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Stephen Moss (born in 1960) is a British natural historian, birder, author, and television producer. Early life Moss gained an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Cambridge. Career Moss is best known for producing wildlife series for the BBC, many of them presented by Bill Oddie, including: Birding with Bill Oddie (three series, 1997, 1998, and 2000) Bill Oddie Goes Wild (three series, 2001, 2002, and 2003) Wild In Your Garden (2003) Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife (2004) Springwatch with Bill Oddie (2005) Birds Britannia (2010) For some of his series, Moss also authored accompanying books. He left the BBC in 2011 to work as a freelancer. He lectures at Bath Spa University and is a visiting professor at the University of Nottingham. In 2009, Moss was one of the first recipients of the British Trust for Ornithology's Dilys Breese Medal, at a ceremony at the House of Lords. Personal life Moss is married, with five children, and lives in Somerset, having moved there from West London. Radio programmes A Guide to Garden Birds Bibliography BBC Weather Watch (BBC Books 1992), ISBN 0-563-36486-6, with Paul Simons Birds and Weather: A Birdwatchers' Guide (Hamlyn 1995), ISBN 0-600-58679-0 The Complete Garden Bird Book: How to Identify and Attract Birds to Your Garden (New Holland 1996), ISBN 1-85368-580-1, with Mark Golley Birding with Bill Oddie (BBC Books 1997), ISBN 0-563-38748-3, with Bill Oddie Attracting Birds to Your Garden (New Holland 1998), ISBN 1-85368-569-0 Gardening for Birds: How to Help Birds Make the Most of Your Garden (HarperCollins 2000), ISBN 0-00-220168-2 (repr. 2004 as Bird-friendly Garden) Bird Boxes and Feeders: Featuring 11 Step-by-step Woodworking Projects (New Holland 2001), ISBN 1-85974-175-4, with Alan & Gill Bridgewater The Garden Bird Handbook: How to Attract, Identify and Watch the Birds in Your Garden (New Holland 2003), ISBN 1-84330-124-5 Understanding Bird Behaviour (New Holland 2003), ISBN 1-84330-151-2 How to Birdwatch (New Holland 2003), ISBN 1-84330-154-7 Blokes and Birds (New Holland 2003), ISBN 1-84330-484-8 (ed.) Garden Birds (HarperCollins 2004), ISBN 0-00-717614-7 A Bird in the Bush: A Social History of Birdwatching (Aurum 2004), ISBN 1-85410-993-6 Everything You Wanted to Know About Birds… But Were Afraid to Ask! (Christopher Helm 2005), ISBN 0-7136-6815-6 Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife (HarperCollins 2005), ISBN 0-00-718455-7, with Bill Oddie and Fiona Pitcher This Birding Life: The Best of The Guardian's "Birdwatch" (Aurum 2006), ISBN 1-84513-180-0 The Private Life of Birds (New Holland 2006), ISBN 1-84537-422-3 Birder's Companion (Firefly 2007), ISBN 978-1-55407-212-5 The Bumper Book of Nature (Square Peg), ISBN 978-0-224-08616-5 A Sky Full of Starlings: A Diary of a Birding Year (Aurum 2008), ISBN 1-84513-353-6 Wild Hares and Hummingbirds: The Natural History of an English Village (Square Peg, 2011), ISBN 9780099552468 Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife (Square Peg, 2016),(ISBN 9780099581635) The Robin: A Biography (Square Peg, 2017) ISBN 9781910931318 The Wren: A Biography (Square Peg, 2018) ISBN 9781910931936 Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names (Guardian Faber, 2018) ISBN 9781783350902 Dynasties: The Rise and Fall of Animal Families (BBC Books, 2018) ISBN 978-1785943010 with David Attenborough The Accidental Countryside: Hidden Havens for Britain’s Wildlife (Guardian Faber, 2020) ISBN 978-1783351640 The Swallow: A Biography (Square Peg, 2020) ISBN 9781529110265 Skylarks with Rosie: A Somerset Spring (Saraband, 2021) ISBN 978-1913393045 The Swan: A Biography (Square Peg, 2021) ISBN 9781529110371 The Owl: A Biography (Square Peg, 2023) ISBN 9781529908268 References External links Stephen Moss's Twitter stream (verified at [1]) Articles written by Moss in The Guardian Mabbett, Andy. "Review of Blokes and Birds". Archived from the original on 8 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) The Official "The Bumper Book of Nature" website with podcasts, quizzes and a blog by Stephen Moss. Discover the Stephen Moss popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Stephen Moss books.

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  • Bird Migration synopsis, comments

    Bird Migration

    Ian Newton

    The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people from time immemorial. The arrivals and departures of different species marked the seasons, heralding spring and autumn, and p...

  • The Folklore of Birds synopsis, comments

    The Folklore of Birds

    Edward A. Armstrong

    Tracing the magicoreligious beliefs surrounding birds as far back in time as is possible, to the cultures in which these beliefs arose. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists....

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    Insect Natural History

    A. D. Imms

    Insect Natural History introduces the reader to some of the latest discoveries and ideas about British Insects.This volume deals with the natural history of British insects, and in...

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    Sea-Birds

    James Fisher & R. M. Lockley

    SeaBirds introduces us to the seabirds of the North Atlantic, an ocean in which about half the world seabird species have been seen at one time or another. This edition is exclusiv...

  • The Natural History of Orkney synopsis, comments

    The Natural History of Orkney

    R. J. Berry

    This is the first survey of the islands' natural history, complete in one volume. Because Orkney is exceptional, it is vital reading for the serious naturalist, as well as for bein...

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    Dragonflies

    Philip Corbet & Stephen Brooks

    Dragonflies are among the most ancient of living creatures – few insect groups fascinate as much or are more immediately recognisable.In this seminal new work, Philip Corbet and St...

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    The Broads

    E. A. Ellis

    The Broads discusses the history of the Broads, the people who come into contact with and influence these waterways, and what the future holds.The unique complex of eastern English...

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    Ferns

    Christopher N. Page

    Ferns gives the reader an introduction to the reasons for the variety of ferns in the British Isles, as well as the history of their development within this landscape and their use...

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    Partridges

    G R (Dick) Potts

    Globally, there are at least 45 species of game bird that have the word partridge in their name, but in this book G. R. Potts devotes himself to the Grey, Redlegged and Chukar Part...

  • Seashore synopsis, comments

    Seashore

    Peter J. Hayward

    A comprehensive, authoritative account of the natural history of the seashore, from earliest times to the present day. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comThe seashore, ...

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    Butterflies

    E. B. Ford

    A scientific study that keeps in mind the needs of butterfly collectors and of all those who love the country in the hope that it may increase their pleasure by widening the scope ...

  • Plant Pests synopsis, comments

    Plant Pests

    David V. Alford

    Ever since man first cultivated plants and grew crops, insects, mites and other creatures have risen to prominence as pests, but it is only throughout the last two centuries that w...

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    British Freshwater Fish

    P. S. Maitland & R. N. Campbell

    An indepth look at the fish that inhabit the fresh waters of Britain and Ireland. These include famous members of the salmon family, such as the Atlantic Salmon and the Brown Trout...

  • Natural History in the Highlands and Islands synopsis, comments

    Natural History in the Highlands and Islands

    F. Fraser Darling

    The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are rugged moorland, alpine mountains and jagged coast with remarkable natural history. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comThe Hig...

  • Grasshoppers and Crickets synopsis, comments

    Grasshoppers and Crickets

    Ted Benton

    For the first time ever, a DVD featuring exclusive video and audio material accompanies the latest New Naturalist volume, a multimedia first for the series.Ted Benton offers a comp...

  • Uplands and Birds synopsis, comments

    Uplands and Birds

    Ian Newton

    Ian Newton, author of Farming and Birds and Bird Migration returns to the New Naturalist series with a long awaited look at the uplands and its birds.The uplands of Britain are uni...

  • Plant Disease synopsis, comments

    Plant Disease

    David Ingram & Noel Robertson

    Plant Disease covers all aspects of diseases of plants growing in the wild or likely to be encountered on cultivated plants in farm, forest and garden. This edition is exclusive to...

  • British Birds of Prey synopsis, comments

    British Birds of Prey

    Leslie. H. Brown

    Leslie Brown's account of our 15 resident, 7 vagrant and 2 migrant species of eagles, falcons, hawks and vultures in Britain presents a great mass of scientific information about o...

  • Birds and Men synopsis, comments

    Birds and Men

    E. M. Nicholson

    Revealing the impact of civilisation upon our bird life, with particular reference to the species that have come to rely largely on types of habitat greatly modified or actually fo...

  • The Soil synopsis, comments

    The Soil

    B. N. K. Davis, N. Walker, D. F. Ball & Alastair Fitter

    The soil is one of the great unsung disappearing resources, with over 100m tonnes being destroyed every year. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comThe soil is the work pl...

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    Climate and Weather

    John Kington

    Reviewing the history and causes of climatic change and evaluating regional models, this New Naturalist volume offers an important analysis of climatic variations.Much has happened...

  • Wild Orchids of Britain synopsis, comments

    Wild Orchids of Britain

    V. S. Summerhayes

    A treasure for all lovers of wild plants – Wild Orchids of Britain provides a detailed account of all our orchid species, varieties and hybrids, and has a useful key to identificat...

  • Mushrooms and Toadstools synopsis, comments

    Mushrooms and Toadstools

    John Ramsbottom

    Britain's neglect of fungi as table delicacies has perhaps been responsible for our surprising ignorance of the natural history of such fascinating plants. This edition is exclusiv...

  • Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone synopsis, comments

    Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone

    J. E. Lousley

    Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone will urge many to follow in the author’s footsteps in search of the rich flora which make our chalk downs and limestone cliffs so fascinating to...

  • Finches synopsis, comments

    Finches

    Ian Newton

    This illustrated survey of finch behaviour is a thorough, nontechnical account of the habits of these birds throughout the world.Greenfinches nest in plantations, large shrubby gar...

  • Galloway and the Borders synopsis, comments

    Galloway and the Borders

    Derek Ratcliffe

    Another volume in the widelyread New Naturalist series, this book is an indepth study of the natural developments and history of Galloway and surrounding areas.Often overlooked due...

  • The Sea Coast synopsis, comments

    The Sea Coast

    J. A. Steers

    The Sea Coast shows in a persuasive and compelling way the origin and evolution of cliffs, estuaries, sea marshes, sand dunes and the communities of plants and animals that they su...

  • Climate and the British Scene synopsis, comments

    Climate and the British Scene

    Gordon Manley

    From Chaucer’s sweet April showers to the peasoupers of Sherlock Holmes the British scene cannot be contemplated without climate entering in. This edition is exclusive to newnatura...

  • Grouse synopsis, comments

    Grouse

    Adam Watson & Robert Moss

    With less than twenty species worldwide and only four British and Irish species, the grouse is surprisingly wellknown. Its habitats are diverse and relatively remote – ranging from...

  • The Open Sea synopsis, comments

    The Open Sea

    Alister Hardy

    The New Naturalist editors believe this to be the greatest general work on the subject ever written. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comProfessor Alistair Hardy is trul...

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    British Game

    Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald

    British Game ranges beyond the strict legal interpretation of game and is full of interesting details about the birds and beasts that should interest sportsmen. This edition is exc...

  • Terns synopsis, comments

    Terns

    David Cabot & Ian Nisbet

    This New Naturalist volume provides a muchanticipated overview of these fascinating birds – the first book on the natural history of British and Irish terns since 1934.Terns are sm...

  • History of the World in 100 Animals synopsis, comments

    History of the World in 100 Animals

    Simon Barnes

    'So, so good! ... More gems than a pirate's chest ... science, art, history, culture it's epic and mammoth, a repository of all our truths through their lives' Chris PackhamA...

  • Bumblebees synopsis, comments

    Bumblebees

    John B. Free & C. G. Butler

    This group of relatively large, colourful and familiar insects are a very popular subject of study because their behaviour can be observed without the use of elaborate equipment. T...

  • Ecology and Natural History synopsis, comments

    Ecology and Natural History

    David Wilkinson

    Ecology is the science of ecosystems, of habitats, of our world and its future. In the latest New Naturalist, ecologist David M. Wilkinson explains key ideas of this crucial branch...

  • The Natural History of Pollination synopsis, comments

    The Natural History of Pollination

    Michael Proctor, Peter Yeo & Andrew Lack

    This is a brand new, fully updated edition of the natural history classic first published in the New Naturalist series in 1973 as The Pollination of Flowers. This edition is exclus...

  • Loch Lomondside synopsis, comments

    Loch Lomondside

    John Mitchell

    Loch Lomondside is celebrated for its outstanding scenery. The area supports a rich tapestry of water and wild land, forest and woodland, farmland and settlement. This edition is e...

  • Insect Migration synopsis, comments

    Insect Migration

    C. B. Williams

    Highlighting the significance of the widespread distribution of the migratory habit throughout the insect world. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comThis is a pioneer bo...

  • Mountains and Moorlands synopsis, comments

    Mountains and Moorlands

    W. H. Pearsall

    An invaluable introduction to the upland regions of Britain – their structure, climate, vegetation and animal life, their present and past uses and the problems of their conservati...

  • Rules for Modern Life synopsis, comments

    Rules for Modern Life

    Sir David Tang

    Do gentlemen wear shorts? What are the rules regarding interior decor in a highsecurity prison? Is it ever acceptable to send Valentine's cards to one's pets?The twentyfirst centur...

  • Lichens synopsis, comments

    Lichens

    Oliver Gilbert

    Lichens are fascinating and beautiful organisms able to colonise a vast range of habitats, including seemingly impossible places such as bare icy mountain tops and sunscorched coas...

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    Plant Galls

    Margaret Redfern

    A muchneeded study on plant galls – growths on plants formed of plant tissue that are caused by other organisms.Most naturalists have come across oak apples, robin’s pincushions, m...

  • Ants synopsis, comments

    Ants

    M. V. Brian

    Ants should provide both the amateur naturalist and the professional zoologist with a valuable source of reference, and a fascinating account of the lives of an intriguing group of...

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    Sondheim

    Stephen M. Silverman

    Lively, sophisticated, and filled with firstperson tributes and glorious images, Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy lifts the curtain on a Broadway legend. "Aside from ...

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    Woodlands

    Oliver Rackham

    The 100th volume of the prestigious New Naturalist series, written by one of Britain's bestknown naturalists, explores the significance and history of woodlands on the British land...

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    Moths

    Mike Majerus

    Moths provides a comprehensive account of the diverse natural history of these fascinating and popular insects. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comAnother volume in the...

  • Inheritance and Natural History synopsis, comments

    Inheritance and Natural History

    R. J. Berry

    Ever wondered why primroses have three sorts of flowers; or about pesticide resistance in rats and mice, mosquitoes and greenfly; antibiotic resistance in disease organisms – all a...