Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, photographs, other illustrations, maps. Organised logically with cross-references and easy navigation including subject matter from history to practical advice, this guide offers comprehensive overviews, titbits of information and trivia, short thought pieces, plus how-to instructions on every aspect of birds and birdwatching..... More
Berkhamsted: Poyser, 1974. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Kuwait: Author, 2005. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Species by species portraits of the birds of Kuwait - for each there are Latin and common names. There is also a bird list for Kuwait, a description of important birding sites, an introduction to the Kuwaiti environment and a brief overview of..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This book reveals the techniques expert birders use to identify a wide array of bird species in the field, quickly and easily. Featuring hundreds of stunning photographs and composite plates throughout, this book simplifies identification by organizing the birds you see..... More
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Mark Avery and Keith Betton, passionate birdwatchers and conservationists, interview members of the British birdwatching community to answer questions about their lives as birdwatchers. They take you behind the scenes, and behind the binoculars, of a diverse range of birding and wildlife..... More
London: Short Books, 2005. Octavo, very good copy in dustwrapper. Few books are more intimidating than a conventional field guide. There are simply too many birds in them. This book introduces the reader to Britain's most obvious birds. But it does more than that: it also explains them. It explains..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. The history of American ornithology from the death of John James Audubon to the start of the Second World War. Available in paperback see stock ID 33943. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Seawatching is the challenging act of identifying waterbirds in flight. Since more than one hundred different species can fly past an observation point, often at great speed or in tightly packed, mixed-species flocks, identification of these distant shapes can be a...... More
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This new site guide, which is illustrated with maps and photographs, shows where to find the remarkable birds of endemic-rich Ethiopia. More
Harpenden: Brambleby Books, 2013. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. Twenty-six anecdotes from around the world show why the author (and so many others) are so keen on birding. Each 'chapter' is a different bird name, beginning with each letter of the alphabet. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1954. reprint). Octavo, colour frontispiece, illustrations, endpaper maps, bookplate, signature, lacks dustwrapper. More
New York: Grove Press, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper. Pigeons are athletes of the highest caliber. While racehorses receive all the glory with their 35 mph sprints around a one-mile racetrack, homing pigeons--a mere pound of flesh and feathers--routinely fly more than five hundred miles in a single day at speeds exceeding..... More
London: Christopher Helm, 1999. Octavo, paperback, colour plates, text illustrations. More
London: Christopher Helm, (2003. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour plates, text illustrations. Fully revised and updated, this edition of this unique and popular guide contains a wealth of fascinating material, illustrated by 23 new full colour plates, with numerous new colour photographs, line drawings, maps, diagrams and other illustrations. Subjects..... More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2017. Octavo, paperback, photographs. "An exquisitely beautiful book ...These stories about birds are ultimately reflections on the curious nature of humanity itself"- Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk. There is no denying that many people are crazy for birds. Packed with intriguing facts..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2014. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Explores the artworks, books, inventions and technology that have influenced how people have watched, studied and engaged with the avian world. With entries from all over the world, subjects include an Egyptian 'field guide' [early tomb decorations of birds, identifiable..... More
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1955. Octavo, colour plates and other illustrations by D. M. Reid Henry, folding map, signature, slightly chipped dustwrapper. More
New York: Random House, 2003. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. The American Bird Conservancy Guide to the 500 Most Important Bird Areas in the United States offers both bird enthusiasts and conservationists specialized information never before compiled in a single comprehensive volume. This expert resource organizes the United States into..... More
New York: Walker & co., 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. WAS $44. Songbird journeys pays homage to the wonder and beauty of songbirds while revealing the remarkable lives of migratory birds and the scientific quest to answer age-old questions about where songbirds go, how they get there, and what they..... More
New York: Walker & co., 2007. Octavo, colour illustrations, paperback. WAS $25. Songbird journeys pays homage to the wonder and beauty of songbirds while revealing the remarkable lives of migratory birds and the scientific quest to answer age-old questions about where songbirds go, how they get there, and what they..... More
Perry: Prion, 1996. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Provides detailed information on birding sites on this island archipelago, each site entry giving location and access, accommodation, birding strategy and species expected to be seen. Also includes a selective bird list giving brief details on the distribution and status of the uncommon birds..... More
London: Vintage, 2008. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. Rooks and jackdaws are both members of the same bird family. To ornithologists the group is known as the corvids, to the layperson they are 'crows'. This is a prose poem in a tradition of English pastoral writing. It is also a celebration..... More
Mexico City: BirdLife International, 2007. Large quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A portfolio drawn from the world's greatest bird photographers drives the message of this book home. The book is split into five chapters looking at all aspects of human's relationship with birds. The first looks the place birds occupy in..... More
London: Hamlyn, 1978. Octavo, colour photographs, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Christopher Helm, 2006. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations, colour photographs. Takes the reader on a trip around Britain's principal habitats, which looks beyond the confines of our gardens to expose the world of some our familiar birds. This work shows the secrets of romance from Mute Swans, the perfect father..... More