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Books, Charts & Maps Asia & Middle East
Birds
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide
Pamela C Rasmussen and John C Anderton
The most complete and up-to-date guide to the birds of the region. Covers Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Chagos, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Vol 1 (Field Guide): 180 plates illustrating over 3400 plumages, with ID notes. Over 1450 annotated colour maps opposite plates. Vol 2 (Attributes & Status) Morphology, distribution, vocalisations and taxonomy. 1061 pages. More details...
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Important Bird Areas in Asia
S Chan, M J Crosby, M Z Islam & A W Tordoff
Key Sites for Conservation. The first comprehensive inventory of Asia's key sites for birds and biodiversity. 297 pages. More details...
New Holland Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia
Craig Robson
142 colour plates cover over 1250 species from the region. 304 pages. More details...
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Flexicover £19.99
Photographic Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia including the Philippines & Borneo
Morten Strange
700 photos of 669 species of the region, including Malaysia, Thailand and Indochina, as well as Borneo, South China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. 398 pages. More details...
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Softback £19.99Birdwatching in Azerbaijan
Sebastian Schmidt, Kai Gauger & Nigar Agayeva
The first comprehensive nature guidebook to Azerbaijan covers bird species as well as detailed landscape and nature descriptions. 224 pages. More details...
Birds of Bhutan
Carol & Tim Inskipp, Richard Grimmett
Revised reprint. Helm Field Guide. 555 species plus vagrants on 70 colour plates. 192 pages. More details...
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Softback £24.99
Birds of Borneo
Smythies, Davison
This new fourth edition acknowledges and incorporates our expanding knowledge of the country's birds. 47 colour & 4 mono plates. 865 pages. More details...
Birds of Borneo
Clive Mann
BOU Checklist no. 23. 28 colour pages containing 68 colour plate. 440 pages. More details...
Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo
Susan Myers
A comprehensive guide to the birdlife of Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak and Kalimantan, covering over 630 species. 272 pages. More details...
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Hardback £24.99 £22.99
Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo
Quentin Phillipps
The most up-to-date and user-friendly field guide to the birds of Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and the Indonesian state of Kalimantan). The 664 species living or reported on the island, including 51 endemic species, are illustrated on 141 colour plates (over 2000 images). 368 pages. More details...
Photographic Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan
G W H Davison & Chew Yen Fook
Slim pocket guide. Colour photos of 252 species. 144 pages. More details...
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Softback £7.99
Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali
John MacKinnon, Karen Phillipps
Over 800 species illustrated on 88 colour plates. This title is now 'print on demand' - your order may take up to 4 weeks or longer to process. 490 pages.
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Softback £43.99
Field Guide to the Birds of China
John MacKinnon & Karen Phillips
Over 1330 species illustrated on 128 plates. Colour distribution maps are provided for all illustrated species. 656 pages. More details...
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Softback £39.95 £36.95
Photographic Guide to Birds of China including Hong Kong
John MacKinnon & Nigel Hicks
Available from early January 2011. Slim pocket guide. 300 colour photos of 252 species. 144 pages.
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Softback £7.99
Field Guide to the Birds of East Asia
Mark Brazil
Excellent up-to-date field guide covering the whole of eastern Asia, including eastern Russia, eastern China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. 231 colour plates. 528 pages. More details...
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Softback £29.99 £23.99A Photographic Guide to Birds of Himalayas
Bikram Grewal & Otto Pfister
Slim pocket guide. Colour photos of 252 species. 144 pages.
Softback £9.99
Birds of Hong Kong and South China
Viney, Phillips & Chiu Ying
8th edition of this important field guide. The text covers field notes, range and status, with facing plates. 253 pages. More details...
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Softback £22.95
Photographic Guide to the Birds of India including Nepal, Sri Lanka, The Maldives, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Bhutan.
Bikram Grewal, Bill Harvey & O Pfister
850 colour photos of 800 species with distribution maps. 516 pages. More details...
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Softback £19.99
Birds of Northern India
Richard Grimmett & Tim Inskipp
Helm Field Guide. Ideal for use in the 'Golden Triangle'. Light and portable. ID text faces the 120 colour plates. 304 pages. More details...
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Softback £24.99 £22.99
Birds of Southern India
Richard Grimmett & Tim Inskipp
Helm Field Guide. Ideal for use in Goa and Kerala. Light and portable. ID text faces the 87 colour plates. 240 pages. More details...
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Softback £24.99 £22.99
Birds of Prey of the Indian Subcontinent
Rishad Naoroji
70 species of hawk, buzzard, kite, harrier, eagle, vulture, falcon and falconet are found in the region. 15 plates and 850 photos show each species in all usual plumage forms, in flight and at rest. 692 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00 £39.50
Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
Krys Kazmierczak & Ber van Perlo
Covers 1300 species on 96 colour plates, plus distribution maps. 336 pages. More details...
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Softback £19.99
Pocket Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
Richard Grimmett, Carol & Tim Inskipp
Revised edition of the excellent pocket guide with most of the distribution maps opposite the 153 colour plates. Covers all the species (nearly 1,300) found in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. 384 pages.
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Softback £24.99 £22.99
Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia
Morten Strange
Almost 700 photos of 686 species with distribution maps. A stunning book for a very poorly covered area. 416 pages. More details...
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Softback £19.99Guide to the Birding Hot-Spots of Israel
Shirihai, Smith, Kirwan, Alon
2000. Extensive coverage of the 23 main sites plus notes on over 100 sub-sites. Colour photos form a mini field guide. Will prove indispensable to birders visiting the country. Full checklist for the country in each guide. More details...
Northern Israel
Shirihai, Smith, Kirwan, Alon
10 main sites. 13 colour maps. 63 colour photos. 118 pages.
Southern Israel
Shirihai, Smith, Kirwan, Alon
13 main sites. 18 colour maps. 84 colour photos. 166 pages.
Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan & North-east Asia
Tadao Shimba
The first photoguide to the region in English. Over 520 species are illustrated with hundreds of stunning colour photos. The text succinctly describes the key ID features and each species has a distribution map. 512 pages. More details...
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Softback £24.99 £22.99
Wild Birds of Japan: A Photographic Guide
Kanouchi
Excellent photographic field guide to Japanese (and East Asian birds). Over 2,000 colour photographs with world distribution maps. Text in Japanese with English & Scientific names. 624 pages.
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Photographic Guide to Birds of Java, Sumatra and Bali
Tony Tilford
Slim pocket guide. Colour photos of 236 species. 136 pages. More details...
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Softback £7.99
Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom Jordan
Ian Andrews
Detailed status and distribution of all 374 bird species recorded. 160 colour photos. 185 pages. More details...
Birds of Kazakhstan
Arend Wassink & Gerald Oreel
Brings together invaluable information on status, habitat, distribution and migration on all 498 species recorded in Kazakhstan (up to early 2007). Illustrated by many stunning photos. 288 pages. More details...
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Hardback £49.95 £48.95
Birds of Langtang
Checklist for Langtang National Park, Nepal.
Photographic Guide to Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
Davison, Yen Fook
2nd edition. Slim pocket guide. 280 colour photos of over 250 species. 144 pages. More details...
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Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East
Richard Porter & Simon Aspinall
First edition - Over 700 species illustrated in colour on 112 plates, with text and distribution maps facing the plates. Covers the Arabian peninsula (including Socotra), Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Cyprus.
Revised second edition - For the first time, the text and maps appear opposite the plates, and as a consequence there are fewer species per plate than before. The text and maps have been fully revised and many new artworks have been painted. There are more than 100 new species in this new edition, which features more than 810 species in total. 476 pages.
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Softback £24.99 £22.99Important Bird Areas in the Middle East
M I Evans
Authoritative information on the birds of the region and their habitats.
A Photographic Guide to Birds of the Middle East
David Cottridge
Colour photos of 252 species from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Oman, Yemen, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, UAE, Lebanon, Israel, Qatar, Bahrain and Cyprus. 144 pages. More details...
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Softback £7.99
Birds of Mongolia
S Gombobaatar & A Braunlich
Available from 30 October 2010. The first field guide to the birds of Mongolia, with full details of every species to be found in the country. 224 pages. More details...
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Softback £24.99 £21.99
Birds of Nepal
Richard Grimmett, Carol & Tim Inskipp
Helm Field Guide. 780 species illustrated on 110 colour plates with text on facing pages for at-a-glance reference. 288 pages. More details...
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Softback £24.99Important Bird Areas in Nepal
Hem Sagar Baral & Carol Inskipp
Key Sites for Conservation. 242 pages. More details...
Birdlife in Oman
Hanne & Jens Eriksen
Over 150 stunning colour photos of the most interesting and spectacular birds of Oman. 99 pages. More details...
Common Birds in Oman: An Identification Guide
Hanne & Jens Eriksen
Some 400 colour photographs are included in this book to help identify 250 species of birds. 256 pages. More details...
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Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region
Inskipp, Lindsey, Duckworth
Complete checklist of birds recorded in the region covered by Oriental Bird Club, from Pakistan in the west, east to China and south to Wallacea (Indonesia). Species are listed in English and scientific names, and all alternative names to be found in major reference works for the region.
Birds of Pakistan
Richard Grimmett, Tom Roberts & Tim Inskipp
Covers all 670 species found in the country. 93 colour plates illustrate every distinct plumage. 600 distribution maps 256 pages.
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Softback £24.99 £22.99
A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines
Kennedy, Gonzales, Dickinson et al
Covers 556 species and many sub-species. 72 colour plates. 320 pages. More details...
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Softback £42.00 £39.95
Photographic Guide to Birds of the Philippines
Tim Fisher & Nigel Hicks
Available from early January 2011. Slim pocket guide. Colour photos of 216 species. Reprint under consideration. 144 pages. More details...
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Softback £7.99The Birds of The Philippines
E C Dickinson, R S Kennedy, K C Parkes
BOU Checklist 12. 448 pages. More details...
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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Softback £24.99 £22.99
Photographic Guide to Birds of Sri Lanka
de Silva Wijeyeratne, Warakagoda
Slim pocket guide. Colour photos of over 250 species. 144 pages. More details...
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Softback £7.99
Birds of Sri Lanka
Deepal Warakagoda, Carol Insjipp, Richard Grimmett, Tim Inskipp
Available from mid December 2010. This field guide provides full coverage of every species on the Sri Lanka list, including most vagrants, with particular emphasis placed on endemic species and races. Detailed text highlights key identification criteria, along with colour maps. 224 pages
Softback £19.99 £14.99
A Checklist of the Birds of Sri Lanka
5 column checklist. A4 format. Includes a 'Where to watch birds' section. 28 pages.
Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka
John Harrison
426 species illustrated in 48 excellent colour plates by Tim Worfolk. 219 pages. More details...
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Softback £43.50 £41.25Photographic Guide Birds of Sri Lanka
Wijeyeratne, Warakagoda, De Zylva
252 species described, with full-colour photographs. 144 pages.
Softback £7.99The Birds Of Sumatra
J G van Marle & K H Voous
BOU Checklist 10. 266 pages. More details...
Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula
David Wells
1352 pages.
Volume 1 (Non-passerines)
Published by A&C Black
380 non-passerine species on 69 colour plates. 648 pages. More details...
Hardback £85.00 £78.00
Volume 2 (Passerines)
Published by A&C Black
Over 400 passerine species on 64 colour plates. 704 pages. More details...
Hardback £65.00 £59.50 2 Volume Hardback £99.00 £89.00
Photo Guide to the Birds of Thailand
Michael Webster, Chew Yen Fook
Available from early August 2010. Slim pocket guide. Colour photos of 252 species. 144 pages.
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Softback £7.99Photographic Guide: Birds of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
Peter Davidson
Two hundred and fifty-two of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos's most interesting and spectacular birds are featured in this concise and easy-to-use guide, with each illustrated in full colour with key information on identification, habitat and distribution. 144 pages.
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Softback £7.99
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 £24.99 £21.99
Wildfowl of the Northern Hemisphere
Ray Hutchins
Illustrated field guide, showing all 77 species of wildfowl found in the Northern Hemisphere. 192 pages. More details...
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Site & Travel guides, Maps
WTWB = Where to watch birds
Birding South-east China
Tim Woodward
Covers 160 sites in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian. Includes 129 detailed maps with English and Chinese names throughout plus info on transport & accommodation. 423 pages. More details...
Finding Birds in North Goa
Dave Gosney
DVD
95 min. More details...
A Birdwatchers' Guide to India
Krys Kazmierczak & Raj Singh
1998. An extremely comprehensive site guide. Over 100 maps. 334 pages.
A Birdwatcher's Guide to Malaysia
John Bransbury
1993. Covers 40 major sites in both east and west Malaysia, with details of access, accommodation, maps and timing. 282 pages. More details...
Wildlife Guide Malaysia
Helen Oon
This exciting guide aims to inspire and help travellers to plan and enjoy tours in Malaysia's finest wildlife reserves. 160 pages. More details...
A Birdwatchers' Guide to Nepal
Carol Inskipp
1988. Prion site guide. 19 maps. 116 pages.
Other Fauna
Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo
Payne & Francis
The ecology, habitat, distribution and descriptions of 221 land mammals and 28 marine mammals of Borneo. Well illustrated with 60 colour plates by Karen Phillipps. 1998 reprint. 332 pages. More details...
Snakes & Other Reptiles of Borneo, Photographic Guide
Indraneil Das
Available from early January 2011. 300 colour photos and a colour map of the area. 144 pages.
Softback £7.99Butterflies of Pakistan
T J Roberts
Covers all the butterflies known to occur in Pakistan - illustrated by the author. 210 pages. More details...
Field Guide to the Amphibians of Cambodia
Neang Thy & Jeremy Holden
Full colour photographs illustrate 57 of the 62 species detailed in the book. The text highlights diagnostic features and provides notes on ecology and distribution. 127 pages.
Guide to the Mammals of China
Andrew Smith & Yan Xie, Eds
The most comprehensive guide to all 556 species of mammals found in China. More details...
Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
S Aulagnier, P Haffner, A J Mitchell-Jones, F Moutou & J Zima
Covers over 400 terrestrial species. 100 plates with 600 colour species artworks. 272 pages. More details...
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Hardback £24.99 £22.99
A Field Guide to Indian Mammals
Vivek Menon
Photo ID guide to over 400 Indian mammals. Text, identification markers, photographs and maps are in close proximity to aid field use. 200 pages.
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Softback £16.99 £14.99
Field Guide to the Mammals of South-east Asia
Charles Francis
First comprehensive guide to mammals of this region, covering all the mammals recorded from mainland South-East Asia from Myanmar through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia and South to Malaysia. 392 pages. More details...
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Hardback £34.99 £19.49 while stocks last.Mammals of Sri Lanka
Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Available from 9 December 2010. Detailed coverage of 43 species of mammal including the Leopard, Sloth Bear and Asian Elephant. 128 pages.
Softback £7.99
Photographic Guide to Snakes & other Reptiles of Singapore, Malaysia & Thailand
Cox, Van Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt
Slim pocket guide. Approximately 300 colour photos. 144 pages.
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Photographic Guide to Mammals of South-East Asia
Charles M Francis
Second edition. The ideal pocket sized travelling companion. 230 full colour photos illustrate 192 species. 144 pages.
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Softback £7.99Photographic Guide to Snakes & other Reptiles of Sri Lanka
Indraneil Das
300 colour photos. 144 pages.
Softback £7.99A Guide to the Large Mammals of Thailand
John W K Parr
Concise guide that allows field ID of all 138 large mammal species. 206 pages. More details...
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Wildlife (General)
Sri Lankan Wildlife
Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Bradt Travel Guide - a perfect introduction to the island's best flora and fauna, showing you what to look for, when and where. 120 colour photos. 140 pages.
Thailand - Travellers' Wildlife Guide
David Lpearson & Les Beletsky
A successful format featuring full colour illustrations and photographs of nearly 600 common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and coral fish of Thailand. 472 pages.
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Softback £16.99 £15.99
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