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NEW RELEASES - In stock and POSTFREE to UK ADDRESSES !
Field Guide Birds of the Indian Subcontinent

Field Guide Birds of the Indian Subcontinent

Richard Grimmett, Carol & Tim Inskipp

Available from 9 January 2012. This really is a vast improvement on previous field guides for this popular region.More details...

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 Softback £35.00 £25.99
Cotingas and Manakins

Cotingas and Manakins

Guy Kirwan, Graeme Green & Eustace Barnes

A mouth-watering guide to two of the most spectacular bird families. More details...

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 Hardback £60.00 £44.99
Birds of the Horn of Africa

Birds of the Horn of Africa

Nigel Redman, John Fanshawe & Terry Stevenson

Revised and updated 2nd ed. More details...

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 Softback £35.00 £29.99
Birds of Senegal and The Gambia

Birds of Senegal and The Gambia

Nik Borrow & Ron Demey

This new field guide has the text and maps opposite the relevant plate. 352 pages. More details...

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 Softback £29.99 £23.99
Sasol Birds of Southern Africa

Sasol Birds of Southern Africa

Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton & Peter Ryan

4th edition. THE best field guide to the region has been fully revised and now has an easy-to-use layout. More details...

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 Softback £19.99 £16.99
Birds of the United Arab Emirates

Birds of the United Arab Emirates

Simon Aspinall & Richard Porter

The UAE is an increasingly popular tourist destination, with a good infrastructure for visting birders. More details...

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 Softback £24.99 £22.49
Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed

Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed

Simon Barnes

An Introduction to Birdsong - with a free podcast. More details...

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 Hardback £12.99 £9.99
Birds of Melanesia

Birds of Melanesia

Guy Dutson

At last! A complete field-guide to this species-rich region of the south-west Pacific. More details...

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 Softback £40.00 £33.99
Collins Bird Guide

Collins Bird Guide

Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterström & Lars Svensson

Includes 41 new species and several more sub-species. More details...

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 Hardback £25.00 £17.99
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 Softback £17.99 £13.99
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 Large Format Hardback £50.00 £37.99
Birdwatching in Europe

Birdwatching in Europe

Paul Doherty

Features "crippling" footage of 255 species. 195 min. More details...

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 DVD £21.45 £18.95 UK & EU (£15.79 Non EU)
Eagle Island

Eagle Island

G Buchanan (BBC Natural World)

Hauntingly beautiful! Features spectacular footage of White-tailed Sea Eagle and Golden Eagle. More details...

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 DVD £15.35 £12.99 UK & EU (£10.83 Non EU)
The North Norfolk Coast: A New Birder's Guide

The North Norfolk Coast: A New Birder's Guide

Ken Lawson

The pleasures and practicalities of birding this superb region of the UK. More details...

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 DVD £16.99 £11.99 UK & EU (£9.99 Non EU)
WildSounds and the Hawk & Owl Trust

Ever had that Attenborough moment? Click here to read more about WildSounds, the Hawk & Owl trust and what we've done on Norwich Cathedral.

Unfortunately the eggs laid by the first year female Peregrine on the Norwich Cathedral Spire were not fertile - better luck next year.

Spoonie!

Click here to read more about our commitment to the Spoon-billed Sandpiper.

Sounds Confusing?

Confused by bird sounds? Click here for a useful guide to help decide which sound guide for Britain and/or Europe might be best for you.

Usability icons

Our unique system of icons is designed to make it easier for you to choose the right guide for you.
We have had a lot of positive feedback about this new innovation. If you would like to offer any comments, we'll be pleased to hear from you. Click here to read more...

WildSounds Newsletter

Click here to join our Newsletter. It's FREE, easy, convenient and an environmentally friendly way for us to keep you informed of our special offers. Each email will have a link at the bottom allowing you to easily remove yourself from the list.

Games & Puzzles

Try one of our addictive on-line games, or bend your mind around a puzzle. Click here for more details...

Forthcoming Events

Visit the WildSounds stand and save up to 70%. If you plan to visit any of the following events and would like to peruse a particular item, please phone us (01263-741100) or email us isales@wildsounds.com a few days in advance. There is no obligation to purchase.

February 4 & 5, 2012
Winter Bird Fair
WWT Slimbridge, GLOS
April 13, 14 & 15, 2012
RSPB Member's Weekend
York University, YORK
April 20, 21 & 22, 2012
London Wild Bird Watch
WWT Barn Elms, LONDON
April 28, 2012
African Bird Club
BTO, THETFORD
May 19 & 20, 2012
Scottish Bird Fair
Hopetoun House, EDINBURGH
August 17, 18 & 19, 2012
THE British BirdWatching Fair
Egleton Nature Reserve, RUTLAND
Supporting Conservation
Commission for Conservation

Every six months I have the task of running the reports and writing out the cheques for the Commission for Conservation programme. Since 2004, when the programme began, I have written out cheques totalling £6059.24! The top 5 beneficiaries of the funds include:

£3,637.84 Hawk & Owl Trust
£2,088.36 African Bird Club
£303.81 BirdLife International (various projects, including the Saving Species from Extinction : Spoon-billed Sandpiper project)
£197.40 Oriental Bird Club (various projects)
£86.06 Leicestershire & Rutland Ornithological Society

How have these funds been collected? A large number of organisations take part in our Commission for Conservation programme. They encourage their members and visitors to use links from their web-site to buy from WildSounds. Based on these sales, we donate 5% of most book & DVD sales and 3% of most electronic equipment sales to the charities nominated by the participants in the programme. If you would like to join this worthwhile programme, please contact me at isales@wildsounds.com.

Penny Pots

In August 2010 we introduced another feature on our web-site. If you place an order with WildSounds you'll be given the opportunity to add a few pennies to a virtual penny pot. This feature has been hard at work raising much needed funds - money that does not come from us, but money that comes from the generosity of our customers. To date you have helped us collect the following funds through the virtual penny pots:

£5.00 Buglife
£5.06 BirdLife Malta
£9.01 Hawk & Owl Trust
£43.70 BirdLife International (Spoonbilled Sandpiper)

We also rattle real tins at Bird Fairs and the like. In 2011, for example, rattling buckets at lectures at the British BirdWatching Fair raised a massive £500.04. This will be given to the team surveying Spoon-billed Sandpipers to support their vital work. Other tins cashed in during between 2011 raised a total of £145.09 which again will go the BirdLife International Preventing Extinctions program to save the Spoon-billed Sandpiper from extinction. This money comes from you, from people who believe, as we do, that conservation matters and that we can make a difference.

Participants

Participants who helped raised money in the Commission for Conservation Programme include:

ParticipantAmount RaisedSupported Charity
Bird Watching Magazine£3,127.85(Hawk & Owl Trust)
African Bird Club£2,008.09 
Limosa Holidays£191.00(Oriental Bird Club)
Leicestershire & Rutland Ornithological Society£86.06 
Norfolk Wildlife Trust£69.79 
Bird Watching Magazine£55.84(BirdLife International)
In-Focus£49.45(BirdLife International)
WildWings£36.23(BirdLife International)
Limosa Holidays£33.99(BirdLife International)
Birds Illustrated£28.00(BirdLife International)
Bird Quest£23.18(BirdLife International)
Nottinghamshire Birdwatchers£16.83 
Hawk & Owl Trust£16.09 
Sunbird£12.49(BirdLife International)
Avian Adventures£11.54(BirdLife International)
Wild About India£5.90(Oriental Bird Club)
Wiltshire Ornithological Society£2.35
Simon King£2.20(TUSK)
Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust£1.41 
Bird Watching & Wildlife Club£0.64(BirdLife International)

(If there is a discrepancy between the total amount raised and the total amount donated to a charity - it is because we occasionally round cheques up).

The amounts listed above are correct for sales up to 30 September 2010, and this report was compiled in December 2010.

Pieter Wessels
WildSounds

WildSounds: Associate sponsor of Birdfair
This web-site was last updated 21 december 2011. This page was last updated 19 January 2012.

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