• Great Auk. A majestic flightless seabird of the North Atlantic and the ‘original penguin’.
• Spectacled Cormorant. The ‘ludicrous bird’ from the remote islands of the Bering Sea. 
• Steller’s Sea Cow. An incredible ten tonne dugong with skin as furrowed as oak bark. 
• Upland Moa. The improbable birds and the one-time rulers of New Zealand. 
• Huia. The unique bird with two beaks and twelve precious tail feathers. 
• South Island Kōkako. The ‘orange-wattled crow’, New Zealand’s elusive Grey Ghost. 
• Xerces Blue. The gossamer-winged butterfly of the San Francisco sand dunes. 
• Pinta Island Tortoise. The slow-moving, long-lived giant of the Galápagos Islands. 
• Dodo. The superstar of extinction. 
• Schomburgk’s Deer. A mysterious deer from the wide floodplains of central Thailand. 
• Ivell’s Sea Anemone. A see-through sea creature known only from southern England.

A modern must-read for anyone interested in protecting our earth and its incredible wildlife, Gone is an evocative call to conserve what we have before it is lost forever.

Beautifully illustrated throughout with artwork by Jade They (https://www.jadethey.com/ )

Sussex, sitting on the South Coast and boasting a diverse range of habitats set within beautiful, iconic landscapes, has always been recognised as one of the best areas of the country in which to watch and appreciate our butterflies. The Butterflies of Sussex summarises their current distribution and status, based on an intensive five-year survey by local Butterfly Conservation members.

The lavishly illustrated texts, covering 53 species, include many original insights into a rapidly changing world of losses and gains, capturing an unprecedented period in the history of British butterflies. While some species have declined as the result of habitat loss and climate change, others have been brought back from the very brink by targeted conservation efforts.