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Books, Charts & Maps Britain - Birds
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Birds
African East Atlantic Flyway Guide: Photographic field guide to waterbirds and seabirds of Africa's Western coastline
Clive Richard Barlow & Tim Dodman
281 pages. More details…
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to British Birds
Bill Bailey
Informative, funny and insightful. Positively crackles with energy, knowledge and wit. 224 pages. More details…
Bird Song Biological Themes and Variations
C K Catchpole & P J B Slater
Available from mid August 2018. 335 pages. More details…
A Naturalist's Guide to Birds of Britain & Northern Europe
Peter Goodfellow
160 pages. More details…
Birds of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East: An Annotated Checklist
Dominic Mitchell
"[...] a fundamental piece of valuable information that anyone with a passion for this region's avifauna should own."
- Pedro Nicolau, BTO book reviews
335 pages. More details…
Birds: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Behaviour
Jonathan Elphick
272 pages. More details…
Collins Bird Guide 2nd edition (Large Format)
Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterström & Lars Svensson
This large format version of the best-selling guide does full justice to the superb illustrations. Size is 12.4 x 8.75 inches / 317 x 220mm. 448 pages. More details…
Large Format Hardback (Un-revised 2nd edition) £69.99 £59.99
A Fieldworker's Guide to the Golden Eagle
Dave Walker
253 pages. More details…
A Naturalist's Guide to Garden Birds of the British Isles
Peter Goodfellow
160 pages. More details…
Great British Birding Experiences
Dan Brown
Dan has compiled a 'Top 40' list of the very best birding experiences that the UK has to offer. The month-by-month calendar approach makes it easy for the reader to find out what the key spectacles they should be looking for are at any time of year. 320 pages. More details…
The Hen Harrier
Donald Watson, Foreword by Mark Avery
416 pages. More details…
How to be an Urban Birder
David Lindo
Available from 25 September 2018. 256 pages. More details…
Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names
Stephen Moss
368 pages. More details…
Garden Birds (New Naturalist Series)
Mike Toms
Available from mid January 2019. In preparation. 448 pages.
Identification of European Non-Passerines (Second Edition): A BTO Field Guide
Jeff Baker
463 pages. More details…
RSPB Spotlight Ospreys
Tim Mackrill
Available from 16 May 2019. 128 pages.
The Seabird's Cry
Adam Nicolson
The Lives and Loves of Puffins, Gannets and Other Ocean Voyagers.
Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Award for Nature Writing 2017.
Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2018. 228 pages. More details…
Songs of Love & War: The Dark Heart of Bird Behaviour
Dominic Couzens
256 pages. More details…
RSPB Spotlight Swifts and Swallows
Mike Unwin
In preparation. 128 pages.
Those with Webbed Feet: All About British Ducks, Geese and Swans
Edward Giles
152 pages. More details…
RSPB Spotlight Woodpeckers
Gerard Gorman
Available from 4 October 2018. In preparation.
Advanced Bird ID Guide
Nils van Duivendijk
Accurately describes every plumage of all 1300 species and sub-species that have ever occurred in Britain, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. This innovative guide will be an essential addition to the library of any serious birder. 308 pages. More details…
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…
Bill Oddie's Birds of Britain & Ireland
Bill Oddie. Illustrated by David Daly, Stephen Message & Clive Byers
A new and fully updated edition of this popular title. 240 pages. More details…
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Bill Oddie's Introduction to Birdwatching 2nd edition
Bill Oddie
144 pages. More details…
Helm Guide to Bird Identification: An in-depth look at Confusion Species
Keith Vinicombe, Alan Harris & Laurel Tucker
398 pages. More details…
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Softback £25.00 £19.99
Bird Observatories of the British Isles
Mike Archer Ed.
Detailed coverage of the history, location, habitats and ornithological interest of each of the 20 observatories scattered around the British Isles, written by wardens and ringers from each location. 448 pages. More details…
Hardback £60.00 £53.99
Bird Ringing
Dawn Balmer, Liz Coiffait, Jacquie Clark & Rob Robinson
75 pages. More details…
Birding with Bill Oddie: A Practical Guide to Birdwatching
Bill Oddie & Stephen Moss
Bill Oddie's practical and fun guide to the joys of British birdwatching. Contains essential tips and advice. 224 pages.
Field Guide to Birds of Britain and Ireland
Mark Golley
208 pages. More details…
Birds: ID Insights: Identifying the more difficult birds of Britain & north-west Europe
Dominic Couzens & Dave Nurney
Same brilliant content but with a different cover! 272 pages. More details…
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Birds New to Britain: 1980-2004
Adrian Pitches & Tim Cleeves
The stories of 76 'firsts for Britain' based on the 'Birding World' and 'British Birds' accounts. 80 colour photos. Captures the extraordinary excitement of the most rare and coveted birding experience - spotting a 'first'. 344 pages. More details…
Hardback £60.00 £53.99
RSPB British Birds of Prey
Marianne Taylor
A celebration of British raptors, with 200 stunning colour photos. An authoritative but highly readable text examines the biology and ecology of each species. 224 pages. More details…
Hardback £24.99 £19.99
Complete British Birds
Paul Sterry
An easy-to-use photoguide to every regular species of British bird. Juvenile, adult, male and female are all illustrated. 288 pages.
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Softback £16.99 £14.99
Birdsong
Jonathan Elphick, Lars Svensson & Jan Pedersen
What a great innovation! This stunning hardback book features a built-in MP3 player which will play the sounds of the birds photographed and discussed in the accompanying text. Features 150 species. 256 pages. More details…
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The Birdwatcher's Yearbook 2015
Edited by David Cromack
328 pages. More details…
Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed
Simon Barnes
An Introduction to Birdsong - with a free podcast. 288 pages. More details…
The Birds of Blakeney Point
Andy Stoddart & Steve Joyner
A complete history of the birds of this famous Norfolk birding hotspot by two of its most dedicated current patch workers. 30 colour photos. 40 black & white line drawings by the renowned local artist James McCallum. 239 pages. More details…
Britain's Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland
Rob Hume, Robert Still, Andy Swash, Hugh Harrop & David Tipling
Photographic guide. User-friendly field guide for beginners and seasoned birders. 560 pages. More details…
British Birds Folklore
Francesca Greenoak
Species by species Francesca Greenoak delves into this heritage of birdlore.
Print on demand title - delivery in 2 - 4 weeks. 244 pages. More details…
Life of Buzzards
Peter Dare
An authoritative monograph on the Common Buzzard. 292 pages. More details…
Collins Bird Guide
Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterström & Lars Svensson
Revised 2nd edition. (Feb 2015) 448 pages. More details…
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Hardback (Revised 2nd edition) £30.00 £23.99 Softback (Revised 2nd edition) £19.99 £15.99
Collins BTO Guide to British Birds
Paul Sterry & Paul Stancliffe
Collins have paired up with the BTO, bringing together the most authoritative and up-to-date information in this field guide to the common birds of Britain & Ireland. 320 pages. More details…
Collins BTO Guide to Rare British Birds
Paul Sterry & Paul Stancliffe
288 pages. More details…
Concise Bird Guide
Nicholas Hammond et al
Covers more than 250 species, which are illustrated with superb full-color artworks. 192 pages. More details…
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Concise Coastal Bird Guide
Illustrated by Richard Allen David Daly
Mini field guide is packed with information on the coastal birds of Britain and the near Continent. 192 pages. More details…
Concise Garden Birds
Illustrated by Sandra Doyle, Dan Cole, Szabolcs Kókay & Stephen Messagestrator), Bridgette James(Illustrator), David A Sutton
Convenient pocket sized with durable plastic cover and a useful fold-out chart. Features 88 garden birds. 192 pages. More details…
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Crossley ID Guide - Britain & Ireland
Richard Crossley & Dominic Couzens
How to identify birds using size, structure, shape, probability, & behaviour. 304 pages. More details…
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Cuckoo: Cheating by nature
Nick Davies
A detailed study of Nature's most famous cheat. 289 pages. More details…
Birds of Derbyshire
Roy Frost and Steve Shaw
A superb county avifauna. 376 pages. More details…
Fighting for Birds: 25 years in nature conservation
Mark Avery
A personal, philosophical and political history of 25 years of bird conservation. 325 pages. More details…
First for Britain & Ireland 1600 - 1999
Philip Palmer
The fascinating stories behind every first for Britain and Ireland up to 1999, with a potted history of every species, with many rarity photos and line drawings. 320 pages.
Frontiers in Birding
Martin Garner & friends
Here's a book that covers cutting-edge identification problems that will interest any serious birder. 192 pages. More details…
Complete Garden Bird Book
Mark Golley & Stephen Moss Illustrated by Dave Daly
176 pages. More details…
Guide to Garden Wildlife
Ian & Richard Lewington
Richard Lewington has teamed up with his brother Ian to produce a superb guide to the wildlife in your garden, from Blue Tits to bumblebees and hedgehogs to hawkmoths. 208 pages. More details…
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Softback £12.95
Golden Oriole
Jake Allsop & Paul Mason
Poyser Monograph featuring this enigmatic and elusive species. 328 pages. More details…
Hardback £60.00 £53.99
Looking for the Goshawk
Conor Mark Jameson
Traces Conor Jameson's travels in search of the Goshawk. 368 pages. More details…
Great Birds of Britain and Europe: 200 Star Species
Jonathan Elphick & David Tipling
256 pages. More details…
Green Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe
Jim Flegg; Illustrated by Martin Woodcock
112 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 £50.00 £41.99
Hen Harrier: In the Shadow of Slemish
Don Scott
The Hen Harrier is one of the iconic species of the bird world and it's history is a mix of controversy, persecution, and recent patchy recovery. This book, a dedicated study of the bird in N. Ireland for over two decades, provides a detailed account of the life, habits and prospects for the bird. 180 pages.
The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland 1875-1900
Simon Holloway
450 pages. More details…
Hardback £50.00 £41.99
How to be a Bad Birdwatcher
Simon Barnes
A fresh approach to the art of birdwatching. 198 pages. More details…
The Joy of Birdwatching
Alan Davies & Ruth Miller
A pocket-sized miscellany of birdwatching. 158 pages. More details…
Kingfisher
David Chandler
The Kingfisher's remarkable existence is celebrated through a series of stunning chapters with images depicting courtship, nesting, fishing, winter survival and other important events. 128 pages. More details…
Lady of the Loch
Helen Armitage
The incredible story of Britain's oldest Osprey. 192 pages. More details…
Collins Life-Size Birds: The Only Guide to Show British Birds at their Actual Size
Paul Sterry & Andrew Cleave
320 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…
Softback £99.00 £69.00
Bird Populations
Ian Newton
608 pages. More details…
Grouse Species of Britain & Ireland
Adam Watson & Robert Moss
New Naturalist Series 107. 512 pages. More details…
OUT OF PRINT £50.00 OUT OF PRINT £30.00
Partridges: Countryside Barometer
G R Potts
Groundbreaking addition to the New Naturalist series. 480 pages. More details…
Terns
David Cabot & Ian Nisbet
Provides a much-anticipated overview of these fascinating birds. 400 pages. More details…
Wildfowl
David Cabot
New Naturalist Series 110. 320 pages. More details…
Hardback £50.00 Softback £30.00
Birds of the Palearctic: Non-Passerines
Norman Arlott
Every non-passerine species found in this wide area is illustrated in every plumage in which they can be seen in the wild. 80 colour plates. 240 pages. More details…
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Hardback £25.00 £24.50 Price Provisional.Identification Guide to European Non-passerines
Kevin Baker
The companion to Svensson's Identification Guide to European Passerines. It follows the same detailed approach and has quickly become essential for birders keen to take identification to the limits in the field. 332 pages.
Norfolk Crane's Story
John Buxton & Chris Durdin
Includes "Cranes in Europe" by Nick Upton.
From a secret start in a quiet corner of the Norfolk Broads, the re-colonisation of the UK by cranes is slow but steadily underway. 133 pages. More details…
Norfolk Wildlife: A Calendar and Site Guide
Adrian Riley
300 pages. More details…
A Life of Ospreys
Roy Dennis
From the time he saw his first Osprey, back in 1960, Roy Dennis has worked to help this magnificent raptor establish itself once more in Scotland, seeing its numbers rise from that single pair in the 1950s to over 200 pairs today. 224 pages. More details…
Our Garden Birds: A Bird for Every Week of the Year
Matt Sewell
In this beautiful, collectible new volume, street artist Matt Sewell offers his own unique and light- hearted take on 52 of our favourite British garden birds. This is not a field guide. 128 pages. More details…
Owls
Marianne Taylor
Covers owls of the northern hemisphere. Spectacular photos! 224 pages. More details…
Owls
Chris Mead & Mike Toms
Curious and unexpected facts about British owls and how to assist in protecting them. 152 pages. More details…
Owls
David Tipling & Jari Peltomäki
Explores the fascinating lives of European owls, accompanied by riveting diary accounts from the authors' adventures photographing in Europe's wildest places. 96 pages. More details…
Identification Guide to European Passerines
Lars Svensson
4th edition. For many years the indispensable guide for ringers, this book has now become a must for serious birders in the new age of field ID. 368 pages. More details…
The Peregrine, The Hill of Summer & Diaries
J A Baker, Introduction by Mark Cocker, Edited by John Fanshawe
Richard Mabey and Andrew Motion have cited this as one of the most important books in 20th Century nature writing. 432 pages. More details…
The Story of the Norwich Peregrines
Andy Thompson
A photographic history of the Norwich Cathedral Peregrines. 60 pages. More details…
Urban Peregrines
Ed Drewitt
This beautifully illustrated book is the first in-depth focus on the lives of Peregrines in towns and cities. In words and stunning photos. 208 pages. More details…
Puffin, The (Poyser monograph)
Mike P Harris & Sarah Wanless
Revised and expanded second edition of Poyser's classic 1984 title on these endearing birds. 272 pages. More details…
Hardback £60.00 £53.99
RSPB Spotlight: Puffins
Euan Dunn
A revealing account of enduringly popular Puffins, perhaps our most iconic species of bird. 128 pages. More details…
The Secret Lives of Puffins
Dominic Couzens & Mark Sisson
An intimate photographic and pen portrait of one of the world's favourite birds. 160 pages. More details…
Raptors: A Field Guide to Survey and Monitoring
J Hardey, H Crick, C Wernham, H Riley, B Etheridge & D Thompson
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Rare Birds - Where and When (Volume 1)
Russell Slack
Sandgrouse to New World orioles. This is an important reference for anyone seeking knowledge of the status, distribution and vagrancy patterns of rare species and subspecies in Britain and Ireland. 483 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…
Red Data Birds in Britain
Batten, Bibby, Clement, Elliott & Porter
Print-on-demand title - dispatch within 2 - 6 weeks. 357 pages. More details…
The Life of the Robin (Enlarged Edition)
David Lack, Peter Lack (Preface), David Harper (Introduction) & Robert Gillmor (Illustrator)
This new edition comes with 21 illustrations by award-winning science artist, and ornithologist, Robert Gillmor. 320 pages. More details…
RSPB Birds - Their hidden world
Peter Holden
Aims to give readers a broad understanding of 'how birds work'. More details…
RSPB - DK Pocket Nature: Birds - 4th Edition
Jonathan Elphick & John Woodward
224 pages. More details…
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RSPB Handbook of British Birds
Peter Holden & Tim Cleeves
Fourth Edition: Covers 270 of the most common British birds in sufficient detail to provide a complete, single source of basic information, plus shorter account of 26 rarer species. Superb value for money. 320 pages. More details…
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RSPB The Nature Tracker's Handbook
Nick Baker
A complete guide to how to interpret the signs that animals leave behind. 288 pages. More details…
RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds
Simon Harrap
Compact guide featuring 215 birds found in Britain. 192 pages. More details…
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RSPB What's that Bird? : The Simplest ID Guide Ever
Rob Hume
Based on habitat with a useful gallery (with birds grouped by colour) at the back. 128 pages. More details…
RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds
Peter Holden & Stuart Housden
Over 250 species are covered in detail with a page per species. Superb colour illustrations. 256 pages. More details…
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Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland
Ian Mitchell, Stephen Newton et al
Poyser Monograph. A readable and comprehensive distillation of the most exhaustive and detailed survey of seabird numbers in Britain ever conducted. 511 pages. More details…
Hardback £60.00 £53.99
Flight Identification of European Seabirds
Anders Blomdahl, Bertil Breife and Niklas Holmström
Essential Helm Field Guide for seawatching. 374 pages. More details…
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Softback £35.00 £28.00
RSPB Seabirds
Marianne Taylor
Stunning photos by David Tipling. 240 pages. More details…
Secret Lives of British Birds
Dominic Couzens
Following in the footsteps of the best-selling Secret Lives of Garden Birds, this trip around Britain's principal habitats looks beyond the confines of our gardens and parks to expose the extraordinary hidden world of some our most familiar birds.
"This is an exceptional book, as inspiring as it is informative."
- BBC Wildlife
160 pages. More details…
Softback £14.99 £13.49
Secret Lives of Garden Birds
Dominic Couzens
Takes us, month by month, into the secret lives of our most familiar garden birds, revealing amazing facts and behaviour. 160 pages. More details…
Softback £16.99 £14.99
Shorebirds of the Northern Hemisphere
Richard Chandler
Excellent new photographic guide. Covers 134 species, focussing on species and sub-species separation and on ageing to provide a complete identification resource. 448 pages. More details…
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Softback £40.00 £35.99
A Sparrowhawk's Lament
David Cobham, Illustrated by Bruce Pearson
A unique and deeply personal insight into Britain's birds of prey. 256 pages. More details…
The Status of Birds in Britain and Ireland
David Parkin & Alan Knox
For the first time since 1971, an authoritative and detailed new assessment of the status and distribution of every species and subspecies on the British and Irish list. 412 pages. More details…
Hardback £50.00 £44.99
Time to Fly: Exploring Bird Migration
Jim Flegg
Captures the magic of migration among the birds in seven familiar habitats. An easy-to-read distillation of the key information from the Migration Atlas: Movements of the Birds of Britain and Ireland. 184 pages. More details…
Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe
Lars-Henrik Olsen
'An indispensable field guide'. 274 pages. More details…
Tracks & Signs of the Birds of Britain & Europe
Brown, Ferguson, Lawrence & Lees
Fully revised edition includes 10 new colour plates and covers additional species. 333 pages. More details…
Softback £30.00 £26.99
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 £30.00 £25.00
Watching Waterbirds
Kate Humble & Martin McGill
100 birds in just one day. 256 pages. More details…
Birding Frontiers Challenge Series Winter
Martin Garner. Illustrated by Ray Scally.
132 pages. More details…
Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Make Your Own Bird Food: Simple Recipes to Entice Birds to your Garden
Mark Golley
96 pages. More details…
Barn Owl Conservation Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for Ecologists, Surveyors, Land Managers and Ornithologists
Barn Owl Trust
400 pages. More details…
Bird, Bee and Bug Houses
Derek Jones
Explains all you need to know to create the perfect habitats for garden wildlife. 160 pages. More details…
The Ultimate Bird Feeder Handbook
John A Burton & Steve Young
Provides all the information you will need to attract and feed birds in your outdoor space - whatever the size. 128 pages. More details…
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