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Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands

Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands

L D C Fishpool & M I Evans (Eds)

1144 pages. More details...

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Birds of Africa Volume II

Birds of Africa Volume II

edited by Urban, Fry & Keith

Gamebirds to Pigeons. 568 pages. More details...

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(LxW) 30 x 23.4 cm Hardback £125.00 £112.50

Birds of Africa Volume III

Birds of Africa Volume III

edited by Keith, Urban & Fry

Parrots to Woodpeckers. 627 pages. More details...

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(LxW) 30 x 23.4 cm Hardback £125.00 £112.50

Birds of Africa Volume V

Birds of Africa Volume V

edited by Brown, Fry, Keith, Newman, Urban

Thrushes to Puffback Flycatchers. 689 pages. More details...

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(LxW) 30 x 23.4 cm Hardback £135.00 £121.50

Birds of Africa Volume VI

Birds of Africa Volume VI

edited by Brown, Fry, Keith, Newman, Urban

Picathartes to Oxpeckers. 742 pages. More details...

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(LxW) 30 x 23.4 cm Hardback £125.00 £112.50

Birds of Africa Volume VII

Birds of Africa Volume VII

Hilary Fry & Stuart Keith

Covers sparrows, weavers, whydahs, waxbills, finches and buntings. 688 pages. More details...

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(LxW) 30 x 23.4 cm Hardback £135.00 £121.50

Birds of Africa south of the Sahara

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...

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Birds of the Horn of Africa

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...

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(LxWxD) 21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm Softback £29.99 £23.99

Photographic Guide to Birds of Prey, Southern, Central & East Africa

Photographic Guide to Birds of Prey, Southern, Central & East Africa

David Allan

144 pages. More details...

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(LxWxD) 19 x 9.5 x 0.9 cm Softback £10.99

Birds of Angola

Birds of Angola

W J R Dean

BOU Checklist 18. 16 pages of colour plates. 444 pages. More details...

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Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands

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...

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Birds: the Inside Story

Birds: the Inside Story

Rael and Hélène Loon

Bird biology and behaviour in Southern Africa. Illustrated with colour drawings and photographs. 204 pages.

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Birds of the Canary Islands

Published by A&C Black

Available from mid December 2011. New field guide in preparation.

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(LxW) 19 x 11.5 cm Softback £14.99 £12.99

Birds of the Cape Verde Islands

Birds of the Cape Verde Islands

Cornelis J Hazevoet

BOU Checklist 13. 192 pages. More details...

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Collins Bird Guide (2nd edition)

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...

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The Lost Land of the Dodo

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...

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(LxW) 25.2 x 18.8 cm Hardback £45.00 £41.99

Field Guide to Birds of East Africa

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...

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Photographic Guide to Birds of East Africa

Photographic Guide to Birds of East Africa

Dave Richards

Slim pocket guide. 300 colour photos of 265 species. 144 pages. More details...

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Birds of Eastern Africa

Birds of Eastern Africa

Ber van Perlo

302 pages. More details...

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(LxWxD) 19.2 x 13 x 1.9 cm Softback £25.00 £21.99

Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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...

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(LxW) 24.6 x 18.9 cm Hardback £45.00 £41.99

Birds of Europe with North Africa & The Middle East

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...

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A Field Guide to Birds of Gambia & Senegal

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...

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Birds of the Gambia

Birds of the Gambia

M E J More

BOU checklist 3. Second edition. 152 pages. More details...

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Birds of Ghana

Birds of Ghana

Nik Borrow & Ron Demey

Available from 25 October 2010. 336 pages. More details...

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(LxW) 21.6 x 14 cm Softback £29.99 £26.99

Golden Oriole

Golden Oriole

Jake Allsop & Paul Mason

Poyser Monograph featuring this enigmatic and elusive species. 328 pages. More details...

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(LxW) 23.4 x 15.4 cm Hardback £45.00 £39.99

Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America

Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America

K M Olsen & H Larsson

Revised edition. Helm Identification Guide. 608 pages. More details...

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(LxW) 24 x 17 cm Hardback £45.00 £39.99

Handbook of Bird Identification for Europe and the Western Palearctic

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

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Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands

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...

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Photographic Guide to Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands

Photographic Guide to Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands

Ian Sinclair, Oliver Langrand & Fanja Andriamialisoa

128 pages. More details...

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Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania

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...

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Birds of Madagascar

Birds of Madagascar

Pete Morris & Frank Hawkins

A comprehensive photo guide. 500 colour photos, several colour plates and numerous maps. 328 pages. More details...

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The Birds of Malawi: An Atlas & Handbook

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...

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Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East

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.

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The Birds of Morocco

The Birds of Morocco

Michael Thevenot, Rae Vernon, Patrick Bergier

BOU Checklist 20. Covers 500 species recorded in Morocco. 670 pages. More details...

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The Birds of Southern Mozambique

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.

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The Birds of Nigeria

J Helgood et al

BOU checklist 4. Second edition. 306 pages. More details...

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Birds of the Palearctic

Norman Arlott

Non-Passerines

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...

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Passerines

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...

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Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America

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...

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(LxW) 23.4 x 15.6 cm Hardback £60.00 £55.00

Raptors of Europe and Middle East

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...

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Field Guide to the Raptors of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

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...

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Softback £42.00 £39.95

Raptors of the World: A Field Guide

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...

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(LxWxD) 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.1 cm Softback £24.99 £22.99

 

Birds of Sao Tome & Principe with Annobon

Peter Jones & Alan Tye

BOU checklist 22. 192 pages. More details...

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Birds of the Seychelles

Birds of the Seychelles

Skerrett, Bullock, Disley

Helm Field Guide. 242 species illustrated, including 26 endemics, on 53 colour plates. 320 pages.

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Wildlife of Seychelles

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...

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Wildlife of South Africa

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...

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Sasol Birds of Southern Africa

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...

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A Photographic Guide to Birds of Southern Africa

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Southern Africa

Ian Sinclair

Slim pocket guide. 550 colour photos of 500 species. 144 pages. More details...

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Birds of Southern Africa, Collins Field Guide

Birds of Southern Africa, Collins Field Guide

Ber van Perlo

320 pages. More details...

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Complete Photo Field Guide Birds of Southern Africa

Complete Photo Field Guide Birds of Southern Africa

Ian Sinclair & Peter Ryan

Over 2500 images for accurate identification. 432 pages. More details...

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Important Bird Areas of Southern Africa

Edited by Keith Barnes

394 pages. More details...

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Newman's Birds of Southern Africa

Newman's Birds of Southern Africa

Ken Newman

9th edition. 2002. Text and maps with facing page colour plates. 510 pages. More details...

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(LxW) 21 x 13 cm Softback £19.99

Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa

Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa

Ian Sinclair

368 pages. More details...

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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...

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Roberts Bird Guide

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.

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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...

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Birds of St Helena

Birds of St Helena

Beau Rowlands et al

BOU Checklist 16. 292 pages. More details...

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Terns of Europe and North America

Terns of Europe and North America

Klaus Malling Olsen & Hans Larsson

Helm ID Guide. Covers all Western Palearctic species. 44 colour plates. 200 colour photos. 224 pages.

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The Birds of Togo

Robert A Cheke & J Frank Walsh

BOU Checklist 14. 212 pages. More details...

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Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island

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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Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa

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...

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Birds of Western Africa

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...

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Field Guide to the Birds of Western Africa

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...

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Birds of Zambia

Birds of Zambia

Robert J Dowsett, Dylan R Aspinwall, Francoise Dowsett-Lemaire

606 pages. More details...

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Field Guide to Zambian Birds not found in Southern Africa

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.

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Botswana: Okavango Delta, Chobe, Northern Kalahari

Botswana: Okavango Delta, Chobe, Northern Kalahari

Bradt Safai Guide

536 pages. More details...

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A Birdwatchers' Guide to the Canary Islands

A Birdwatchers' Guide to the Canary Islands

Tony Clarke & David Collins

1996. Prion site guide. 48 maps. 110 pages. More details...

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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...

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Birding Ethiopia

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...

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Where to watch birds in Ethiopia

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...

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A Birdwatchers' Guide to the Gambia

A Birdwatchers' Guide to the Gambia

Rod Ward

1994. Prion site guide to one of the most popular tropical birding destinations. 116 pages.

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The Good Bird Guide

The Good Bird Guide

Keith Marsh

600 pages. More details...

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Important Bird Areas in Kenya

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...

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A Birdwatchers' Guide to Morocco

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Morocco

Patrick & Fedora Bergier

2004. Revised, expanded second edition of this essential site guide. 172 pages.

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Finding Birds in Morocco: the deserts

Finding Birds in Morocco: the deserts

32 pages. More details...

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Finding Birds in Morocco: the deserts

Dave Gosney

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DVD £19.95 UK & EU (£16.98 Non EU)
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Sasol Birding Map of Southern Africa

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...

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Southern Africa - Travellers' Wildlife Guide

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...

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Southern African Birdfinder: Where to find 1400 bird species in southern Africa

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...

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Soutpansberg-Limpopo Birding Self Drive Route

Sarah Venter

Discover the birds of the Soutpansberg and Limpopo Valley. This booklet contains a basic map, accommodation and site lists, checklists and details of local facilities. 40 pages.

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Important Bird Areas in Tanzania

Important Bird Areas in Tanzania

Elizabeth & Neil Baker

2002. 80 sites detailed with maps and many line drawings. 303 pages. More details...

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Northern Tanzania - Bradt Safari Guide

Northern Tanzania - Bradt Safari Guide

Philip Briggs

  • Detailed descriptions of the wildlife, with full-colour wildlife guide
  • In-depth information on how to organise a safari
  • Conquering Kilimanjaro
  • Where to chill out on Zanzibar Island
  • Language section with KiSwahili and Maa, the Maasai dialect

296 pages.

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Important Bird Areas in Uganda

Important Bird Areas in Uganda

Byaruhanga, Kasoma and Pomeroy

2001. Details of 30 important sites in Uganda. 166 pages. More details...

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Where to watch birds in Uganda

Where to watch birds in Uganda

J Rossouw & M Sacchi

1998. Still one of the best where to watch books yet published for a single country. Colour photos and maps throughout. 114 pages.

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Important Bird Areas in Zambia

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...

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Other Fauna

Mammals of Southern Africa

Mammals of Southern Africa

Chris & Tilde Stuart

500 colour photos. 272 pages.

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Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals

Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals

Jonathan Kingdon

494 pages. More details...

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Photographic Guide to Southern, Central & East African Mammals

Photographic Guide to Southern, Central & East African Mammals

Chris & Tilde Stuart

Slim pocket guide. 228 colour photos. Over 150 black-and-white distribution maps. 144 pages.

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Bats of Britain, Europe & North-west Africa

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...

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Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa

Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa

Steve Woodall

Designed for easy, rapid ID. 408 pages. More details...

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Collins Butterfly Guide

Collins Butterfly Guide

Tom Tolman & Richard Lewington

The most complete field guide to the Butterflies of Britain & Europe. 384 pages. More details...

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Les Mammifères Djibouti

Alain & Danielle Laurent

Stupendous colour photos and distribution maps of all of Djibouti's impressive mammals. Also looks at the varied topography, climate and vegetation of the region. Large Format. Text in French. 280 pages.

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Pocket Guide to the Reptiles & Amphibians of East Africa

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...

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Photographic Guide to Snakes, other Reptiles & Amphibians of East Africa

Bill Branch

Covers 260 of the most common snakes, lizards, skinks, chameleons, terrapins and amphibians (frogs) of East Africa. 144 pages.

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Complete Guide to the Frogs of Southern Africa

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...

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Field Guide to the Mammals of the Kruger National Park

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...

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Mammals of Madagascar: A complete guide

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...

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Collins Field Guide to Mammals of Africa

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...

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The Larger Mammals of Africa

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...

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Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals

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...

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Pocket Guide to Mammals of East Africa

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...

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Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

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...

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Photographic Guide to Mammals of North Africa & Middle East

Chris & Mathilde Stuart

Stunning colour photography depicts roughly 100 species found in this region and covers all major families. 128 pages.

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa

Michael J Samways

297 pages. More details...

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Field Guide to the Dragonflies of South Africa

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...

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Field Guide to Insects of South Africa

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...

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Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa

Phil & Elaine Heemstra

488 pages. More details...

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Guide to the Reptiles of Southern Africa

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...

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Photographic Guide to Snakes & other Reptiles of Southern Africa,

Photographic Guide to Snakes & other Reptiles of Southern Africa,

Bill Branch

Slim pocket guide. Approximately 240 colour photos and 240 black-and-white maps. 144 pages.

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Flora

Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean

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...

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Orchids of Europe, North Africa & the Middle East

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...

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Wild Flowers of South Africa

John Manning

Photographic field guide to over 1100 species, with distribution maps. 488 pages.

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Photographic Guide to Southern African Trees

Photographic Guide to Southern African Trees

Piet van Wyk

Slim pocket guide. 300 colour photos. 144 pages.

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Southern African Wild Flowers: Jewels of the Veld

John Manning

176 pages. More details...

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Wildlife (General)

Dangerous Creatures of Africa

Dangerous Creatures of Africa

Chris and Mathilde Stuart

Understand-Identify-Avoid-Survive 300 pages. More details...

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Traveller's Guide to Wildlife of Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda

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...

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Madagascar Wildlife

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.

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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...

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Complete Mediterranean Wildlife

Complete Mediterranean Wildlife

Paul Sterry

Comprehensive photo guide. 384 pages. More details...

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Safari Sketchbook

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...

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Wildlife of Seychelles

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...

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Wildlife of South Africa

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...

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Southern Africa - Travellers' Wildlife Guide

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...

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Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island

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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