London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. A lifetime spent studying birds has provided Tim Birkhead with a wealth of observation and an understanding of birds and their behaviour that is firmly grounded in science. What is it like to be a swift, flying at over... More about Bird sense: what it's like to be a bird
London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2011. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. For thousands of years people have been fascinated by birds, and today that fascination is still growing. In 2007 bird-watching is one of the most popular pastimes, not just in Britain, but throughout the world, and the range of interest runs... More about The wisdom of birds: an illustrated history of ornithology
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Octavo, laminated boards, graphs, tables. The cognitive abilities of birds are continually being discovered. Remarkable examples include hummingbirds integrating spatial and temporal information about food sources, day-old chicks having a sense of numbers, parrots making and using tools, and ravens showing sophisticated insights into social... More about Avian cognition
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations, colour photographs. A lovely look at what birds really get up to in your garden. More about The secret lives of garden birds
London: T & A D Poyser, (2004. third edition). Octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations, colour photographs. This classic Poyser title discusses in depth the various ways in which weather conditions influence bird behaviour. More about Weather and bird behaviour
East Sussex: Ivy Press, 2016. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, illustrations. An absorbing study of how birds think, revealing how science is exploding the myth of our feathered friends being 'bird brained', and how recent discoveries may call for us to re-evaluate how we identify and classify intelligence in other... More about Bird brain: an exploration of avian intelligence
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2006. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. With more than 200 stunning images by one of America's top nature photographers, this beautiful and informative book tells the age-old story of how birds migrate to their nesting grounds, select a mate, establish a nest site, and raise their young in... More about Wings of spring: courtship, nesting and fledging
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2002. reprint). Large octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, text illustrations. Bird nests and contruction behaviour provides a broad view of our current understanding of the biology of the nests, bowers and tools made by birds. More about Bird nests and construction behaviour
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Each spring and autumn hundreds of millions of birds - wildfowl, shorebirds, raptors, and passerines - migrate between latitudes. In a handful of places around the world, a combination of geography, topography and climate combine to funnel migrant birds into narrow... More about RSPB migration hotspots: the world's best bird migration sites
Budapest: Gavia Science, 2003. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. An excellent summary of field studies from the last 2 decades, this volume aims to fill the gap between the level of knowledge of professional ornithologists and serious birders. In Part A, the author describes the origin and functions of... More about A birders' guide to the behaviour of European and North American birds
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Understanding bird behaviour is one of the vital keys to accurate identification in the field, this book provides the experienced instruction needed to recognize behaviours and get the most out of watching birds. The guide covers all the fundamental types of bird... More about Understanding bird behaviour
London: New Holland, 2012. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Bird courtship and display can be one of the most captivating events in the natural world. This attractive and informative book looks at natural selection and why birds have evolved different reproduction strategies, examining territories, birdsong, displays and dealing with rivals. It... More about The mating lives of birds
Kibworth Beauchamp: Troubador Publishing, 2015. Octavo, softcover. Birds fly very efficiently, doing little work themselves, and gaining large amounts of energy from the atmosphere. Whether on local flights or migration, they have the freedom to fly anywhere they please. It is because of this that scientists have long been fascinated... More about Birds never get lost
London: Souvenir Press, 2015. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. A delightful and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world and deep connection with humanity. Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and until now has been little understood. As scientists... More about The magic and mystery of birds: the surprising lives of birds and what they reveal about being human