‘The Nature of the Quantocks ~ a landscape of heath, mire and wooded combes’ by Nigel Phillips
Friends of the Quantocks are thrilled to announce the publication of a brand new book – ‘The Nature of the Quantocks’ – written by local expert Nigel Phillips, who has pulled together a complete guide to the Quantock Hills.
What’s it about?
An intimate mixture of hilltop heathland, oak woodland set in deep combes, and many fast-flowing streams, combine to create the Quantock Hills National Landscape. This detailed and informative book covers the well-known flowering plants and ferns, birdlife and mammals of these magnificent hills. It also explores lesser-known wildlife, with chapters on mosses and liverworts, fungi and lichens, and invertebrates.
It is a beautiful full colour guide that will inspire you to explore and help you learn as you go!
Buying the Book
The book is available from community shops and local outlets in and around the Quantocks and direct from FotQ committee members. See the full list of Stockists below. Or have a copy delivered to your door by Pisces Publications.
Published by Pisces Publications, for Friends of the Quantocks.
Book Details
‘The Nature of the Quantocks ~ a landscape of heath, mire and wooded combes’ by Nigel Phillips.
Hardback, 284x210mm, 272pp
ISBN 978-1-913994-15-0
£36.50 +p&p
The Author
Nigel Phillips worked for the Wildlife Trusts as a nature reserve manager and ecologist for more than thirty years. In 2013 he became the Somerset Wildlife Trusts Coast Ambassador and set up and chaired the Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Marine Awareness Campaign, which has run a programme of coastal and marine events along the coast over several years.
Nigel has written three books on the wildlife of Somerset’s coast, ‘Somerset’s Coast a Living Landscape’, ‘A Guide To Finding Seashore & Rockpool Life in Somerset’ and ‘The Nature of Somerset’s Coast’.
In 2016 he received the ‘Marsh Award for Marine Conservation’ in recognition of his outstanding contribution to marine conservation work being carried out by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts.
Living in Nether Stowey, on the lower slopes of Quantock, has given Nigel the opportunity to explore the hills on an almost daily basis. ‘The Nature of the Quantocks’ is the product of something like thirty years of in depth research and photography and was written to support the work of the charity the Friends of the Quantocks.
Investing in our Conservation Work
All the profits from sales of this book will be ploughed back into conservation projects run by Friends of the Quantocks. Buying your copy is an investment in protecting this special landscape for wildlife and for people to enjoy.
Book Stockists
You can buy the book at the following local outlets, and we’ll be adding to this list soon: Spaxton Stores, Brendon Books Taunton, Williton Post Office, Tom Poole Library Nether Stowey, Taunton Visitor Centre.
Or if you know a committee member, ask them. Direct sales from us means more of the income goes towards our conservation work!