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Birds

Advanced Bird ID Guide
Nils van Duivendijk
Available from 25 July 2010. Describes every plumage of all 1300 species and sub-species recorded in Britain, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. 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...


Bird Migration
Dominic Couzens
Migration from a birder's perspective.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...

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...

Bird Observatories of the British Isles
Mike Archer Ed.
Available from 16 August 2010. Includes detailed coverage of the history, location, habitats and ornithological interest of each observatory. 448 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...


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...

The Pocket Guide to the Birds of Prey of Britain and Europe
Peter Hayman and Rob Hume
176 pages. More details...

RSPB British Birds of Prey
Marianne Taylor
Available from mid October 2010. A celebration of British raptors, with 200 stunning colour photographs. 224 pages More details...


Birdwatcher's Yearbook 2010
Dave Cromack
Gets better and better each year! 352 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...

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...

Birds by Colour
Marc Duquet
A beginners guide to the colour identification of almost 200 birds. 222 pages. More details...

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...


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...

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...

Golden Oriole
Jake Allsop & Paul Mason
Poyser Monograph featuring this enigmatic and elusive species. 328 pages. More details...

Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America
K M Olsen & H Larsson
Revised edition. Helm Identification Guide. 608 pages. More details...
History of British Birds
Derek Yalden & Umberto Albarella
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)
Available from 25 August 2010. 128 pages More details...

Grouse Species of Britain & Ireland
Adam Watson & Robert Moss
New Naturalist Series 107. 512 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...

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. 416 pages. More details...

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...

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. More details...

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...

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. Superb value for money. Third edition due 08/08/2010. 304 pages. More details...

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.

RSPB Pocket 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...


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...

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...

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...
Secret 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
Bird Feeding & Nestboxes

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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