Books, Charts & Maps Africa & Related Islands
Birds

Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands
L D C Fishpool & M I Evans (Eds)
1144 pages. More details...

Birds of Africa south of the Sahara
Ian Sinclair & Peter Ryan
Second edition, including 500 new images and 400 updated distribution maps. Unrivalled coverage of African birds in a single volume - the only book to describe the birds of Socotra, Pemba and the islands in the Gulf of Guinea. 767 pages. More details...




Birds of Africa Volume VIII, The Malagasy Region
Roger Safford & Frank Hawkins
Available from 18 July 2013. 800 pages. More details...

Birds in Africa: An Introduction and Survey to the Birdlife of Africa
Rainer Christian Ertel
415 pages. More details...


Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands
Tony Clarke
Covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in Macaronesia (Azores, Canaries, Cape Verde & Madeira) . Over 450 species are illustrated with full details of all plumages and major races . 320 pages. More details...
An Atlas of Wader Populations in Africa and Western Eurasia
Simon Delany, Derek Scott, Tim Dodman & David Stroud
524 pages. More details...




Field Guide to Birds of East Africa
Terry Stevenson & John Fanshawe
Helm Field Guide covering Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. 1388 species illustrated on 287 superb colour plates. The text plus distribution map and the illustrations for each species are on facing pages. 632 pages. More details...

Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea
John Ash & John Atkins
This atlas provides, for the first time, an accurate assessment of the distribution of each of the 870 species known from the two countries, including valuable information on breeding. 416 pages. More details...

Birds of Europe with North Africa & The Middle East
Lars Jonsson
We have no stock of this title. A reprint is under consideration. 560 pages. More details...

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...

A Field Guide to Birds of Gambia & Senegal
Barlow, Wacher & Disley
Almost 570 species are illustrated on 48 colour plates. 408 pages. More details...


Helm Field Guide Birds of Ghana
Nik Borrow & Ron Demey
Compact up-to-date guide that uses illustrations from the acclaimed Field Guide to the Birds of Western Africa, with new text and maps specific to Ghana. 336 pages. More details...

Golden Oriole
Jake Allsop & Paul Mason
Poyser Monograph featuring this enigmatic and elusive species. 328 pages. More details...

Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America
K M Olsen & H Larsson
Revised edition. Helm Identification Guide. 608 pages. More details...

Handbook of Bird Identification for Europe and the Western Palearctic
Mark Beaman & Steve Madge
THE ultimate ID handbook of the decade. Fifty colour plates by some of Europe's leading bird artists show the widest range of plumages ever to feature in a European guide.
"If you are looking for a single volume that will render much of your existing library obsolete, put this to the top of a shortlist of one."
- Bird Watching
. 872 pages. More details...

Birds of the Horn of Africa
Nigel Redman, John Fanshawe & Terry Stevenson
Revised and updated second edition. 512 pages. More details...


Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania
Zimmerman, Turner, Pearson
Helm Field Guide. Over 1,100 species covered on 124 colour plates, with 800 distribution maps. This revised edition (2002) covers 6 additional species. 576 pages. More details...

Birds of Liberia
Wulf Gatter
2013 reprint. An authoritative avifauna. 400 maps and four colour plates by Martin Woodcock. 320 pages. More details...


The Birds of Malawi: An Atlas & Handbook
F Dowsett-Lemaire & R J Dowsett
Detailed accounts of the 650 species known. 16 pages of colour photos illustrate the habitats of Malawi as well as a dozen of the more interesting bird species. 556 pages. More details...


Birds of the Middle East (2nd Ed.)
Richard Porter & Simon Aspinall
Covers the Arabian peninsula (including Socotra), Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Cyprus. 476 pages. More details...

The Birds of Morocco
Michael Thevenot, Rae Vernon, Patrick Bergier
BOU Checklist 20. Covers 500 species recorded in Morocco. 670 pages. More details...

The Birds of Southern Mozambique
Phillip A Clancey
New revised and updated edition of A Handlist of the Birds of Southern Mozambique, first published in 1970-71. More an avifauna than a field guide, it provides distribution (with maps), range and habitat preferences for all recorded species. In addition, there are new illustrations of species, a gazetteer of place names, and indices of generic and specific names. 49 colour plates and 39 maps. 312 pages.

Helm Field Guide Parrots of the World
Joseph Forshaw
Written by the world's foremost authority on parrots, this up-to-date book comprises beautiful colour plates with a succinct text on the opposite pages. 336 pages. More details...

Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America
Per Alström & Krister Mild
Comprehensive Helm ID Guide to the 26 species of pipits and wagtails of the Holarctic. 26 colour plates, by Per Alström & Bill Zetterström, plus over 220 colour photos. 496 pages. More details...

Raptors of Europe and Middle East
Dick Forsman
Comprehensive collection of photos, by the foremost authority on Western Palearctic raptors, showing all plumages of species in the field. Over 700 photos and 100 drawings. 607 pages. More details...

Raptors of the World: A Field Guide
James Ferguson-Lees & David A Christie
Uses all of the plates from the Helm ID Guide Raptors of the World, with concise, revised text on facing pages, to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field reference book covering all 330 raptor species. 320 pages. More details...
Roberts Nests and Eggs of Southern African Birds: A Comprehensive Guide to the Nesting Habits of over 720 Bird Species in Southern Africa
Warwick Tarboton
The nesting habits of the 730 bird species known to breed in southern Africa, set out in a standard field-guide format (text pages facing colour plates), covering 4-5 species per double-page spread. 419 pages. More details...
Birds of Sao Tome & Principe with Annobon
Peter Jones & Alan Tye
BOU checklist 22. 192 pages. More details...

Birds of the Seychelles (2nd Ed)
Adrian Skerrett & Tony Disley
Second Edition. Covers over 250 species, including 26 endemics. 176 pages. More details...

Wildlife of Seychelles
John Bowler
64 stunning photographic plates featuring birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, dragonflies, butterflies and other creatures likely to be encountered in the Seychelles. 192 pages. More details...

Birds of Somalia
J S Ash & J E Miskell
2013 reprint. An authoritative avifauna. 654 maps and eight colour plates by Martin Woodcock. 336 pages. More details...

Wildlife of South Africa
Duncan Butchart
A handy, all-in-one photo field guide that covers the region's mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and trees that are most likely to be seen. Concise accounts and distribution maps are included for each species.
"This is a stunning book."
- Pieter Wessels, WildSounds
168 pages. More details...

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Southern Africa
Ian Sinclair
Slim pocket guide. 550 colour photos of 500 species. 144 pages. More details...

Complete Photo Field Guide Birds of Southern Africa
Ian Sinclair & Peter Ryan
Over 2500 images for accurate identification. 432 pages. More details...


Nocturnal Birds of Southern Africa
John Carlyon
Superb photographic reference book to the night birds of southern Africa. 290 pages. More details...


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. 464 pages. More details...
Guide to the Birds of St Helena & Ascension Island
Neil McCulloch
Contains background on the islands' history and biogeography, and illustrated species accounts. 92 pages. More details...


Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island
Edited by Peter Ryan
Compact ID guide to the animals and plants of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago and Gough Island, with more than 400 colour photos. 162 pages. More details...
Bird Atlas of Uganda
Margaret Carswell, Derek Pomeroy, Jake Reynolds & Herbert Tushabe
Uganda is about the size of Britain but has more than 1,000 bird species, including many large and attractive ones. This atlas records what is known about the distribution and seasonality of these birds, and discusses this in relation to their conservation. 480 pages. More details...

Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa
Kevin Baker
Covers 145 species and all their races in detail. 48 colour plates. 360 pages. More details...

Birds of Western Africa
Nik Borrow & Ron Demey
Helm ID Guide. 147 plates depicting over 1280 species. Covers Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Rio Muni, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, part of Mauritania and the islands of Sao Tome, Principe and Bioko (Fernando Po). 832 pages. More details...

Field Guide to the Birds of Western Africa
Nik Borrow & Ron Demey
Helm Field Guide to the birds of all 23 western African countries - from Mauritania east to Chad and south to Congo and including all island groups. 148 colour plates illustrate 1,304 species. Plates face the text. 512 pages. More details...

Birds of Zambia
Robert J Dowsett, Dylan R Aspinwall, Francoise Dowsett-Lemaire
606 pages. More details...

Field Guide to Zambian Birds not found in Southern Africa
Dylan Aspinwall & Carl Beel
Reprint under consideration - date unknown (We have no stock left of this title). A supplement to the field guides to the birds of the Southern African sub-region. Zambia, lying further north, has about 120 bird species not dealt with in such works.
The only in-print field guide that covers Zambian birds is Birds of Africa south of the Sahara 106 pages.
Maps, Site & Travel guides
WTWB = Where to watch birds



A Birdwatchers' Guide to the Canary Islands
Tony Clarke & David Collins
1996. Prion site guide. 48 maps. 110 pages. More details...



Where to watch birds in Ethiopia
Claire Spottiswoode, Merid Gabremichael & Julian Francis
An extremely comprehensive guide to the 50 best sites. How to get there (including GPS co-ordinates), what you can see, and when to visit. 150 photos of birds, habitats and even some of Ethiopia's other fauna & flora. 160 pages. More details...
Finding birds in The Gambia
Dave Gosney
DVD
Dave Gosney
An introduction to the best birdwatching sites in The Gambia - giving you a "feel" for what it's like to be there. (30 sites, 168 species and a gallery of great still photographs). See Finding Birds in The Gambia booklet for detailed maps of the sites. 92 min.
Book
Dave Gosney
2011. Highlights the best birding sites in this country with detailed hand-drawn maps (including GPS co-ordinates). 40 pages.


Important Bird Areas in Kenya
Leon Bennun & Peter Njoroge
1999. 60 sites in Kenya that meet the criteria for Important Bird Areas (IBAs) - places of global significance for bird and biodiversity conservation. 318 pages. More details...

Madagascar: The Eighth Continent: Life, Death and Discovery in a Lost World
Peter Tyson
Combines cutting-edge science and conservation with adventure travel and historical narrative. 440 pages. More details...
Finding Birds in Morocco: coast and mountains
Dave Gosney
DVD
Covers 75 species at 19 sites along the Atlantic coast and in the Atlas mountains. Includes footage of many of the Moroccan specialities including Tristram's Warbler, Atlas Flycatcher, Levaillant's Woodpecker, Marsh Owl and Seebohm's Wheatear. 60 min.
Book
August 2011. Describes the best birding sites in exceptional detail, made even clearer by Dave Gosney's trademark maps.

Finding Birds in Morocco: the deserts
Dave Gosney

DVD
Introduces you to the best birding sites in the deserts of Morocco. 17 sites are covered, with specific locations for species such as Scrub Warbler, Crowned Sandgrouse and Mourning Wheatear. 62 min.

Book
September 2009. Where to find the most sought-after birds in the deserts of Morocco, with precise maps. Many of the sites are also featured in the DVD Finding Birds in Morocco: the deserts. 32 pages.

Sasol Birding Map of Southern Africa
Ian Sinclair & Trevor Hardaker
2002. Includes over 200 birding sites in Southern Africa, as well as many game and nature reserves. More details...

Southern African Birdfinder: Where to find 1400 bird species in southern Africa
C Cohen & C Spottiswoode, assisted by J Rossouw
2006. The ideal companion to all the local bird field guides. Covers 330 birding sites and associated birds across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and the little-documented, but increasingly popular, areas of Angola, Mozambique, Zambia & Malawi. Includes a fold-out map of the entire region, annotated checklist and a quick guide to finding the region's top 100 birds. 448 pages. More details...

Important Bird Areas in Tanzania
Elizabeth & Neil Baker
2002. 80 sites detailed with maps and many line drawings. 303 pages. More details...

Important Bird Areas in Uganda
Byaruhanga, Kasoma & Pomeroy
2001. Details of 30 important sites in Uganda. 166 pages. More details...


Important Bird Areas in Zambia
Peter Leonard
2005. An essential new resource for conservationists and birders, this book describes 42 IBAs identified in Zambia, including 18 National Parks. 220 pages. More details...
Other Fauna




Bats of Britain, Europe & North-west Africa
Christian Dietz, Otto von Helversen & Dietmar Nill
Comprehensive handbook covering all 51 bat species that occur in the region. Over 400 breathtaking colour photos. 400 pages. More details...

Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa
Steve Woodall
Designed for easy, rapid ID. 408 pages. More details...

Collins Butterfly Guide
Tom Tolman & Richard Lewington
The most complete field guide to the Butterflies of Britain & Europe. 384 pages. More details...

Pocket Guide to the Reptiles & Amphibians of East Africa
S Spawls, K Howell & R Drewes
Portable photographic guide that covers the most prominent 200 reptiles and 80 amphibians found in the region (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi). 240 pages. More details...

Complete Guide to the Frogs of Southern Africa
Louis de Preez & Vincent Carruthers
A beautiful and authoritative book featuring all 160 frog species found in the region, accompanied by a CD featuring their sounds. 488 pages. More details...

Field Guide to the Mammals of the Kruger National Park
H Schultze
Full-colour photos and detailed information - including distribution, habitat, diet, reproduction, physical characteristics and behaviour. 240 pages. More details...

Mammals of Madagascar: A complete guide
Nick Garbutt
Detailed and authoritative text illustrated by superb colour photos and line drawings, covering all 123 mammal species found on the island. 304 pages. More details...

Mammals of Africa (6-Volume Set)
Editors: Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Thomas Butynski, Michael Hoffmann, Meredith Happold & Jan Kalina.
A series of six volumes which describes and illustrates, in detail, every currently recognized species of African land mammal. 3760 pages. More details...

Collins Field Guide to Mammals of Africa
Mark Andrews
Available from 7 March 2014. This will be the most up-to-date field guide with 50 colour plates depicting almost all of Africa's 1150+ mammal species. Over 1000 distribution maps. 304 pages. More details...

The Larger Mammals of Africa
Chris & Tilde Stuart
Reprint under consideration - unknown date. 400 colour photos with descriptions and distribution maps. 320 pages. More details...

Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals
Jonathan Kingdon
New pocket ID guide to all the African land mammals by one of the world's leading naturalists. The illustrations are in an easy-to-use plate format and are placed opposite the text. 108 colour plates and over 250 maps. 272 pages. More details...

Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
S Aulagnier, P Haffner, A J Mitchell-Jones, F Moutou & J Zima
Covers over 400 terrestrial species. 100 plates with 600 colour species artworks. 272 pages. More details...


The Marsh Lions
Brian Jackman & Jonathan Scott
The true story of a pride of lions in Kenya's world-famous Masai Mara game reserve. 320 pages. More details...


Field Guide to Insects of South Africa
M Picker, C Griffiths, A Weaving
Some 1200 insect species are described, each with a full-colour photo, distribution map, ID features, biology, habitat and, where applicable, related species. 444 pages. More details...

Diving & Snorkelling Guide to Tropical Marine Life of the Indo Pacific Region
Matthias Bergbauer & Manuela Kirschner
224 pages. More details...

Flora

Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean
Marjorie Blamey & Christopher Grey-Wilson
Second edition. Covers Portugal, Spain, France, Corsica, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Balkans, Greece, Crete, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. 2700 colour illustrations of 1500 species. 560 pages. More details...

Orchids and Wildflowers of Kitulo Plateau
Rosalind Slater & Tim Davenport
The first field guide to the orchids and wildflowers of Tanzania's Kitulo Plateau, the "Garden of God" and the "Serengeti of Flowers". 84 pages. More details...

Orchids of Europe, North Africa & the Middle East
Pierre Delforge
This complete reference guide covers the ID, biology and conservation of more than 520 species of orchid. Illustrated with 1270 colour photos. 640 pages. More details...
Wildlife (General)


Dangerous Creatures of Africa
Chris & Mathilde Stuart
Understand-Identify-Avoid-Survive 300 pages. More details...

Traveller's Guide to Wildlife of Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda
David Hosking & Martin B Withers
A pocket-sized photographic guide to over 475 commonly-seen species including birds, mammals, reptiles, invertebrates and plants. 248 pages. More details...

Kenya: A Natural History
Stephen Spawls & Glenn Matthews
Spans the gap between general guide book and detailed scientific material. More details...

Madagascar Wildlife
Nick Garbutt, Hilary Brady, Derek Schuurman
3rd edition. Features over 280 photographs of Madagascar's wildlife, information on 22 of the top reserves and advice on how to get involved in the conservation of this special place. The guide covers all the major groups of creatures, from Mammals to Invertebrates. 178 pages.

Madagascar: The Eighth Continent: Life, Death and Discovery in a Lost World
Peter Tyson
Combines cutting-edge science and conservation with adventure travel and historical narrative. 440 pages. More details...
The Natural History of Madagascar
Eds S M Goodman & J P Benstead
Comprehensive, up-to-date account of this island nation's priceless biological treasures. 1709 pages. More details...


Safari Sketchbook
Martin Woodcock
A bird painter's African odyssey.
Artwork by one of our favourite artists - Martin delights us not only with his fantastic paintings but also his entertaining and evocative prose. 176 pages. More details...

Wildlife of Seychelles
John Bowler
64 stunning photographic plates featuring birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, dragonflies, butterflies and other creatures likely to be encountered in the Seychelles. 192 pages. More details...

Wildlife of South Africa
Duncan Butchart
A handy, all-in-one photo field guide that covers the region's mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and trees that are most likely to be seen. Concise accounts and distribution maps are included for each species.
"This is a stunning book."
- Pieter Wessels, WildSounds
168 pages. More details...

Wildlife of Southern Africa (Collins Traveller's Guide)
David Hosking & Martin B Withers
272 pages. More details...

Field Guide to the Tracks & Signs of Southern, Central & East African Wildlife
Chris & Mathilde Stuart
488 pages. More details...

Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island
Edited by Peter Ryan
Compact ID guide to the animals and plants of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago and Gough Island, with more than 400 colour photos. 162 pages. More details...

The Wildlife of Southern Africa
Edited by Vincent Carruthers
The Larger Illustrated Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region More details...
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