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The '''New Naturalist''' books are a series published by Collins in the United_Kingdom, on a variety of Natural_history topics relevant to the British_Isles. The aim of the series at the start was: "To interest the general reader in the wild life of Britain by recapturing the inquiring spirit of the old naturalists." In the editors' preface to a 1952 monograph they write "An object of the ''New Naturalist'' series is the recognition of the many-sidedness of British natural history, and the encouragement of unusual and original developments of its forgotton or neglected facets."
The first to appear was E.B._Ford's ''Butterflies'' in 1945. The authors of this series are usually eminent experts, often professional scientists. This gives the series authority, and many are or have been authoritative introductory textbooks on a subject for some years. The books are written in scientific style, but are intended to be readable by the non-specialist, and are an early example of Popular_science in the media.
The books of the series have had considerable influence on many students who later became professional biologists, such as W.D._Hamilton and Mike_Majerus. The latter was inspired by Ford's ''Butterflies'' and ''Moths'' and later added two of his own volumes to the series.
A parallel series of Monographs was also published, but there have been no additions since 1971. Volume 82 of the main series, ''The New Naturalists'', described the series to date, with Author biographies and a guide to collecting the books.
James_Fisher was for many years one of the editors of the series. Many of the highly characteristic Dust_jacket illustrations are by Clifford_and_Rosemary_Ellis; others are by Robert_Gillmor.
Being a numbered series, with a very low Print_run for some volumes, they are highly collectable. Second-hand copies of the rarer volumes, in very good condition, can command high prices. The series is on-going.
==Main Series==
{|class="wikitable"
|1
|Butterflies
|E.B._Ford
|1945
|----
|2
|British Game
|Vesey-Fitzgerald, B.
|1946
|----
|3
|London's Natural History
|R.S.R._Fitter
|1945
|----
|4
|Britain's Structure and Scenery
| Dudley Stamp, L.
|1946
|----
|5
|Wild Flowers
|Gilmour, J. & Walters, M.
| 1954
|----
|6a
|The Natural History of the Highlands and Islands
|Darling, F.F.
|1947
|----
|6b
|The Highlands and Islands
|Darling, F.F. & Boyd, J.M.
| 1964
|----
|7
|Mushrooms and Toadstools
|Ramsbottom, J.
|1953
|----
|8
|Insect Natural History
|Imms, A.D.
|1947
|----
|9
|A Country Parish
|Boyd, A.W.
|1951
|----
|10
|British Plant Life
|Turrill, W.B.
|1948
|----
|11
|Mountains and Moorlands
|Pearsall, W.H.
|1950
|----
|12
|The Sea Shore
|Yonge, C.M.
|1949
|----
|13
|Snowdonia
|North, F.J., Campbell,B. & Scott, R.
|1949
|----
|14
|The Art of Botanical Illustration
|Blunt, W.
|1950
|----
|15
|Life in Lakes and Rivers
|Macan, T.T. & Worthington, E.B.
|1951
|----
|16
|Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone
|Lousley, J.E.
|1950
|----
|17
|Birds and Men
|Max_Nicholson
|1951
|----
|18
|A Nat. Hist. of Man in Britain
| Fleure, H.J.
|1951
|----
|19
|Wild Orchids of Britain
|Summerhayes, V.S.
|1951
|----
|20
|The British Amphibians and Reptiles
|Malcolm_Arthur_Smith
|1951
|----
|21
|British Mammals
|Matthews, L.H.
|1952
|----
|22
|Climate and the British Scene
|Gordon_Manley
|1952
|----
|23
|An Angler's Entomology
|Harris, J.R.
|1952
|----
|24
|Flowers of the Coast
|Hepburn, I.
|1952
|----
|25
|The Sea Coast
|Steers, J.A.
|1953
|----
|26
|The Weald
|Wooldridge, S.W. & Goldring, F.
|1953
|----
|27
|Dartmoor
|Harvey, L.A. & St Leger Gordon, D.
|1953
|----
|28
|Sea-Birds
|James_Fisher & Lockley, R.M.
| 1954
|----
|29
|The World of the Honeybee
|Butler, C.G.
|1954
|----
|30
|Moths
|E.B._Ford
|1954
|----
|31
|Man and the Land
|Dudley Stamp, L.
|1955
|----
|32
|Trees, Woods and Man
|Edlin, H.L.
|1956
|----
|33
|Mountain Flowers
|Raven J. and Walters, M.
|1956
|----
|34
|The Open Sea: The World of Plankton
|Hardy, A.
|1956
|----
|35
|The World of Soil
|Russell, E.J.
|1957
|----
|36
|Insect Migration
|Williams, C.B.
|1958
|----
|37
|The Open Sea: Fish & Fisheries
| Hardy, A.
|1959
|----
|38
|The World of Spiders
|W.S._Bristowe
|1958
|----
|39
|The Folklore of Birds
|Armstrong, E.A.
|1958
|----
|40
|Bumblebees
|Free, J.B. & Butler, C.G.
| 1959
|----
|41
|Dragonflies
|Corbet, P.S., Longfield, C. & Moore, N.W.
|1960
|----
|42
|Fossils
|Swinnerton, H.H.
|1960
|----
|43
|Weeds and Aliens
|Salisbury, E.
|1961
|----
|44
|The Peak District
|Edwards, K.C.
|1962
|----
|45
|The Common Lands of England and Wales
|Hoskins, W.G. & Dudley Stamp, L.
|1963
|----
|46
|The Broads
|Ellis, A.E.
|1965
|----
|47
|The Snowdonia National Park
|Condry, W.M.
|1966
|----
|48
|Grass and Grassland
|Moore, I.
|1966
|----
|49
|Nature Conservation in Britain
| Dudley Stamp, L.
|1969
|----
|50
|Pesticides and Pollution
|Mellanby, K.
|1967
|----
|51
|Man and Birds
|Murton, R.K.
|1971
|----
|52
|Woodland Birds
|Simms, E.
|1971
|----
|53
|The Lake District
|Pearsall, W.H. & Pennington, W.
|1973
|----
|54
|The Pollination of Flowers
|Proctor, M. & Yeo, P.
|1973
|----
|55
|Finches
|Newton, I.
|1972
|----
|56
|Pedigree: Words from Nature
|Potter, S. & Sargent, L.
|1973
|----
|57
|British Seals
|Hewer, H.R.
|1974
|----
|58
|Hedges
|Pollard, E., Hooper, M.D. & Moore, N.W.
|1974
|----
|59
|Ants
|Brian, M.V.
|1977
|----
|60
|British Birds of Prey
|Brown, L.H.
|1976
|----
|61
|Inheritance and Natural History
| R.J._Berry
|1977
|----
|62
|British Tits
|Chris_Perrins
|1979
|----
|63
|British Thrushes
|Simms, E.
|1978
|----
|64
|The Natural History of Shetland
| R.J._Berry
|1980
|----
|65
|Waders
|Hale, W.G.
|1980
|----
|66
|The Natural History of Wales
|Condry, W.M.
|1982
|----
|67
|Farming and Wildlife
|Mellanby, K.
|1981
|----
|68
|Mammals in the British Isles
|Harrison Matthews, L.
|1982
|----
|69
|Reptiles and Amphibians in Britain
|Fraser, D.
|1983
|----
|70
|The Natural History of Orkney
|R.J._Berry
|1985
|----
|71
|British Warblers
|Simms, E.
|1985
|----
|72
|Heathlands
|Webb, N.
|1986
|----
|73
|The New Forest
|Tubbs, C.R.
|1986
|----
|74
|Ferns
|Page, C.N.
|1988
|----
|75
|British Freshwater Fish
|Maitland, P.S. & Campbell, R.N.
|1992
|----
|76
|The Hebrides
|Boyd, J.M. & Boyd I.L.
|1990
|----
|77
|The Soil
|Davis, B.N.K., Walker, N., Ball, D.F. & Alastair_Fitter
|1992
|----
|78
|British Larks, Pipits and Wagtails
|Simms, E.
|1992
|----
|79
|Caves and Cave Life
|Chapman, P.
|1993
|----
|80
|Wild and Garden Plants
|Walters, M.
|1993
|----
|81
|Ladybirds
|Mike_Majerus
|1994
|----
|82
|The New Naturalists
|Marren, P.
|1995 (2nd ed. 2005)
|----
|83
|The Natural History of Pollination
|Proctor, M., Yeo, P. & Lack, A.
|1996
|----
|84
|Ireland: A Natural History
|Cabot, D.
|1999
|----
|85
|Plant Disease
|Ingram, D. & Robertson, N.
| 1999
|----
|86
|Lichens
|Gilbert, Oliver
|2000
|----
|87
|Amphibians & Reptiles
|Beebee, T. & Griffiths, R.
| 2000
|----
|88
|Loch Lomondside
|John Mitchell
|2001
|----
|89
|The Broads
|Brian Moss
|2001
|----
|90
|Moths
|Mike_Majerus
|2002
|----
|91
|Nature Conservation
|Peter Marren
|2002 ISBN 0007113056
|----
|92
|Lakeland
|Derek_Ratcliffe
|2002 ISBN 0007113048
|----
|93
|British Bats
|John Altringham
|2003 ISBN 0002201402
|----
|94
|Seashore
|Peter Hayward
|2004 ISBN 0002200309
|----
|95
|Northumberland
|Angus Lunn
|2004 ISBN 0007184840
|----
|96
|Fungi
|Spooner, B. & Roberts, P.
|2005 ISBN 0002201526
|----
|97
|Mosses and Liverworts
|Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N.
|2005 ISBN 0002202123
|----
|98
|Bumblebees
|Ted Benton
|2006 ISBN 0007174500
|----
|99
|Gower
|Jonathan Mullard
|2006 ISBN 0007160674
|----
|100
|Woodlands
|Oliver_Rackham
|2006 ISBN 0007202431
|}
==Monographs==
{|class="wikitable"
|M01
|The Badger
|Neal, E.
|1948
|-
|M02
|The Redstart
|Buxton, J.
|1950
|-
|M03
|The Wren
|Armstrong, E.A.
|1955
|-
|M04
|The Yellow Wagtail
|Smith, S.
|1950
|-
|M05
|The Greenshank
|Nethersole-Thompson, D.
|1951
|-
|M06
|The Fulmar
|James_Fisher
|1952
|-
|M07
|Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos
|Miriam_Rothschild & Clay, T.
|1952
|-
|M08
|Ants
|Morley, D.W.
|1953
|-
|M09
|The Herring Gull's World
|Niko_Tinbergen
|1960
|-
|M10
|Mumps, Measles and Mosaics
|Smith, K.M. & Markham, R.
|1954
|-
|M11
|The Heron
|Lowe, F.A.
|1954
|-
|M12
|Squirrels
|Shorten, M.
|1954
|-
|M13
|The Rabbit
|Thompson, H.V. & Worden, A.N.
|1956
|-
|M14
|The Birds of the London Area
|London N.H.S.
|1957
|-
|M15
|The Hawfinch
|Guy_Mountfort
|1957
|-
|M16
| The Salmon
|Jones, J.W.
|1959
|-
|M17
|Lords and Ladies
|Prime, C.T.
|1960
|-
|M18
|Oysters
|Yonge, C.M.
|1960
|-
|M19
|The House Sparrow
|Summers-Smith, D.
|1963
|-
|M20
|The Wood Pigeon
|Murton, R.K.
|1965
|-
|M21
|The Trout
|Frost, W.E. & Brown, M.E.
|1967
|-
|M22
|The Mole
|Mellanby, Kenneth
|1971
|}
== External links ==
*Titles currently in print
*List of main series with jacket illustrations
*List of monographs with jacket illustrations
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