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Books, Charts & Maps World & Monographs (Birds)
Bird Monographs
Albatross: Their World, their Ways
Tui de Roy, Julian Fitter, Mark Jones
An authoritative book covering all the world's species illustrated with 300 breathtaking colour photos from an award-winning photographer. 240 pages. More details...
Hardback £35.00 £32.00
Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World
Paul Scofield & Derek Onley
Helm Field Guide. The first comprehensive guide to pelagic birds: the albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters, storm-petrels and diving petrels. 46 spectacular colour plates highlight key ID criteria of the birds in flight, with close-ups of diagnostic parts of the plumage. 224 pages. More details...
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Softback £19.99 £17.99
The Barn Swallow
Angela Turner
This book examines all aspects of the life of this endearing bird and features high-quality stunning photography. 304 pages. More details...
Hardback £50.00 £46.99
Bewick's Swan
Eileen Rees
Helm monograph on this elegant species. 296 pages. More details...
Hardback £40.00 £36.99
The Bowerbirds
Clifford & Dawn Frith, Eustace Barnes
OUP Bird Families of the World series. 8 specially-commissioned colour plates and 77 black-and-white drawings, by Eustace Barnes, illustrating special features and behaviour. 416 pages. More details...
Crows and Jays
Steve Madge & Hilary Burn
Reprint under consideration. Helm ID Guide covering all the world's species. 30 colour plates. 216 pages. More details...
Softback £19.99The Cuckoos
Robert Payne
OUP Bird Families of the World series. 16 colour plates. 560 pages. More details...
Curassows and Related Birds
Jean Delacour and Dean Amadon
A new edition of the classic and highly acclaimed monograph published 30 years ago, including a comprehensive update chapter. 476 pages. More details...
Ducks, Geese and Swans
Janet Kear
OUP Bird Families of the World series, covering the world's wildfowl and screamers. 30 colour plates. 832 pages. More details...
Encyclopedia of Birds
Christopher Perrins
The most vividly written, thoroughly detailed one volume reference book ever published on birds, with 2000 illustrations of 200 families of birds. 640 pages. More details...
The Golden Eagle
Jeff Watson
Available from 25 July 2010. 2nd Edition. This is the first comprehensive monograph on the Golden Eagle for over forty years and covers all aspects of this spectacular and popular species' biology and ecology. This highly readable and authoritative account is destined to become the standard reference. 394 pages. More details...
Hardback £50.00 £39.99
Golden Oriole
Jake Allsop & Paul Mason
Poyser Monograph featuring this enigmatic and elusive species. 328 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00 £39.99
The Goshawk
Robert Kenward
An authoritative yet highly readable Poyser Monograph on this large and spectacular bird of prey. 360 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00
Who Killed the Great Auk?
Jeremy Gaskell
The first modern retelling of the extinction of the Great Auk. Attractively illustrated, includes maps, photos and line drawings. 192 pages. More details...
The Greater Flamingo
Alan Johnson & Frank Cezilly
A comprehensive overview of these fascinating birds concentrating on one of the best-studied flamingo populations in the world, in the Camargue. 328 pages. More details...
Hardback £40.00
The Grebes
Jon Fjeldså
OUP Bird Families of the World series. 16 colour plates by the author. 320 pages. More details...
Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America
K M Olsen & H Larsson
Revised edition. Helm Identification Guide. 608 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00 £39.99
Gulls of the Americas
Steve Howell & Jon Dunn
A detailed reference to all 36 gull species of North and South America. 1,160 colour photos. A must-have for gull ID in Britain & Europe! 528 pages.
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Hardback £37.99
Gulls: A Guide to Identification
Peter Grant
2nd edition. Covers all Western Palearctic and North American species. 541 black-and-white photographs. 352 pages.
The Gyrfalcon
Eugene Potapov & Richard Sale
Reprint under consideration. An exhaustively researched and readable biography of the world's largest falcon, illustrated throughout with photos and line drawings. 288 pages. More details...
Hardback £35.00 £32.99
Harriers: Journeys around the World
Don Scott
The culmination of over two decades study and observation by Don Scott. Covers all the world's species and is illustrated by photos and occasional watercolours. 182 pages.
The Hawaiian Honeycreepers
H Douglas Pratt
OUP Bird Families of the World series. The author has produced his own outstanding illustrations of these birds to accompany his text, including 9 colour plates. 336 pages. More details...
The Herons
James A Kushlan, James A Hancock
OUP Bird Families of the World series. A definitive account of 60 species of heron, egret and bittern. 12 colour plates by David Thelwell. Numerous colour photos. 400 pages. More details...
Kingfisher
David Chandler (Author) & Ian Llewellyn (Photographer)
Available from 25 August 2010. 128 pages More details...
Kingfisher: Tales from the Halcyon River
Charlie Hamilton James
168 pages. More details...
Kingfishers, Bee-eaters and Rollers
Hilary & Kathie Fry, Alan Harris
Helm ID Guide covering all species. 40 stunning colour plates. 344 pages. More details...
Softback £19.99
The Lapwing
Michael Shrubb
Poyser Monograph. Reprinting. A concise yet authoritative study of this popular species, including sections on population dynamics, feeding ecology, habitat use, migration and conservation. 232 pages.
Hardback £50.00 £46.99Little Owl: Conservation, Ecology & behaviour of Athene Noctua
D van Nieuwenhuyse, J Génot, D Johnson
The authors synthesize the existing literature on the Little Owl, and outline a conservation strategy for the future. 596 pages.
The Megapodes
Jones, Dekker, Roselaar
OUP Bird Families of the World series. Covers all the world's species. Eight colour plates. 262 pages.
Montagu's Harrier
Roger Clarke
Arlequin Press. Surely no birder can resist this wonderful raptor. Colour plates by Bruce Pearson. 224 pages. More details...
New World Blackbirds - The Icterids
Alvaro Jaramillo, Peter Burke
Pica Press Guide covering 103 species. 39 colour plates. 432 pages. More details...
Hardback £40.00 £35.99
Nightjars and their Allies
D T Holyoak
OUP Bird Families of the World series. Covers all 188 species. 23 colour plates. 794 pages. More details...
Nightjars of the World
Nigel Cleere
Frogmouths, Potoos, Oilbird and Owlet-nightjars.
100 species of nightjars and nighthawks, 17 frogmouths, 7 potoos, Oilbird and 10 owlet-nightjars illustrated in over 570 high quality photos. More details...
Hardback £45.00 £39.95
Grouse Species of Britain & Ireland
Adam Watson & Robert Moss
New Naturalist Series 107. 512 pages. More details...
Hardback £50.00 £39.99 while stocks last. Softback £30.00 £22.99 while stocks last.
Owls of the World
Claus Konig & Freidhelm Weick
Available from 11 August 2011. 2nd edition. Fully describes every known species and subspecies of owl, as well as presenting the latest evidence on owl taxonomy, based on DNA work and vocalisations. Contains 68 colour plates. 512 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00
Parrots
Tony Juniper, Mike Parr
Pica Press Guide. 88 superb plates illustrate every species and most identifiable subspecies. 584 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00 £40.99
Parrots of the World
Joseph Forshaw
Available from 14 October 2010. A field guide. 336 pages
Softback £24.99 £22.99
Parrots of the World: An Identification Guide
Joseph Forshaw
This large-format book has become the classic parrot identification guide. Covers all 350 species of parrot including the most recent splits. The 121 colour plates by Frank Knight are superb. 400 pages. More details...
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Hardback £41.95 £39.95
Pelicans, Cormorants and Allies
Bryan Nelson
OUP Bird Families of the World series. Covers pelicans, cormorants, shags, darters, gannets, boobies, frigatebirds and tropicbirds. 12 colour plates by John Busby. 528 pages. More details...
Penguins
Lloyd Davies
Poyser Monograph. Covers aspects of penguin evolution, biology, ecology and sociobiology, as well as conservation issues. 300 pages. More details...
Hardback £35.00
Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse
Steve Madge & Phil McGowan
Helm ID Guide to all the world's pheasants, partridges, quail, grouse, turkeys, guineafowl, buttonquail and sandgrouse, plus the enigmatic Plains-wanderer; 257 species in all. 72 colour plates. 488 pages. More details...
Hardback £50.00 £43.99
Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America
Per Alström & Krister Mild
Comprehensive Helm ID Guide to the 26 species of pipits and wagtails of the Holarctic. 26 colour plates, by Per Alström & Bill Zetterström, plus over 220 colour photos. 496 pages. More details...
Hardback £60.00 £55.00Puffins and other European Auks
L Cocherel and S Mahuzier
208 pages. More details...
Rails
Barry Taylor and Ber van Perlo
Pica Press Guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the World. 40 colour plates. 600 pages. More details...
Hardback £40.00 £38.00
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
Raptors of the World
James Ferguson-Lees & David A Christie
Helm ID Guide to all 313 of the world's species. Illustrated by adult, juvenile and selected immature plumages, as well as main geographical races and colour morphs; in all, over 2,000 perched and flying birds on 112 colour plates. 992 pages. More details...
Hardback £60.00 £53.50
Ratites and Tinamous
Stephen Davies
OUP Bird Families of the World series. The evolution, biology and natural history of the group of flightless birds that includes ostriches, emus, cassowaries and kiwis - the ratites and their relatives, the tinamous. 12 colour plates. 336 pages. More details...
The Raven
Derek Ratcliffe
A thorough summary of our knowledge of this bird. Illustrations by Chris Rose. 350 pages.
Hardback £45.00
Reed and Bush Warblers
Peter Kennerley & David Pearson
Available from 25 November 2010. The intention of this guide is to pull together all the current known information which will assist in identifying any individual species. 608 pages. More details...
Hardback £60.00 £52.00
Seabirds: An Identification Guide
Peter Harrison
Helm Identification Guide. Second edition. Covers all the world's species. 88 colour plates. 448 pages. More details...
Hardback £35.00 £31.99
Seabirds: A Natural History
Tony Gaston
Poyser monograph that takes an in-depth look at the lives of the world's true seabirds - the penguins, tubenoses, pelecanids, gulls, terns, skuas and auks. 16 pages of colour photos. 222 pages. More details...
Hardback £35.00
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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Softback £29.99 £26.99
Shrikes and Bush-Shrikes
Tony Harris & Kim Franklin
Helm ID Guide covering all true shrikes, bush-shrikes, helmet-shrikes, wood-shrikes, flycatcher-shrikes, philentomas, batises and wattle-eyes. 41 colour plates, 114+ colour maps. 392 pages. More details...
Hardback £40.00 £35.99
The Skylark
Paul Donald
Poyser Monograph on one of Britain's most popular and inspirational birds. 8 page colour section includes photos and 2 plates illustrating all Alauda species and all the principal races of Skylark. 264 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00
Starlings and Mynas
Chris Feare & Adrian Craig
Helm Identification Guide to all 114 species. 32 colour plates. 272 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00 £40.50The Stone Curlew
Richard Vaughan & Nancy Jennings
Comprehensive and detailed information about the Stone Curlew's habitat, feeding, breeding and migration patterns. Includes 19 colour and 9 black-and-white photos. 345 pages. More details...
Stonechats
Ewan Urquhart & Adam Bowley
Helm Identification Guide to the genus Saxicola, comprising, amongst others, the Stonechat and the Whinchat. 12 colour plates and over 100 colour photos. 320 pages. More details...
Hardback £40.00
Sunbirds - A Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters and Sugarbirds of the World
Robert Cheke, Clive Mann & Richard Allen
Helm Identification Guide. 48 colour plates by Richard Allen accurately portray all major plumage variations. 384 pages. More details...
Hardback £40.00 £17.99 until 01 December 2010.
A Handbook to the Swallows and Martins of the World
Angela Turner & Chris Rose
ID guide plus the biology and ecology of the 74 species of swallows and martins. 272 pages.
Hardback £29.99
Swifts - A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World
Phil Chantler
Pica Press Guide. 24 colour plates. This second edition includes significant new text material, plus revisions to the artwork and maps. 272 pages. More details...
Hardback £35.00
Terns of Europe and North America
Klaus Malling Olsen & Hans Larsson
Helm ID Guide. Covers all Western Palearctic species. 44 colour plates. 200 colour photos. 224 pages.
Hardback £35.00
Thrushes
Peter Clement & Ren Hathway
Helm Identification Guide covering 162 species of true thrush. 60 colour plates. 464 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00 £41.99Tits and Related Species
Christopher Perrins
Available from 30 April 2011. OUP Bird Families of the World series. 21 colour plates. 352 pages. More details...
Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers
Simon Harrap & David Quinn
Helm Identification Guide covering all 110 of the world's species. 36 colour plates. 464 pages.
Hardback £45.00
Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides
Lester Short & Jennifer Horn
OUP Bird Families of the World series. Covers 133 species. The colour plates, by Albert Earl Gilbert, are probably the best paintings of these birds ever produced. 550 pages. More details...
Tundra Plovers
Igvar Brykjedal & Des Thompson
Poyser monograph covering the Eurasian, American and Pacific Golden Plovers plus Grey Plover. 456 pages.
Hardback £35.00
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
Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa
Kevin Baker
Covers 145 species and all their races in detail. 48 colour plates. 360 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00 £40.50
The Whooper Swan
Mark Brazil
A fascinating and wonderfully readable monograph in the highly collectable Poyser series. 512 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00 £39.99
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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Wrens, Dippers & Thrashers of the World
David Brewer
Helm ID Guide. The first comprehensive guide to these three closely related families. Covers 75 wrens, 34 thrashers and 5 dippers on 32 colour plates. 272 pages. More details...
Hardback £40.00
World Checklists & Handbooks (Birds)
Bird - The Definitive Visual Guide
Edited by Peter Frances et al, in association with Birdlife International
Certainly the best single volume 'Birds of the World' we've seen. From the tiny Bee Hummingbird to the huge Wandering Albatross, BIRD brings the diversity and drama of the bird world to life. 3500 magnificent photos, 2000 maps & artwork. 512 pages. More details...
The Clements Checklist: Birds of the World
James F Clements
This completely revised sixth edition is current as of January 1, 2007, and incorporates hundreds of updates It provides the scientific and English name of each species and a description of the world-wide range of each species and subspecies. 760 pages. More details...
Hardback £40.00 £36.99
Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World
Richard Howard & Edward Dickinson
3rd edition of the standard list, in revised order, including all subspecies. Very well indexed. 1040 pages. More details...
Hardback £60.00 £53.99
Threatened Birds of the World
BirdLife International
Details the 1200 bird species now threatened with global extinction. Colour photographs, illustrations and maps throughout. 850 pages. More details...
Birds of the World, Recommended English Names
Eds: Frank B Gill & Minturn T Wright III
The International Ornithological Congress recommended standardised English names of the birds of the world: the product of more than 15 years of discussion. Includes a fully searchable CD-ROM. 272 pages.
Softback & CD-ROM £19.99 UK & EU (£19.31 Non EU)Handbook of Birds of the World (HBW)
Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal & David Christie
HBW has been hailed as THE definitive handbook on all the world's 9,000+ species of birds. Twelve of the planned 16 volumes have now been published. Volume 14 is due late October 2009. More details...
Vol 13: Nuthatches to True shrikes
Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and David Christie
Covers nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, Philippine creepers, penduline tits, painted berrypeckers, berrypeckers and longbills, sunbirds, flowerpeckers, pardalotes, white-eyes, sugarbirds, honeyeaters, Old World orioles, and true shrikes. More details...
Handbook of Birds of the World Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees
Published by Lynx Editions
More details...Handbook of Birds of the World Volume 13: Nuthatches to True shrikes
Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and David Christie
Covers nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, Philippine creepers, penduline tits, painted berrypeckers, berrypeckers and longbills, sunbirds, flowerpeckers, pardalotes, white-eyes, sugarbirds, honeyeaters, Old World orioles, and true shrikes. More details...
Handbook of Birds of the World Volume 14
Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and David Christie
Covers bushshrikes, helmetshrikes, vangas, drongos, wattlebirds, mud-builders, White-winged Chough, Apostlebird, woodswallows, Bornean Bristlehead, butcherbirds, birds-of-paradise, bowerbirds, crows, starlings, and Old World sparrows. The pre-publication price shown is provisional. This volume will probably only get to WildSounds in early November 2009. Orders will dispatched on the same working day that the books are received.
General Interest
100 Birds to See Before You Die
David Chandler & Dominic Couzens
A must-have book for anyone interested in birds, with entries on 100 of the most incredible avian species from around the world, illustrated with stunning photos. 224 pages. More details...
Hardback £19.99
Audubon to Xantus
B & R Mearns
Over 100 people are commemorated in the English and Latin names of North American birds. They make a fascinating assembly of travellers, explorers, collectors, taxonomists, wives, daughters and mentors. 588 pages. More details...
Softback £25.00
Bald Coot and Screaming Loon
Niall Edworthy
A handbook for the curious bird lover.
A captivating and often humorous book that sets out to answer interesting questions about birds. 208 pages.
Bird Ecology and Conservation
William Sutherland, Ian Newton & Rhys Green
An authoritative textbook for students and conservationists, detailing methods and techniques of use to ornithologists. 386 pages.
Bird Migration
Peter Berthold
Revised second edition of this classic work. 266 pages. 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 Nests and Construction Behaviour
Mike Hansell
This title provides a broad view of the biology of nests, bowers and tools made by birds. 280 pages.
A Concise History of Ornithology
Michael Walters
The first modern history of ornithology, tracing its development from the 17th century, concentrating on those figures who have been most influential in the development of this science, including Linnaeus, Darwin and Wallace. A fascinating read. 256 pages. More details...
Hardback £30.00 £19.99 while stocks last.
Facing Extinction
Paul Donald, Nigel Collar, Stuart Marsden & Debbie Pain
Available from 16 August 2010. The world's rarest birds and the race to save them. 312 pages. More details...
Naturalised Birds of the World
Christopher Lever
Each successfully introduced or naturalised species is discussed in turn, describing how, why, when and where its introduction took place, how it became established, and the ecological and economic impacts of its presence. 304 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00 £41.99
History of Ornithology
Peter Bircham
New Naturalist Series 104. The history of British ornithology from 1066 to the mid-1970s. Packed full of fascinating stories about birds and the colourful characters who studied them. 320 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00 £38.99
Ornithologist's Dictionary
Johannes Erritzoe, Kaj Kampp, Kevin Winker, Clifford Frith
A comprehensive dictionary of English ornithological terms (over 5000 entries). 296 pages.
The Private Life of Birds
Stephen Moss, Photography by NHPA
Illustrated with 240 stunning colour photos, this is an authoritative guide to the fascinating secret lives of birds the world over. Insights are given into various bird behaviours, including migration, navigation, feeding and breeding. 208 pages. More details...
Rare Birds Yearbook - 2008
Erik Hirschfeld / Birdlife International
Covers the 189 rarest bird species in the world and is beautifully illustrated with over 400 colour photos and paintings. £4 goes directly to Birdlife International for every book sold. 274 pages.
Rare Birds Yearbook - 2008 & 2009
Erik Hirschfeld / Birdlife International
Save £4 and give £8 to Rare Bird Conservation by buying both volumes together. 548 pages.
Rare Birds Yearbook - 2008
Erik Hirschfeld / Birdlife International
Covers the 189 rarest bird species in the world and is beautifully illustrated with over 400 colour photos and paintings. £4 goes directly to Birdlife International for every book sold. 274 pages.
Rare Birds Yearbook - 2009
Erik Hirschfeld / Birdlife International
This edition has over 80% new material. £4 goes directly to Birdlife International for every book sold. 274 pages. More details...
Rare Birds Yearbook - 2009
Erik Hirschfeld / Birdlife International
This edition has over 80% new material. £4 goes directly to Birdlife International for every book sold. 274 pages. More details...
Atlas of Rare Birds
Dominic Couzens
Available from early September 2010. A remarkable collection of photographs and artwork help focus on the captivating stories of 50 of the most captivating stories that the ornithological world has known. It covers everything from the dramatic discoveries of birds new to science, such as the Hooded Grebe and Nechisar Nightjar, to the remarkable "back from the brink" success stories concerning Seychelles Magpie-robin and California Condor. It even includes our beloved Spoon-billed Sandpiper (although we wish it didn't)! 240 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 £34.99
Secret Life of Birds: Who they are and what they do
Colin Tudge
A lyrical account of the birds of the world and the ways they live. 512 pages. More details...
Top 100 Birding Sites of the World
Dominic Couzens
Features of this large-format book are detailed accounts of the best birdwatching sites in the world. Each site is ranked from one to 100. Coverage is global, with sites from across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, North and South America and Antarctica. 320 pages. More details...
Hardback £35.00 £17.50 while stocks last.
Weather and Bird Behaviour
Norman Elkins
This classic Poyser title, now in its third edition, discusses in depth the various ways in which weather conditions influence bird behaviour. 276 pages. More details...
Hardback £45.00 £41.00
Why don't woodpeckers get headaches?
Mike O'Connor
An interesting and humorous insight into the secrets of birds. 212 pages. More details...
Wisdom of Birds
Tim Birkhead
A wealth of facts and information and a vast store of anecdotes and stories. 433 pages.
Where to Watch Birds World Cities
Paul Milne
A new site guide to urban areas and prime sites within easy reach of 60 major cities. Ideal for the globe-trotter! 480 pages. More details...
Softback £16.99 £15.99
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