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Birds

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 south of the Sahara

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...

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(LxWxD) 21 x 14.7 x 3.6 cm Softback £29.99 £24.99

 

Birds of Africa Volume I

edited by Brown, Urban & Newman

Available from 21 April 2012. 535 pages. More details...

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Hardback £125.00

Birds of Africa Volume II

Birds of Africa Volume II

edited by Urban, Fry & Keith

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

627 pages. More details...

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

 

Birds of Africa Volume IV

Edited by Keith, Urban & Fry

Available from 30 April 2012. 625 pages. More details...

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Birds of Africa Volume V

Birds of Africa Volume V

edited by Brown, Fry, Keith, Newman, Urban

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

742 pages. More details...

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Birds of Africa Volume VII

Birds of Africa Volume VII

Hilary Fry & Stuart Keith

688 pages. More details...

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

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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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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An Atlas of Wader Populations in Africa and Western Eurasia

Simon Delany, Derek Scott, Tim Dodman & David Stroud

524 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 early June 2013. 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

Collins Bird Guide

Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterström & Lars Svensson

The most complete field guide to the birds of Britain, Europe, North Africa, most of the Middle East, the Canaries and Madeira. Includes 41 new species and several more sub-species. 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 £50.00 £42.99

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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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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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 £50.00 £41.99

Birds of Europe with North Africa & The Middle East

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...

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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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A Field Guide to Birds of Gambia & Senegal

A Field Guide to Birds of Gambia & Senegal

Barlow, Wacher & Disley

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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Helm Field Guide Birds of Ghana

Helm Field Guide Birds of Ghana

Nik Borrow & Ron Demey

A compact and up-to-date field 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...

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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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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 £50.00 £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

. 872 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

Revised and updated second edition. 512 pages. More details...

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Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands

Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands

Ian Sinclair & Oliver Langrand

184 pages. This book is now reprinting and will not be available until May 2012 at the earliest. We no longer have stock of this title. 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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(LxW) 21.6 x 13.8 cm Softback £29.99 £27.99

 

Macaronesia, Birds of (Field Guide)

Eduardo Garcia del Rey

Covering all the species and subspecies of birds in Macaronesia (the Azores, Madeira, the Savage Islands, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde). 341 pages.

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Birds of Madagascar

Birds of Madagascar

Pete Morris & Frank Hawkins

Reprinting under consideration. We no longer have stock of this title. 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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Birds of the Middle East (2nd Ed.)

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...

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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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Photographic Guide to Birds of Namibia

Photographic Guide to Birds of Namibia

Ian & Jackie Sinclair

Slim pocket guide. Colour photos of 257 species. 144 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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Helm Field Guide Parrots of the World

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...

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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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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 £29.99 £23.99

 

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 (2nd Ed)

Birds of the Seychelles (2nd Ed)

Adrian Skerrett & Tony Disley

Second Edition. Covers over 250 species, including 26 endemics. 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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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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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

Commemorative Edition.

Sadly, Ken Newman passed away in 2006. This commemorative edition of his book has been revised by Vanessae Neman, Ken's daugter and incorporates the latest taxanomic changes. 510 pages.

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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 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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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. 464 pages. More details...

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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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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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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...

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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 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.

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WTWB = Where to watch birds


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

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...

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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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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.

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Describes the best birding sites in exceptional detail, made even clearer by Dave Gosney's trademark maps.

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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

Dave Gosney

DVD

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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.

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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.

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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 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...

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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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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 and Wildflowers of Kitulo Plateau

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...

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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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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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Kenya: A Natural History

Steve Spawls, Glenn Matthews

Available from 30 August 2012.

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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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Wildlife of Southern Africa (Collins Traveller's Guide)

David Hosking & Martin B Withers

272 pages. More details...

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Photographic Guide to Tracks and Tracking in Southern Africa

Louis Liebenburg

All groups of land animals are presented, including frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. A special feature is also devoted to insects. 144 pages.

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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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