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Books, Charts & Maps Poyser Monographs - reprints
Re-prints of popular Poyser monographs and other books.
Print-on-demand reprints - dispatch within 2-3 weeks.
The Ancient Murrelet
Gaston, Jones
The Ancient Murrelet and its three congeners are unique amongst seabirds in that their young are entirely precocial, leaving the nest as soon as they hatch to grow up at sea. Tony Gaston has carried out the only detailed study of the bird, in the fine mature coastal forests of the Queen Charlotte Islands. His work has revealed their complex social behaviour, the song behaviour of the males and the species' response to the variety of predators which they face : from Peregrines to Deer Mice. 249 pages. More details...
The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland
Peter Lack
448 pages. More details...
The Barn Owl
D S Bunn, A B Warburton & R D S Wilson
In the classic monograph mould, this study of Tyto alba is the product of almost 40 years field work by its authors and complementary observations by other dedicated ornithologists in Britain, the USA and Europe. 288 pages. More details...
The Bee-eaters
C. Hilary Fry
Dr Hilary Fry's study of the bee-eaters covers all 24 species of this colourful Family, which ranges from southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East to India, China, south-east Asia and Australia 320 pages. More details...
Bird Habitats in Britain and Ireland
R. J. Fuller
The book describes all the main habitat types, the structure and composition of bird communities, and reviews bird sites and their distribution throughout Britain. For the birdwatcher and all involved with conservation, this is stimulating reading and an essential reference. 352 pages. More details...
Birds New to Britain and Ireland
J.T.R. Sharrock
Birds new to the area prior to 1982. Birds new to Britain and Ireland post this date are published in Birds New to Britain: 1980-2004 280 pages. More details...
Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Peter Weaver
The author defines more than 1100 words and terms in this illustrated dictionary for the birdwatcher. Its attraction for the relative novice is obvious but it is equally directed to experienced birdwatchers who will find succinct definitions of terms that are new to them and of others that they have understood none too well. 160 pages. More details...
Birdwatchers' Year
L Batten, J Sorensen, D Watson, MJ Wareing
352 pages. More details...
The (New) Atlas of Breeding Birds in britain and Ireland 1988-1991
David Wingfield Gibbons, James B. Reid, Robert A. Chapman
This companion volume to The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland is derived from yearly surveys of breeding birds in Britain and Ireland during 1968-72, organised by the British Trust for Ornithology and the Irish Wildbird Conservancy. 576 pages. More details...
Breeding Birds of Britain & Ireland
John Parslow
Of historic interest. This title has been superceded by other similar titles. 272 pages. More details...
Natural History of Cape Clear Island
J.T.R. Sharrock, Robert Gillmor
Cape Clear Island, the most southerly point of Ireland apart from the nearby Fastnet Rock, has been the site of a bird observatary since 1959. This account of the island, its flora and fauna, its inhabitants and history, is weighted in favour of the birds but this is, perhaps, inevitable since the island offers so much of exceptional ornithological interest. Even so, a glance at the book's contents will show the wide range covered - from Killer Whales to the rare Kerry Slug and the Lusitanian flora that south-west Ireland shares with Iberia. Anyone with a general interest in natural history will find chapters an a variety of topics, each written by an acknowledged expert. The authors' enthusiasm for their subjects is always apparent; some sections are light-hearted but scientific accuracy is always maintained. 208 pages. More details...
Cuckoos, Cowbirds and other Cheats
N B Davies
The natural histories of all the brood parasites. 8 pages of colour photos, plus 25 black-and-white drawings by David Quinn. 320 pages. More details...
Dictionary of Birds
Bruce Campbell, Elizabeth Lack
The standard reference on all things ornithological. Over 500 illustrations. 700 pages. More details...
Enjoying Ornithology
Ronald Hickling
The book ranges widely, it looks at the changing bird as well as the changing bird watcher and records the work of related conservation bodies, it considers the future and the past and includes an extensive section of useful facts and figures, whilst never losing sight of the central theme which is the book's title. 296 pages. More details...
The Gannet
Bryan Nelson
The author is internationally known for his work on the North Atlantic gannet and the boobies. His studies of the gannetry on the Bass Rock over many years have formed the basis for most of our knowledge of the gannet's ecology, its breeding cycle and behaviour. 368 pages. More details...
Great Auk Island: a field biologist in the Arctic
Tim Birkhead
296 pages. More details...
Greenshanks
Desmond Nethersole-Thompson, Maimie Nethersole-Thompson
This book, published in 1976, owes much to the interest, almost an obsession, of the Nethersole-Thompson family. The two girls and four boys, as well as both parents, now work as a team in the wild and beautiful north-west Highlands of Scotland. 296 pages. More details...
Gulls: A Guide to Identification
Peter Grant
2nd edition. Covers all Western Palearctic and North American species. 541 black-and-white photographs. Print-on-demand reprint - dispatch within 2-3 weeks. 352 pages. More details...
Hen Harrier
Donald Watson
Artist, ornithologist and author, Donald Watson has made a special study of the Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus over many years and his field notes and sketch books of this exceptional bird of prey go back to the 1940s. 312 pages. More details...
The Kestrel
Andrew Village
An authoritative account of one of our most successful and attractive birds. 300 pages. More details...
The Magpies
Tim Birkhead
The Ecology and Behaviour of Black-billed and Yellow-billed Magpies
The author compares both species, and also the many different races, and reveals that through their remarkably flexible social behaviour magpies are able to exploit a diversity of habitats, from desert to farmland. Illustrations by David Quinn 270 pages. More details...
Peregrine Falcon
Derek Ratcliffe
2nd edition reprint of this classic raptor study. 488 pages. More details...
The Pied Flycatcher
Arne Lundberg & Rauno Alatalo
Detailed biology of this fascinating bird. 267 pages. More details...
Pine Crossbills
Desmond Nethersole-Thompson
From this study and a quest for the true identity of the Speyside crossbills has emerged that all too rare book, a work of scholarship and research that is wholly readable, in which the author's delight in his study subject becomes the reader's, too. 256 pages. More details...
Flight Identification of European Raptors
Porter, Willis, et al
Third edition. Includes revised and additional text and 70 new photos (bringing the total to 248 black-and-white photographs). The identification illustrations have also been extensively revised. 276 pages. More details...
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Population Ecology of Raptors
Ian Newton
This book is concerned with all aspects of population regulation in diurnal birds of prey, their social behaviour, dispersion, numbers, movements, breeding and mortality. 432 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...
Rare birds in Britain and Ireland (1976)
J.T.R. Sharrock, E.M Sharrock
336 pages. More details...
Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland (1989)
J N Dymond, P A Fraser & S J M Gantlett
368 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...
Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland
J.T.R. Sharrock
192 pages. More details...
Birds in Scotland
Valerie M. Thom
The species accounts, the backbone of the book, review the period 1950-83 but include, where practicable, records of rarities and details of counts up to the spring of 1985. 392 pages. More details...
The Skuas
Robert W Furness
Many birdwatchers may never have seen a skua; those who have will most probably have vivid memories of one or other species flying powerfully past a headland, or twisting and diving in pursuit of its piratical intentions towards a food-laden seabird - or, perhaps more memorably still, of themselves taking evasive action from the power-diving irate skua whose territory they have unwisely invaded. 368 pages. More details...
The Status of Seabirds in Britain and Ireland
Clare Lloyd, Mark L Tasker & Ken Partridge
384 pages. More details...
Waders: Their Breeding Haunts and Watchers
D & M Nethersole-Thompson
A comprehensive accounts of the biology and behaviour of 18 species of waders in their breeding haunts. 424 pages. More details...
Birds in Wales
Roger Lovegrove, Iolo Williams, Graham Williams
384 pages. More details...
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