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. Seawatching 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; many... More
Punta Arenas: Fantastico Sur, 2005. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Text in English and Spanish. The Albatrosses are long-lived birds, nest in remote oceanic islands and travel across the ocean, thousands of miles from their colonies to the feeding sites. This book offers a photographic introduction to 12 species which wander... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Instantly recognisable, puffins are a highlight of the UK's summer coastline yet despite a high level of interest in these birds there has been a surprising lack of books focused on puffins as a species. Award-winning wildlife photographer Mark Sisson has spent... 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
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs. These iconic birds conjure up images of caring parents, devoted couples and tough survivors. In Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide, Gerald Kooyman and Wayne Lynch inform readers about all seventeen species answering every penguin question you've... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs. This is the inspiring story of how a beloved seabird was restored to long-abandoned nesting colonies off the Maine coast. As a young ornithology instructor at the Hog Island Audubon Camp, Dr. Stephen W. Kress learned... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs, map. This is the inspiring story of how a beloved seabird was restored to long-abandoned nesting colonies off the Maine coast. As a young ornithology instructor at the Hog Island Audubon Camp, Dr. Stephen W. Kress... 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: Harper Collins Publishers, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs and illustrations. The full story of seabirds from one the greatest nature writers. The book looks at the pattern of their lives, their habitats, the threats they face and the passions they inspire. Seabirds have always entranced the human... 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: New Holland Publishers, 2012. Octavo, spirally bound, black and white illustrations. Pelagic birding is an increasingly popular pastime in both Europe and North America, with ever greater numbers of people taking boat trips offshore to see birds such as the various species of petrels, skuas and shearwaters. This innovative... More
Sydney: New Holland Publishers, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This beautifully illustrated book explores every aspect of the lives of these remarkable seabirds, from feeding and breeding to migrations and threats. The entertaining and informative text is accompanied by many beautiful photographs. 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