This is a brand new title designed as a companion to the best-selling RSPB Handbook of British Birds. This RSPB-endorsed guide includes sections covering over 200 of the mammal, bird, amphibian and reptile,invertebrate, spider, insect, butterfly, moth, wild flower, gardenplant, tree and shrub, and mushroom and toadstool species you arelikely to find in your garden. The concise, practical text covers identification, habits,characteristics, food and garden conservation.

Additional introductorysections about garden habitats detail, among other topics, how to plantfor the seasons, how to make a pond or bog garden to attract newspecies into your garden, and how to build a hedgehog box or a nest boxfor birds to encourage your garden visitors to stick around for longer.This brand new RSPB Handbook provides a complete, single source of basic information to our most familiar garden wildlife.