Gulls and plovers: the ecology and behaviour of mixed-species feeding groups.
Sydney: Croom Helm, 1985. Octavo, photographs and other illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
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Arctic shorebirds in North America: a decade of monitoring.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. Large octavo, laminated boards, maps. A publication of the Cooper Ornithological Society. Each year shorebirds from North and South America migrate thousands of miles to spend the summer in the Arctic. There they feed in shoreline marshes and estuaries along some of the most..... More
Last of the curlews.
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1955. Octavo, text illustrations, chipped dustwrapper. More
Tundra plovers: the Eurasian, Pacific and American golden plovers and grey plover.
Calton: Poyser, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, photographs, other illustrations. Examines the taxonomy, appearance, behaviour, ecology and conservation of the Golden and Grey Plovers. There are four species of tundra plover: the Grey Plover, and the Eurasian, Pacific and American golden plovers. They breed only in the northern hemisphere, principally on tundra..... More
North Atlantic shorebirds: a photographic guide to the waders of western Europe and eastern North America.
London: Macmillan, 1989. Octavo, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Shorebirds of the Northern Hemisphere.
London: A & C Black, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Shorebirds, or waders, are a very popular group of birds among birders of all standards, though their identification is often a challenge. Covering all the species of the northern hemisphere, this new photographic guide provides all the information a...... More
Field guide to the waders.
Sydney: Bird Observers Club, [1974. sixth edition). Octavo, monochrome plates, signature, wrappers. More
Birds of a salt-field.
Adelaide: Imperial Chemical Industries, (1966. first edition). Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Birds of a salt-field.
Sydney: ICI Australia, (1980. fourth edition). Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Field guide to shorebirds of South Africa.
Johannesburg: Jacana Media, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations. Do you have a large 'Wader'-sized gap in your bird knowledge? Roy Cowgill and Stephen Davis will help you fill in those gaps and will soon have you identifying South Africa's shorebirds with confidence and ease. This unique new guide..... More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume three: Waders to gulls.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1993. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, maps, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP], volume three: Waders to gulls.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. Quarto, colour plates, maps, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The wader volume. More
Flight lines: across the globe on a journey with the astonishing ultramarathon birds.
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2020. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Andrew Darby follows the extraordinary migratory shorebirds from Australia's southern ocean to the Arctic and back. On these travels he explores the power of science to reveal the mysteries of these birds, and to heal both their endangered world - and..... More
An atlas of wader populations in Africa and western Eurasia.
Wageningen: Wetlands International, 2009. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. Offers information on the numbers, distribution and movements of one of the most remarkable groups of birds in the region covered by the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA). This work is suitable for those involved in the conservation or study..... More
The shorebirds of North America: a natural history and photographic celebration.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2024. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A lavishly illustrated, large-format reference book by two preeminent experts on North American shorebirds. More than half a century has passed since the publication of The Shorebirds of North America, Peter Matthiessen’s masterful natural history of what is arguably the..... More
Shorebirds of Australia.
Melbourne: CSIRO, 2007. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. This excellent book brings together the latest information about the evolution, ecology and behaviour of shorebirds, and how they are distributed in Australia. It describes and illustrates more than 50 species with high quality colour photographs. Early chapters deal with basic aspects of..... More
The waders of Sydney (County of Cumberland) New South Wales.
Sydney: RAOU, 1954. Octavo, photographs, stiff wrappers. Reprinted from The Emu, volume 54, limted to 250 copies. More
The waders of Sydney (County of Cumberland) New South Wales.
Sydney: K. A. Hindwood, 1955. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in publisher's stiff wrappers. Reprinted from The Emu, volume 54, limted to 250 copies. More
The waders of Sydney (County of Cumberland) New South Wales.
Sydney: K. A. Hindwood, 1955. Octavo, photographs, wrappers. "To Roderick with best regards Keith Hindwood" Reprinted from The Emu, volume 54, limted to 250 copies. More
The waders of Sydney (County of Cumberland) New South Wales.
Sydney: K. A. Hindwood, 1955. Octavo, photographs, wrappers. Tipped in a card "To' Lord' Pigeon House' with compliments K. A. Hindwood". Reprinted from The Emu, volume 54, limted to 250 copies. More
Waders of southern Africa.
Cape Town: Struik, 1995. Quarto, colour plates, distribution maps. Publisher's slipcase and dustwrapper, fine copy. More
Shorebird studies manual.
Sydney: Asian Wetland Bureau, 1989. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. Asian Wetland bureau Publication number 55. More
Australian softbill management: aviary studies of wrens, robins, chats and dotterels.
Sydney: Singil Press, 1991. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. "To Ian [Rowley] Many thanks and very best wishes Rosemary Hutton" Very few books have been written on Australian softbills and this is the best. More
Shorebirds in Australia.
Melbourne: Nelson, 1987. Quarto, photographs, colour plates by Jeff Davies, maps, spine-sunned dustwrapper. More
The literature of the Charadriiformes from 1894-1928: with a classification of the order, and lists of the genera, species and subspecies.
Sydney: H. F. & G. Witherby, (1931. second edition). Octavo, Publisher's cloth. "From D. G. Carmichael Low April 22, 1937". Bookplate of Jock Marshall, "Return (?) to Gilbert White fellowship, London; Low in the Chair A. J. Marshall" More