New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. A field guide to the birds of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, abundantly illustrated and with comprehensive coverage of both endemic and migrant birds Birding is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry in northern Central America..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, [2014.]. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations, line drawings. After examining and interpreting recent fossil discoveries in China, paleontologists now believe there is incontrovertible evidence that birds represent the last living dinosaur. In this book, evolutionary biologist Alan Feduccia discusses whether this conclusion is..... More
Baden: Lars Muller Publishers, 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. With texts by Peter Pfrunder, Gordon H. Orians, Deborah M. Gordon among others. Swarm is the new photographic project by Lukas Felzmann. It is an extensive series on the flock movements of migrating birds. His breathtaking photographs offer a...... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. This new field guide uses all of the plates from Raptors: birds of prey of the world. [stock id 12656], with a concise, revised text on facing pages, to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field reference covering all 320..... More
Wageningen: Wetlands International, 2006. Quarto, paperback, tables, diagrams. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the WI Woodcock and Snipe Specialist Group. Contains 16 papers covering topics such as breeding, biology, ecology, behaviour, population dynamics, monitoring, and hunting bags. This work presents papers focusing on Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), Common Snipe (Gallinago..... More
Cornell: Cornell University Press, (2012. third edition), Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, map. This new edition incorporates five decades of his notes and records of the island's birds to present in a handy and readable form detailed and comprehensive information about the birds of Trinidad and Tobago. Showcasing 40 all-new colour..... More
London: Picador, 2002. Octavo, dustwrapper, Snow geese spend their summers in the Canadian Arctic, on the tundra. Each autumn they migrate south, to Delaware, California and the Gulf of Mexico. In the spring, they fly north again. William Fiennes decided to go with them and to write about his travels..... More
London: T & A D Poyser, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, graphs. Poyser. The impacts of global warming are of concern to all of us. The potential responses of birds to climate change have come increasingly to the fore, and are of particular interest to the ornithological community. Are birds..... More
London: British Library, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. With their fascinating plumage, behaviour and power of flight, birds have captured people's imagination since earliest times. In this beautifully and unusually illustrated book, Celia Fisher traces the remarkable breadth of ways in which artists, writers and storytellers have depicted the enduring..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Small quarto, dustwrapper, text illustrations, colour photographs, colour illustrations, maps. A new volume in the Bird families of the world series. Provides the most comprehensive and up to date information on this fascinating group of birds. Species accounts are accompanied by a distribution map. This..... More
Tring: British Trust for Ornithology, 2004. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Captures the magic of migration among birds in seven familiar habitats in Britain. He investigates when, why and how this frenetic activity takes place and the hazards that migrants may encounter on their often prodigious travels. Nearly one hundred..... More
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. Octavo, black and white photographs, other illustrations. Organized by the host species of bird rather than by the disease agent, each chapter is preceded by an introduction discussing the population and survival status of the bird or group. Appropriate reviews and bibliographies are noted..... More
Buxton: Nokomis Editions, 2016. Quarto, oblong format, colour and black and white illustrations. SPECIAL OFFER of a bookmark by artist William T. Cooper. This offer is exclusive to Andrew Isles Natural History Books. This book is the final collaboration of Joseph M. Forshaw and William T. Cooper and combines the..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. Large octavo, laminated boards, illustrations. The Northern spotted owl, a threatened species that occurs in coniferous forests in the western United States, has become a well-known environmental symbol. But how is the owl actually faring? This book contains the results of a long-term effort..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2019. second edition), Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. This second edition of Australian Bird Names is a completely updated checklist of Australian birds and the meanings behind their common and scientific names, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading! For each species, the authors examine..... More
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2019. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. A fully comprehensive illustrated field guide covering the 512 species of bird recorded in Mongolia, including all vagrants and every local subspecies. The plates include detailed range maps, and illustrations of all ages and sexes of the species (both flying..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. The Canary Islands is a popular destination for birders and travellers with an interest in wildlife and nature, and one of the best places in the world to see several scarce species such as the Houbara bustard. They also hold a number..... More
Mountfield: Christopher Helm, 1998. Octavo, four colour plates by Martin Woodcock, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first avifaunal survey of the entire country, with descriptions of two recently discovered endemic species in the region of Mt. Nimba. More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. Oblong format, laminated boards, colour photographs, text illustrations, map. Waders are truly spectacular members of our avifauna, especially along coasts and in wetlands during the spring and autumn migration periods, when members of several species may form dramatic flocks that wheel and turn in flight. While..... More
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, (2011. reprint). Quarto, paperback, black and white illustrations. First published by the RSPB in 1998, this book is a practical guide to surveying and monitoring techniques. It gives instructions for more than 120 UK bird species, mainly those of conservation concern. Methods used in the UK's main..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2019. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations and photographs, maps. Mongolia is a huge landlocked country in the centre of Asia. It encompasses a diverse range of habitats including forests, mountains, vast plains and of course the Gobi Desert. For many years, it was closely allied..... More
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2010. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Featuring 280 species that the amateur naturalist might expect to see in the field or garden, this user-friendly introduction covers geography, climate, habits, taxonomy and nomenclature, bird topography, and the best places to watch birds, in a way that doesn't..... 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
Stepney: Axiom Publishing, (2017. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. A field guide and location guide for birds seen in the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. There are 231 species with a full page for each. Included are 600 attractive photographs showing birds in their habitat and notes about each species..... More