Southern England
Illustrated with beautifully detailed photographs throughout, New Naturalist Southern England comprehensively explores the formation of these wonderful landscapes that are so universally admired.Most people share an enthusiasm for beautiful and breathtaking scenery, explored variously through the physical challenge of climbing to the top of the tallest mountains or the joy of viewing the work of a painter; but while easy to admire from a distance, such landscapes are usually difficult to explain in words. Harnessing recent developments in computer technology, the latest New Naturalist volume uses the most up-to-date and accurate maps, diagrams and photographs to analyse the diverse landscapes of Southern England.Peter Friend highlights the many famous and much loved natural landscapes of the southern half of England, ranging from the Chalk Downs to the bays of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset, and provides detailed explanations for the wide variety of natural events and processes that have caused such an exciting range of surroundings.Setting apart the topography that has resulted from natural rather than man-made occurrences, Friend focuses on each region individually, from East Anglia to London and the Thames Valley, and explains the history and development of their land structures through detailed descriptions and colourful diagrams.
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Collins New Naturalist Library
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Southern England
Peter Friend
SARAH A. CORBET, ScD
PROF. RICHARD WEST, ScD, FRS, FGS DAVID STREETER, MBE, FIBIOL JIM FLEGG, OBE, FIHORT PROF. JONATHAN SILVERTOWN
The aim of this series is to interest the general reader in the wildlife of Britain by recapturing the enquiring spirit of the old naturalists.
The editors believe that the natural pride of the British public in the native flora and fauna, to which must be added concern for their conservation, is best fostered by maintaining a high standard of accuracy combined with clarity of exposition in presenting the results of modern scientific research.
Table of Contents
Authorâs Foreword and Acknowledgements
CHAPTER 1 Looking at Southern Englandâs Landscapes
CHAPTER 2 Time, Process Southern Englandâs Landscapes
CHAPTER 3 Movement of the Earthâs Surface from Within
CHAPTER 4 The Southwest Region
CHAPTER 5 The South Coast Region
CHAPTER 6 The Severn Valley Region
CHAPTER 7 London and the Thames Valley Region
CHAPTER 8 The East Anglia Region
L. DUDLEY STAMPâS Britainâs Structure and Scenery was one if the earliest books of The New Naturalist Library, published in 1946. Repeated . later editions in the period to 1986 testified to the success of his approach towards providing a geological framework for understanding Britainâs landscapes and natural history. He began his account in these words: âThe wealth of a countryâs fauna and fauna and flora is not to be measured by numbers of species alone. Its wealth lies rather in variety, and to a naturalist in the British Isles, the fascination of the native fauna and flora is in the great variety to be found in a small space.â This variety has its foundation in the underlying geology and the landscapes which are derived from the geology, as Dudley Stamp described so well. For some time, it has been the ambition of the Editors to approach this subject again, since our understanding of the geology and associated landscape evolution has increased so very significantly in the last few decades. The author, Peter Friend, has had long experience of active field research in geology and landscape in many parts of the world, as well as having an intimate knowledge of the subject in the British Isles. He has been able to take full advantage of modern developments in computer mapping and colour printing, making it possible to present the subject in a novel fashion, with great clarity, following the New Naturalist tradition emphasising the importance of illustration. The individual treatment of regions and areas of Southern England brings to the fore the significance of geology and landscape for naturalists who have local or wider interests at heart, giving a necessary basis for relating biodiversity to geodiversity. These two aspects of natural history have come to be seen to be widely significant in understanding plant and animal distribution as well as the problems of conservation. The book is therefore a very ti mely addition to the New Naturalist Library.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS and other illustrations that form such a key part of this book have come from many sources, and I am grateful to the following organisations and individuals for kindly allowing me to use their material:
Aerofilms (Figs 133, 232, 249, 252, 256, 258, 259, 261, 270, 280, 309, 312)
British Geological Survey (Figs 152, 284)
Cambridge News (Fig. 233)
Cambridge University Collection of Air Photographs (Figs 25, 118, 120, 243, 253, 282, 300, 310)
Cassini Publishing (Figs 26, 27)
Sylvia Cordaiy Photo Library (Fig. 141)
Robert Harding Picture Library (Fig. 313)
English Heritage (Figs 83, 308)
Landform Slides â Ken Gardner (Figs 17, 18, 43, 55, 70, 75, 76, 85, 88, 104, 161, 162, 165, 195)
Landform Slides â John L. Roberts (Fig. 69)
Last Refuge Ltd â Adrian Warren, Dae Sasitorn and Will Brett (Figs 41, 42, 46, 47, 53, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 63, 67, 68, 71, 72, 73, 74, 82, 86, 89, 90, 91, 101, 102, 103, 108, 110, 111, 112, 119, 121, 122, 125, 130, 132, 134, 135, 142, 144, 146, 148, 158, 163, 164, 169, 171, 175, 176, 185, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 254)
London Aerial Photo Library (Figs 23, 199, 205, 207, 235, 257, 277, 297, 298, 303, 314)
Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service â Nick Arber (Fig. 16)
Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service â Derek A. Edwards (Figs 1, 287, 293, 301, 302, 306, 307, 315)
Network Rail (Fig. 145)
Peter Oliver, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Heritage Trust (Fig. 172)
Mike Page (Fig. 311)
Science Photo Library (Fig. 2)
Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge (Fig. 239)
R. C. Selley â Petravin Press (Fig. 202)
Sheila Smart (Fig. 131)
Suffolk County Council (Fig. 255)
Victoria & Albert Museum (Fig. 250)
Illustrations that do not have a source credited in the caption are my own work, or that of the team working with me at the Department of Earth Sciences in Cambridge.
