This is a beautiful piece of work and exceeds any expectation that one might have of a pocket guide, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Peter Eeles, UK Butterflies website

This is an excellent edition of a very useful, beautiful, well priced and portable guide.

Dr Katie Cruickshanks, Butterfly Magazine

This is a good update to an already excellent book, with the addition of the 'at a glance' guide and new treatment of the wood whites likely to tempt some owners of the first edition to move to the new edition.

Mike Toms, BTO

This is the second edition of the essential pocket guide to UK lepidoptera. Climate change is altering the shape of our butterfly life, but in this up-to-date guide you'll find precise illustrations showing the top and underwing for both sexes, plus eggs, larvae, pupae, associated plants and locator map for each species.

RSPB Nature's Home magazine: pick of new nature books

Richard Lewington's butterfly paintings are legendary … the text is also first rate. It is filled with facts and oozes common sense. So far as UK butterfly field guides go, this is as good as it gets.

John Tennent, Atropos

This easy-to-follow fact-packed field guide is perfect for beginners and compact enough to slip into your rucksack or pocket when out for a stroll.

Caravan Club Magazine