This guide is a key source of detailed information on techniques for restoring, maintaining and monitoring lowland heathland habitats, a landscape that has been in decline for decades, with many vulnerable species. It covers the full range of management issues affecting dry heath, wet heath, mire and associated grassland and open water habitats in Britain.

This is an excellent new handbook on woodland managemement for birds. This is a joint publication by the RSPB and the Forestry Commission. In this handbook, chapter 1 covers woodland types; chapter 2 lists and covers all woodland birds of concern; and chapter 3 deals with management, including: habitat requirements; woodland structure; managing coppiced woodland; ride and glade management; buffering the woodland edge; grazing and browsing; woodland management and game birds; and, providing nextboxes, public access and managing disturbance. There are appendices on woodland management grants,...