Here is a list of some sources that deal more completely with some of the topics covered on this site.    I found most of these books invaluable whilst creating the content for this site.   I have tried to include references that you can get from your local library and have not listed any of the scientific papers.   New sources will be added as I come across them and the site expands.  If you know of a particularly good book that should be on this list, please e-mail me the details.

BADGERS

"Badgers" by Michael Clark (Whittlet Books, London - 2001)
"Badgers" by Mairi Cooper & John Ralstow (Scottish Natural Heritage & British Geological Society Booklets - 1997)
"Badgers of Yorkshire & Humberside" by Adrian Middleton & Richard Paget (H. Morley & Sons - 1974)
"The Badger (2nd Edition)" by Michael Woods (The Mammal Society - 2010)
"The Natural History of Badgers" by Ernest Neal (Christopher Helm Publishers - 1986)
"That Mad Badger…" by Molly Burkett (Tandem Publishing - 1974)
"The Social Badger" by Hans Kruuk (Oxford University Press - 1989)

BATS

"A Guide to British Bats (3rd Edition)" by Kate Jones & Allyson Walsh (Field Studies Council - 2006)
"A Field Guide to British Bats" by Frank Greenaway & A. M. Hutson (Bruce Coleman Books, Middlesex - 1990)
"Bat Ecology" by Thomas Kunz & Brock Fenton (University of Chicago Press - 2005)
"Bats" by Phil Richardson (Whittet Books Ltd., London - 1985) (Natural History Museum, London - 2002)
"British Bats" by John Altringham (Collins New Naturalist Series - 2003)
"Echolocation in Bats & Dolphins" edited by Jeanette Thomas, Cynthia Moss, & Marianne Vater (University of Chicago Press, USA - 2003)
"Environmental Artbook Series: Australian Bats" by Jim Morris & Lynne Tracey (Greater Glider Productions, Australia - 2003)
"Shire Natural History Series #15: Bats of the British Isles" by A.A. Wardhaugh (Shire Publishers Ltd., Bucks - 1995)
"Silently by Night: About the little-known but fascinating world of bats" by Russell Peterson (Longman Ltd., London - 1966)
"The Biology of Bats" by Gerhard Neuweiler (Oxford University Press - 2000)
"The Complete Bat" by James Robertson (Chatto & Windus, London - 1990)

DEER

"A Life for Deer: A deer vet tells their story & his" by John Fletcher (Victor Gollancz Books - 2000)
"Deer" by Norma Chapman (Whittlet Books, London - 1991)
"Deer of Britain & Ireland: Their origins and distribution" by Peter Carne (Swan-Hill Press, Shrewsbury - 2000).
"Deer of the World: Their Evolution, Behavior, & Ecology" by Valerius Geist (Stackpole Books - 1998)
"Deer Watch: A Field Guide (Revised Edition)" by Richard Prior (Swan Hill Press - 2007)
"Kia - A Study of Red Deer" by Ian Alcock (Swan Hill Press, Shrewsbury - 1999)
"Living with Deer" by Richard Prior (Andre Deusch Ltd., 1965)
"Red Deer: Behaviour & Ecology of Two Sexes" by Tim Clutton-Brock, Fiona Guinness & Steve Albon (Edinburgh University Press - 1982)
"The Natural History of Deer" by Rory Putman (Christopher Helm - 1988)
"The Story of a Red-Deer" by William Fortescue (MacMillian & Co - 1897)

FOXES

"A Fox's Tale: The secret life of the fox" by Robin Page (Hodder & Stoughton - 1986)
"Country Foxes" by Hugh Kolb (Whittet Books - 1996)
"Foxes (Mammal Society Series)" by Steve Harris (Anthony Nelson Ltd. - 1984)
"Foxwatching: In the shadow of the fox" by Martin Hemmington (Whittet Books - 1997)
"My Life With Foxes" by Eric Ashby (Robert Hale Books - 2000)
"Red Fox: The Catlike Canine" by J. David Henry (Smithsonian Institution Press - 1996)
"Running with the Fox" by David MacDonald (UnwinHyman - 1987)
"The Complete Fox" by Les Stocker (Chatto & Windus, Ltd., London - 1994)
"The Nature of Foxes: Hunters of the shadows" by Rebecca Grambo (Greystone Books, Vancouver - 1995)
"Town Fox, Country Fox" by Brian Vezey-Fitzgerald (The Country Book Club - 1968)
"Unearthing the Urban Fox" by Trevor Williams & Andrew Wilson (The Fox Project, Kent - 2000)
"Urban Foxes" by Stephen Harris & Phil Baker (Whittet Books - 2001)
"Wild Fox: A complete study of the Red fox" by Roger Burrows (David & Charles Publishers - 1968)



HEDGEHOGS

"Hedgehogs" by Pat Morris (Whittet Books, Suffolk - 1983)
"Hedgehogs" by Nigel Reeve (T & AD Poyser Ltd., London - 1996)
"Hedgehogs: A comprehensive study" by Konrad Herter (Phoenix House Publications - 1966)
"A Prickly Affair: My life with hedgehogs" by Hugh Warwick (Penguin Books - 2008)
"St. Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital: Jaws the Hedgehog and Other Stories" by Les Stocker (Collins - 1995)
"The Complete Hedgehog" by Les Stocker (Chatto & Windus, London - 1987)
"The Hedgehog" by Maurice Burton (Corgi Publishing - 1969)
"The Hedgehog" by Pat Morris (Shire Natural History Publications - 1988)
"The Natural Hedgehog" by Lenni Sykes & Jane Durrant (Gaia Books - 1995)
"The New Hedgehog Book" by Pat Morris (Whittet Books, Suffolk - 2006)
"The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-winkle" by Beatrix Potter (Collins/Frederick Warne & Co. - 1905)
"Wild Britain: Hedgehog" by Louise Spilsbury & Richard Spilsbury (Heinemann Library - 2004)

SHARKS & RAYS

"Collins Field Guide: Sharks of the World" by Leonard Compagno, Marc Dando & Sarah Fowler (Collins - 2005)
"Field Guide to the Great White Shark" by R. Aidan Martin (ReefQuest Center for Shark Research - 2001)
"Reef Sharks & Rays of the World" by Scot W. Michael (Sea Challengers, California - 1993)
"Shark Smart: The diver's guide to understanding shark behaviour" by Richard Martin (Diving Naturalist Press, British Columbia - 1995)
"Sharks: History and biology of the lords of the sea" by Angelo Mojetta (The Five Mile Press, Australia - 1997)
"Sharks: Silent hunters of the deep" by Reader's Digest (Reader's Digest, London - 1994)
"Sharks" by Reader's Digest Explores (Reader's Digest, London - 1998)
"Sharks of the World" by Rodney Steel (Blandford Press, London - 1992)
"Sharks of Tropical & Temperate Seas" by Richard H. Johnson (Les-Editions-Du-Pacifique - 1978)
"Sharks, Rays & Chimaeras of California" by David A. Ebert (University of California Press, Berkeley - 2003)
"Sharks, Skates & Rays of the Carolinas" by Frank J. Schwartz (University of North Carolina Press - 2003)
"The Jaws of Death" by Xavier Maniguet (HarperCollins, London - 1992)

See Aidan Martin's or Alex Buttigieg’s site for a more comprehensive review of popular shark books

SQUIRRELS

"Squirrels" by Monica Shorten (Collins, London - 1954)
"Squirrels" by Jessica Holm (Whittet Books, Suffolk - 1987)
"Squirrels In Your Garden" by Doreen King (Kingdom Books, Havant - 1998)
"The Natural History of Squirrels" by John Gurnell (Christopher Helm Mammal Series - 1987)
"The Red Squirrel" by Jessica Holm (Shire Natural History, Bucks - 1989)
"The Red Squirrel: Redressing the Wrong" by Charles Dutton (European Squirrel Initiative - 2004)



TAXONOMY

"Cladistics (Second Edition)" by Ian Kitching, Peter Forey, Christopher Humphries and David Williams (Oxford Science Publications, Oxford - 1998)

GENERAL

"Animal Tragic: Popular misconceptions of wildlife through the centuries" by Malcolm Tait (Think Books - 2006)
"Battle of the Sexes in the Animal World - The natural history of sex" by John Sparks (BBC Books, London - 1999)
"Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level" by Malcolm C. McKenna & Susan K. Bell (Columbia University Press - 1997)
"Collins Field Guide: Mammals of Britain & Europe" by David MacDonald & Priscilla Barrett (HarperCollins Publishers, London - 1993)
"Environmental Biology of Fishes" by Malcolm Jobling (Chapman & Hall, London - 1996)
"Fauna Britannica" by Stefan Buczacki (Hamlyn Publishing, London - 2002)
"Field Guide to the Animals of Britain" by Reader's Digest (Reader's Digest, London - 1996)
"Finding & Identifying Mammals" by Gordon Corbet (British Museum, London - 1989)
"Food Hoarding In Animals" by Stephen B. Vander Wall (University of Chicago Press - 1990)
"Hunter & Hunted" by Han Kruuk (Cambridge University Press - 2002)
"Instant Notes in Animal Biology" by Richard Jurd (Bios Scientific Publishers, Oxford - 1997)
"Introduction to Animal Parasitology" by J.D. Smith (The English Universities Press, London - 1962)
"Mammal Detective" by Rob Strachan (Whittet Books, Suffolk - 1995)
"Mammals of the World: A checklist" by Andrew Duff & Ann Lawson (A&C Black - 2004)
"Nick Baker's British Wildlife: A month by month guide" by Nick Baker (New Holland Publishers - 2003)
"Nightmares of Nature" by Richard Matthews (HarperCollins Publishers, London - 1995)
"Otters" by Paul Chanin (Whittlet Books, London - 1993)
"RSPCA Book of British Mammals" edited by C. L. Boyle (Collins/RSPCA - 1981)
"Secret Language of the Sea" by Robert F. Burgess (Dodd, Mead & Co., New York - 1981)
"Simon King's Wildguide" by Simon King (BBC Books, London - 1994)
"Supernatural - The unseen powers of animals" by John Downer (BBC Books, London - 1999)
"The Biology of Fishes" by Q. Bone, N.B. Marshall & J.H.S. Blaxter (Stanley Thornes Ltd., Gloucestershire - 1999)
"The Encyclopaedia of Mammals" edited by David MacDonald (Andromeda Oxford Ltd., London - 1995)
"The Life of Mammals" by David Attenborough (BBC Books, London - 2002)
"The Life of Vertebrates (Third Edition)" by John Z. Young (Oxford University Press, Oxford - 1995)
"The Mammalian Radiations: An analysis of trends in evolution, adaptation, & behavior" by John F. Eisenberg (University of Chicago Press - 1981)
"The Natural History of the Isle of Wight" by Oliver Frazer ( Dovecote Press - 1990)
"The Wildlife Trust's Handbook of Garden Wildlife" by Nicholas Hammond (New Holland Publishers, London - 2002)
"UK Mammals: Species Status & Population Trends" by the Tracking Mammals Partnership (JNCC/TMP - 2005)
"Whales of the World" by Nigel Bonner (Blandford Press, London - 1989)
"Wild Animals of Britain & Europe" by Helga Hofmann (Collins Nature Guides, London - 1995)
 

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