Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Seawatching is the challenging act of identifying waterbirds in flight. Since more than one hundred different species can fly past an observation point, often at great speed or in tightly packed, mixed-species flocks, identification of these distant shapes can be a...... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, (2007. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Sea watching can present identification difficulties to even the most experienced birdwatcher, and demands a specialised set of skills and strategies to deal with the challenges of bad weather and poor visibility. The rewards can be great;..... More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2019. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. New Naturalist # 139. There are more than 50 known species of gulls, and many of these are well-adapted to living in urban areas and in close proximity to humans. But there are also less familiar species to discover, which keep..... More
Durham, NH: University Press of New Hampshire Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. King goes back in time and around the world to show us the history, nature, ecology, and economy of the world’s most misunderstood waterbirds. Behold the cormorant: silent, still, cruciform, and brooding; flashing, soaring, quick..... More
Durham, NH: University of New England, 2014. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Behold the cormorant: silent, still, cruciform, and brooding; flashing, soaring, quick as a snake. Evolution has crafted the only creature on Earth that can migrate the length of a continent, dive and hunt deep underwater, perch comfortably..... More
London: T & A D Poyser, 2004. Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. WAS $95. This book summarises the findings of Seabird 2000, a major initiative to census all breeding seabirds in Britain and Ireland. It draws on the work of over 1000 surveyors who counted seabirds at coastal and..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour plates, colour photographs, maps. This superb guide covers 43 species of gulls, including their subspecies. There are 96 full-colour plates covering all plumage variations plus over 800 unpublished photographs. The text is highly detailed and covers all aspects of gull..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Until recently, gulls were a group that inspired dread among birders, due to the bewildering variety of plumages, age-groups, and races, many of which are very difficult indeed to separate, even to species. Things changed in 2003 with the publication of..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. Famous for their size and elegance in flight, albatrosses are familiar to anyone who has travelled through the southern oceans, and are a flagship family of conservation concern. However, albatrosses are just one of several groups of 'pelagic'..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Presents detailed biographies of all the seabird species that breed in and around the British Isles, and also looks at the many species that breed elsewhere but which, regularly or occasionally, visit British waters. Every page of this sumptuous book features beautiful..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. The vibrant and exciting world of penguins is shown in all its glory in this new book from renowned wildlife photographer David Tipling, who has trekked to remote and beautiful locations to capture birds in their natural habitat going about their daily..... More