Sound Guides Britain
Birds

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...



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...

Birds Songs & Calls of Britain & Northern Europe
Geoff Sample
Collins Field Guide. Covers 152 species, each indexed and announced, usually beforehand. Over 2 hours of digitally recorded sound with a companion book. 146 min. More details...

Bird Songs and Calls of Britain and Europe
J C Roché et al
Songs and calls of 403 species in systematic order. 5 hours. More details...

Vol 1: Divers to raptors
J C Roché et al
Divers, grebes, petrels to herons to geese, ducks, raptors (101 species). 74 min. More details...

Vol 2: Gamebirds to sandgrouse
J C Roché et al
Gamebirds, rails to bustards, waders to gulls, terns, pigeons, sandgrouse (100 species). 77 min. More details...

Vol 3: Cuckoos to hippolais warblers
J C Roché et al
Cuckoos, owls, nightjars to woodpeckers, larks to pipits to chats to hippolais warblers (102 species). 74 min. More details...

Vol 4: Sylvia warblers to buntings
J C Roché et al
Sylvia warblers to flycatchers to tits to shrikes, crows, sparrows, finches to buntings (100 species). 74 min. More details...
Birdsong
Jonathan Elphick, Lars Svensson and Jan Pedersen
Great innovation! This stunning hardback book (hardly a field guide) features a built-in MP3 player which will play the sounds of the birds photographed and discussed in the accompanying book. Features 150 species. 256 pages.

Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed
Simon Barnes
An Introduction to Birdsong - with a free podcast. 288 pages. More details...

British Bird Sounds on CD
British Library Sound Archive
Bestselling 2 CD set featuring the characteristic songs and calls of 175 species of the most frequently found British birds, each indexed by track number and announced in English. 152 min. More details...

A Guide to British Coastal Birds & Their Sounds
Brett Westwood & Stephen Moss
75 min. More details...

Coastal Birds
Published by British Library
Audio Guide to bird sounds of the British coastline. 50 species. 47 min. More details...

Countryside Birds
Published by British Library
Popular audio guide to 65 of our best known countryside birds. 71 min. More details...

Calls of Eastern Vagrants
Hannu Jännes
Calls of 68 species vagrant in or rare to Britain and Europe, such as Siberian Rubythroat, Siberian Blue Robin, Blyth's & Pechora Pipits, Yellow-browed, Booted and Sykes's Warblers. A "must-have" product for any serious birder. Indexed but not announced. 51 min. More details...

Garden Bird Sounds
Geoff Sample
Songs and calls of 70 of our most familiar British garden birds. 58 min. More details...

iDentify British Birds
Dave Gosney
Song, calls and on capable players, field guide illustrations and commentaries for the iPOD and other mp3 or mp4 players. 250 species covered. More details...

Petrels Night and Day
Magnus Robb & Killian Mullarney
A Sound Approach guide to 23 forms of Western Palearctic petrel, with colour photos & illustrations, sonograms and 127 sound recordings. More details...

Wild Scotland
Cheryl Tipp
A wealth of the most vocal and representative species of Scotland. 66 min. More details...

The Sound Approach to birding
Mark Constantine
A revolutionary new approach! Learn the facts of bird sound while listening to over 200 beautiful exclusive stereo recordings from all over the world. 192 pages. More details...

Attracting Swifts
Erich Kaise
This German produced CD (with written instructions in English) consists entirely of Common Swift response calls, vital for attracting swifts to new nestboxes. 73 min. More details...

Teach Yourself Bird Sounds CD (Vols 1 and 2)
Dominic Couzens & John Wyatt
Covers two habitats, the garden and broad-leaved woodland. 100 min. More details...

Guide to British Water Birds
Brett Westwood & Stephen Moss
Packed with useful information and helpful tips, this CD will appeal to both the complete novice and the experienced birdwatcher who simply wants to know more about water birds. 75 min. More details...

Wetland Bird Songs & Calls
Hannu Jännes & Owen Roberts
Sister product to Woodland Bird Songs & Calls featuring a CD with 80 birds common to marshlands and wetlands and a hardback book with coloured photographs and insightful text. 64 pages. More details...

Woodland Bird Songs & Calls
Hannu Jännes & Owen Roberts
A CD featuring 80 bird songs and calls with a book featuring full colour photographs and text detailing the habits, feeding and nesting routines of the birds.
Ideal for beginner and intermediate birders and general wildife enthusiasts. 64 pages. More details...

Guide to British Woodland Birds
Brett Westwood & Stephen Moss
First aired on BBC Radio 4 from 25 May 2008 - this is a series of 5 radio programs offering a fascinating guide to the songs of our most popular woodland birds. 75 min. More details...

Teach Yourself Bird Sounds3: Farmland and Scrub
Published by Waxwing Consultants
20 species plus 6 comparison species. 48 min. More details...

Teach Yourself Bird Sounds - 4: Reedbeds and Open Water
Published by Waxwing Consultants
22 species plus 2 comparison species. 51 min. More details...

Teach Yourself Bird Sounds - 5: Rivers and Wet Meadows
Published by Waxwing Consultants
26 species plus 8 comparison species. 56 min. More details...

Teach Yourself Bird Sounds - 6: Heaths and Moors
Published by Waxwing Consultants
25 species plus 12 comparison species. 72 min. More details...

Teach Yourself Bird Sounds - 7: Sea Cliffs and Islands
Published by Waxwing Consultants
29 species plus 10 comparison species. 63 min. More details...

Teach Yourself Bird Sounds - 8: Coniferous and Mixed Woods
Published by Waxwing Consultants
25 species plus 21 comparison species. 75 min. More details...

Teach Yourself Bird Sounds - 9: Estuaries and Coasts
Published by Waxwing Consultants
28 species plus 28 comparison species. 75 min. More details...

Teach Yourself Bird Sounds - 10: Mountains and Upland Lochs
Published by Waxwing Consultants
21 species plus 34 comparison species. 75 min. More details...
Wildlife

British Mammals
Published by British Library
An audio introduction to the mammals of Britain. More details...

Sounds of the Night
Published by British Library
This disc will help you identify those mysterious sounds in the night air. 69 min. More details...

Vanishing Wildlife
Richard Ranft
A Sound Guide to Britain's Endangered Species. 31 tracks of our scarcer species including Otter, Pine Marten, Mole Cricket and Wart-biter Cricket, as well as a number of bird species. More details...
Insects
We are not aware of any suitable Sound Guides for Insects. However, we are always anxious to increase our range of quality titles. Suggestions or specific requests are welcome. Please send us details, via e-mail: webmaster@wildsounds.com, or fax (UK) +44 1263 741100. Don't forget to include your contacts details.
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