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Birds

Advanced Bird ID Guide

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...

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Bad Birdwatcher's Companion

Bad Birdwatcher's Companion

Simon Barnes

An introduction to the lives and habits of some of Britain's common birds. 281 pages. More details...

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Bad Birdwatcher's Companion (Spoken Word)

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...

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MP3 + Player £16.99 £14.99 UK & EU (£12.76 Non EU)
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4 CD Set £16.99 £12.99 UK & EU (£11.06 Non EU)

How to be a Bad Birdwatcher

How to be a Bad Birdwatcher

Simon Barnes

A fresh approach to the art of birdwatching. More details...

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Bird (including iPOD disc)

Bird (including iPOD disc)

Peter Hayman & Rob Hume

552 pages. More details...

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Hardback & CD-ROM Set £25.00

Bird Migration

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...

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Bird Migration

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...

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Bird Observatories of the British Isles

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...

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(LxW) 23.4 x 15.4 cm Hardback £60.00 £47.99

 

Bird Ringing

Dawn Balmer, Liz Coiffait, Jacquie Clark and Rob Robinson

75 pages. More details...

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Bird Songs & Calls

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

Bird Songs & Calls of Britain & Northern Europe

Dave Farrow

224 pages. More details...

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(LxWxD) 21.7 x 15.8 x 2 cm Hardback £19.99 £16.99 UK & EU (£16.42 Non EU)

Complete Guide to the Birdlife of Britain and Europe

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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Hardback £25.00

Birds Britannica

Birds Britannica

Mark Cocker & Richard Mabey

450 pages. More details...

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Hardback £35.00 £31.99

Birds New to Britain: 1980-2004

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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(LxW) 23.4 x 15.4 cm Hardback £35.00 £31.99

The Pocket Guide to the Birds of Prey of Britain and Europe

The Pocket Guide to the Birds of Prey of Britain and Europe

Peter Hayman and Rob Hume

176 pages. More details...

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(LxWxD) 19.7 x 9.7 x 1.3 cm Hardback £7.99

RSPB British Birds of Prey

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...

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(LxW) 28 x 23 cm Hardback £19.99 £17.99

Complete British Birds

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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(LxWxD) 21 x 13.6 x 1.8 cm Softback £15.99

Birdwatcher's Yearbook 2010

Birdwatcher's Yearbook 2010

Dave Cromack

Gets better and better each year! 352 pages. More details...

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The Birds of Blakeney Point

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...

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Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe

Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe

Peter Hayman & Rob Hume

Compact pocket sized book featuring 3500 illustrations (over 430 species). Symbols at a glance indicate the typical habitat where you might find the bird. 320 pages.

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(LxWxD) 19.6 x 9.5 x 1.6 cm Hardback £9.99 £8.99

Pocket Guide to the Birds of Britain and North-West Europe

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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(LxWxD) 18 x 12 x 1.9 cm Softback £12.99

 

BTO Garden Bird Book

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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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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(LxWxD) 19.5 x 13.5 x 3 cm Hardback £25.00 £19.99
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Birds by Colour

Birds by Colour

Marc Duquet

A beginners guide to the colour identification of almost 200 birds. 222 pages. More details...

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(LxWxD) 20.8 x 16.5 x 1.7 cm Softback £12.99 £11.49

Everything you always wanted to know about birds . . . but were afraid to ask

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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(LxW) 21 x 14 cm Softback £9.99

First for Britain & Ireland 1600 - 1999

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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Frontiers in Birding

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...

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Complete Garden Bird Book

Complete Garden Bird Book

Mark Golley & Stephen Moss

Full identification and behavioural features of 70 common garden birds. 176 pages. More details...

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(LxW) 21 x 14.8 cm Softback £9.99

Guide to Garden Wildlife

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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(LxWxD) 22 x 13.5 x 1.2 cm Softback £12.95 £11.95

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

 

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...

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Softback £55.00

ID Insights - Pocket Cards - Birds

ID Insights - Pocket Cards - Birds

Dominic Couzens

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(LxW) 14.9 x 10.3 cm Chart £7.95

Kingfisher

Kingfisher

David Chandler (Author) & Ian Llewellyn (Photographer)

Available from 25 August 2010. 128 pages More details...

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Grouse Species of Britain & Ireland

Grouse Species of Britain & Ireland

Adam Watson & Robert Moss

New Naturalist Series 107. 512 pages. More details...

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(LxWxD) 22.4 x 15.6 x 4 cm Hardback £50.00 £39.99 while stocks last.
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(LxWxD) 21.6 x 15 x 3.4 cm Softback £30.00 £22.99 while stocks last.

Wildfowl

Wildfowl

David Cabot

New Naturalist Series 110. 320 pages. More details...

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(LxWxD) 22.3 x 15.6 x 3.6 cm Hardback £50.00
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(LxWxD) 21.6 x 15.1 x 3 cm Softback £30.00 £22.99

A Life of Ospreys

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...

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Softback £18.99

Identification Guide to European Passerines

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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Softback £22.00

The Peregrine, The Hill of Summer & Diaries

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...

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Hardback £20.00 £14.99

Rare Birds - Where and When (Volume 1)

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...

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RSPB Birds of Britain and Europe

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...

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(LxWxD) 21.5 x 14.5 x 2.6 cm Softback £16.99

 

RSPB Complete Birds & Audio Cd

Rob Hume

Using the highest-quality photography, over 500 species are brought vividly to life in this large-format book with accompanying CD of songs and calls.

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RSPB Guide to Birdwatching: Step by Step

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...

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(LxW) 24.6 x 18.9 cm Softback £12.99

RSPB Handbook of British Birds

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...

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(LxWxD) 21.6 x 13.5 x 2 cm Softback £9.99

RSPB Handbook of British Birds - Book &  Interactive CD-ROM

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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Softback + CD-ROM in plastic box £24.99 UK & EU (£21.27 Non EU)

RSPB Pocket Birds

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...

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(LxWxD) 19 x 10.2 x 1.3 cm Softback £8.99

Collins Scottish Birds

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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(LxWxD) 19 x 10.9 x 1.8 cm Softback £9.99

Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland

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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(LxW) 25.2 x 18.8 cm Hardback £45.00 £40.50

Flight Identification of European Seabirds

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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Secret Lives of British Birds

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...

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(LxW) 29.7 x 21 cm Softback £14.99

 

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...

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(LxW) 29.7 x 21 cm Softback £14.99

Shorebirds of the Northern Hemisphere

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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The Status of Birds in Britain and Ireland

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...

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(LxW) 24 x 17 cm Hardback £50.00 £42.50

Time to Fly: Exploring Bird Migration

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

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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(LxW) 23.4 x 15.2 cm Softback £24.99

Waders of Europe, Asia and North America

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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(LxWxD) 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.3 cm Softback £24.99 £21.99

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Bird Feeding & Nestboxes

 

Bird Boxes and Feeders

Stephen Moss et al

80 pages. More details...

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Cooking for Birds

Cooking for Birds

Mark Golley

Some of the most popular bird food recipes, with cookery tips. 96 pages. More details...

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(LxW) 17 x 17 cm Hardback £7.99

BTO Nestbox Guide

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...

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The Ultimate Bird Feeder Handbook

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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Softback £12.99

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