Summerfield Books

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New & second-hand books to understand the natural world. Online www.summerfieldbooks.com and in our Penrith shop. Botany๐ŸŒผ Trees๐ŸŒฒ Arboriculture๐ŸŒณ Fungi๐Ÿ„ Birds๐Ÿฆ‰ Wildlife๐Ÿž

๐Ÿ„ Check out this beauty we found while out for a walk on UK Fungus Day last weekend! We are so lucky, to be able to call on expert mycologist Geoffrey Kibby, who told us new 2025 data makes it most likely C. amethystina rather than C. zollingeri (now just for Violet Corals in the U.S.) #rarefungi

A vibrant purple Violet Coral fungus growing low in a patch of green grass

Heading to the Arboricultural Association Conference on Monday & Tuesday? Come and visit our table for essentials like ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ข๐——๐—œ๐—ง ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป and ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐Ÿ˜Š @arbassociation.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

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Calling all naturalists - the latest in the #NewNaturalist series from @HarperCollins is here! ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ (๐—ก๐—ผ. ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿญ) brings to life the extraordinary range of miniscule life forms revealed through the lens of a microscope. In stock and available in both hardback and paperback. tr.ee/hR8_F2A0T0

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ Geoffrey Kibby, Mario Tortelli, Felix Hampe & Claudi V. Soler In stock now! tr.ee/6Cofnc4KPO #mycology #genusrussula #mushroombooks #geoffreykibby #mushroomsandtoadstools

In stock now! ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž: ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐„: ยฃ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ (RRP ยฃ80) tr.ee/wZGxvIxj_b #fungibooks #newfungibooks #FungiOfTemperateEurope #basidiomycetes #mushrooms #fungiofeurope

For centuries meadows have shaped the history of our landscapes and been central to our culture.๐ŸŒธ But overtime, they have disappeared. Let's save them for #NationalMeadowsDay on Saturday! ๐Ÿ“ธShare your meadow story on 4 July โœ๏ธWrite to your MP calling for better support ๐Ÿ‘‰https://loom.ly/q4lZwvw

Two purple flowers in a wildflower meadowA wildflower meadow with white flowers and grasses. A line of trees at the edge.A colourful wildflower meadow with a mown path down the middle. A yellow and green flower called Yellow Rattle in a wildflower meadow.

Coming soon! ๐‡๐š๐ง๐๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐›๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐‘๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ from @bsbibotany.bsky.social Stock expected late June / early July, pre-order your copy today. tr.ee/wpCITftKTC #BSBI #forthcoming #botanybooks #treebooks #BSBIhandbook #Whitebeams #Rowans #ServiceTrees

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Todayโ€™s parenting spotlight lands on the Pied Flycatcher. ๐ŸŒณ Males and females take turns zipping insects to their fledglings hidden high in the trees. The young birds will linger in the treetops for a week or so, before dispersing into the wider woodland. #SpringStories

I love a liverwort! This one is (likely) ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข and we found it growing on a muddy streambank. Check out these wild reproductve structures! (Re-post due to autocorrect nonsense!) #liverworts #pellia

a close-up of the female reproductive structures of ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ขa shot of the base of ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏa๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข in all her glory, growing with some mosses

"In the damp, dark places of the world; beneath the leaf litter of a wood, in the hidden crevices of bark, inside rotting stumps, and even on decaying fungi, there lurk unseen predators which stalk their prey and engulf it as an amoeba engulfs bacteria."