Wigtown, Whithorn & The Machars area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 311, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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Wigtown, Whithorn & The Machars area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 311, paper version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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Map No. 1073, Wil, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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Many people crave what might be called a safe adventure. They would love to be immersed in the wild, yet at the same time know they can drive home at the end of the day. Wild & Free describes 100 destinations in Britain where people can go wild for the day. All the sites are located within a couple of hours` drive from a fair-sized town or city, so they are accessible & not completely remote. Most sites don`t have facilities, so you should take a picnic or stop off at an AA-recommended pub for lunch. This isn`t a walking guide, so after parking the car you will be quickly immersed in the countryside without a long hike. Guiding you towards interactive wildlife experiences, the sites have been chosen not just for their solitude, but their abundance of wild mammals, birds, insects & flowers. ...

Wild
- An Elemental Journey by Jay Griffiths describes an extraordinary odyssey, courageous & sometimes dangerous, to wildernesses
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A new collection of award-winning journalist & author Brian Jackman`s nature & travel writings from the past 40 years. This is a nationwide celebration of Britain`s unspoiled coast & countryside, concentrating in particular on Britain`s wildlife & the wild places in which its most spectacular species are found, but also touching on fishing, sailing & the way Britain`s history has shaped the landscape. ` Wild about Britain is not a guidebook` says Brian Jackman. ` It`s an extended love letter to the British Countryside; a personal view covering more than four decades of travels in the wilder parts of Britain.` Complementing Brian Jackman`s writing are a small number of illustrations from Jonathan Truss, one of the UK`s leading wildlife artists whose reputation for the fine quality of his work is spreading worldwide & who has twice won the Frozen Planet category of the BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year competition. What makes the British countryside so special is its chameleon quality
- the way its character changes with every few miles. Sometimes it can change dramatically; elsewhere the landscape undergoes more subtle shifts; but every region has its own distinctive qualities & every county is unique, possessed of its own special magic. Brian Jackman writes eloquently & evocatively, conjuring up the sights & sounds of everything from barnacle geese on the salt marsh of an Islay loch to star gazing on Exmoor, of a seascape of headlands, cliffs & wave-smashed rocks at Lands End, of eagles on the Ardnamurchan peninsula & the autumn rut in the New Forest. Ancient oaks, red kites, huge mirror carp, the oldest path in Britain & the Border reivers are all included. As a pioneer of eco-tourism, Brian Jackman has been writing on these subjects for 40 years, first as a travel writer for The Sunday Times & currently for The Daily Telegraph. Bradt has previously published two of his titles: The Marsh Lions, telling the tale of the pride of lions in Kenya`s Maasai Mara reserve that were filmed for the BBCs hugely successful Big Cat Diary, & The Savannah Diaries, a collection of writings celebrating Africa`s wild places & their abundance of living creatures. Although more widely known for his knowledge of African wildlife & safaris, it is his love of the British countryside that has brought him most of his awards. From Cornwall to Hermaness & from East Anglia to the Welsh Marches, Wild About Britain showcases Jackman`s writing at its best, exploring the countryside whose sights & sounds have shaped his life since childhood.
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This text is part of a series of all-in-one field guides to the common plants & animals of specific regions. Over 300 species descriptions, & information on the geology, climate & habitats specific to each area, are contained in each guide. Tips on watching & identifying wildlife aim to make it easier for readers to identify the birds, animals, snakes & other reptiles, frogs, fishes, insects & plants on their doorstep, whether in the wild, or in the city or suburb. Each species account is illustrated with colour photographs, & habitat symbols link each species to its preferred habitat.; This title describes the wildlife of the Okavango Delta, Chobe & East Caprivi. ...

Packed with all kinds of exciting outdoor activities for children & the whole family, to encourage awareness of the natural world & self-sufficiency skills
- & to show how much fun it is to explore nature. The activities include: tracking skills; wildlife spotting; foraging for wild food & cooking outdoors; how to light a fire safely (with adult supervision); stargazing, including star maps; outdoor games; nature chase; how to mimic birdsong; how to make whistles & peashooters; how to make plaster-casts of animal tracks, nature collections & art from nature finds. With full-page pictures, vignettes, captions & a glossary, this is the book you need when you go out in the park or countryside.
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From a totally fresh perspective, with unique access to some of the remotest regions & species living beyond the confines of captivity, Wild Africa is a contemporary photographic record that takes you into the heart of one of the world`s last natural paradises. The result of painstaking expeditions across the continent, Alex Bernasconi`s photographic document contains some of the most novel, surprising & spectacular images of Africa & its wildlife. In the one thousand eight hundred images a week that Bernasconi takes of some of nature`s finest & most endangered animals, wildlife photography is embodied at its most honest & creative. These are unique images by a photographer motivated to preserve for posterity the most exceptional panoramas of wildlife in its true habitat that we have today. This is a visual testament to the best of our planet. ...

Wild America brings together David Muench, the eminent wilderness photographer, with Roly Smith, the respected outdoor writer. This book celebrates their personal selection of Americas best ideaits National Parks. Its publication marks the centenary of the Organic Act, the 1916 federal law that established the worlds first National Park Service. Share their personal selectionin words & stunning photographs of 21 wildernesses from Acadia to Zionin this beautifully designed, collectable edition. chapters on 18 National Parks & three protected areas: Antelope Canyon, Monument Valley & Mount Hood Wilderness a concise introduction that traces the origin & development of national parks lavishly illustrated with 92 color photographs map graphics & more. ...