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 Volume II
edited by Urban, Fry & Keith
Gamebirds to Pigeons. 568 pages. More details...

Birds of Africa Volume III
edited by Keith, Urban & Fry
Parrots to Woodpeckers. 627 pages. More details...

Birds of Africa Volume V
edited by Brown, Fry, Keith, Newman, Urban
Thrushes to Puffback Flycatchers. 689 pages. More details...

Birds of Africa Volume VI
edited by Brown, Fry, Keith, Newman, Urban
Picathartes to Oxpeckers. 742 pages. More details...

Birds of Africa Volume VII
Hilary Fry & Stuart Keith
Covers sparrows, weavers, whydahs, waxbills, finches and buntings. 688 pages. More details...

Birds of Africa south of the Sahara
Ian Sinclair & Peter Ryan (with Patrice Christy & Phil Hockey)
More than 3000 images on some 340 plates, of nearly 2100 species. 712 pages. More details...

Birds of the Horn of Africa
Nigel Redman, John Fanshawe & Terry Stevenson
Helm Field Guide to the birds of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Socotra. 480 pages. More details...

Photographic Guide to Birds of Prey, Southern, Central & East Africa
David Allan
144 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...



Collins Bird Guide (2nd edition)
Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterström
The most complete field guide to the birds of Britain, Europe, North Africa, most of the Middle East, the Canaries & Madeira. The combination of definitive text, up-to-date distribution maps and superb illustrations, all in a single volume, makes this book the ultimate field guide, essential on every bookshelf and birdwatching trip. 448 pages. More details...

The Lost Land of the Dodo
Anthony Checke
Provides the definitive account of the tragic yet remarkable fauna of Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues and is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of our relationship with the world around us. 250 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...

Photographic Guide to Birds of East Africa
Dave Richards
Slim pocket guide. 300 colour photos of 265 species. 144 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
Still one of the better field guides. Covers all but a few of the Western Palearctic's breeding birds. 400 colour plates. 560 pages. More details...

A Field Guide to Birds of Gambia & Senegal
Barlow, Wacher & Disley
Excellent field guide, the only one specific to the birds of this area. Almost 570 species are illustrated on 48 colour plates. 408 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 Indian Ocean Islands
Ian Sinclair & Oliver Langrand
Illustrates all the 359 regularly encountered species of Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, the Seychelles and the Comoros. 184 pages. More details...

Photographic Guide to Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands
Ian Sinclair, Oliver Langrand & Fanja Andriamialisoa
128 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 Madagascar
Pete Morris & Frank Hawkins
A comprehensive photo guide. 500 colour photos, several colour plates and numerous maps. 328 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...

Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East
Richard Porter & Simon Aspinall
First edition - Over 700 species illustrated in colour on 112 plates, with text and distribution maps facing the plates. Covers the Arabian peninsula (including Socotra), Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Cyprus.
Revised second edition - For the first time, the text and maps appear opposite the plates, and as a consequence there are fewer species per plate than before. The text and maps have been fully revised and many new artworks have been painted. There are more than 100 new species in this new edition, which features more than 810 species in total. 476 pages.

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.
Birds of the Palearctic
Norman Arlott

Non-Passerines
Norman Arlott
Every non-passerine species found in this wide area is illustrated in every plumage in which they can be seen in the wild. 80 colour plates. 240 pages. More details...

Passerines
Norman Arlott
A field guide to all the passerines or songbirds found from Britain eastwards to Japan, and as far south as the Sahara and Himalayas. A vital purchase for every twitcher as it includes many of the rarities that have occurred accidentally in the UK and many more that may occur in the future. The Non-Passerines volume is also available 384 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...

Field Guide to the Raptors of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
William S Clark
An extremely detailed new guide. 48 colour plates, 40 pages of colour photos, plus line illustrations and distribution maps. 371 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...
Birds of Sao Tome & Principe with Annobon
Peter Jones & Alan Tye
BOU checklist 22. 192 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...

Sasol Birds of Southern Africa
Sinclair, Hockey, Tarboton
3rd edition. THE best field guide to the region with over 200 colour plates and numerous distribution maps. 445 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...

Newman's Birds of Southern Africa
Ken Newman
9th edition. 2002. Text and maps with facing page colour plates. 510 pages. More details...

Roberts Birds of Southern Africa VIIth Edition
PAR Hockey, WRJ Dean & PG Ryan
This benchmark reference for South African ornithology has now been greatly expanded and contains completely new text and specially commissioned artworks of 950 species, 15% of them endemic. It is now a major handbook and weighs in at over 5kg! 1296 pages. More details...

Roberts Bird Guide
Hugh Chittenden
At last! a field guide version of Roberts Birds of Southern Africa VIIth Edition featuring large, clear illustrations, distribution maps as well as a "breeding bar" indicating breeding season. Covers over 950 species including all the recent splits. 456 pages.
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...

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 due - 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...
Ethiopia
Philip Briggs
Bradt Travel Guide. 5th edition (2009). The most thorough travel guide to Ethiopia on the market, covers Ethiopia's wildlife sanctuaries and heritage hotspots. 624 pages. More details...

Birding Ethiopia
Ken Behrens, Keith Barnes & Christian Boix
This new site guide, which is copiously illustrated with maps and photos, will show you where to find the remarkable birds of endemic-rich Ethiopia. 256 pages. More details...

Where to watch birds in Ethiopia
Claire Spottiswoode, Merid Gabremichael & Julian Francis
Available from 16 August 2010. A comprehensive site guide to the 50 best birding sites that describes how to get there, what you can see there, and when to visit. GPS co-ordinates allow sites to be located with great accuracy. 160 pages More details...



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...


Finding Birds in Morocco: the deserts
Dave Gosney

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

Southern Africa - Travellers' Wildlife Guide
B Branch, C Stuart, T Stuart & W Tarboton
Colour illustrations of more than 500 of southern Africa's most common amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. 488 pages. 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...

Northern Tanzania - Bradt Safari Guide
Philip Briggs
296 pages.

Important Bird Areas in Uganda
Byaruhanga, Kasoma and 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...

Collins Field Guide to Mammals of Africa
Mark Andrews
Available from 7 March 2011. 50 colour plates depicting almost all of Africa's 1150 plus species. 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...

Pocket Guide to Mammals of East Africa
Chris & Mathilde Stuart
Includes full colour photos plus key identification features, behaviour, diet, breeding biology and size. 160 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...

Field Guide to the Dragonflies of South Africa
Warwick & Michèle Tarboton
275 colour illustrations. 90 distribution maps. Includes keys to difficult groups. 96 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...

Guide to the Reptiles of Southern Africa
Graham Alexander & Johan Marais
A Guide to the Reptiles of Southern Africa introduces the 517 species currently described in the region, arranged into three main groups - snakes and lizards, crocodiles, and shelled reptiles. 408 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 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 and 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...

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.
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...

Southern Africa - Travellers' Wildlife Guide
B Branch, C Stuart, T Stuart & W Tarboton
Colour illustrations of more than 500 of southern Africa's most common amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. 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...
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