Nature’s Top 40: Britain’s Best Wildlife

Nature’s Top 40: Britain’s Best Wildlife
Chris Packham

Mike Dilger

From leaping dolphins to boxing hares, soaring eagles to the beat of a million wings – the British Isles offer some of the richest and most varied wildlife encounters in Europe. But how do you pick the must-see events?Britain is one of the best wildlife spots in Europe and this is the best of the best – as voted for by a panel of naturalists from suggestions from the public via BBC TV, BBC local radio and the web.Nature’s Top 40: Britain’s Best Wildlife is a definitive top-40 list of the UK’s most spectacular wildlife wonders. Based on the public’s recommendations, Mike Dilger gives a unique countdown of the UK’s 40 most remarkable sights, with tips on where and when to go, along with the fascinating stories behind each event – why it happens, what’s going on and how to get the very best view.So what are Britain’s top 40 sights, and which one is top of the wildlife pops?

Dedication (#ulink_c0991bbc-ce98-5f44-a819-8793722eaaba)

Dedicated to my dad … you would have been chuffed to bits

Contents

Cover (#u01b25123-c9d3-5b44-a1a2-e7d1f2373347)

Title Page (#u76cdf645-3d49-52d3-966b-0fa7f739db27)

Dedication (#ulink_67a5e18c-fb48-52d3-b43f-9e675fe1e7f2)

Foreword by Chris Packham (#ulink_9366f9d3-8a11-5a18-8ed7-4c960a1a1ec4)

Introduction (#ulink_43ea9cae-c7e0-55da-a600-04e2e7064fab)

40 Mating natterjacks (#ulink_8c266068-94cf-5a38-b93b-bcf9491d8bcb)

39 Wood ant nests (#ulink_e7c0b9e8-ff20-50cb-a087-8ff91cdfe822)

38 Displaying glow-worms (#ulink_92d0a92e-1e78-5eda-b2fc-d5aeae59a252)

37 Playing fox cubs (#ulink_5715ea35-f185-5177-95a4-a86ed757d717)

36 Trapping moths (#ulink_575d5e1e-b93c-57c5-96a5-7317eb917d83)

35 Grey seals pupping (#ulink_158bf6c8-6f43-5d2b-a04c-1fa0079b3d3b)

34 Winter high tide roost (#ulink_4af679ca-91ca-531d-a0b9-e2f19fc12d90)

33 Machair in summer (#ulink_9f3ddb29-132d-5f83-aa0c-4cb632795de9)

32 Wild goats rutting (#ulink_d2c04de7-6c6c-5ff8-add7-f080568b3e1b)

31 Swallows and martins feeding (#ulink_6640fcd1-44ca-54e5-981d-bdbf55b55c7d)

30 Otters fishing (#litres_trial_promo)

29 Roosting rooks (#litres_trial_promo)

28 Pipistrelle bats swarming (#litres_trial_promo)

27 Clouds of butterflies (#litres_trial_promo)

26 Terns attacking (#litres_trial_promo)

25 Pine martens hunting (#litres_trial_promo)

24 Roosting parakeets (#litres_trial_promo)

23 Dancing cranes (#litres_trial_promo)

22 Hunting peregrines (#litres_trial_promo)

21 Spiders’ webs (#litres_trial_promo)

20 Wheeling puffins (#litres_trial_promo)

19 Autumnal trees and toadstools (#litres_trial_promo)

18 Wild orchid displays (#litres_trial_promo)

17 Whale watching (#litres_trial_promo)

16 Courting great crested grebes (#litres_trial_promo)

15 Leaping dolphins (#litres_trial_promo)

14 Boxing hares (#litres_trial_promo)

13 Sea eagles fishing (#litres_trial_promo)

12 Rutting red deer (#litres_trial_promo)

11 Flocking pink-footed geese (#litres_trial_promo)

10 Barn owls hunting (#litres_trial_promo)

9 Basking sharks feeding (#litres_trial_promo)

8 Dancing adders (#litres_trial_promo)

7 Bluebell displays (#litres_trial_promo)

6 Dawn chorus (#litres_trial_promo)

5 Meadows in summer (#litres_trial_promo)

4 Lekking black grouse (#litres_trial_promo)

3 Leaping salmon (#litres_trial_promo)

2 Roosting starlings (#litres_trial_promo)