Books Britain - Birds
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Simon Barnes Available from mid November 2008. The true companion to How to be a Bad Birdwatcher this well presented introduction to 50 of Britain's most "obvious" bird species contains many illustrations by Peter Partington. Now also available as in Spoken Word format. 281 pages. More details...
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Bad Birdwatcher's Companion (Spoken Word) Simon Barnes Spoken Word version of Bad Birdwatcher's Companion read by Simon Barnes himself and featuring distinguishing bird song of each species. 4+ hours! More details...
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Simon Barnes Look out of the window. See a bird. Enjoy it. Congratulations. You are now a bad birdwatcher. In this revolutionary approach to ornithology self-confessed bad birdwatcher Simon Barnes gives us the confidence and motivation to get pleasure from one of the simplest, cheapest hobbies: watching birds - without letting birdwatching get in the way. More details...
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Robert Burton Explores a wide range of bird behaviour including courtship, territorial behaviour, singing, nesting, foraging, flying, feeding, and migration. An invaluable guide that will help you get the most out of your birdwatching hobby. 144 pages. More details...
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Identifying Birds by Behaviour Dominic Couzens This highly original guide acts as a companion to standard field guides, enabling you to identify birds by the way they fly, feed and flock as opposed to physical appearance. 256 pages. More details...
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Stephen Moss Encourages you to take a closer look at what is going on around you through a genuine understanding of the behaviour of an individual bird, family or group. 160 pages. More details...
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Bill Oddie One copy of Bill Oddie's Birds of Britain & Ireland plus one copy of Bill Oddie's Birding Map, in a plastic jacket.
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Bill Oddie's Birds of Britain & Ireland Bill Oddie Ideal for beginners. Covers 250 species. Over 100 superb colour illustrations by three of Britain's leading bird artists. 240 pages. More details...
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Bill Oddie's Introduction to Birdwatching Bill Oddie The perfect book for novice birdwatchers. Helps you choose a field guide and includes easy identification tips, basic field techniques and how to avoid common errors. 144 pages. More details...
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Peter Hayman & Rob Hume This large format book features 3500 illustrations and photos of the birds of Britain and Europe. Includes a CD-ROM whose contents can be played/viewed on an iPod (requires iTunes 6 or above, iPod 5G Video or iPod Nano with 200MB disk space free). 552 pages.
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Stephen Moss et al 80 pages. More details...
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Dominic Couzens Migration from a birder's perspective. Few types of behaviour are more fascinating than migration. We know that birds can travel vast distances with accuracy, but how they do it is still something of a mystery. 136 pages. More details...
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Bird Songs & Calls of Britain & Northern Europe Dave Farrow Features 200 British and European bird species, describing their songs and calls in a simple, easily-understood way, and providing examples "from the field" on the two accompanying CDs Species are also illustrated. 224 pages.
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Complete Guide to the Birdlife of Britain and Europe Peter Hayman & Rob Hume Comprehensive guide to the 430 species that live in or regularly visit Europe, with at least six illustrations of each species, including in flight and at rest. 288 pages. More details...
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Mark Cocker & Richard Mabey Eight years in the making, over a quarter of a million words, and with 450 colour photos, Birds Britannica is a unique work on the cultural importance of birds. 450 pages. More details... Filesize - 38kb
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Birds New to Britain: 1980-2004 Adrian Pitches & Tim Cleeves The stories of 76 ‘firsts for Britain’ based on the 'Birding World' and 'British Birds' accounts. 80 colour photos. Captures the extraordinary excitement of the most rare and coveted birding experience - spotting a 'first'. 344 pages. More details...
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Benny Gensbol & Walther Thiede The most complete guide to the 49 species of bird of prey found in Europe. 992 colour illustrations, 185 colour plates and 55 maps. 416 pages. More details...
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Paul Sterry An easy-to-use photoguide to every regular species of British bird. Juvenile, adult, male and female are all illustrated. 288 pages.
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Birdwatcher's Pocket Field Guide to Birds of Parks & Gardens Mark Golley
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Birdwatcher's Pocket Field Guide Mark Golley A pocket field guide to the birds of Britain and Ireland arranged by habitat. 208 pages. More details...
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The New Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe Peter Hayman & Rob Hume 430 species are illustrated with meticulous colour detail, in flight and at rest. 272 pages. More details...
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Birdwatcher's Yearbook & Diary 2008 Dave Cromack Gets better and better each year! Contents include: a guide to 375+ UK bird and nature reserves, with county site maps; improved overseas and national listings of bird and nature organisations and groups; checklists of British birds, butterflies and dragonflies; a Trade Directory listing artists, photographers, lecturers, booksellers, publishers and other suppliers. Also tide tables through to April 2009. More details...
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Andy Stoddart & Steve Joyner A complete history of the birds of this famous Norfolk birding hotspot by two of its most dedicated current patch workers. 30 colour photos. 40 black & white line drawings by the renowned local artist James McCallum. 239 pages. More details...
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Philip's Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe Håkan Delin & Lars Svensson Over 500 birds described and illustrated from Iceland to Western Turkey. The text and illustrations are by well known and well respected ornithologists. "A high quality book for beginners and experts alike." - Bill Oddie 320 pages.
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Pocket Guide to the Birds of Britain and North-West Europe Chris Kightley & Steve Madge A true pocket guide packing a great deal into a small space (18 x 12.2 x 1.8 cm). Colour illustrations, by Dave Nurney, of almost 400 species. 320 pages. More details...
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Sarah Whittley & Dan Cole The complete guide to watching birds in your garden. How to recognize over 70 different species. 176 pages.
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The Pocket Guide to the Coastal Birds of Britain and Europe Peter Hayman & Rob Hume A compact and concise illustrated guide to 150 species of birds that live in or regularly visit the coastal regions of Britain and the rest of Europe. Currently re-printing - date unknown 256 pages. More details...
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Mullarney, Svensson, Zetterström, Grant (Now also available in an exciting electronic version: Collins Bird eGuide v1.1a.) The most complete field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe. Provides all the information needed to identify a species at any time of the year. Fully integrated; the text and distribution map, and the illustrations for each species, are on facing pages. 400 pages. More details...
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Moss Taylor & Norman Arlott A unique spotter's guide for the first-time birdwatcher. This book features all the resident birds of Britain and Ireland as well as the more common visitors and passing migrants. Information on size, shape, behaviour and voice also helps with identification. 224 pages. More details...
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The Complete Back Garden Birdwatcher Dominic Couzens & Steve Young This practical garden bird book covers Britain and Northern Europe. It is full of how-to tips and hints for getting the most out of garden birdwatching, as well as behaviour, feeding and identification. Throughout the book there are boxes detailing projects for people to do. 176 pages.
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Mark Golley 96 pages. More details...
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Everything you always wanted to know about birds . . . but were afraid to ask Stephen Moss Over 450 commonly asked questions answered in a friendly and entertaining way. 192 pages. More details...
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First for Britain & Ireland 1600 - 1999 Philip Palmer The fascinating stories behind every first for Britain and Ireland up to 1999, with a potted history of every species, with many rarity photos and line drawings. 320 pages.
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Martin Garner and friends Here's a book that covers cutting-edge identification problems that will inspire any serious birder, 192 pages. More details...
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Mark Golley & Stephen Moss Full identification and behavioural features of 70 common garden birds. 176 pages. More details...
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Garden Bird Handbook: How to Attract, Identify and Watch Birds in your Garden Stephen Moss This practical guide appeals to both wildlife gardeners and birdwatchers. It offers you all you need to know to attract, identify and watch birds in your garden - whether you have a small urban garden or a large rural one. 160 pages. More details...
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The Really Useful Garden Bird Handbook Mark Ward Everything you need to know to attract, feed and shelter wild birds in your garden. How to turn even the smallest garden into a haven for birds all year round and how to identify a wide range of potential visitors, by sight and by sound. Excellent colour photos throughout. This book certainly lives up to its title and is highly recommended by the WildSounds staff. 80 pages.
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Roy Beddard A seasonal guide to attracting birds to your garden. 100 colour photos and 100 colour illustrations. 128 pages. More details...
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The Pocket Guide to Garden Birds Dominic Cousins & Mike Langman 160 pages. More details...
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Published by British Wildlife Richard Lewington has teamed up with his brother Ian to produce a superb guide to the wildlife in your garden, from Blue Tits to bumblebees and hedgehogs to hawkmoths. 208 pages. More details...
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Great Birds of Britain and Europe: 200 Star Species Jonathan Elphick & David Tipling 256 pages. More details...
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Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America K M Olsen & H Larsson Revised edition. Helm Identification Guide covering 43 species, both familiar seabirds and some little-known & globally threatened species. The essential reference to a fascinating and endlessly challenging group of birds. 608 pages. More details...
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Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland by Habitat Mark Golley Another easy-to-use guide by this popular author. Essential for the beginner to intermediate bird-watcher with friendly illustrations that are not patronising. 208 pages. More details...
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The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland 1875-1900 Simon Holloway 450 pages. More details...
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Stephen Moss This indispensable guide introduces the novice birdwatcher to the basics of how and where to start birdwatching. 128 pages. More details...
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ID Insights - Pocket Cards - Birds Dominic Couzens At last, a practical alternative to lugging a full-scale fieldguide: ten silk-laminated postcard-sized cards showing the key ID points of 113 common, but troublesome UK bird species. Illustrated by top bird artist Dave Nurney with helpful tips from Dominic Couzens. All birds illustrated show the plumages that cause the greatest confusion. More details...
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David Cabot Describes and illustrates 167 of the most frequently occurring birds in Ireland. 240 pages. More details...
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Tim Davies & Tim Jones An account of all 317 species on the Lundy list, along with notes on another 36 species. Also included are 4 suggested bird walks and 20 colour photographs and more than 100 fine line drawings by Mike Langman. 319 pages. More details...
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Chris du Feu Practical guide to the design, construction and siting of nestboxes. 77 pages.
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Grouse Species of Britain & Ireland Adam Watson & Robert Moss New Naturalist Series 107. 512 pages. More details...
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David Cabot Available from 5 May 2009. New Naturalist Library. 320 pages.
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Roy Dennis The story not only of the Osprey, but of the Osprey watcher, following the bird's fortunes in Scotland, seeing its numbers rise from that single pair in the 1950s to close to 200 pairs today. 224 pages. More details...
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Identification Guide to European Passerines Lars Svensson 4th edition. For many years the indispensable guide for ringers, this book has now become a must for serious birders in the new age of field ID. 368 pages. More details...
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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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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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Batten, Bibby, Clement, Elliott & Porter The authors identify 117 species which demand our care and attention. For each species, the book examines the bird's distribution, status, habitat requirements and the nature of current and future threats, and suggests practical measures which should be taken to monitor, protect and conserve the birds concerned. 357 pages.
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RSPB Birds of Britain and Europe Rob Hume Revised edition. Introductory guide covering all the 500 species regularly seen in Britain and Europe. Contains numerous colour photos to aid identification in the field. 448 pages.
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Rob Hume A practical guide to observing, identifying and understanding birds. 224 pages. More details...
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RSPB Children's Guide to Birdwatching David Chandler & Mike Unwin A practical, comprehensive and exciting introduction to watching birds, for children aged 8-12 years. Lavishly illustrated throughout with full colour photographs and paintings. Please note: there is a despatch charge of £2.00 for orders containing this title that are under £15.00 in total value. 128 pages. More details...
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RSPB Complete Birds of Britain & Europe Rob Hume More details...
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RSPB Handbook of British Birds Peter Holden & Tim Cleeves Second edition: Covers 282 of the most common British birds in sufficient detail to provide a complete, single source of basic information. Concentrates on topics such as breeding, behaviour, status and conservation as well as any unusual aspects of the species concerned. Superb value for money. 304 pages. More details...
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Valerie Thom New edition. An ideal pocket guide to over 180 species of bird found throughout Scotland. Each species is illustrated in full colour with a comprehensive description, plus the bird's English, Latin and Gaelic names. Illustrated by Norman Arlott. 256 pages.
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Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland Ian Mitchell, Stephen Newton et al Poyser Monograph. A readable and comprehensive distillation of the most exhaustive and detailed survey of seabird numbers in Britain ever conducted. 511 pages. More details...
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Flight Identification of European Seabirds Blomdahl, Breife & Holmström Helm Field Guide essential for seawatching, as it is specifically designed to address the particular problems and limitations of this type of birding. 374 pages. More details...
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Dominic Couzens Following in the footsteps of the bestselling Secret Lives of Garden Birds, this trip around Britain's principal habitats looks beyond the confines of our gardens and parks to expose the extraordinary hidden world of some our most familiar birds. "This is an exceptional book, as inspiring as it is informative." - BBC Wildlife 160 pages. More details...
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Dominic Couzens Takes us, month by month, into the secret lives of our most familiar garden birds, revealing inspiring, intriguing and scandalous real-life dramas. 160 pages. More details...
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Michael O'Brien, Richard Crossley & Kevin Karlson Superb comprehensive photographic ID guide to North American waders (including vagrants). Over 870 stunning colour photos. A must-have reference as it covers all British waders too! 477 pages. More details...
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Shorebirds of North America: The Photographic Guide Dennis Paulson Identifying shorebirds can be a challenge for any birder. More than 530 colour photos illustrate all North American shorebirds in their varied plumages and the accompanying text points out the variations within each species. 361 pages. More details...
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Chris Mead The status of British and Irish breeding birds during the 20th Century. Predicts their prospects over the next decade. 288 pages. More details...
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John Holloway Stronsay is one of the northern islands of Orkney. "Garden Birds" include species like Bluethroat and Black-throated Thrush. Illustrated throughout with colour drawings and photos, the book is neatly bound in leather - a must-have collector's item. 304 pages.
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Time to Fly: Exploring Bird Migration Jim Flegg Captures the magic of migration among the birds in seven familiar habitats. An easy-to-read distillation of the key information from the The Migration Atlas: Movements of the Birds of Britain and Ireland. 184 pages. More details...
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Tracks & Signs of the Birds of Britain & Europe Brown, Ferguson, Lawrence & Lees Fully revised edition includes 10 new colour plates and covers additional species. 333 pages. More details...
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Waders of Europe, Asia and North America Stephen Message & Don Taylor ID reference to all the sandpipers, plovers, stints and other waders found in Europe, Asia and North America. 80 colour plates show birds at rest and in flight, in every plumage variant likely to be encountered in the region. 240 pages. More details...
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Arrivals and Rivals: a duel for the winning bird Adrian M. Riley New Edition. This book is all about determination, 'true grit' and the obsession to become the top year-lister in the British Isles. 165 pages. More details...
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Beguiled by Birds - Ian Wallace on British Birdwatching DIM Wallace Part history, part life story, this book describes the course of British birdwatching, particularly over the last 125 years. It is interspersed with numerous (and sometimes controversial) anecdotes which enhance the appeal of Ian's engaging and entertaining text. "It makes you want to bring Ian home, feed him, open a bottle of something - preferably Scottish in origin - wind him up and then sit back as he regales you with stories all night." - Gordon Hamlett, Bird Watching 304 pages. More details...
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Bill Oddie Read the uncut versions of Bill Oddie's tall tales and side-splitting yarns. 208 pages. More details...
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Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book Bill Oddie Back in print! This scurrilous little volume received rave reviews on first publication and has become a "classic" and a collector's item. The first book to tell the truth about the obsession that is birding. 150 pages. More details...
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Gallimore & Tim Appleton The Ultimate Quiz Book for Birders, based on the popular Bird Brain of Britain contest, hosted by Bill Oddie at the annual British Birdwatching Fair. 160 pages. More details...
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Stephen Moss A social history of birdwatching. The first book to trace the history and development of this singular pastime, on both sides of the Atlantic. "This book is well researched, full of interesting quotes, references and facts...an excellent read and will appeal to all birdwatchers." - Dawn Balmer, BTO Demography Unit 375 pages. More details...
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Mark Cocker The story of the birding community, its characters, rules and adventures - often hilariously funny. "At last! An up-to-date examination of what makes birders tick. And about time too! Wonderfully written." - Bill Oddie. 230 pages. More details...
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Michael Shrubb An account of the impact of changes in farming methods on the bird populations of British farmland over the past 250 years. 371 pages. More details...
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Stephen Moss A humorous look at 40 British and Irish birders and their exploits. 96 pages. More details...
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Guardian Spirit of the East Bank Moss Taylor More than just a biography of the acclaimed bird artist and field ornithologist Richard Richardson, as it is lavishly illustrated with examples of his watercolours and line drawings. 232 pages. More details...
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Moss Taylor A collection of articles from the "In the Countryside" column in the Eastern Daily Press between 1999 and 2001. Moss Taylor has a deep understanding and love for the East Anglian countryside - reflected in these articles which cover diverse topics from bird migration to antifreeze in butterflies. 119 pages. More details...
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Richard Mabey
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Published by HarperCollins A treasury of myths, folklore and inspirational true stories.
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Stephen Moss A Diary of a Birding Year. Written in an easy, good-humoured style. A combination of a wide birding knowledge with the gift of making things interesting for the general reader. 192 pages. More details...
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Stephen Moss Highly readable - a selection of extracts from the popular Birdwatch column in the Guardian. 216 pages.
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The Ultimate Bird Feeder Handbook John A Burton & Steve Young Provides all the information you will need to successfully attract and feed birds in your outdoor space - whatever the size. 128 pages. More details... Filesize - 43kb
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