About Calluna Books

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Calluna Books began trading in July 1997 with our first mail order catalogue of out of print natural history books. Since then we have steadily built up our stocklist and now carry around 2500 titles in stock. We have a wide range of books covering various natural history subjects including birds, mammals, invertebrates, flora and general natural history in the UK and further afield including Poysers and New Naturalists plus a selection of journals and reports. Apart from this website, we sell through catalogues issued three times a year and attend a number of events, including the annual British Birdwatching Fair at Rutland Water in August. 

Neil has a life long interest in natural history and spent 23 years working in the nature conservation field in the UK and South Africa and since 1991 he has been based in Dorset. In 2006, after 15-years working on the Dorset heathlands, he decided it was time for a change and is now spending his time developing Calluna Books, running a natural history guiding service in Dorset (The Dorset Birding and Wildlife Experience), leading overseas wildlife tours and keeping his hand in with freelance conservation work as well as writing articles and lecturing. He is currently writing ‘Best Birding Sites in Dorset’ for Buckingham Press. Neil’s interest in serious book buying started in 1983 when he was working on the Farne Islands. His own collection includes a complete set of New Naturalists and many books on Southern African and Japanese birds – two areas of the world that he returns to as often as possible. Yuki, his wife, helps to run the business on a part-time basis in between looking after their three children.