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Books, Charts & Maps Britain - Birds
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Birds
Advanced Bird ID Guide
Nils van Duivendijk
Accurately describes every plumage of all 1300 species and sub-species that have ever occurred in Britain, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. This innovative guide will be an essential addition to the library of any serious birder. 308 pages. More details...
Bad Birdwatcher's Companion
Simon Barnes
An introduction to the lives and habits of some of Britain's common birds. 281 pages. More details...
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. Now also available on a disposable/re-useable MP3 player (batteries included). 4+ hours! More details...
How to be a Bad Birdwatcher
Simon Barnes
A fresh approach to the art of birdwatching. More details...
Bill Oddie's Birding Map
Bill Oddie
7th edition (2011). Features the top 340 birding sites, including all RSPB reserves, and gives concise details for each site. More details...
Bird (including iPOD disc)
Peter Hayman & Rob Hume
552 pages. More details...
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Bird Identification and Fieldcraft
Mark Ward
A Birdwatcher's Guide. Aims to improve the skills of birders of all levels, covering the different approaches to identifying birds and the difficulties raised in the ID of birds at different times of year. 128 pages. More details...
Bird Migration
Ian Newton
New Naturalist 113. Ian Newton investigates the fascinating phenomenon of bird migration, examining the types of bird movements, study methods and the main migration routes around the British Isles. 400 pages. More details...
Softback £99.00
Bird Observatories of the British Isles
Mike Archer Ed.
Detailed coverage of the history, location, habitats and ornithological interest of each of the 20 observatories scattered around the British Isles, written by wardens and ringers from each location. 448 pages. More details...
Hardback £60.00 £51.99Bird Ringing
Dawn Balmer, Liz Coiffait, Jacquie Clark and Rob Robinson
75 pages. More details...
Bird Songs & Calls
Geoff Sample
A beautifully presented box set edition of three CDs (210 minutes) and a colour guide on how to identify and listen to common bird songs in Britain and Ireland. 232 pages. More details...
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Bird Songs & Calls of Britain & Northern Europe
Dave Farrow
224 pages. More details...
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Hardback £19.99 £16.99 UK & EU (£16.34 Non EU)Birding with Bill Oddie: A Practical Guide to Birdwatching
Bill Oddie and Stephen Moss
Bill Oddie's practical and fun guide to the joys of British birdwatching. Contains essential tips and advice. 224 pages.
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...
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...
Hardback £50.00 £40.00
The Pocket Guide to the Birds of Prey of Britain and Europe
Peter Hayman and Rob Hume
Reprint under consideration. We do not have any stock left of this title. 176 pages. More details...
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Hardback £7.99
RSPB British Birds of Prey
Marianne Taylor
A celebration of British raptors, with 200 stunning colour photos. An authoritative but highly readable text examines the biology and ecology of each species. 224 pages. More details...
Hardback £24.99 £19.99
Complete British Birds
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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Softback £16.99 £13.99 while stocks last.
Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe
Peter Hayman & Rob Hume
Revised edition of the classic Mitchell Beazley guide. Compact pocket sized book featuring 3500 illustrations of over 430 species. 320 pages. More details...
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Hardback £9.99
Birdwatcher's Yearbook 2012
Dave Cromack
32nd edition! 328 pages. More details...
Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed
Simon Barnes
An Introduction to Birdsong - with a free podcast. 288 pages. More details...
The Birds of Blakeney Point
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...
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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Softback £12.99
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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Hardback £25.00 £17.99 Softback £17.99 £13.99
Birds by Colour
Marc Duquet
A beginners guide to the colour identification of almost 200 birds. 222 pages. More details...
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Softback £12.99 £11.49
Concise Bird Guide
Covers more than 250 species, which are illustrated with superb full-color artworks. 216 pages. More details...
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Softback £4.99
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...
Softback £9.99 £8.99
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.
Frontiers in Birding
Martin Garner and friends
Here's a book that covers cutting-edge identification problems that will iinterest any serious birder, 192 pages. More details...
Complete Garden Bird Book
Mark Golley & Stephen Moss
Full identification and behavioural features of 70 common garden birds. 176 pages. More details...
Softback £9.99
Guide to Garden Wildlife
Ian & Richard Lewington
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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Softback £12.95 £11.95
Golden Oriole
Jake Allsop & Paul Mason
Poyser Monograph featuring this enigmatic and elusive species. 328 pages. More details...
Hardback £50.00 £39.99 while stocks last.
Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America
K M Olsen & H Larsson
Revised edition. Helm Identification Guide. 608 pages. More details...
Hardback £50.00 £39.99Hen Harrier: In the Shadow of Slemish
Don Scott
The Hen Harrier is one of the iconic species of the bird world and it's history is a mix of controversy, persecution, and recent patchy recovery. This book, a dedicated study of the bird in N. Ireland for over two decades, provides a detailed account of the life, habits and prospects for the bird. 180 pages.
The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland 1875-1900
Simon Holloway
450 pages. More details...
Hardback £50.00 £41.99History of British Birds
Derek Yalden & Umberto Albarella
Print on Demand Title. A review of our knowledge of avifaunal history over the last 15,000 years, setting it in its wider historical and European context. 288 pages. More details...
Kingfisher
David Chandler (Author) & Ian Llewellyn (Photographer)
The Kingfisher's remarkable existence is celebrated through a series of stunning chapters with images depicting courtship, nesting, fishing, winter survival and other important events. 128 pages. More details...
Lady of the Loch
Helen Armitage
The incredible story of Britain's oldest Osprey. 192 pages. More details...
Moult and Ageing in European Passerines
Lukas Jenni & Rafael Winkler
Currently out of print - re-print under consideration (21 December 2011) 256 pages. More details...
Hardback £120.00 £89.00
Grouse Species of Britain & Ireland
Adam Watson & Robert Moss
New Naturalist Series 107. 512 pages. More details...
Hardback £50.00 £39.99 while stocks last. Softback £30.00
Wildfowl
David Cabot
New Naturalist Series 110. 320 pages. More details...
Hardback £50.00 Softback £30.00 £22.99Identification Guide to European Non-passerines
Kevin Baker
The companion to Svensson's Identification Guide to European Passerines. It follows the same detailed approach and has quickly become essential for birders keen to take identification to the limits in the field. 332 pages.
Norfolk Crane's Story
John Buxton & Chris Durdin
Includes "Cranes in Europe" by Nick Upton
From a secret start in a quiet corner of the Norfolk Broads, the re-colonisation of the UK by cranes is slow but steadily underway. 133 pages. More details...
A Life of Ospreys
Roy Dennis
From the time he saw his first Osprey, back in 1960, Roy Dennis has worked to help this magnificent raptor establish itself once more in Scotland, seeing its numbers rise from that single pair in the 1950s to close to 200 pairs today. 224 pages. More details...
Owls
Chris Mead, Mike Toms and Guy Troughton
How to observe and count your local owls and assist in protecting them. 152 pages. More details...
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...
The Peregrine, The Hill of Summer & Diaries
J A Baker, Introduction by Mark Cocker and Diary Edited by John Fanshawe
Such luminaries as Richard Mabey and Andrew Motion have cited this as one of the most important books in 20th Century nature writing. Paperback due 09/06/2011. 416 pages. More details...
Puffin, The (Poyser monograph)
Mike P Harris & Sarah Wanless
Revised and expanded second edition of Poyser's classic 1984 title on these endearing birds. 272 pages. More details...
Hardback £50.00
Rare Birds - Where and When (Volume 1)
Russell Slack
Sandgrouse to New World orioles. This is an important reference for anyone seeking knowledge of the status, distribution and vagrancy patterns of rare species and subspecies in Britain and Ireland. 483 pages. More details...
Rare Birds Day by Day
S Dudley, T Benton, P Fraser & J Ryan
Covers 282 rare species and sub-species (plus records for a further 18 Category D species) found in Britain and Ireland (around 20,000 individual records) listed in diary style. Each "entry" lists species found on that day between 1958 and 1994 - a novel way to present the history of 36 years. 392 pages. More details...
Red Data Birds in Britain
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. More details...
RSPB Birds - Their hidden world
Peter Holden
Available from 16 February 2012.
RSPB Birds of Britain & Europe 3rd Edition
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. Now includes an audio CD with the sounds of 100 bird species. 448 pages. More details...
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Softback & CD £16.99 £13.99
RSPB - DK Pocket Nature: Birds
Jonathan Elphick and John Woodward
Photographic guide to the birds of Britain and Europe. Compact, portable and practical field guide to 320 species. 224 pages. More details...
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Softback £8.99
RSPB Guide to Birdwatching: Step by Step
Mike Unwin
Inspired by the RSPB's learnbirding.com website this great new book will launch beginner birders of all ages into the world of birds and birdwatching. 176 pages. More details...
Softback £12.99
RSPB Handbook of British Birds
Peter Holden & Tim Cleeves
Third Edition: Covers 282 of the most common British birds in sufficient detail to provide a complete, single source of basic information. Superb value for money. 304 pages. More details...
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Softback £9.99 £8.99
RSPB Handbook of British Birds - Book & Interactive CD-ROM
Peter Holden & Tim Cleeves
A combination of two popular products : RSPB Handbook of British Birds and RSPB Birds of Britain & Ireland CD-ROM.
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Collins Scottish Birds
Valerie Thom
An ideal pocket guide to over 180 species of bird found throughout Scotland. English, Latin and Gaelic names. 256 pages.
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Softback £9.99RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds
Peter Holden & Stuart Housden
Over 250 species are covered in detail with a page per species. Superb colour illustrations from some of the world's leading artists. 256 pages. More details...
Softback £9.99
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...
Hardback £50.00 £42.75
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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Softback £29.99
Secret Lives of British Birds
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...
Softback £14.99Secret Lives of Garden Birds
Dominic Couzens
Takes us, month by month, into the secret lives of our most familiar garden birds, revealing amazing facts and behaviour. 160 pages. More details...
Softback £14.99
Shorebirds of the Northern Hemisphere
Richard Chandler
Excellent new photographic guide. Covers 134 species, focussing on specific and subspecific separation and on ageing to provide a complete identification resource. 448 pages. More details...
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Softback £29.99 £24.99
The Status of Birds in Britain and Ireland
David Parkin & Alan Knox
For the first time since 1971, an authoritative and detailed new assessment of the status and distribution of every species and subspecies on the British and Irish list. 412 pages. More details...
Hardback £50.00 £42.50
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...
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...
Softback £24.99 £18.99 while stocks last.
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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Softback £29.99 £22.99
Watching Waterbirds
Kate Humble & Martin McGill
100 birds in just one day. 256 pages. More details...
Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Bird Brain of Britain
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...
Softback £7.99
Bird, Bee and Bug Houses
Derek Jones
Explains all you need to know to create the perfect habitats for garden wildlife. 160 pages. More details...
Cooking for Birds
Mark Golley
Some of the most popular bird food recipes, with cookery tips. 96 pages. More details...
BTO Nestbox Guide
Chris du Feu
All you need to know about nestboxes in this colourful, practical, informative guide. Whether you want to build your own nestboxes or buy them ready-made, this book gives instructions and guidance on the types of nestbox preferred by the 24 species most likely to nest in and around your house and garden 77 pages. More details...
The Ultimate Bird Feeder Handbook
John A Burton & Steve Young
Provides all the information you will need to attract and feed birds in your outdoor space - whatever the size. 128 pages. More details...
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