When it comes to wildlife gardening we all know it is often better to get outside and get some hands on experience. However sometimes it can be nice to get ideas from books and learn from others experience. So whether your looking for some inspiration or perhaps even an idea for a birthday present below are some wildlife gardening books that you might like to look at.

An Ear to the Ground: Garden science for ordinary mortals

Author: Ken Thompson (2003)
Publisher:Eden Books, Transworld
ISBN: 1903919193

Chris Packham's Back Garden Nature Reserve

Author:Chris Packham (2001)
Publisher: New Holland Publishers
ISBN: 1859745202

Creating a Wildlife Garden: How to turn your garden into a wildlife haven

Author:Bob and Liz Gibbons
Publisher:Bounty Books
ISBN: 1851529357

Flora Britannica: The definitive new guide to Britain's wild flowers, plants and trees

Author: Richard Mabey (1996)
Publisher:Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd
ISBN:1856193772

How to Make a Wildlife Garden

Author: Chris Baines (2000)
Publisher:Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 0711217114

Making a Wildflower Meadow

Author: Pam Lewis (2003)
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 0711221332

Practical Wildflower Gardening

Author: Yvonne Rees (1996)
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1852237783

Sticky Wicket: Gardening in tune with nature

Author:Pam Lewis (2005)
Publisher:Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 0711224803

The Ecology of a Garden: The first fifteen years

Author: Jennifer Owen (2005)
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521018412

The Natural Gardener: The way we all want to garden

Author: Val Bourne (2004)
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 0711222630

Wildlife Gardening for Everyone: Your questions answered by the RHS and The Wildlife Trusts

Author: Malcolm Tait (Ed)
Publisher: Think Books
ISBN: 978-1-84525-016-4

Wildlife Gardening: A practical handbook

Author: Fran Hill (2000)
Publisher: Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
ISBN: 1 871444 00 4

The Wildlife Pond Handbook: A practical guide to creating and maintaining your own wetland for wildlife

Author:Louise Bardsley (2003)
Publisher: New Holland
ISBN: 978 1 84330 112 7

No Nettles Required: The reassuring truth about wildlife gardening

Author: Ken Thompson (2006)
Publisher: Eden Project Books
ISBN: 978 1903 919682 (from Jan 2007)