London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings. Beloved by people as the herald of spring, for many birds the cuckoo is a signal of doom. Known for being a notorious cheat, cuckoos across the world have evolved extraordinary tricks to manipulate other species into raising their young..... More

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, Bulletin 265, 1968. Octavo, signature, softcover. More

Cambridge MA: Belknap Press, 2011. Octavo, colour photographs, illustrations, paperback. Why are the eggs of the marsh wren deep brown, the winter wren's nearly white, and the gray catbird's a brilliant blue? And what in the DNA of a penduline tit makes the male weave a domed nest of fibres..... More

Plymouth: Wild Nature Press, 2017. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. A bird much more often heard than actually seen, cuckoos are well known for their habit of laying their own eggs into the nests of much smaller species, such as reed warblers, who are then doomed to raise the enormous..... More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Bill Oddie is utterly candid in this unconventional autobiography, in which he shares his many highs as a comedian in Goodies, and more recently as a wildlife presenter, and explores the crippling lows he has suffered as a result of his..... More

Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1981. Octavo, two monochrome plates. Publisher's wrappers, a fine copy. Zoologische Verhandelingen, No.187. More

Lusaka: Government Printer, 1962. Octavo, minor spotting of wrappers, sound inside, very good copy. More