London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2007. Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations, maps. This is the essential companion for the keen travelling birdwatcher. This book covers all perching birds of the Palearctic, a zoogeographical area running from the British Isles eastwards to Japan, with its southern border marked by the Sahara, the... More
Palma: Palma del Valle, 2007. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. About 300 million birds cross the Strait of Gibraltar in both directions. Of these, about 700 thousand are soaring birds (raptors and storks) and a large proportion of this amazing biomass use the areas near the Strait as resting... More
London: T & A D Poyser, 2004. Quarto, dustwrapper, text illustrations, maps, colour photographs. This is a Poyser avifauna title for England's diverse birdlife, past and present. 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
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2011. first edition). Octavo, boards, 150 colour plates, maps. Describes and illustrates the 573 bird species and subspecies of Macaronesia (Azores, Madeira Islands, Savage Islands, Canary Islands and Cape Verde). Features of this guide include detailed distribution maps, descriptions of the status of each species in each... More
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. The user-friendly introduction covers geography, climate, taxonomy and nomenclature, habitats, bird identification, and the best places to watch birds. 150 of the most common birds are then identified using six descriptive groups: seabirds, waders, birds of prey, game birds, woodpeckers... More
London: Christopher Helm, 1996. Octavo, dustwrapper, 50 text illustrations, 363 maps. 363 species are covered, with detailed information on status and distribution. More
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Containing over 300 full colour photographs, this book describes in detail the 155 species of extremely rare birds that have occurred in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. All records are listed with references to books and articles, and include... More
Cambridge: BirdLife International, 2000. Quarto, paperback, 2 volume set. BirdLife Conservation Series. The most comprehensive coverage of Europe's important bird sites - giving information on 3600 sites across 50 countries. Also available in softcover and as separate volumes. Price available on request. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. The first comprehensive pocket-sized photographic field guide to every bird species in Europe--this includes winter visitors and common migrants but also all rarities to the region, even if they have been recorded only once. The guide also covers hypothetical species--those... More
Moscow: Pensoft, 2006. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. In English and Russian, this atlas is a complete collection of distribution maps of all 273 breeding, migrant, nomadic and wintering bird species recorded in Moscow City and the Moscow Region during 1999-2004. The maps are accompanied by brief texts characterising... More
Mountfield: Pica Press, 1998. Small octavo, paperback, 296 colour plates, maps, pocket-sized. 386 species are fully described and most of them are illustrated. More
London: A & C Black, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Turkey is a popular destination for birders and tourists, and although there has been much published on its birds over the past 40 years, there has never been a comprehensive avifauna. This book contains a detailed account of every... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2005. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations, maps. This book is a birdfinding guide to Britain and Europe's most coveted species. Unlike Where to watch guides, which direct birders to good general birding sites, this guide takes each individual species as a starting point, and picks... More
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2017. Octavo, laminated boards, This is the most up-to-date checklist of bird species and subspecies recorded in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, including Iran and the Arabian Peninsula – the ‘greater’ Western Palearctic. Species are presented in systematic order, and each species entry includes scientific..... More
Cley: Prion, (2014. second edition). Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations, maps. Portuguese territory is not only the southwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula, it also comprises the Atlantic archipelagos of Azores and Madeira. When these territories are taken into account, Portugal is a highly diverse area in ornithological terms... More
Sofia: Pensoft, 2004. Quarto, laminated boards, colour and black and white photographs, maps. Azerbaijan, a country with a rich variety of habitats and wildlife, lies south of the Caucasus Mountains on the western seaboard of the Caspian and shares a common border with Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Iran and Turkey. This... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Large octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations, maps, colour photographs. The Shetland islands are nationally important for their 21 species of breeding seabirds, and other extremely rare or sporadic British breeding birds and migrants. This new avifauna looks in depth at the status, distribution and... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2003. Octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations, colour photographs, maps. This book discusses in detail the status and distribution, past and present, of every bird recorded on Scilly. For the great rarities, a breakdown of all records is provided. Extensive introductory sections describe the climate, vegetation... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations, map. A passionate amateur ornithologist, Henry Seebohm (1832-95) travelled widely in Greece, Scandinavia, Turkey and South Africa studying birds in their native habitats. This volume, first published in 1901, contains two books recounting his travels in Siberia. Siberia in... More
Kazakhstan: Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK), 2008. Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. This book is the first inventory of Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Kazakhstan. The basic principles of the IBA programme, its justification and the methodology used for IBA identification are described. The... More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, (2011. second edition). Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, maps. Large format, with expanded text and additional colour illustrations, the second edition of the hugely successful Collins Bird Guide is a must for every birdwatcher. The book provides all the information needed to identify any species at any... More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, (2009. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour plates, maps. The most complete field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe. This second edition has expanded text and additional colour illustrations. The book provides all the information needed to identify any species at any time of the... More
BTO, (2011. fourth edition). Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. Completely revised and updated edition. Essential guide for ringers working in the field and birdwatchers. Designed to help determine species, age and sex of birds in the hand. More
London: New Holland, 2010. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. This innovative guide will be an essential addition to the library of any serious birder. It accurately describes every key detail of every plumage of all 900 species that have ever occurred in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East - the... More
