Inspiration through Nature

Brambleby Books specialises in natural history, with an emphasis on biodiversity, conservation and the environment. Our aim is to bring alive the variety and splendour of the natural world in the form of narrative descriptions, often interfaced with poetry and/or the visual arts. We also wish to promote natural history as a leisure pursuit.

New Website Our website is presently being redesigned, a bit more friendlier, brighter and more informative. It should all be done by the end of June 2012.

2011/2012 publications for pre-orders / purchase

Apps now available for iPhones

Adrian Riley's classic field and site guide British and Irish Butterflies , now RRP £25, is now available as an app from the iTunes store for your iPhone / iPad for only £4.99. With the latest upgrade (Dec. 2010), a record button was added so you to e-mail home any butterfly sightings with coordinates, date and time.

Book orders

Orders can be made using our secure online order system. We sell all our books at a discount and delivery is free within the UK.

Our Poetry Books

Poem of the month

Blue Skies in Tuscany

Blue skies in Tuscany,

Distant curving hills,

Cypresses and olive groves...

And flower-strewn rills.

Villas..and oak trees,

Old and evergreen,

Swallowtails that dance the hours;

Small lizards rarely seen.

The Oriole's lone recital

From a shaded bough;

Soft, warm breezes

That waft the cloudlets slow.

Lilac and yellow broom....

A splash of brightest hue;

Large, dark metallic bees

That visit swift and true.

Hot Sun...and strong scents;

The grasshopper that rasps its joy...

Amidst the lilting grasses...

That beckon and alloy.

A scene indeed so tranquil,

As if it were but dreams;

Here where the senses mingle....

To prove all is what it seems.

Hugh D. Loxdale from Blue Skies in Tuscany


	UK500: Birding in the Fast Lane A huge tribute to one man's determination to see the most bird species in the UK before he turned 30.


	The Wild Flowers of the Isle of Purbeck, Brownsea and Sandbanks An essential companion for walks on the Isle of Purbeck.


	British and Irish Butterflies The complete field, identification and site guide to the species, subspecies and forms in full colour.