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In celebration of the new titles we have added to our list this year, we invite answers to the following questions; The correct answers received will be entered into a prize draw on Monday 15th December 2008. All who enter can also order any of our books with a 15% discount. The winner of the draw will be able to select one of our own-produced titles (having ISBN starting 978-1903657) which will be forwarded with our compliments.

1. Related to our new book on the plants of the Altai, where did the alternative name for this region, 'The Mountains of Gold' originate from?
2. The berries of which bush are used in a favourite jam recipe of the Falklands?
3. By what name do many Hungarians know the region of steppe that surround the Hortobágy and Tisza floodplain?

Send your answers to 'competition@wildguides.co.uk'and include any titles you would like to order with the 15% discount and we will get in touch to make that arrangement.

THE WILDGuides WILDBrain COMPETITION WINNER DECEMBER 2006.

Congratulations to Tony Wharton of Halesowen who won this year's competition, and selected a copy of Discover Butterflies as his prize.

The questions and correct answers were as follows:

1. Who first documented the sighting of what became South Georgia and what was the date of his findings?
   Anthony de la Roche (1675).
2. What is the most endagered species of bird on the Galápagos Islands?
   The Dark-rumped (or Hawaiian) Petrel (though also nominated Mangrove Finch).
3. What is the only species of Ladybird to be found on the Falkland Islands?
   The Eleven-Spot Ladybird.

THE WILDGuides WILDBrain COMPETITION WINNER SEPTEMBER 2005!

Well done to David Chadwick of Berkshire for correctly identifying our four orchids as:

1) Lady's Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium calceolus)

2) Monkey Orchid (Orchis simia)

3) Ghost Orchid (Epipogium aphyllum)

4) Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera)

THE WILDGuides WILDBrain COMPETITION WINNER SEPTEMBER 2004!

Congratulations to David of Macclesfield, Cheshire, for winning the WildGuides WILDBrain competition for September 2004. David correctly identified all four photographs as:

1) Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa)

2) Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta)

3) Small Red Damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum)

4) Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)

THE WILDGuides WILDBrain COMPETITION WINNER MARCH 2004!

Congratulations to Martin Catt of Kingsbridge, South Devon, for winning the WILDGuides WILDBrain competition for March 2004. Martin correctly identified all four photographs as:

1) Greater Stitchwort

2) Lesser Celandine

3) Snowdrop

4) Yellow Toadflax

THE WILDGuides WILDBrain COMPETITION WINNER NOVEMBER 2003!

Congratulations to Alastair MacLeod for winning the WildGuides WILDBrain competition for November 2003. Alastair correctly identified all four photographs as:

1) Cuvier's Beaked Whale
(Ziphius cavirostris)

2) California Sea Lion
(Zalophus californianus)

3) Fin Whale
(Balaenoptera physalus)

4) Short-finned Pilot Whale
(Globicephala macrorhynchus)

Alastair, from Dundee in Scotland, is a keen sailor who has seen whales and dolphins regularly on his travels through the Atlantic and Mediterranean. After winning the prize of WILDGuides WILDBrain, Alastair told us "I was delighted to win the quiz - especially since I'd never seen any of those species in the wild! The guide book is excellent - a good read and great images. It will undoubtedly help me with my whale watching in Europe!"

Alastair has won a copy of 'Whales and Dolphins of the European Atlantic' which we hope will help him to increase his WILDBrain knowledge still further!

THE WILDGuides WILDBrain COMPETITION WINNER AUGUST 2003!

Congratulations to Cyril Schönbächler of Geneva, Switzerland, for winning the WildGuides WILDBrain competition entry for August 2003. Cyril correctly identified all four photographs as:

1) Minke Whale

2) Four Spotted Chaser

3) Comma

4) Burnt Orchid