The Handbook of Bird Identification
For Europe and the Western Palearctic
Mark Beaman and Steve Madge
Illustrated by Hilary Burn, Martin Elliott, Alan Harris, Peter Hayman, Laurel Tucker, and Dan
ZetterstromOver ten years in the making [and known throughout its gestation ....
868 pages | 357 colour plates,
col illus,
625 colour maps | Christopher Helm
Hbk | 1998 | 0713639601 | #017061A |
£65.00
A History of the Birds of Somerset
David K Ballance
This new Somerset avifauna is the first since 1988. Written in clear, engaging language, it
covers the birds of the post-1974 County from the earliest times to the end of 2004, ....
372 pages | 40 colour plates, 2 maps |
Isabelline Books
Hbk | 2006 | 0955278708 | #162088A |
£44.00
Pbk | 2006 | 0955278716 | #162089A |
£24.00
Icelandic Bird Guide
JO Hilmarsson
Identification guide to Icelandic birds featuring over 500 colour photographs.
Text covers order,
family, habits and identifying features of Icelandic birds along with ....
193 pages | 500 col photos | Mal og
menning
Hbk | 2000 | 9979103795 | #120994A |
£42.95
Important Bird Areas in Europe: Priority Sites for Conservation Volume
1
Northern Europe
Edited by MF Heath, MI Evans, DG Hoccom,
AJ Payne and NB Peet
Volume 1 covers: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greenland, Estonia,
Finland, Germnay, Scotland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, ....
879 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs,
maps | BirdLife International
Pbk | 2000 | 0946888345 | #101965A |
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Important Bird Areas in Europe: Priority Sites for Conservation Volume
2
Southern Europe
Edited by MF Heath, MI Evans, DG Hoccom, AJ Payne and NB Peet
Volume 2 covers: Albania, Andora, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, ....
804 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs,
maps | BirdLife International
Pbk | 2000 | 0946888353 | #101968A |
£25.00
Important Bird Areas in the Middle East
Edited by MI Evans
The Middle East contains some of the largest wetland, steppe desert and marine ecosystems in
the world, providing habitats for more than 800 species of bird, of which ....
410 pages | Maps, line illus | BirdLife
International
Pbk | 1994 | 0946888280 | #033604A |
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Important Bird Areas of Europe: Priority Sites for Conservation 2
Volume Set
Edited by MF Heath, MI Evans, DG Hoccom, AJ Payne and NB Peet
Updated and extended, this book provides comprehensive coverage of the 3,619 most
important sites for bird conservation in 51 ....
1600 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs,
maps | BirdLife International
Pbk | 2000 | #101969A |
£35.00
Islands of Birds
A Guide to Orkney Birds
Erik Meek
A photo guide to the best birdwatching sites on Orkney. Includes lists of Orkney bird names,
Orkney's breeding birds, and Orkney's non-breeding birds. ....
44 pages | colour photos | RSPB Orkney
Pbk | | #129487A |
£4.00
Kompendium der Vögel Mitteleuropas, 3 volume set
Alles über Biologie, Gefährdung und Schutz
Edited by Bauer, Bezzel and Fiedler
Completely revised edition of the standard reference. ....
1600 pages | 440 dist maps | Aula
Hbk | 2006 | 3891046960 | #158808A |
£117.00
Manx Bird Atlas
Chris Sharpe
The Manx Bird Atlas project was established to undertake the first comprehensive survey of all
bird species to be found on the Island of Man during both the winter and ....
416 pages | 20 colour plates, 158 line
drawings, 555 maps | Liverpool UP
Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1846310393 |
#161068A |
£60.00
Merlins of the South-East Yorkshire Dales
Peter M Wright
The merlin, Falco columbarius, is the smallest falcon found breeding in the British Isles. This is
a detailed study of the
protected bird in its habitat, based on ....
100 pages | colour photos, maps,
charts, tables | Tarnmoor Publications
Pbk | 2005 | 095512770X | #157519A |
£10.00
The New Mitchell Beazley Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and
Europe
Peter Hayman and Rob Hume
Fully revised edition of this introductory guide covering 430 species and with new text and
illustrations. Contains essential identification, distribution and behavioural ....
272 pages | Col plates | Mitchell Beazley
Pbk | 2002 | 1857328043 | #055438A |
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Norfolk: A Birdwatcher's Site Guide
Phil Benstead, Steve Rowland and Richard Thomas
Covers over 60 birdwatching sites in Norfolk - from places like the Cley Marshes and Holme
Dunes, to other places that are less known even to the experienced birdwatcher. ....
106 pages | Maps | Shoebill Books
Spiralbound | 2001 | 0952806517 |
#126833A |
£9.95
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Palearctic Birds
A Checklist of the Birds of Europe, North Africa and Asia North of the Foothills of the
Himalayas
Mark Beaman
A fully up-to-date working checklist for the Palearctic has long been needed, with the previous
comparable work being Voous's List of Holarctic Birds, published in 1977. ....
168 pages | 1 map | Harrier
Pbk | 1994 | 0952339102 | #033118A |
£12.50
£5.95
Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe
Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountford and PAD Hollum
With 364 distribution maps and 96 colour plates portraying 548 species, this is a classic field
guide to European birds. Covering 698 species, the descriptive text ....
261 pages | 96
col plates, distrib maps |
Houghton Mifflin
Pbk | 1993 | 0618166750 | #148280A |
£16.50
The Pocket Guide to Scilly Birds
Nigel Hudson and Danni Borrett
A photographic guide to the birds of the Scilly Isles, which boast the largest list of species for
any location in Europe. This book covers 104 of the most common species, ....
128 pages | colour photos | Post Box
Publications
Hbk | 2006 | 0955343003 | #161004A |
£7.99
Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to Portugal and Madeira
CC Moore, G Elias and H Costa
Comprehensive guide to 32 of the best birdwatching sites, giving details of location, access,
best times to visit, bird species expected, and other interesting wildlife ....
144 pages |
Line illus, 23 maps | Prion
Pbk | 1998 | 1871104076 | #046433A |
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Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to Southern Spain and Gibraltar
Clive Finlayson
Written by the author of The Birds of the Strait of Gibraltar, this is a much-needed site guide to
this major migratory passage point. It provides details of the ....
89 pages | Maps,line illus | Prion
Pbk | 1993 | 1871104033 | #017148A |
£12.75
Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to Turkey
Ian Green and Nigel Moorhouse
The first complete site guide to this increasingly popular birding destination. It provides details
of over 37 major sites, plus many minor areas of interest. Each main ....
122 pages | Line illus, maps | Prion
Pbk | 1995 | 187110405X | #024371A |
£12.75
Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to the Canary Islands
D Collins and AG Clarke
Provides detailed information on birding sites on this island archipelago, each site entry giving
location and access, accommodation, birding strategy and species expected ....
110 pages | Figs, maps | Prion
Pbk | 1996 | 1871104068 | #046432A |
£12.75
RSPB Birds of Britain and Europe
Rob Hume
Fully revised and updated edition of this popular field guide. ....
448 pages | Col photos, col illus, maps |
Dorling Kindersley
Pbk | 2006 | 1405307536 | #157818A |
£16.99
RSPB Handbook of British Birds
Peter Holden and Tim Cleeves
This is a completely revised and updated edition of the best selling RSPB Handbook of British
Birds. This unique guide provides a `biography' of each of the 300 commonest ....
303 pages | 1200 illustrations | RSPB
Pbk | 2006 | 0713675608 | #158261A |
£9.99
Raptor Migration in Israel and the Middle East
A Summary of 30 Years of Field Research
Hadoram Shirihai, Reuven Yosef, Dan Alon, Guy Kirwan and R Spaar
Published for the Raptors 2000 Congress (held under the auspices of the Raptor Research
Foundation and the World Working Group on Birds of Prey), this is an immensely useful ....
191 pages | Maps, tables, colour & b/w
photos | Eilat IBC
Hbk | 2000 | #110793A |
£40.00
Reed Warblers at Rostherne Mere
Working Today for Nature Tomorrow
M Calvert
An account of Voluntary Warden Malcolm Calvert's 30 year study of reed warblers at Rostherne
Mere National Nature Reserve (NNR). ....
144 pages | 24 Col photos, illus |
English Nature
Pbk | 2005 | 1857168712 | #154425A |
£10.00
Romania - a Birdwatching and Wildlife Guide
James Roberts
The communist regime which put so much of eastern Europe off-limits to wandering birders was
paradoxically good for the birds and other forms of wildlife - that is the ....
330 pages | Col photos, maps | Burton
Expeditions
Pbk | 2000 | 0951351362 | #105440A |
£22.00
Skye Birds
An Illustrated Guide to the Birds of Skye and Where to Find Them
RL McMillan
This is the first publication dedicated exclusively to the birds of Skye. Although the importance
of the island group for Golden Eagles, and more recently White-tailed Eagles, ....
176 pages | Col and b/w photos, b/w
illus | Skye-Birds.com
Pbk | 2005 | 0955025303 | #153731A |
£11.95
The Tracks and Signs of the Birds of Britain and Europe
An Identification Guide
Roy Brown, John Ferguson, Michael Lawrence and David Lees
Fully revised edition of this classic field guide, including 10 new colour plates, and covering a
number of new species. From feathers and skulls to prey remains and pellets, ....
333 pages | 56 col plates, b/w photos,
line illus | Christopher Helm
Pbk | 2003 | 0713653825 | #124776A |
£24.99
Vultures of Georgia and Caucasus
Lexo Gavashelishvili
Describes 4 species of vultures - Egyptian Vulture, Griffin Vulture, Cinereous Vulture and
Lammergeier - providing comprehensive information on their biology, ecology, ....
96 pages | Col photos & distribution
maps | GCCW
Pbk | 2005 | 9994077198 | #153086A |
£14.99
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