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The Ridgeway

Anthony Burton

Aurum Press

2013

"The Ridgeway follows one of the oldest ‘green roads' in Europe. It runs for 87 miles (140 km) from Overton Hill in the west, across the Marlborough Downs and the Vale of the White Horse, to Ivinghoe Beacon on the northern edge of the Chilterns. This is the complete, official guide for the long-distance walker or the weekend stroller. All you need is this one book. Anthony Burton's official guide has been fully revised and updated for 2013, and this new edition has been completely redesigned with more and bigger photographs and much new background history and information."

Birds Of Wiltshire

Editor: James Ferguson-Lees, Paul Castle, Peter Cranswick, Stephen Edwards, Pete Combridge, Rob Turner and Linda Cady

Wiltshire Ornithological Society

2007

"Birds of Wiltshire is the definitive book on the county's birds. It includes comprehensive accounts for each of the 309 species recorded in Wiltshire by the end of 2000. Some 300 maps show breeding distribution, relative summer abundance, and winter distribution and relative abundance for many species. Chapters cover habitats, Wiltshire's early birds and ornithological history, survey methods, population estimates, an update for 2001-05, and much more."

Foot Loose in South Wiltshire

Jane Holmes

2007

"A diary of farming and nature 1936 - 1950."

Where to Watch Birds: Somerset, Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire

Ken Hall, John Govett

2004

"This new edition covers all of the best birding sites in the south-western counties of Somerset, Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. This is a relatively undeveloped region of England, with some of the finest and most extensive ancient woodlands in the country. It also boasts some of the fine wetlands in the Somerset Levels, and many inland reservoirs, as well as upland areas, quality farmland and a varied coastline. This guide describes each site in terms of habitat, species, access, timing and calendar, enabling all birders to get the best out of any birding excursion in the region at any time of the year."

Where to Watch Birds: Somerset, Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire

Ken Hall, John Govett

1995

"One of a series of in-depth guides to birdwatching in different regions. Each book contains site accounts, plans, maps, lists of birds in the region and advice on planning birdwatching trips. This book on where to watch birds in Somerset, Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire lists well over 70 individual sites in these counties which have consistently proved themselves to be excellent for birdwatching. New sites have been added, maps revised, site accounts re-written and all the information checked and re-checked."

Wiltshire Birds

Editor: S. Palmer

1991

84 pages with b/w photos and line drawings.

Where to Watch Birds: Somerset, Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshgire

Ken Hall, John Govett

1988

"A survey of over 70 individual birdwatching sites across four counties. Major sites are included as well as a range of minor ones. There is a general introduction to the region's birdlife in a national context and then more detailed accounts of the local habitat and birds."

The Birds Of Wiltshire

Editor: John Buxton

1981

194 pages. Front cover image by Eric Ennion. "The majority of this book comprises the systematic list, with brief accounts for each species. There are also comprehensive sections on six major ornithological sites or habitats in the county."

The Naturalist in Central Southern England: Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset

Derrick Knowlton

1973

240 pages with b/w photographs and maps.

Wiltshire Birds

L.G. Peirson

1959

43 page booklet listing 425 species and briefly describing habitats in the county.

A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs

W. H. Hudson

Methuen & Co

1910

Note:

"I am obliged to Messrs. Longmans, Green, &Co., for permission to make use of an article entitled "A Shepherd of the Downs," which appeared in the October and November numbers of "Longmans' Magazine," in 1902. With the exception of that article, portions of which I have incorporated in different chapters, the whole of the matter contained in this work now appears for the first time."

The Birds Of Wiltshire: Comprising all the periodical and occasional visitants, as well as those which are indigenous to the county

Rev. A.C. Smith

1887

588 pages.

From the introduction:

"The county of Wilts has been sometimes thoughtlessly said to be poor in Ornithology; indeed, I have heard it denounced by superficial observers as exceptionally wanting in the various members of the feathered race; pre-eminent, doubtless, in the remains of antiquity so these gentlemen are good enough to allow but in birds a barren field indeed. Against any such verdict I enter a decided protest, and I even maintain, on the contrary, that, taking into consideration that Wiltshire is an inland district, and therefore cannot be expected to abound in birds whose habitat is the sea and the seashore, our county will scarcely yield to any other, similarly situated, in the number and variety of the species of birds to be found there; and I now proceed to prove this by statistics."

Birds of Marlborough, Being a Contribution to the Ornithology of the District

Everard F. Im Thurn

1870