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Books, Charts & Maps Biographies & Non-fiction
Biographies
Anoraks to Zitting Cisticola
Sean Dooley
By the author of Big Twitch. This is a humorous guide to the secret world of birdwatching. 265 pages. More details...
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...
Barley Bird: Notes on a Suffolk Nightingale
Richard Mabey
80 pages. More details...
Bearded Tit
Rory McGrath
This is Rory's story of his life among birds, which is a thoroughly educational, occasionally lyrical and highly amusing romp through the hidden byways of birdwatching. 350 pages. More details...
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...
Hardback £29.99 £26.99
Big Twitch
Sean Dooley
A truly entertaining story of one man's attempt to see over 700 Australian species in one year. 322 pages. More details...
Bill Oddie's Gripping Yarns
Bill Oddie
Read the uncut versions of Bill Oddie's tall tales and side-splitting yarns. 208 pages. More details...
Softback £8.99
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...
Softback £6.99
Binoculars and people
Brin Best
A highly illustrated account of the social history of binoculars. 205 pages.
The Bird Collectors
Barbara & Richard Mearns
Examines the history and uses of bird skin collections and the many colourful explorers involved in their development. 490 pages. More details...
Hardback £40.00
Bird in the Bush
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. 375 pages. More details...
Birders - Tales of a Tribe
Mark Cocker
The story of the birding community, its characters, rules and adventures - often hilariously funny. 230 pages. More details...
Birding from the Hip
Anthony McGeehan
A collection of entertaining, gloriously funny stories about the obsession that is birding. More details...
Birding on Borrowed Time
Phoebe Snetsinger
These posthumously published memoirs chronicle the birding adventures of the then world's all-time top lister (over 8400 species). The book is also a profoundly moving human document, as it details how the author's obsession with birds became a way of coping with terminal illness. 307 pages.
Birdscapes
Jeremy Mynott
Birds in Our Imagination and Experience.
A thoroughly entertaining birder's bedside book, brimming with bird lore and anecdote. More details...
Birdwatchingwatching
Alex Horne
In a bid to understand the secret birding fraternity, Alex Horne challenges his dad to a year of competitive (h)ornithology. Would he emerge unscathed? Or would he too become a birder?
This is a hilarious true story about fathers and sons, the birds (not the bees), and the eccentricities of two very different species. 378 pages.
Blokes and Birds
Stephen Moss
A humorous look at 40 British and Irish birders and their exploits. 96 pages. More details...
Special Places to Stay : British Hotels & Inns
Tom Bell, ed.
Over 320 impressive places to stay, all run with real flair. 384 pages. More details...
Softback £14.99
A Brush with Nature
Richard Mabey
25 Years of Personal Reflections on Nature. The definitive collection of Richard Mabey's columns written especially for BBC Wildlife Magazine over 25 years. 244 pages. More details...
Conservation: A Beginner's Guide
Paul Jepson & Richard Ladle
208 pages. More details...
Crow Country
Mark Cocker
Mark Cocker's brilliant description of his journeys in search of crows and ravens, birds that obsessed him and changed his life for ever. 224 pages. More details...
Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
Richard Fortey
Behind the public façade of any great museum there lies a secret domain: one of unseen galleries, locked doors, priceless specimens and hidden lives.This is a witty, affectionate account of just such a fascinating world. 352 pages.
Softback £8.99Flights of Fancy
Peter Tate
An endlessly browsable guide to the fascinating stories and bizarre superstitions that surround some of the world's best-loved birds. 180 pages.
The Great Naturalists
Edited by Robert Huxley
The stories of nearly 40 great pioneers from all over Europe and America take us from Classical times to the end of the 19th century, when natural history changed from an amateur pursuit to the specialized profession we know today. 304 pages. More details...
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...
The History of Ornithology
Valerie Chansigaud
A clear, chronological approach to the subject. The lively text is enhanced by over 250 illustrations of birds and the ornithologists who have studied them. 239 pages.
Hardback £17.99 £15.99
How to be Wild
Simon Barnes
We are all wild. It's just that civilisation keeps getting in the way. In this book Simon Barnes takes us on a journey through a year, from one raucous spring to the next, helping us to realise the essential truth: that by enjoying the wild world our own lives become richer and more satisfying. 282 pages.
Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds
Olivia Gentile
Fascinating biography of Phoebe Snetsinger and her legendary quest to be the first birder to see 8,000 species. 345 pages.
The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud
Brian Garfield
Entertaining and thoroughly researched read about a flamboyant figure. 354 pages. More details...
My Family & 50 other Animals
Dominic Couzens
Dominic Couzens, his wife and children scour the length and breadth of the British Isles in search of everything from Weasels and Stoats to Edible Dormice, Killer Whales and Wallabies. 272 pages. More details...
Hardback £17.99 £15.99
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...
The Poetry of Birds
Edited by Simon Armitage & Tim Dee
384 pages. More details...
Redbreast: The Robin in Life and Literature
Andrew Lack
A celebration of the life of the robin, based on the classic Robin Redbreast by the author's father David Lack, published in 1950. The text is illustrated, including original cartoons by Euan Dunn. With a foreword by Richard Mabey. 294 pages.
Running Sky
Tim Dee
An extraordinary, inspiring book about a lifetime of observing birds 272 pages.
Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names
James Jobling
A major ornithological reference, giving the derivation and meaning of all valid scientific bird names. Makes fascinating reading. 432 pages. More details...
Hardback £40.00 £34.99Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society
Bill Bryson Ed.
496 pages. More details...
A Single Swallow
Horatio Clare
Combines the best of travel and nature writing as one man follows the migration of the swallow on the epic journey from South Africa to South Wales. 327 pages.
A Sky Full of Starlings
Stephen Moss
Stephen Moss began on 1 January 2007 to chronicle each species of bird as he saw it for the first time throughout the year. He writes about his birdwatching episodes in his usual good-humoured style. 192 pages. More details...
Tales of a Low-Rent Birder
P Dunne
A collection of 19 essays illustrated by David Sibley. 176 pages.
This Birding Life
Stephen Moss
Highly readable - a selection of extracts from the popular Birdwatch column in the Guardian. 216 pages.
A Tiger in the Sand
Mark Cocker
Selected Writings on Nature from the author of Birders - Tales of a Tribe and Birds Britannica. 192 pages. More details...
John Kirk Townsend - Collector of Audubon's Western Birds and Mammals
Barbara & Richard Mearns
This is the first in-depth biography of Townsend, an ornithologist from Philadelphia who crossed the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River in 1834 and made two visits to the Hawaiian Islands. He returned home with a great haul of bird and mammal specimens used by J.J. Audubon in his Birds of America and Viviparous Quadrupeds.
Barbara and Richard Mearns examine Townsend's Quaker upbringing, track him on his journey westwards, provide a modern zoological commentary on his discoveries, trace his troubled career and discuss his association with Audubon and the major contribution that Townsend made to his famous works.
The book is essential reading for those with an interest in early Western travels and the Oregon Trail, the wildlife of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest, or the history of birding. 389 pages. More details...
UK500: Birding in the Fast Lane
James Hanlon
An anecdotal, humorous and highly personal account of the author's quest to see 500 bird species in the UK before his 30th birthday. 16 colour plates of photos and illustrations. 127 pages. More details...
Wesley - The Story of a Remarkable Owl
Stacey O'Brien
When biologist Stacey O'Brien rescued a 4-day-old baby barn owl, little did she know the encounter would turn into an astonishing 19-year love affair. 230 pages.
While Flocks Last
Charlie Elder
Charlie Elder writes with humour as he travels the length and breadth of the British Isles to see our 40 key species in decline and meet the enthusiasts trying to save them. 288 pages. More details...
Whose Bird? Men and women commemorated in the common names of birds
Bo Beolens & Michael Watkins
Potted biographies of every individual who has given his or her name to a species of bird. 400 pages. More details...
Softback £17.99
Wild Life
Simon King
Amazing Animals, Extraordinary People, Astonishing Places 312 pages. More details...
Sustainable & Green Living
The Big Earth Book
James Bruges
We all know the Earth is in crisis. . This book explores environmental, economic and social ideas to save our planet. 288 pages. More details...
Softback £12.99Rough Guide to Climate Change
Robert Henson
The complete picture of the single biggest issue facing the planet. 374 pages. More details...
Softback £10.99Special Places to Stay: Green Europe
Kate Shepherd, ed.
Discover special places that go the extra mile to provide responsible holidays. 224 pages. More details...
Softback £11.99
The Rough Guide to Green Living
Duncan Clark
A fact-filled, user-friendly guide to living a low-carbon, eco-friendly life. 336 pages. More details...
Book of Rubbish Ideas
Tracey Smith
Useful tips to changing the way you handle your rubbish. 144 pages. More details...
Softback £6.99
You can save the planet
Rich Hough
A practical guide to saving the planet.
176 pages. More details...
Softback £8.99
Other non-fiction
The Biggest Twitch: around the world in 4000 birds
Alan Davies & Ruth Miller
Available from 4 August 2010. 320 pages. More details...
Softback £12.99 £9.99GEM SAS Survival Guide
Published by HarperCollins
Books and Naturalists
David Allen
New Naturalist series 112. Explores the world of nature publishing through the course of history, from its very early days in the dawn of publishing, through various significant new discoveries and into the 21st Century. 320 pages. More details...
Smart Swarm: Using Animal Behaviour to Organise Our World
Peter Miller
Available from 5 August 2010. A fascinating lesson in how much we still have to learn from nature. 304 pages More details...
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