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, 2013. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist # 123. Terns provides a much-anticipated overview of these fascinating birds. Terns are small seabirds that are commonly seen along coastlines and estuaries in the summer months - their graceful flight and command of the..... 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
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, 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 ever had. Kooyman has studied..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, 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 learned that puffins had nested..... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs , other illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. This book explores the cultural and natural history of the penguin. Martin details the biological facts and natural history of each of the 20 species, including their evolution, habitats, diet and behaviour, but he also combs..... 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: 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