue Hetherington - The Birdwatcher’s Yearbook 2026-46
Published by The Birdwatcher’s Yearbook, Dec 2025
Recommended by Sue Hetherington - Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
Published by Canongate Books, 2024
Recommended by Mike LeRoy - Forgotten Forests: Twelve Thousand Years of British and Irish Woodlands by Jonathan Mullard
Published by William Collins, 2025 (Hardback, Paperback due 21 May 2026)
Recommended by Mike LeRoy - The Secret Life of Flies by Erica McAlister
Published by the Natural History Museum, 2017
Recommended by Linda Murphy - The Complete Book of Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker
Revised edition Published by Warne, 2016 (Hardback)
Post meeting added recommendation for children from Di Parsons