Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2014. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings. Southern Africa has one of the richest and most accessible mammal faunas on earth, attracting vast numbers of visitors from around the globe. With his in-depth knowledge and wealth of experience, Peter Apps describes and interprets the... More
Mountfield: Pica Press, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, eight colour plates by Martin Woodcock, maps. Covers 650 species (including seven endemics). Range, abundance and seasonal data are given for each species. More
Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, map. Sinai's allure is legendary, full of spectacular landscapes, thriving flora and fauna, and unique history, this peninsula has long held sway in the imagination of millions. The high mountains and wadis of the peninsula's south provide the fertile... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, (2006. revised reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. A practical field guide to Gambia illustrated with 48 stunning colour plates, depicting each species in all its plumages. These plates are supplemented by useful line drawings and figures. The introduction provides an overview of the... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. South Africa's Kruger National Park is one of the largest and most iconic conservation areas in Africa. A range of diverse habitats gives Kruger a phenomenal diversity of some 520 bird species, half of which are resident. From Africa's most extraordinary... More
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Illustrated with over 160 spectacular photographs showcasing the region's beautiful landscapes, mammals, and birds. This guide provides the intrepid traveller with detailed maps, full chapters on biogeography and trip planning, a specialties section covering the region's best mammals and birds, and... 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
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, (2017. second edition). Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations, maps. Morocco's proximity and the variety of its habitats and bird species make it a favoured destination for birders. It is home to rare and endangered species such as Bald ibis, Dark chanting goshawk, Tawny eagle, Eleonora's falcon... More
London: Christopher Helm, (2014. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. Birds of Western Africa (Helm, 2001) was the first single-volume guide to cover all the species of this region, which comprises 23 countries from Senegal and southern Mauritania east to Chad and the Central African Republic, and south to... More
London: A & C Black, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. Ghana is one of the safest and most accessible countries in Western Africa and is rapidly becoming a top tourist destination. This dedicated country field guide uses illustrations from the acclaimed Birds of Western Africa [stock id 15051], which... More
London: A & C Black, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. This new field guide covers The Gambia, a country which is very popular with a large number of birders and tourists, and the whole of neighbouring Senegal. This fascinating region shelters many Western Palearctic migrants from September to April, as... More
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Part of the well-known Photoguide series of books on African natural history, this guide covers the most common snakes, lizards, skinks, chamaeleons, terrapins and amphibians (frogs) of East Africa - covering a total of 260 species. The aim is identification... More
Kew: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2008. Octavo, paperback and CD-ROM, colour photographs and maps. The first Red List assessment of the entire Cayman Islands flora, covering all 415 species and varieties considered to be native to the Cayman Islands. A comprehensive field guide to the unique plants of the Cayman... More
Pietermaritzburg: Author, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. WAS $80. Brings the largely unseen world of night birds to the reader in the pages of this photographic guide, the first to cover the full spectrum of the owls, nightjars, night herons, thick-knees, coursers, the bat hawk and many other species... More
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. A field guide to the wildlife of southern Africa, describing over 2,000 plants and animals, with accurate illustrations in full colour. This book has been a trusted field companion for many years. Comprehensively updated, it now features range maps for... More
Westville: African Bird Book Publishing, (1996. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour plates, photographs, maps. 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
Auckland Park: Jacana Media, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Inspired by Africa's unique beauty, Shem Compion, in the second instalment of a three-part series, explores the best photography spots in Botswana and Namibia. This book provides a comprehensive guide to visiting some of the most remote destinations in the... More
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, (2010. second edition). Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, black and white photographs, line drawings. First published in 1981, this title has long served as an authoritative guide for academics and lay enthusiasts alike. This long-awaited third edition takes into account intervening taxonomic advances and the discovery... More
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, (2011. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, map. East Africa boasts a tremendous natural wealth of flora - indigenous, naturalized and exotic. This updated second edition features more than 400 of the trees and shrubs that are commonly found in the region. The book is divided... More
Belgium: Tauraco Press, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This book presents detailed accounts of the more than 750 species known (among which there are 100 migrants from the northern hemisphere) in Zambia. Extensive fieldwork by the authors and many collaborators means that the maps (for all species except vagrants)... More
Nottuln: Fauna Verlag, 2011. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. Concise and compact, this English translation of the German original covers a lot of ground. With over 1,300 bird species covered, each entry contains features for identification, a distribution map, and photographs. Species names are given English, French, German, and Latin. More
White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing, (1999. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. Enables readers to recognize and interpret visible behavioural activities, such as courtship rituals, territorial marking, aggression, and care of young. Each account of over 80 species includes a behavioural table in which the unique actions of the... More
Munich: Bucher Verlag, 2007. Large quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. The author and the award-winning photographer spent months in vast stretches of Africa to capture spectacular shots of animals and natural environments, places such as the Okavango Delta, Victoria Falls and the famous savannahs. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations, maps. Home to the Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania offers some of the finest big game watching in the world, from elephants and rhinos to chimpanzees and lions. This field guide covers all the larger... More
