Ireland, the Emerald Isle, is famous for its checkerboard landscape of green fields and hedgerows. Its coast showcases sandy beaches, mudflats and saltmarshes, Atlantic Rainforests, rocky shores and cliffs, all home to a staggering variety of wildlife. Ireland’s coastal waters are among the best in Europe to see whales and dolphins and other rare marine animals. The Crossbill Guide Ireland is the authoritative wildlife and nature travel guidebook to that island and includes both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The book provides insights into how this varied landscape came into being with a description of its flora and fauna. The book combines this background with carefully selected hiking and driving routes that cover the best places to discover Ireland’s wildlife and ecosystems. If you want to explore Ireland’s wild side, this is the book you need.

Everything you need to turn up in the right place and at the right time to find some of the best wildlife in Europe. Chris Packham – BBC Springwatch

Carsten Krieger has been living and working in Ireland as a natural history photographer and author since 2002. He has published and contributed to 16 books on Ireland’s nature, landscape and heritage including the acclaimed ‘The Wildflowers of Ireland’ and ‘Ireland’s Coast’, the flagship book for the Burren & Cliffs of Moher Geopark ‘This is the Burren’ and the bestselling and Irish Book Award shortlisted ‘Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way’. He is also an AnTaisce Climate Ambassador, a Biodiversity Ambassador for Greensod Ireland and project manager for Loop Head Together for Nature/Wild Loop Head. More information can be found on his website www.carstenkrieger.com.