The Wildlife Pond Book

Author : Jules Howard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472958310

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The Wildlife Pond Book by Jules Howard Pdf

This friendly, practical guide includes everything you need to know to pick up a spade, put in a pond and help wildlife flourish right outside your back door. Ponds are vital oases for nature. They are nursery grounds, feeding stops and bathing spots. They are genetic superhighways and vibrant ecosystems each brimming with life, interactions and potential. And they are for everyone. In The Wildlife Pond Book, Jules Howard offers a fresh perspective on ponds and encourages gardeners to reach for a garden spade and do something positive to benefit our shared neighbourhood nature. As well as offering practical tips and advice on designing, planting up and maintaining your pond, Jules encourages readers to explore the wildlife that colonises it with a torch, a microscope or a good old-fashioned pond-dipping net. With a foreword by award-winning wildlife-gardening author, Kate Bradbury, this helpful new guide includes a section outlining the hundreds of organisms that may turn up in your pond and is packed with creative ideas that have been tried and tested by author Jules Howard, an avid pond-builder, prolific pond-dipper and passionate voice for freshwater conservation for more than fifteen years. So, no matter how big your outdoor space is, The Wildlife Pond Book is the guide you need to create your very own haven for nature.

Author : Kate Bradbury
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780744047332

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RHS How to Create a Wildlife Pond by Kate Bradbury Pdf

The best way to attract wildlife to your garden is to build a pond. Discover how to do it, and then watch the wildlife come, month by month. Whether you want to do something for the environment, build a pond as a family project, or attract local biodiversity to your garden, a wildlife pond is a perfect addition to your gardening efforts. Inside the pages of this book about creating a wildlife pond you will find: • Photographic step-by-step guide on creating and maintaining a variety of pond types, including natural-style ponds, container ponds, and more traditional, formal-style ponds that still attract wildlife • Evocative, in-depth chapters that tell the story of your pond through the year: what you can expect to see happen, the creatures that will visit and live in and around the pond, and tips on what to look out for and how to keep it in good condition • An eye-catching mixture of photography and illustration, similar to the style used in DK’s How to Attract Birds to Your Garden Your very own backyard oasis Create a natural sanctuary right where you are! This book shows you how to create a backyard pond in your garden and how to attract and support local species. RHS How to Create a Wildlife Pond provides easy-to-follow steps on how to dig your own pond, line it, advice on which aquatic plants to plant, and how to make sure local wildlife can enter and exit the pond safely. This book will also give you advice on how to take care of your pond so that you’re able to enjoy the local animals, insects, and birds for years to come. You can expect to see blackbirds bathing in your pond, hedgehogs using it as a water source, and bats flying over at night to catch insects. This wonderful book is filled with photographs and illustrations that will make creating your own pond easy and fulfilling!

Author : Jim and Joel Ashton,Ashton Joel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0241435811

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Wild Your Garden by Jim and Joel Ashton,Ashton Joel Pdf

"It's up to every single one of us to do our bit for wildlife, however small our gardens, and The Butterfly Brothers know just how that can be achieved." Alan Titchmarsh Join the rewilding movement and share your outdoor space with nature. We all have the potential to make the world a little greener. Wild Your Garden, written by Jim and Joel Ashton (aka "The Butterfly Brothers"), shows you how to create a garden that can help boost local biodiversity. Transform a paved-over yard into a lush oasis, create refuges to welcome and support native species, or turn a high-maintenance lawn into a nectar-rich mini-meadow to attract bees and butterflies. You don't need specialist knowledge or acres of land. If you have any outdoor space, you can make a difference to local wildlife, and reduce your carbon footprint, too. "Wildlife gardening is one of the most important things you can do as an individual for increasing biodiversity and mitigating the effects of climate change. From digging a pond to planting a native hedge, the Butterfly Brothers can help you every step of the way." Kate Bradbury

Author : Louise Bardsley
Publisher : New Holland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Pond ecology
ISBN : 1780090080

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The Wildlife Pond Handbook by Louise Bardsley Pdf

This eye-catching, comprehensive and practical guide enables the reader to create and maintain a wildlife pond in their garden and to enjoy and identify the creatures and plants that are attracted to this wetland habitat.

Author : Jules Howard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472958303

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The Wildlife Pond Book by Jules Howard Pdf

This friendly, practical guide includes everything you need to know to pick up a spade, put in a pond and help wildlife flourish right outside your back door. Ponds are vital oases for nature. They are nursery grounds, feeding stops and bathing spots. They are genetic superhighways and vibrant ecosystems each brimming with life, interactions and potential. And they are for everyone. In The Wildlife Pond Book, Jules Howard offers a fresh perspective on ponds and encourages gardeners to reach for a garden spade and do something positive to benefit our shared neighbourhood nature. As well as offering practical tips and advice on designing, planting up and maintaining your pond, Jules encourages readers to explore the wildlife that colonises it with a torch, a microscope or a good old-fashioned pond-dipping net. With a foreword by award-winning wildlife-gardening author, Kate Bradbury, this helpful new guide includes a section outlining the hundreds of organisms that may turn up in your pond and is packed with creative ideas that have been tried and tested by author Jules Howard, an avid pond-builder, prolific pond-dipper and passionate voice for freshwater conservation for more than fifteen years. So, no matter how big your outdoor space is, The Wildlife Pond Book is the guide you need to create your very own haven for nature.

Author : Brian Heinz
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761384519

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Butternut Hollow Pond by Brian Heinz Pdf

In the course of a full day at Butternut Hollow Pond, readers will meet water striders, snapping turtles, herons, woodchucks, and other animals that live in the pond. As each one is introduced, readers will learn how that creature fits into the habitat's food chain, proving that a peaceful day at Butternut Hollow Pond is actually full of action and adventure For The many animals who live there.

Author : Jeffrey Domm
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing Limited
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1771089415

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Wild Pond Hockey by Jeffrey Domm Pdf

Ravens and wolves slip on a pond of ice and the game is on! A fun reimagining of the origin of Canada's favourite sport with vivid artwork by veteran nature artist and writer Jeffery Domm.

Author : Kate Bradbury
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-18
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781472956071

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Wildlife Gardening by Kate Bradbury Pdf

An easy-to-follow gardening guide to help you encourage different types of wildlife into your garden. If you want to attract more bees, birds, frogs and hedgehogs into your garden, look no further than Wildlife Gardening for Everyone and Everything. Kate Bradbury offers tips on feeding your neighbourhood wildlife and explains how you can create the perfect habitats for species you'd like to welcome into your garden. With handy charts tailored to the needs of every size and style of garden, this easy-to-use book also includes practical projects such as making bee hotels or creating wildlife ponds, compost corners and wildflower meadows, as well as fact files for the UK's most common garden species. Everyone can garden with wildlife in mind, and in this practical new guide, Kate has teamed up with the Wildlife Trusts and the RHS to help you discover how you can make your garden, balcony, doorstep or patio a haven for garden wildlife.

Author : Kate Messner
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781452150857

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Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner Pdf

In this gorgeous companion to the acclaimed Over and Under the Snow and Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal bring to life a secret underwater world. In this book, readers will discover the plants and animals that make up the rich, interconnected ecosystem of a mountain pond. Over the pond, the water is a mirror, reflecting the sky. But under the pond is a hidden world of minnows darting, beavers diving, tadpoles growing. These and many other secrets are waiting to be discovered...over and under the pond.

Author : Veronica Fowler
Publisher : Strange Chemistry
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-08
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781591865537

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Backyard Water Gardens by Veronica Fowler Pdf

Backyard Water Gardens is a complete overview of everything you need to know in order to create a backyard water feature, from ideas, to installation, to maintaining, to stocking with plants and fish.

Author : Tim Pond
Publisher : Search Press Limited
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781781265123

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Field Guide to Drawing & Sketching Animals by Tim Pond Pdf

Artist Tim Pond's lively and engaging book fuses science with art, providing the reader with the skills, techniques and knowledge they need to create sketches of animals filled with life and movement.There are some very good books written on life drawing, yet when it comes to drawing wildlife, illustrators and artists often revert to working solely from photographs, which can leave the artwork looking lifeless and flat. In this inspirational book, artist Tim Pond shows you how to observe and draw animals in zoos, farms, wildlife parks and aquariums, teaching you some fascinating facts about the animals along the way and ultimately bringing you closer to nature. One of the challenges with sketching wildlife is that animals are constantly moving. However by having some basic understanding of the biology of an animal, such as knowing that a duck has a cheek or that a cheetah can't retract its claws, can influence how you might sketch them, and results in a lively drawing that captures the form, movement and ultimately the spirit of the animal in question. Combining scientific knowledge with expert practical guidance is key to creating successful drawings of animals, and Tim's ability to convey this in a way that is both accessible and engaging makes this a unique and inspiring guide suitable for artists of all levels. Tim's book takes you on a journey of discovery that will enable you to develop the skills, techniques and knowledge you need to sketch a broad range of wildlife, encompassing mammals, reptiles, birds, fish and insects. It includes quick, gestural sketches as well as linear and tonal studies, in a variety of media - pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour. There are numerous studies comprising how to represent the different patterns of animals' coats, how to capture the plumage of an exotic bird in watercolour, and how to sketch a hippo's hooves, as well as guidance on tools, materials and basic techniques. The result is a treasure chest of fascinating facts, studies, sketches and annotated drawings that will not fail to ignite your enthusiasm for drawing animals from life.

Author : Susan Sales Harkins,William H. Harkins
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612282541

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Design Your Own Pond and Water Garden by Susan Sales Harkins,William H. Harkins Pdf

Everyone loves a garden filled with bright colors, soft textures, and lovely smells. Add a little water to the mix and you have the perfect spot to relax and enjoy the best of nature. Relaxing by your water garden is the end of a long but rewarding process. Follow these step-by-step instructions for finding the best spot in your yard for a healthy water garden, designing and digging it, choosing water flowers, and adding fish. You can even build a toad house to attract wild visitors to your backyard. When all the designing, digging, lining, planting, and stocking is done, you can sit in your own private oasis and enjoy nature’s gorgeous bounty. Color, movement, scent—it all adds up to life!

Author : John Stephen Hicks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1554551609

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The Pond Book by John Stephen Hicks Pdf

"Written for the serious layperson, The Pond Manual explores the wide variety of pond ecosystems available, and their function; topographic and soil requirements, design and construction techniques, wildlife management, fish species and their cultivation, algae and plant control, parasite problems, chemical and physical parameters of water sources and water control/erosion devices." -- Publisher's description.

Author : Carol Ann Wages
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1034821296

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Horton Pond by Carol Ann Wages Pdf

A beautifully illustrated book depicting the wildlife at Horton Pond on Jekyll Island, Georgia. Full of information and stunning photographs.

Author : Louise Bardsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Pond ecology
ISBN : OCLC:1409464924

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The Wildlife Pond Handbook by Louise Bardsley Pdf