National Trust Book of the Countryside

Part One describes the major habitats and landscapes: coasts, mountains, forests and woods, rivers and lakes, meadows and downland. The formation and development of each habitat is described and brought to life with photographs and features on wildlife. Find out about the secretive migrations of our eels and salmon, an exploding bombardier beetle, a totally aquatic moth or delight in our fields of heather and our ever-changing coastline.

Part Two gets you closer to specific areas of Britain with coverage of the South West, the South, Central England, the North, Eastern England, Wales, and Nothern Ireland.