WORLD

Threatened Birds of the World by BirdLife International. 2000. The long-awaited, superbly produced, essential standard reference for world birders, with colour illustrations, distribution maps and conservation details of all threatened species. A massive and massively important work. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 174. Hardback £70.00.

The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World by James Clements. 2007. Sixth Edition. The standard work, including all subspecies and range summaries, with 864 pages. Hardback £45.00.

Atlas of Rare Birds by Dominic Couzens. 2010. Some 50 captivating stories of the very rarest birds in the world, in a very attractive volume, with 240 pages, 200 colour photographs and 61 maps. Hardback £24.99.

Top 100 Birding Sites of the World by Dominic Couzens.  2008. A sumptuous and practical book, with 320 pages, 400 colour photographs and 100 maps. Hardback £35.00.

The 'Howard and Moore' Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World edited by Edward Dickinson. 2003. The third edition of the standard list, in revised order, importantly including all subspecies, and well indexed. A fully revised and comprehensive list, including all subspecies, with 1,039 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 393. Hardback £60.00.

Facing Extinction by Paul Donald, Nigel Collar, Stuart Marsden and Debbie Pain. 2010. The world's rarest birds and the race to save them, with 312 pages, plus numerous colour photographs and paintings. Hardback £45.00.

Mammals of the World: A Checklist by Andrew Duff and Ann Lawson. 2004. A complete checklist to all the species on Earth, with 304 pages, English and scientific names and brief summaries of distribution. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 263. Hardback, £24.99.

National Geographic Complete Birds of the World edited by Tim Harris. 2009. An attractive summary of every bird family in the world, with 384 pages and colour illustrations, photographs and maps throughout. Hardback £20.00.

Rare Birds Yearbook 2009 edited by Erik Hirschfeld.  2008. A beautifully illustrated directory of the world’s Critically Endangered species, with 276 pages and colour photographs, paintings and maps throughout. 130 new photographs and 50% new text from the 2008 edition. Softback £18.95.

Rare Birds Yearbook 2008 edited by Erik Hirschfeld.  2007. A beautifully illustrated directory of the world’s 189 Critically Endangered species, with 272 pages and colour photographs, paintings and maps throughout. Softback £15.00.

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott & Jordi Sargatal. 1992 - 2011.

All 16 Volumes NOW AVAILABLE

However, a special additional volume, covering the 52 newly discovered species not otherwise covered in the set, and also including a comprehensive index to the 16 volumes, with about 400 pages, is due to be published in autumn 2012.

Also, a taxonomically fully updated two-volume Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, with brief texts and distribution maps, plus colour illustrations of every species, is due in late 2012.

The ultimate handbook, with magnificent colour plates illustrating all the world's species and hundreds of superb colour photographs. Vol. 1 Ostrich to Ducks; Vol. 2 New World Vultures to Guineafowl; Vol. 3 Hoatzin to Auks; Vol. 4 Sandgrouse to Cuckoos; Vol. 5 Barn Owls to Hummingbirds; Vol. 6 Mousebirds to Hornbills; Vol. 7 Jacamars to Woodpeckers; Vol. 8 Broadbills to Tapaculos; Vol. 9 Cotingas, Manakins, Tyrant-flycatchers, New Zealand Wrens, Scrub-birds, Lyrebirds, Larks, Swallows, Pipits & Wagtails; Vol. 10 Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes and Chats, via Bulbuls and Wrens etc; Vol. 11 Old World flycatchers to Old World warblers, via Monarchs and Gnatcatchers etc. Vol. 12 Picathartes to Babblers and Tits etc; Vol. 13 Penduline Tits to Treecreepers, Sunbirds, Honeyeaters, Shrikes and Orioles etc; Vol. 14 Bush-shrikes, Birds of Paradise, Starlings and Sparrows etc.; Vol. 15 Weavers, Whydahs, Waxbills, Vireos, Finches, Hawaiian Honeycreepers and New World Warblers; Vol. 16 Tanagers, Cardinals, Buntings, New World Sparrows and New World Blackbirds. Reviewed in Birding World 5: 486; 8: 358, 11: 156 & 15: 349. Hardback Vols 1-16 each £185.00.

Checklist of the Birds of Eurasia by Ben King. 1997. A taxonomy, with 105 pages. Softback £18.95.

Naturalised Birds of the World by Christopher Lever. 2005. An update to the author’s 1987 standard work of the same title, itemising introduced species around the world, with 352 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 85. Hardback £50.00.

Where to Watch Birds: World Cities by Paul Milne. 2006. The ideal guide for the globe-trotter, cram-packed with information and maps, with 496 pages. Softback £16.99.

A World Checklist of Birds by Burt L. Monroe Jr. & Charles G. Sibley. 1993. The full list, in the DNA-based taxonomic order, including full English name index, with 393 pages. (Hardback £45.00) Softback £16.95.

The New Encyclopedia of Birds edited by Chris Perrins. 2003. A major reference on the characteristics, behaviour, ecology and evolution of birds, with 656 pages and hundreds of excellent colour photographs and colour artwork throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 393. Hardback £35.00.

Handbook of the Mammals of the World edited by Don E. Wilson, Russel A. Mittermeier and Toni Llobet. 2009 onwards.

Volume 2, 2011, now in stock, the second in this eight-volume series, covers all of the hoofed mammals of the world,  with 886 pages, 53 colour plates, over 500 colour photographs and 432 distribution maps. Hardback £145.00.

The first Volume in this spectacular new series - a Lynx Edicions sister set to the acclaimed Handbook of the Birds of the World (del Hoyo et al.). Eight Volumes are planned, in due course covering all the mammals of the world for the very first time. This first volume covers Carnivores: African Palm Civet, Cats, Linsangs, Civets, Genets, Oyans, Hyenas, Mongooses, Euplerids, Dogs, Bears, Red Panda, Racoons, Skunks, Weasels, Martens, Polecats, Badgers and Otters, with 728 pages and magnificent comprehensive plates and colour photographs, distribution maps and authoritative text, just as with the Birds series. Hardback £145.00.

Raptor Watch: A global directory of raptor migration sites by Jorje Zalles and Keith Bildstein. 2000. A beautifully produced BirdLife International publication detailing the World's raptor migration hot-spots. A 'must' for World travellers and raptor enthusiasts. Softback £37.00.

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BRITAIN & IRELAND

Red Data Birds in Britain by L.A. Batten, C.J. Bibby, P. Clement, G.D. Elliot & R.F. Porter. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 360 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Norfolk: A Birdwatcher's Site Guide by Phil Benstead, Steve Rowland and Richard Thomas. 2001. A user-friendly site guide to Britain's top county, with 106 pages and numerous maps. Spiral bound softback £12.95.

Kent: A Birdwatcher's Site Guide by Chris Bradshaw and Simon Busuttil. 2007. A clear and detailed site guide to 58 of the best sites in the county, with 120 pages and 64 maps. Softback £14.95.

Where to Watch Birds in Northeast England by Dave Britton & John Day. Second Edition. 2004. Covering over 160 sites, with 416 pages and numerous maps. The first edition was reviewed in Birding World 8: 480. Softback £18.99.

Birds in England by Andy Brown and Phil Grice. 2005. A detailed status of the birds of England, with 600 pages and 32 pages of colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 220. Hardback £40.00.

Where to Watch Birds in East Anglia by Peter and Margaret Clarke. 2002. Fourth edition. The key sites in one of the best birdwatching areas in Britain, with 270 pages and 45 maps. Softback £14.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Thames Valley and the Chilterns by Brian Clews and Paul Trodd. 2002. Third edition. The latest edition of the classic Helm guide, with 368 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

Birds Brittanica by Mark Cocker and Richard Mabey. 2005. A unique, highly readable and beautifully produced book celebrating the cultural links between humans and birds in Britain, with 450 colour photographs and illustrations. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 439. Hardback £35.00.

Where to Watch Birds in North West England - Cumbria, Lancashire, Manchester, Cheshire & the Isle of Man by Allan Conlin, Dr J. P. Cullen, Pete Marsh, Tristan Reid, Chris Sharpe, Judith Smith and Stephen Williams. 2008. 3rd Edition, with 288 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

Collins Birds by Dominic Couzens. 2005. A sumptuous handbook capturing the wonders of European birds with fresh, insightful and highly readable text, with over 500 colour photographs and 1,000 illustrations. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 41. Hardback £30.00. 

Best Birdwatching Sites in North Wales by Alan Davies and Owen Roberts. 2007. A dependable and easy-to-use guide to about 60 of the best sites. Softback £15.95.

The Birds of Lundy by Tim Davis and Tim Jones. 2007. A detailed status of this famous bird-island, with 320 pages, several colour photographs and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Hardback £35.00, Softback £18.95.

Finding Birds in Ireland by Eric Dempsey and Michael O’Clery.  2007. A detailed guide to the 250 best birdwatching sites in Ireland, north and south, with 376 pages and colour maps throughout. Softback £14.99.

Britain's Best Wildlife: the Top 40 Sites to See by Mike Dilger. 2008. A detailed guide, from Cranes to Natterjacks and from Salmon to Orchids, with 224 pages and colour photographs throughout. Hardback £16.99.

Rare Birds Day by Day by Steve Dudley, Tim Benton, Pete Fraser & John Ryan. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 392 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Birds New to Norfolk by Keith Dye, Mick Fiszer & Peter Allard. 2009. The accounts of the discovery and identification of all the birds new to Norfolk, from historical accounts of the most common birds to the latest rarities, with 414 pages and 16 pages of colour photographs. Hardback £35.00.

Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland by J.N. Dymond, P.A. Fraser & S.J.M. Gantlett. 1989. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 368 pages. Hardback £50.00.

The Ultimate Site Guide to Scarcer British Birds by Lee G.R. Evans. 3rd edition. 2009. A partial update of the 1996 classic: where and how to see 142 of the scarcer bird species in Britain, with 328 pages and scattered line drawings and sketch maps. Softback £24.95.

Essential Guide to Birds of the Isles of Scilly by R.L. Flood, N. Hudson & B. Thomas.  2007. The definitive avifauna, with 688 pages, including 152 pages of colour photographs. Hardback £38.00.

Where to Watch Birds in the East Midlands by Rob Fray. 2006. Second edition. The key sites in Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and Nottinghamshire, with 320 pages and numerous maps. Softback £18.99.

The Birds of Leicestershire & Rutland by Rob Fray, Roger Davis, Dave Gamble, Andrew Harrop and Steve Lister. 2009. A detailed county avifauna, with 768 pages, numerous black-and-white illustrations and histograms, and 16 pages of colour photographs. Hardback £45.00.

Bird Habitats in Britain & Ireland by R.J. Fuller. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 352 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Bird Brain of Britain by Charles Gallimore and Tim Appleton. 2004. An ornithological quiz book based on the popular contest at the annual British Birdwatching Fair, with 192 pages. Softback £7.99.

Best Birdwatching Sites: Dorset by Neil Gartshore. 2011. An easy-to-use guide to 65 reserves and birdwatching localities, with 248 pages and maps throughout. Softback £17.95.

The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain & Ireland 1988-1991 by David Wingfield Gibbons, James B. Reid & Robert A. Chapman. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 576 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Best Birdwatching Sites in Norfolk by Neil Glenn. 2006. Second edition. An easy-to-use guide to 70 reserves and birdwatching localities, with 256 pages and maps throughout. Softback £16.95.

Birdwatcher's Pocket Field Guide by Mark Golley. 2003. A good value pocket field guide to the birds of Britain & Ireland, with concise, accurate text and over 1,000 colour illustrations by Dave Daly. Softback £9.99.

The Complete Garden Bird Book by Mark Golley, Stephen Moss and David Daly. 1996. An excellent identification and garden bird guide for beginners, with 176 pages and 600 colour illustrations. Softback £9.99.

The Birds of Dorset by George Green. 2004. A detailed avifauna on this top birdwatching county, with 560 pages and 40 pages of colour photographs. Hardback £40.00.

Where to Watch Birds in Dorset, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight by George Green & Martin Cade. 2010. 4th Edition, with 384 pages and numerous maps. Softback £18.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Somerset, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire by Ken Hall & John Govett. 2003. Third edition. With 300 pages, numerous maps and scattered line-drawings. Softback £16.99.

Best Birdwatching Sites in the Highlands of Scotland by Gordon Hamlett. 2005. A detailed site guide to one of the most exciting birdwatching areas in Britain, with 240 pages and 164 maps. Softback £15.95.

Where to Watch Birds: Britain by Simon Harrap and Nigel Redman. Second edition. 2010. The most detailed guide to all the best birdwatching sites in Britain, now fully updated, with 672 pages and 300 maps. First edition reviewed in Birding World 16: 393. Softback £19.99.  

Where to Watch Birds in the West Midlands - Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the former West Midlands county by Frank Gribble, Graham Harrison, Helen Griffiths, Jim Winsper and Steve Coney. 2007. 3rd edition. With 344 pages and numerous maps. Softback £18.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Shetland by Hugh Harrop. 2nd edition. 2000. Over 70 sites detailed, including the famous and not-so-famous migrant & rarity sites, the best seabird colonies and the best sites for Otters, cetaceans and wild flowers. Softback £7.00.

The Complete Guide to the Birdlife of Britain and Europe by Peter Hayman and Rob Hume. 2001. An updated version of the classic guide, as important as Collins Bird Guide, with 288 pages and thousands of annotated colour paintings. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 131. Hardback £25.00.

The New Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe by Peter Hayman and Rob Hume. 2001. The updated pocket version of the above, packed with useful information, with 272 pages and thousands of annotated colour paintings. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 131. Hardback £9.99.

The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain & Ireland by Simon Holloway. 1996. The fascinating Atlas complement. Reviewed in Birding World 9: 202. Hardback. £50.00.

RSPB Birds of Britain & Europe by Rob Hume. Second edition. 2006. Britain's best-selling photographic field guide, with 456 pages and colour photographs and distribution maps throughout. Softback £16.99.

Birds in Ireland by Clive Hutchinson. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 216 pages. Hardback £50.00.

The Breeding Birds of Cleveland by Graeme Joynt, Ted Parker and Vic Fairbrother.  2008. A detailed and very attractive local atlas, with 428 pages, line drawings, colour maps and over 70 colour photographs. Hardback £25.00.

Pocket Guide to the Birds of Britain and northwest Europe by Chris Kightley and Steve Madge. 1998. A true pocket guide (18cm x 12cm) and one of the best to commoner birds, covering almost 400 species, with 300 pages and excellent colour illustrations by Dave Nurney. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 157. Softback £12.99.

The Birds of Turkey by Guy Kirwan, Kerem Boyla, Peter Castell, Barbaros Demirci, Metehan Özen, Hilary Welch and Tim Marlow. 2008. The first comprehensive, authoritative status, with 512 pages, species distribution maps and a 32-page colour section. Hardback £50.00.

The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain & Ireland by Peter Lack. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 448 pages. Hardback £50.00.

The Naturalized Animals of Britain and Ireland by Christopher Lever. 2009. An attractively produced, authoritative, fascinating account and detailed status of the introduced and reintroduced birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish of Britain and Ireland, with 424 pages, 110 colour photographs and 90 colour distribution maps. Hardback £35.00.

The Status of Seabirds in Britain & Ireland by Clare Lloyd, Mark L. Tasker & Ken Partridge. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 384 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Birds in Wales by Roger Lovegrove, Iolo Williams & Graham Williams. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 384 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Where to Watch Birds in Scotland by Mike Madders & Julia Welstead. 1997. Fourth edition. Covering 120 sites, with 332 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 6: 127. Softback £18.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Yorkshire by John Mather. 2008. Third edition. Covering 110 sites in detail, with 320 pages and numerous maps. Softback £18.99.

Best Birdwatching Sites in Cornwall & Scilly by Sara McMahon and Nigel Hudson. 2008. A dependable and easy-to-use guide to about 52 of the best sites, with 208 pages and numerous maps. Softback £17.50.

Birds of the Cotswolds: a new breeding atlas by Iain Main, Dave Pearce and Tim Hutton. 2009. A detailed local status and atlas, with 248 pages and colour photographs and colour maps throughout. Hardback £25.00.

Best Birdwatching Sites: The Solway by John Miles. 2010. An up-to-date site guide to the best birdwatching around the Solway of Cumbria and Dumfries & Galloway, with 240 pages and 96 maps. Softback £17.5.

Where to Watch Birds in Ireland by Paul Milne and Clive Hutchinson. 2009. Second edition. With 336 pages and numerous maps. First edition reviewed in Birding World 7: 81. Softback £18.99.

Where to Watch Birds in the London area by Dominic Mitchell. 1997. Birding around the capital from the city parks to the main reservoirs, with 272 pages and 70 maps. Softback £16.99.

Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland by Ian Mitchell, Stephen Newton, Norman Ratcliffe and Timothy Dunn. 2004. A detailed T. & A.D. Poyser monograph: the findings of Seabird 2000 compared with the surveys of 1974 & 1991, with 512 pages, numerous maps, figures and photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 261. Hardback £50.00.

Where to Watch Mammals in Britain & Ireland by Richard Moores. 2007. A ground-breaking, species-by-species site and fieldcraft guide to finding the mammals of Britain & Ireland, with 296 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

Bird in the bush: a social history of birdwatching by Stephen Moss. 2004. This history of birdwatching, with 288 pages and black-and-white illustrations. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 351. Hardback £16.99. Softback £8.99.

Attracting Birds to your Garden by Stephen Moss and David Cottridge. 2000. A softback edition of the best book on the subject, with 160 pages and 250 colour photographs. Softback £12.99.

Birds  in Cheshire and Wirral A breeding and wintering atlas by David Norman. 2008. Liverpool University Press. A hefty, comprehensive and attractive atlas, with 688 pages, over 300 colour photographs, over 500 colour distribution maps, and line drawings. Hardback £45.00.

Where to Watch Birds in Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by David Norman and Vic Tucker. Fifth Edition. 2009. Covering over 80 sites in detail, with 384 pages, numerous maps and scattered line drawings. Softback £16.99.

First for Britain & Ireland by Phillip Palmer. 2000. The fascinating stories behind every first for Britain and Ireland, with a potted history of every species, with many rarity photographs and line drawings. Hardback £25.00.

The Status of Birds in Britain and Ireland by David Parkin and Alan Knox. 2010. The first definitive status since 1971, including subspecies, with 440 pages and 32 pages of colour photographs. Hardback £50.00.

Breeding Birds of Britain and Ireland by John Parslow. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 272 pages. Hardback £50.00.

The Birds of Shetland by Mike Pennington, Paul Harvey, Kevin Osborn, Roger Riddington, Pete Ellis, Martin Heubeck and Dave Okill. 2004. A detailed avifauna, with 640 pages, plus 40 pages of colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 261. Hardback £40.00.

Birds of Suffolk by Steve Piotrowski. 2003. A county avifauna, with 360 pages and 32 pages of colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 349-350. Hardback £40.00.

Birds New to Britain 1980–2004 by Adrian Pitches and Tim Cleeves. 2005. The stories of 76 ‘firsts for Britain’ based on the Birding World and British Birds accounts, with commentaries and annual reviews, with 300 pages and 80 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 41. Hardback £50.00. 

Estuary Birds of Britain and Ireland by A.J. Prater. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 456 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Birds of Argyll by Tristan ap Rheinallt et al.  2007. A large format (A4) detailed county avifauna, with 426 pages, colour photographs and black-and-white line drawings throughout, and numerous maps and histograms. Hardback £49.99.

Birds of the Isles of Scilly by Peter Robinson. 2003. A detailed avifauna, with 608 pages, plus 32 pages of colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 130-131. Hardback £39.00.

 Where to Watch Birds in Wales by David Saunders and Jon Green. 2008. 4th edition. With 352 pages and numerous maps. Softback £18.99.

Birds New to Britain and Ireland by J.T.R. Sharrock. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 280 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland by J.T.R. Sharrock. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 192 pages. Hardback £50.00.

The Natural History of Cape Clear Island by J.T.R. Sharrock & Robert Gillmor. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 208 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland by J.T.R. Sharrock & E.M. Sharrock. 1976. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 336 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Rare Birds: Where & When by Russell Slack. 2009. Volume 1: sandgrouse to New World orioles.  A detailed analysis of the status and distribution of rare birds in Britain & Ireland, plus Europe, with 494 pages, and many line drawings and histograms. Volume 2, due for publication later, will cover the non-passerines. Hardback £29.99.

Complete Irish Wildlife by Paul Sterry. 2004. Outstanding value: 320 pages with over 1,000 colour photographs and facing-page texts covering birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, spiders, other invertebrates, wild flowers, fungi and more. Softback £14.99.

The Birds of Blakeney Point by Andy Stoddart and Steve Joyner. 2005. A complete history of the birds of this famous Norfolk birding hotspot by two of its most dedicated current patchworkers, with 240 pages and 30 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 43. Hardback £25.00.

The Birds of Norfolk by Moss Taylor, Don Dorling, Michael Seago and Peter Allard. 2007. The standard Norfolk county avifauna. This is a 2007 hardback version of the revised softback edition (2000), with 556 pages and 32 pages of colour photographs. Hardback £40.00.

Where to Watch Birds in Kent, Surrey & Sussex by Don Taylor, Jeffrey Wheatley & David Burges. 2009. Fifth edition. With 432 pages and numerous maps. Softback £18.99.

RSPB British Birds of Prey by Marianne Taylor.  2010. A well-written and up-to-date summary of Britain’s birds of prey, lavishly illustrated with superb photographs throughout by Stig Frode Olsen, with 224 pages.  Hardback £19.99.

The Norfolk Bird Atlas by Moss Taylor and John H. Marchant. 2011. Summer and winter distributions 1999-2007, with 496 pages and colour maps, colour photographs and line drawings throughout. Hardback £44.99.

Birds in Scotland by Valerie M. Thom. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 392 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Best Birdwatching Sites in Sussex by Adrian Thomas and Peter Francis. 2003. An easy-to-use site guide to more than 50 of the top birdwatching sites in the county, with numerous maps. Softback £14.50.

Where to Watch Birds in Britain and Ireland by David Tipling. 2004. 300 of the best birdwatching sites in Britain and Ireland concisely described, with 176 pages and numerous colour photographs and maps. Hardback £14.99.

Top Birding Spots in Britain & Ireland by David Tipling. 1996. Over 400 of the best sites described, including all RSPB Reserves, all visited by the author in 1994/95; excellent value with hundreds of colour photographs and numerous maps. Softback £12.99.

The Birds of Devon by Michael Tyler.  2010. The first comprehensive avifauna to the county of Devon for over 40 years, with 746 pages and numerous colour photographs, line drawings and histograms. Hardback £45.00.

The Birds of Gwent by W.A. Venables et al. 2008. A detailed county avifauna, with 416 pages, black-and-white line drawings, 32 pages of colour photographs, and colour breeding atlas maps and histograms. Hardback £40.00.

Beguiled by Birds by Ian Wallace. 2004. A personal view of the development of birdwatching in Britain, with 272 pages and lavishly illustrated with colour paintings by the author as well as colour and black-and-white photographs throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 307. Hardback £29.99.

The Migration Atlas by Chris Wernham, Mike Toms, John Marchant, Jacquie Clark, Gavin Siriwardena and Stephen Baillie. 2002. The definitive BTO record book of the movements of the Birds of Britain and Ireland, with 884 pages, and maps, figures and tables throughout. Hardback £95.00.

Birds of Surrey by Jeffery Wheatley. 2007. A definitive county avifauna, with 696 pages, 40 colour photographs, atlas maps, and numerous colour and black-and-white illustrations. Hardback £35.00.

The Birds of Lancashire and North Merseyside by Steve White, Barry McCarthy and Maurice Jones. 2008. A beautifully produced definitive county avifauna, with 436 pages and colour photographs, illustrations and figures throughout. Hardback £40.00.

The Birds of Wiltshire by Wiltshire Ornithological Society. 2007. A definitive county avifauna, with 848 pages, 300 maps, 33 colour photographs and numerous illustrations.Hardback £45.00.

The Birds of Essex by Simon Wood. 2007. A definitive county avifauna, with 512 pages, colour photographs and numerous illustrations. Hardback  £40.00.

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EUROPE / WESTERN PALEARCTIC

The Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan by Ian Andrews. 1995. The first detailed status, with 186 pages and 160 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 9: 79. Softback £21.99.

Birds of the United Arab Emirates by Simon Aspinall and Richard Porter. 2011. A comprehensive field guide, with 240 pages and 102 colour plates. Softback £24.99.

The Breeding Birds of the United Arab Emirates by Simon Aspinall. 1996. With 174 pages, species atlas maps and 56 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 9: 118. Softback £14.99.

Identification Guide to European Non-passerines by Kevin Baker. 1993. The complement to the passerine volume (Svensson 1992), with 332 pages and numerous drawings. Reviewed in Birding World 6: 497. Softback £17.00.

Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa by Kevin Baker. 1997. A Christopher Helm/A. & C. Black identification guide covering 145 species and all their races in detail (note the Asian coverage) with 400 pages and 48 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 118. Hardback. £50.00.

New Holland European Bird Guide by Peter Barthel and Paschalis Dougalis. 2008. An authoritative, pocket field guide, up-to-date with Balearic, Yelkouan & Macaronesian Shearwaters, Tundra & Taiga Bean Geese, Eastern & Spanish Imperial Eagles, Caspian, Yellow-legged & Heuglin's Gulls, European & Siberian Stonechats, Eastern & Western Black-eared Wheatears, Eastern & Western Olivaceous Warblers, Booted & Sykes's Warblers, Eastern & Western Orphean Warblers, Balearic & Marmora's Warblers, Common & Iberian Chiffchaffs, Western & Eastern Bonelli's Warblers, Great Grey & Southern Grey Shrikes, Citril Finch & Corsican Finch and Mealy & Lesser Redpolls, with 192 pages, maps, excellent colour plates and a bargain price. Softback £10.99.

The Handbook of Bird Identification for Europe and the Western Palearctic by Mark Beaman and Steve Madge. 2003. The definitive, detailed identification guide to almost 900 species, with 868 pages and colour plates and distribution maps throughout. Hardback, £75.00.

Birds in Europe by Ian Burfield and Frans van Bommel. 2004. The beautifully produced and authoritative BirdLife International review of population estimates, trends and conservation status of Europe’s birds, with country-by-country species population estimates and easy-to-use population trend species maps throughout. 374 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 175. Hardback £30.00.

Birdwatching on Spain's Southern Coast by John Butler. 2002. Second edition. A detailed site guide to 39 major and 35 subsidiary sites, with maps throughout. Softback £16.95.

Where to Watch Birds in Doñana by Francisco Chiclana and Jorge Garzon. 2006. A detailed guide to one of Europe’s top birding spots, with 23 itineraries, 27 maps, 160 pages and 100 colour photographs. Softback £16.90.

Field Guide to the Raptors of the Western Palearctic by William S. Clark and N. John Schmitt. 1999. A detailed guide, with 48 colour plates of birds perched as well as in flight, 40 pages of colour photographs, and distribution maps. Softback £42.50.

Birds of the Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde by Tony Clarke. 2006. The first comprehensive field guide and status of the birds of these popular birding islands, with 320 pages and 56 colour plates. Softback £29.99.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to the Canary Islands by Tony Clarke & David Collins. 1996. A Prion site guide to this inexpensive and increasingly popular birding destination. Reviewed in Birding World 10: 158. Softback £14.99.

A Birdwatching Guide to Brittany by Stephanie Coghlan. 2003. An Arlequin Press site guide, with 112 pages, numerous colour photographs and maps. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 87. Softback £10.95.

A Birdwatching Guide to Morocco by Pete Combridge & Alan Snook. 1997. A good value Arlequin Press site guide. Softback £9.95.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Israel and the Middle East by David Cottridge and Richard Porter. 2000. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 144 pages and 275 colour photographs. Softback £9.99.

Loire Valley – Loire, Brenne and Sologne, France by Crossbill Guides. 2011. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of this important region of France, with 208 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £18.95. 

A Birdwatching Guide to France north of the Loire by Jacquie Crozier. 2003. An Arlequin Press site guide. Softback £15.95.

A Birdwatching Guide to the Pyrenees by Jacquie Crozier. 1998. A good value Arlequin Press site guide, with 86 pages, 13 colour photographs and several black-and-white illustrations and maps. Softback £9.95.

A Birdwatching Guide to France South of the Loire (including Corsica) by Jacquie Crozier. 2000. A detailed Arlequin Press site guide, with 300 pages, numerous colour photographs and maps. Softback £15.95.

The  Birds of Heligoland - Die Vogelwelt der Insel Helgoland by  J. Dierschke, V. Dierschke, K. Hüppop, O. Hüppop & K.F. Jachmann. 2011. A beautiful and detailed monograph on this most famous observatory island, with 630 pages, histograms and colour photographs throughout. Although the main text is in German, there are extensive English summaries to the introductory chapters (and the many introductory photographs), and there are short English summaries to each of the species accounts. Hardback £75.00.

Nouvel inventaire des oiseaux de France by Philippe J. Dubois, Pierre Le Maréchal, Georges Olioso & Pierre Yésou.  2008. A detailed status of all the birds of France (including rarity records), in French, with 560 pages and colour photographs, distribution maps and histograms throughout. Hardback £47.00.

Where to Watch Birds in France by Philippe J. Dubois. 2006. Second edition. The standard birdfinding guide. Includes Corsica. With 400 pages and maps throughout. Softback £16.99.

A Birdwatching Guide to Lesvos by Steve Dudley.  2009. Where to watch, where to stay and where to eat, with 272 pages, 45 maps and 90 colour photographs. Softback £19.99.

 Advanced Bird ID Guide: The Western Palearctic by Nils van Duivendijk. 2010. A concise, detailed, bullet-point identification guide to all 1,300 Western Palearctic species and major subspecies, with 304 pages and 10 line drawings of bird topography. Softback £14.99.

 Advanced Bird ID Handbook: The Western Palearctic by Nils van Duivendijk. 2011. A new, easier-to-use, large format edition of the popular advanced ID guide (the above title), with updates to over 570 species and 416 pages. Softback £24.99.

Common Birds of Qatar by Hanne Eriksen, Jens Eriksen & Frances Gillespie. 2010. A photographic guide to the commoner birds of Qatar, with about 400 colour photographs of Middle Eastern species, a concise site guide, 248 pages and colour distribution maps. Softback £29.99. 

Common Birds in Oman by Hanne & Jens Eriksen. 2010. Second edition. An introduction to the birds of Oman, with about 400 superb, large-format colour photographs of Middle Eastern species, 256 pages and colour distribution maps for Oman. First edition reviewed in Birding World 19: 131. Softback £29.99. 

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Southern Spain & Gibraltar by Clive Finlayson. 1993. A Prion site guide, with 89 pages and numerous maps. Softback £14.99.

Birds of the Strait of Gibraltar by Clive Finlayson. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. Hardback £50.00.

Birds of Iberia by Clive Finlayson and David Tomlinson. 1993 (2003 softback edition). An attractive outline of the birds of Spain and Portugal, with 218 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback £19.95.

The Birds of Cyprus by P.R. Flint & P. F. Stewart. 2nd edition. 1992. A BOU check-list, with 234 pages, several maps, 24 black-and-white photographs of habitats and 17 colour photographs of birds. Hardback £24.00.

The Raptors of Europe and the Middle East: A Handbook of Field Identification by Dick Forsman. 1999. The essential standard reference. A major handbook by the foremost authority on Western Palearctic raptors, with 608 pages and over 700 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 380-381. Softback £29.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Southern & Western Spain by Ernest Garcia & Andrew Paterson. 2008. 3rd edition. A detailed guide to over 200 sites, with 400 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

Frontiers in Birding by Martin Garner. 2008. Cutting-edge identification problems (eg female Green-winged Teal and White-winged Scoters and many more) discussed and explained, with guest introductory chapters, with 192 pages and scattered black-and-white illustrations. Softback £19.95.

A Birdwatching Guide to Georgia by Lexo Gavashelishvili, Ramaz Gokhelashvili, Zura Javakhishvili and David Tarkhnishvili. 2005. The first bird site guide to the central Caucasus, including information on other wildlife, with 132 pages, maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £14.99.

Birding in Eastern Europe by Gerard Gorman. 2006. A guide to over 230 sites in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, with 288 pages and maps. Softback £19.00.

Finding Birds in Estonia by Dave Gosney. 2011. An 85-minutes DVD showing a good selection of the species and the main birding sites, plus a 36-page booklet with numerous maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD £16.30. DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in Lapland by Dave Gosney. 2010. A 76-minutes DVD showing a good selection of the species and the main birding sites, plus a 36-page booklet with 19 maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD £16.30. DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in South Finland by Dave Gosney. 2010. A 95-minutes DVD showing a good selection of the species and the main birding sites, plus a 40-page booklet with 25 maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD £16.30. DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in Southern Cyprus by Dave Gosney. 2010. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with annotated maps. Softback booklet £7.50. Also, an accompanying DVD  of the same title showing many of the sites and a good selection of the species of birds. DVD £16.30. DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in North Spain by Dave Gosney. 2010. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 36 pages and 20 annotated maps. Softback booklet £7.50. Also, an accompanying DVD  of the same title showing many of the sites and about 50 species of birds. 68 minutes DVD £16.30. DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in North Goa by Dave Gosney. 2010. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 36 pages and 19 annotated maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  Also, an accompanying DVD of the same title showing many of the sites and about 140 species of birds. 95 minutes DVD. £16.30. DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in Morocco's Desserts by Dave Gosney. 2009. An updated version of 'Finding Birds in Southern Morocco' (1996). A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 32 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £7.50. Also, an accompanying DVD with the same title (also 2009), shows many of the sites and birds. DVD £16.30. DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in Andalucia by Dave Gosney. 2009. An updated version of 'Finding Birds in Southern Spain' (1995). A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 48 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £7.50. Also, an accompanying DVD with the same title (also 2009), shows many of the sites and birds. DVD £15.95.  DVD & Booklet together £20.35. 

Finding Birds in Eastern Austria by Dave Gosney. 1994. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 21 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Bulgaria by Dave Gosney. 1994. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 30 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Cyprus by Dave Gosney. 1996. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet (covering southern Cyprus but not the Turkish north), with 28 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Egypt by Dave Gosney. 1993. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 26 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Greece by Dave Gosney. 1993. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 36 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Mallorca by Dave Gosney. 1995. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 24 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Northern Morocco by Dave Gosney. 1993. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 23 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Poland by Dave Gosney. 1995. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 28 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Southern Portugal by Dave Gosney. 1995. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 32 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Western Turkey by Dave Gosney. 1996. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 36 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Turkey by Ian Green & Nigel Moorhouse. 1995. A Prion site guide, with 122 pages and numerous maps. Softback £14.99.

The Birds of the State of Kuwait by George Gregory. 2006. A detailed status, with 220 pages and a selection of colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 86. Softback £15.00.

The Nature Guide to the Hortobagy by Crossbill Guides. 2008. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of this important region of Hungary, with 192 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £19.95. 

The Nature Guide to the Andalusian Sierras from Malaga to Gibraltar by Crossbill Guides. 2007. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of the region, with 208 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £19.95.

The Nature Guide to the Bialowieza Primeval Forest by Crossbill Guides. 2005. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of the region, with 144 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £16.95.

The Nature Guide to the Biebrza Marshes by Crossbill Guides. 2005. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of the region, with 108 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £14.95.

The Nature Guide to the Camargue, La Crau & Les Alpilles by Crossbill Guides. 2006. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of the region, with 198 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £19.95.

The Nature Guide to the Coto Doñana by Crossbill Guides. 2005. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of the region, with 160 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £16.95.

An Atlas of Wader Populations in Africa and Western Eurasia by Simon Delany, Derek Scott, Tim Dodman and David Stroud. 2009. An authoritative status, with 524 pages and colour photographs and detailed species distribution maps throughout. Hardback £70.00.

(**late February) Extremely Rare Birds in the Western Palearctic by Marcel Haas. Details of the rarest 157 species that have occurred in the Western Palearctic, with references, with over 300 colour photographs of the actual individuals wherever possible. Hardback £25.75.

The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds edited by Ward Hagemeijer and Michael Blair. 1997. The detailed atlas of European breeding birds, with accompanying text written by a team of authors. With 900 pages and numerous line drawings. Reviewed in Birding World 10: 443. Hardback £65.00.

The Complete Guide to the Birdlife of Britain and Europe by Peter Hayman and Rob Hume. 2001. An updated version of the classic guide, as important as Collins Bird Guide, with 288 pages and thousands of annotated colour paintings. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 131. Hardback £25.00.

The New Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe by Peter Hayman and Rob Hume. 2001. The updated pocket version of the above, packed with useful information, with 272 pages and thousands of annotated colour paintings. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 131. Hardback £9.99.

The Birds of the Cape Verde Islands by C.J. Hazevoet. 1995. A BOU check-list, with 192 pages, several maps and 48 colour photographs of birds and habitats. Hardback £22.00.

Important Bird Areas in Europe by M.F. Heath and M.I. Evans. 2000. A massive BirdLife International work: the ultimate site guide for birders and the foundation of conservation in Europe, describing 3,600 of the best bird sites in Europe, with 1,600 pages and thousands of maps. Two volume set. Softback £75.00.

Crossbill Guides: Extremadura, Spain by Dirk Hilbers. Second Edition. 2011. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of Extremadura, with 224 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £19.95.

Finnish Lapland and the Kuusamo area by Dirk Hilbers. 2010. An attractive Crossbill site guide to all the natural history of the region, with 224 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £19.95. 

The Nature Guide to Cévennes and Grand Causses, France by Dirk Hilbers. 2009. An attractive Crossbill site guide to all the natural history of this important region, with 256 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £19.95. 

Spanish Pyrenees and Steppes of Huesca – Spain by Dirk Hilbers and Kees Woutersen. 2012. This latest Crossbill Wildlife Guide covers the diverse habitats of Huesca in northeast Spain, with 256 pages, colour photographs throughout and many detailed route maps. Softback £20.95.

RSPB Birds of Britain & Europe by Rob Hume. Second edition. 2006. Britain's best-selling photographic field guide, with 456 pages and colour photographs and distribution maps throughout. Softback £16.99.

A Climatic Atlas of European Birds by Brian Huntley, Rhys Green, Yvonne Collingham & Stephen Willis. 2007. A detailed prediction of how the ranges of European birds will alter due to climate change, with 520 pages and colour atlas maps throughout. Hardback £44.99.

The Birds of the Banc d'Arguin by Paul Isenmann. 2007. A detailed checklist of the status of the birds of this vitally important Mauritanian National Park, with 192 pages and numerous colour photographs. Softback £22.50.

Birds of Mauritania by Paul Isenmann, Maurice Benmergui, Peter Browne, Amadou Diam Ba, Cheikh Hamallah Diagana, Yelli Diawara Zeine El Abidineould Sidaty. 2010. A detailed checklist of the status of the 506 bird species recorded in Mauritania, with 408 pages, dual English/French text, and colour photographs throughout. Softback £35.00.

Birds of Tunisia by Paul Isenmann, Thierry Gaultier, Ali El Hili, Hichem Azafzaf, Habib Dlensi and Michael Smart. 2005. With dual English/French text, an authoritative and detailed status, with 432 pages, 130 colour photographs and 150 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 307. Softback £35.00.

Birds of Algeria / Oiseaux d'Algerie by Paul Isenmann and Aissa Moali. 2000. A definitive avifauna, with fully dual English/French text, 336 pages, 210 maps and 115 colour photographs. Softback £33.95.

Moult and Ageing of European Passerines by Lucas Jenni and Raffael Winkler. 1994. An important 2011 reissue of the 1994 work, detailing the moult profiles of 58 species, with 235 pages and 480 colour photographs. Hardback £120.00.

Aves Raras de Espana by Eduardo de Juana. 2006. A detailed status of rare birds in Spain (in Spanish), with 474 pages, 214 colour photographs and numerous figures. Hardback £25.50.

Birds of the Czech Republic by Joseph Kren. 2000. The first comprehensive review of the Czech Republic's avifauna to be published in English, with 304 pages, over 400 maps and 43 photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 468. Hardback £29.99.

Where to Watch Birds in France by LP0. 1995. With numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

The Good Bird Guide by Keith Marsh. 2005. A species-by-species site and fieldcraft guide to finding Europe’s most sought-after birds, with 500 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 305. Softback £16.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Spain: the 100 Best Sites by José Antonio Montero. 2006. A guide to all the main localities, beautifully produced, with 342 pages and numerous detailed maps and colour photographs. Softback £18.50.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Portugal and Madeira by Colm Moore. Goncalo Elias & Helder Costa. 1997. A Prion site guide, with 144 pages and 23 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 159. Softback £14.99.

A Birdwatching Guide to Southern Spain by Malcolm Palmer. 1997. A good value Arlequin Press site guide. With 89 pages, eight colour photographs and numerous line drawings and maps. Reviewed in Birding World 10: 279. Softback £9.95.

A Birdwatching Guide to Eastern Spain by Malcolm Palmer. 2001. A detailed Arlequin Press site guide, with 120 pages and over 40 maps. Softback £10.95.

Nomads of the Strait of Gibraltar by Fernando Barrios Partida.  2007. A guide to bird migration at the Straits of Gibraltar, with 430 pages, maps and numerous colour photographs. Hardback £36.99.

Birds of Britain and Europe: Collins Field Guide by Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort and Phil Hollom. 1993. Fifth edition. The original standard field guide up-dated. Hardback £25.00.

Birds of the Middle East by Richard Porter and Simon Aspinall. 2010. A completely revised and up-dated version of Birds of the Middle East (Porter, Christensen & Schiermacker-Hansen 1996). The standard field guide to the region, now with 820 species (110 extra), 384 pages and new text, plus all distribution maps and colour plates (now 176) updated. Softback £29.99.

Flight Identification of European Raptors by R.F. Porter, Ian Willis, Steen Christensen & Bent Pors Nielsen. 3rd edition. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 276 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Lapland: a Natural History by Derek Ratcliffe. 2005. An authoritative but attractive monograph in the T. & A.D. Poyser series, with 253 colour photographs and 364 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 87. Hardback £50.00.

A Birding Tourist’s Guide to Majorca Maties Rebassa and José Luis Martinez. 2010. An attractive, well-produced and detailed site guide to Mallorca, with 128 pages and colour maps and colour photographs throughout. . Softback £20.00.

Where to Watch Birds in Northern and Eastern Spain by Michael Rebane and Ernest Garcia. Second edition. 2008. A detailed site guide with 368 pages and over 100 maps. First edition reviewed in Birding World 13: 90. Softback £19.99.

Field Guide to the Birds of Macaronesia by Eduardo Garcia del Rey. 2011. A field guide and status summary to all the birds of the Azores, Madeira and the Cape Verde and Canary Islands, with 342 pages, 150 colour plates (mainly illustrations from HBW, del Hoyo et al.) and 230 distribution maps. Hardback £25.99.

Checklist of the Birds of the Canary Islands by Eduardo Garcia del Rey. 2001. A useful A5-sized bookletbcoding the status of all the birds recorded in the islands in detail, with 30 pages. Softback £7.50.

The Birds of the United Arab Emirates by Colin Richardson. 1990. With 180 pages, species status and site guide, 100 colour photographs and 280 line drawings. Softback £17.00.

A Birdwatching Guide to Romania by James Roberts. 2000. An Arlequin Press site guide, with numerous colour photographs and maps. Softback £22.00.

A Birdwatcher’s Guide to Italy by Luciano Ruggieri and Igor Festari. 2005. A bird-finding guide to over 100 of the best sites in Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, including a complete Italian checklist and detailed appraisals of the most important Italian species, with 304 pages and numerous sketch maps. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 85. Softback £17.50.

Where to Watch Birds in Switzerland by Marco Sacchi, Peter Ruegg & Jacques Laesser. 1999. The latest in the Christopher Helm series: the first comprehensive guide to Switzerland, covering 45 major sites, with 176 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 89. Softback £16.99.

A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife by Richard Sale. 2006. The first comprehensive guide to Arctic wildlife, informative and visually stunning, with 464 pages, 200 colour photographs and 200 maps. Hardback £40.00.

Birdwatching Guide to Oman by Dave Sargeant and Hanne & Jens Eriksen. 2008. Second edition. An attractive site guide, with 256 pages and numerous colour photographs and maps. Softback £22.99.

Birdwatching in Azerbaijan by Sebastian Schmidt, Kai Gauger and Nigar Agayeva. 2008. A detailed site guide, with 224 pages and numerous colour photographs and maps, and a CD of soundscapes. Softback £19.99.

A Guide to the Birding Hot-spots of Israel by Hadoram Shirihai, James P. Smith, Guy Kirwan and Dan Alon. 2000. A detailed site guide with many colour photographs. Two volumes - Northern Israel and Southern Israel. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 87. Softback £19.99. (The two volumes may be purchased separately, price £12.99 each.)

Birding Dordogne by David Simpson. 2010. A concise bird-finding guide to this popular region of France, with 32 pages and eight detailed maps. Softback booklet £7.50.

A Guide to Birdwatching in Skåne, Southern Sweden by Skåne Ornithological Society (SKOF). 2008. A detailed site guide, with 192 pages and colour photographs and maps throughout. Softback £28.00.

A Birdwatching Guide to Cyprus by Arthur Stagg & Graham Hearl. 1998. A good value Arlequin Press site guide. With 84 pages, numerous maps and 16 colour photographs. Softback £9.95.

Birds of the Mediterranean: a photographic guide by Paul Sterry. 2004. A comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of the Mediterranean region, with concise species texts on facing pages, with 192 pages and about 1,000 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 261. Softback £19.99.

Identification Guide to European Passerines by Lars Svensson. 1992. Fourth edition. The standard, detailed, in-hand identification guide, with 368 pages. Softback £20.00.

Collins Bird Guide: Birds of Britain and Europe Second Edition by Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom. 2009. This long-awaited, extremely important second edition of the standard field guide contains a great many updates and taxonomic changes from the 1999 1st edition (reviewed in Birding World 12: 254-255 and this edition 23: 41-42). With 448 pages and colour plates and colour species distribution maps throughout. Hardback £25.00, Softback £17.99.

Collins Bird Guide: Birds of Britain and Europe Large format (approx. A4) Revised 2nd edition. 2011. The beautiful large format A4-sized version of the standard identification guide (the above title), but including new text and plate updates, plus all the maps revised.Hardback £50.00.

The Birds of Morocco by Michel Thevenot, Rae Vernon and Patrick Bergier. 2003. A detailed BOU status on the birds of this popular birding country, with 600 pages and 32 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 483. Hardback £45.00.

The Birds of Corsica by Jean-Claude Thibault and Gilles Bonaccorsi. 1999. A detailed BOU Check-list, with 182 pages, maps and 16 pages of colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 340. Hardback £24.00.

Birding Babylon by Jonathan Trouern-Trend. 2006. The journal of a birder-soldier in Iraq, with 79 pages. Hardback £6.50. 

A Birdwatcher's Guide to Norway by Bjørn Olav Tveit. 2011. Where, when and how to find the Birds of Norway, including Svalbard: over 350 sites described, with 471 pages and colour photographs and detailed maps throughout. Softback £39.00.

Madeira: a countryside guide by John & Pat Underwood. 2002. Seventh edition. An access guide to the countryside of Madira, with 144 pages, numerous maps and colour photographs. Softback £9.99.

Where the birds are in northeast Spain by Steve West. 2006. A detailed species-by-species site guide to 114 species, with 270 pages, 28 colour maps and several colour photographs and illustrations. Softback. £19.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Europe and Russia by Nigel Wheatley. 2000. An overview of the best birdwatching sites, matching the style of the author's Africa, Asia, Australasia and South America guides, with 464 pages and over 100 maps. Softback £16.99.

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EASTERN PALEARCTIC

Collins Field Guide Birds of the Palearctic: Non-Passerines by Norman Arlott. 2009. A handy field guide to all the birds of the entire Palearctic: the non-passerines volume, with 240 pages, species texts facing the 80 excellent colour plates, and maps for every species. The accompanying passerines volume was published in 2007. Hardback £25.00.

Collins Field Guide Birds of the Palearctic: Passerines by Norman Arlott. 2007. A handy field guide to all the birds of the entire Palearctic, with 240 pages, species texts facing the 80 colour plates, and maps for every species. (The accompanying non-passerines volume is due to be published in early 2009.) Hardback £25.00. 

(**March) Birds of Central Asia by Raffael Ayé. Manuel Schweizer and Tobias Roth. A comprehensive field guide, with 320 pages, 141 colour plates and 450 maps. Softback £29.99.

Palearctic Birds: a Checklist of the Birds of Europe, North Africa & Asia by Mark Beaman. 1994. With 168 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 8: 158. Softback £5.00.

(**Now delayed again until January 2013) Birds of Mongolia by Sundev Gombobaatar, Chris Leahy and Shagdarsuren Boldbaatar. The first field guide to the birds of Mongolia, with 224 pages and species texts facing 83 colour plates and species distribution maps. Softback £24.99.

Field Guide to the Birds of East Asia by Mark Brazil. 2009. Filling a major gap in the birding literature, this major work is the first field guide covering eastern Asia: eastern Russia, eastern China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan, with 528 pages, and the 985 species texts and distribution maps facing the excellent 236 colour plates. Softback £29.99.

The Birds of Japan by Mark Brazil. 1991. The status of birds in Japan, with 466 pages, numerous distribution maps and six colour plates. Hardback £45.00.

The Avifauna of Hong Kong by Geoff Carey et al. 2001. The authoratative standard reference on the status of the birds of Hong Kong; beautifully produced, with 564 pages and 31 colour photographs. (Reviewed in Birding World 15: 87). Hardback £45.00.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hong Kong by Hong Kong Birdwatching Society. 2004. With concise dual English/Chinese identification and status text, 560 pages and 786 colour photographs of 343 species. Softback £24.99.

550 Birds of Japan by Masashi Kirihara, Norio Yamagata, Toshiyuki Yoshino & Himaru Iozawa. 2000. The best photographic reference to Siberian and Eastern Palearctic birds, with 710 pages and hundreds of stunning colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 349. Two volume softback set £55.00.

A photographic guide to the birds of China including Hong Kong by John MacKinnon and Nigel Hicks. 2001. 2nd edition. A compact and inexpensive photographic guide, with 144 pages featuring 252 species. Softback £7.99.

A Field Guide to the Birds of China by John MacKinnon and Karen Phillipps. 2000. The only real field guide to the birds of China, with 586 pages, 128 colour plates and colour species distribution maps. Softback £42.00.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and North-East Asia by Tadao Shimba. 2007. A comprehensive guide, with 504 pages and over 1,500 colour photographs. Softback £24.99.

A Guide to the Mammals of China by Andrew T. Smith and Yan Xie. 2008. A beautiful field guide, with 392 pages, 72 colour plates and species distribution maps. Hardback £41.95.

The Feathers of Japanese Birds in Full Scale by Masaru Takada and Takuya Kanouchi. 2004. A sumptuous, beautiful Japanese reference, covering most Japanese species, indexed with English and scientific names, with 304 pages and colour photographs throughout. Hardback in Slipcase £80.00.

Birds of Hong Kong and South China by Clive Viney, Karen Phillipps and Lam Chiu Ying. 2005. Eighth edition. The best field guide for the Hong Kong region, including a brief site guide, with 256 pages and 91 colour plates. Softback £22.95.

The Birds of Kazakhstan by Arend Wassink and Gerald Oreel. 2007. A detailed status and distribution of the birds of this superb birding country, with 288 pages, 900 maps and figures, and numerous colour photographs. Hardback £45.00.

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INDIA & SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Handbook of the Birds of India & Pakistan by Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley. 2002. The standard work - the complete second edition, with 3,121 pages and numerous colour plates. 10 Softback Volumes in a Boxed Set £75.00.

Important Bird Areas in Nepal by Hem Sagar Baral and Carol Inskipp. 2005. A detailed site guide, with 242 pages, and numerous colour  maps and photographs. Softback £25.00.

The Birds of Kangra by Jan Willem den Besten. 2004. A status and photographic guide to this Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh, India, with 176 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback £15.50.

A Birdwatcher's Guide to Malaysia by Richard Bransbury. 1993. With 282 pages, many sketch maps and 39 colour photographs. Softback £14.00.

A Photographic Guide to the Snakes and other reptiles of Sri Lanka by Indraneil Das. 2005. An inexpensive pocket guide with 300 colour photographs. Softback £7.99.

A photographic guide to birds of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos by Peter Davidson. 2009. A handy and very inexpensive introductory guide to about 250 species, with 144 pages, excellent photographs and useful and concise texts. Softback £7.99. 

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Borneo by G.W.H. Davison & Chew Yen Fook. 1996. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 144 pages and colour photographs of 252 species. Softback £7.99.

Birds of Melanesia by Guy Dutson. 2011. A complete field guide (covering all the SW Pacific islands between New Guinea and Polynesia), with 416 pages and 75 colour plates. Softback £40.00.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of the Philippines by Tim Fisher and Nigel Hicks. 2000. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 144 pages and 250 colour photographs. Softback £7.99.

A Field Guide to the Mammals of South-East Asia by Charles Francis. 2008. A beautiful field guide, with 392 pages, 72 colour plates and species distribution maps. Hardback £34.99.

A Photographic Guide to Mammals of South-East Asia by Charles Francis. 2001. A superb value-for-money guide in the New Holland series of pocket photographic guides, with 128 pages and colour photographs of 192 species. Softback £7.99.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan & Sri Lanka by Bikram Grewal, Bill Harvey and Otto Pfister. 2002. With 512 pages and 850 colour photographs of 800 species and distribution maps for each species. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 348-349. Softback £19.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of India and Nepal by Bikram Grewal. 1996. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs of selected species. Reviewed in Birding World 9: 328. Softback £9.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of the Himalayas by Bikram Grewal & Otto Pfister. 1999. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs of selected species. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 214. Softback £9.99.

Birds of Pakistan by Richard Grimmet, Tom Roberts and Tim Inskipp. 2009. The first field guide to the birds of Pakistan, using the relevant images from the handbook style Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (Grimmet, Inskipp & Inskipp 1998, now out of print), with 256 pages and colour plates throughout facing text and colour species distribution maps. Softback £24.99.

Field Guide to the Birds of Northern India by Richard Grimmett and Tim Inskipp. 2003. A field guide version of the handbook style Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (Grimmet, Inskipp & Inskipp 1998, now out of print), but covering just Northern India, with 304 pages and species texts opposite 120 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 262. Softback, £24.99.

Field Guide to the Birds of Southern India by Richard Grimmett and Tim Inskipp. 2005. A field guide version of handbook style Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (Grimmet, Inskipp & Inskipp 1998, now out of print), but covering just Southern India, with 240 pages and species texts opposite 87 colour plates. Softback, £24.99.

Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Richard Grimmet, Carol Inskipp & Tim Inskipp. 2011. A fully revised and updated, full field guide version of the author's popular Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (1999, now out of print), with the plates, text and maps extensively revised and many images replaced, and now 528 pages (was 384), with coloured distribution maps and species texts facing 226 colour plates (was 153) covering the 1,375 species in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Softback £35.00.

Birds of Nepal by Richard Grimmet, Carol Inskipp & Tim Inskipp. 2000. A fine Helm field guide, with 288 pages and over 760 species illustrated in colour in 110 colour plates, with facing-page text. Softback £24.99.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka by John Harrison. 2011. Second edition. The only modern field guide to the birds of Sri Lanka, with 322 pages and 49 excellent colour plates by Tim Worfolk with facing-page coloured range maps and species text summaries. Softback, £27.50.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Nepal by Carol Inskipp. 1988. A comprehensive Prion site guide, with 116 pages and 19 maps. Softback £14.99.

A Guide to the Birds of Nepal by Carol Inskipp & Tim Inskipp. 1991. Second edition. The standard work on the status of the birds of Nepal, with 402 pages, 703 distribution maps and eight colour plates. Hardback £40.00.

Birds of Bhutan by Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp and Richard Grimmett. 1999. A field guide version of handbook style Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (Grimmet, Inskipp & Inskipp 1998, now out of print), but covering just Bhutan, with 192 pages and species texts opposite 70 colour plates. Softback, £24.99.

Field Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Krys Kazmierczak and Ber van Perlo. 2000. A pocket-sized guide to all 1300 species, with 352 pages, maps and 96 colour plates of all species. Softback £19.99.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to India by Krys Kazmierczak and Raj Singh. 1998. A comprehensive Prion site guide, with about 300 pages and over 100 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 483. Softback £18.99.

Guide to the Birds of the Philippines by Robert Kennedy, Pedro Gonzales, Edward Dickinson and Tim Fisher. 2000. The standard reference, and the first comprehensive modern field guide to the birds of the Philippines, with 320 pages, 72 colour plates illustrating all 556 recorded species, and colour distribution maps. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 469. Softback £42.00.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Korea by Woo-Shin Lee, Tae-Hoe Koo & Jin-Young Park. 2000. The first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Korea, true field-guide sized with 328 pages and colour plates and colour distribution maps facing text throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 175. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 175. Hardback £24.95.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali by John Mackinnon and Karen Phillipps. 1993. The standard field guide to the region, with 492 pages and 88 colour plates. Softback £42.00.

 The Birds of Borneo by Clive F. Mann. 2008. A detailed and authoritative status in the BOU Checklist series, with 440 pages and 68 colour photographs of habitats and birds. Hardback £50.00.

A Field Guide to Indian Mammals by Vivek Menon. 2009. A comprehensive photographic field guide, with 200 pages, 350 colour photographs and numerous colour distribution maps. Softback £16.99.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo by Susan Myers. 2009. A comprehensive field guide published by New Holland, with 272 pages, over 1,600 colour illustrations (by the same team of artists as the publisher's A Field Guide to the Birds of South East Asia) and 630 distribution maps. Hardback £24.99.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Mt Kinabalu, Borneo by Hitoshi Nakayasu, Shigeru Asama and Alim Biun. 1996. An indispensible guide for the visitor to this popular birding destination, with 152 pages, useful tips on birding the area and colour photographs throughout. Softback £20.00.

Birds of Prey of the Indian Subcontinent by Rishad Naoroji. 2006. An important work: a detailed guide to 70 species of diurnal raptor, with 690 pages, 15 colour plates and over 850 colour photographs. Hardback £45.00.

A Guide to the Large Mammals of Thailand by John Parr. 2003. A field guide to 138 species, with 206 pages, 39 excellent colour plates and species distribution maps. Softback £19.99.

Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo by Quentin Phillipps and Karen Phillipps. Second edition. 2011. A comprehensive field guide, with 372 pages, 141 colour plates and 12 maps. Softback £24.99.

Birds and Mammals of Ladakh by Otto Pfister.  2005. The first comprehensive field guide and status to the birds and mammals of this remote Himalayan region, with 362 pages and over 400 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 351. Hardback £49.95.

Birds of South Asia: the Ripley Guide by Pamela Rasmussen and John Anderton. 2005. A comprehensive guide: Vol. 1, a field guide with 180 colour plates and 1,430 colour maps; Vol. 2, the main texts, including morphology, and sonograms for c.900 species. Hardback 2 volume set. £68.00.

A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia by Craig Robson. 2008. The updated definitive guide to all 1,327 species in Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Cambodia, with 544 pages and 120 colour plates by Clive Byers, Jan Wilczur, Tim Worfolk, Richard Allen & Ian Lewington. The first edition (2000) was reviewed in Birding World 19: 175. Hardback £35.00, Softback £24.99. Also a compact flexicover edition (2005), with 304 pages and brief texts facing the plates, £19.99.

 A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India by Amano Samarpan. 2006. An inexpensive pocket guide, with excellent photographs of a wide selection of typical species, with 160 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback  £12.95.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Sri Lanka by Gehan de Silva et al. 2000. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 136 pages and 240 colour photographs. Softback £7.99.

A Guide to the Mammals of China by Andrew T. Smith and Yan Xie. 2008. A superb field guide illustrating most of the 556 species of mammals found in China, with 576 pages, 61 colour plates, 25 habitat colour photographs and 572 distribution maps. Hardback £34.99.

Birds in Bhutan: status and distribution by Peter Spierenburg. 2005. An authoritative status to this popular birding destination, with 384 pages and 950 colour maps and graphs. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 175. Hardback £40.00.

Birds of South-east Asia: a photographic guide by Morten Strange. 1998. Not a comprehensive guide, but a good value large-format selection of 260 colour photographs, with 112 pages. Softback £12.99.

Birds of Fraser’s Hill by Morten Strange. 2006. An inexpensive photographic guide to 95 characteristic birds, and a complete checklist with status codes to this most important Malaysian hill forest, with 120 pages. Softback £6.50.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia including the Philippines and Borneo by Morten Strange. 2002. With 398 pages and over 700 colour photographs of 668 species and distribution maps for each species. Softback £19.99.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia by Morten Strange. 2002. With 416 pages and almost 700 colour photographs of 686 species and distribution maps for each species. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 304. Softback £19.99.

Birds of Taman Negara by Morten Strange and Dennis Yong. 2006. An inexpensive photographic guide to 98 characteristic birds, and a complete checklist with status codes to this most important Malaysian national park, with 120 pages. Softback £6.50.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Java, Sumatra and Bali by Tony Tilford and Alain Compost. 2000. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 136 pages and 240 colour photographs. Softback £7.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Thailand by Michael Webster & Chew Yen Fook. 1997. A good value selection of colour photographs in a pocket guide. Softback £7.99.

(**March). Birds of Sri Lanka by Deepal Warakagoda, Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp. A comprehensive field guide, with 224 pages and 70 colour plates. Softback £29.99.

Birds of the Thai-Malayan Peninsula Volume 1 Non-Passerines by David Wells. 1999. An authoritative reference covering distribution, ecology and identification, with 512 pages, maps and 70 superb colour plates. (Volume 2, covering the Passerines, was published in 2007, but is now out of print.) Reviewed in Birding World 12: 256. Hardback £85.00. 

A Photographic Guide to Mammals of Sri Lanka by Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne. 2008. A slim, good value pocket guide packed with information and excellent colour photographs at a bargain price, with 128 pages. Softback £7.99.

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AFRICA & INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Prey of Southern, Central and East Africa by David Allan. 1996. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs and colour flight paintings of 88 species. Softback £9.99.

Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea by John Ash and John Atkins. 2009. A detailed atlas of distribution, with 464 pages, 29 colour photographs and 872 detailed distribution maps. Hardback £50.00.

Important Bird areas in Tanzania by Neil & Elizabeth Baker. 2002. A Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania birding site guide and vital conservation document in one, with 304 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 43. Softback £30.00.

Important Bird areas in Kenya by Leon Bennun and Peter Njoroge. 2000. An excellent Birdlife International site guide, with 318 pages and 60 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 168. Softback £18.00.

Birding Ethiopia by Ken Behrens, Keith Barnes and Christian Boix.  2010. A site guide to Ethiopia’s best birding localities, with 224 pages and numerous colour photographs and maps. Softback £25.99.

Birds of Senegal and The Gambia by Nik Borrow and Ron Demey. 2011. A comprehensive field guide, with 352 pages and species texts and colour distribution maps facing 140 colour plates. Softback £29.99.

Birds of Western Africa by Nik Borrow and Ron Demey. 2001. The long-awaited first comprehensive guide to the region, with 816 pages, 147 colour plates and 1,100 distribution maps. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 350-351. Hardback £60.00.

Birds of Western Africa by Nik Borrow and Ron Demey. 2004. A lighter weight, field guide version of the authors' Birds of Western Africa (2001, above), with 512 pages, 150 colour plates and 1,300 distribution maps. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 307. Softback £29.99.

Birds of Ghana by Nik Borrow and Ron Demey. 2010. A field guide based on the plates from the authors' Birds of Western Africa (above), with text and distribution maps facing the plates, 352 pages and 145 colour plates. Softback £29.99.

Wildlife of Seychelles by John Bowler. 2006. A Wildguides photo-guide covering birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and many invertebrates, with 192 pages and digital photo-plates throughout. Hardback £17.95.

The Bird Atlas of Uganda by Margaret Carswell, Derek Pomeroy, Jake Reynolds and Herbert Tushabe. 2005. A definitive status of every species recorded in Uganda. 564 pages and distribution maps throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 131. Hardback £55.00.

Southern African Birdfinder by Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode and Jonathan Rossouw. 2006. A guide crammed with information on where to find 1,400 bird species in southern Africa and Madagascar, with 456 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 174. Softback £19.99.

The Birds of Zambia by Robert J. Dowsett, Dylan R. Aspinwall and Francoise Dowsett-Lemaire. 2008. An atlas, detailed status and handbook (not a field guide), with 606 pages, 720 distribution maps and 16 pages of colour photographs. Softback £29.99.

Birds of Malawi: An Atlas and Handbook by Francoise Dowsett-Lemaire and Robert Dowsett. 2006. The standard reference to the birds of Malawi, with 556 pages, detailed species maps and 18 pages of colour photographs. Softback £25.00.

Mammals of Madagascar: A Complete Guide by Nick Garbutt. 2007. An up-dated field guide version of the author’s highly acclaimed Mammals of Madgascar (1999), with 304 pages, 210 colour photographs 75 line drawings and 135 distribution maps. Softback £24.99.

Birds of Liberia by Wulf Gatter. 1998. An authoritative avifauna, with 320 pages, distribution maps, 86 colour photographs and four colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 159. Hardback £40.00.

The Birds of São Tomé & Príncipe with Annobón by Peter Jones and Alan Tye. 2006. A detailed checklist to the birds of this group of islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with 192 pages and 34 colour photographs. Hardback £30.00. 

The Birds of Africa by Stuart Keith et al. 1982-2004. The standard work, each volume with numerous colour plates. All now out of print except Volume 5, Thrushes to Puffback Flycatchers. Volumes 4, 5 & 7 were reviewed in Birding World 5: 404, 10: 357 & 17: 261. Volume 5 £135.00.

The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals by Jonathan Kingdon. 1997. This guide is far and away the best field guide to the great mammal continent, with very detailed text of all species and excellent colour illustrations. With 465 pages. Softback £29.99.

The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals by Jonathan Kingdon. 2004. A simpler, easier-to-use-in-the-field version of the best guide: The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (1997, above), with 272 pages, 112 colour plates and 250 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 131. Softback £16.99.

Important Bird Areas in Zambia by Peter Leonard. 2005. A conservation guide and a birding site guide describing 42 Important Bird Areas in Zambia, including 18 National Parks, with detailed information on the birds and other fauna, conservation issues and visitor information. With 218 pages, colour photographs, detailed maps and checklists. Softback £14.00.

The Raptor Guide of Southern Africa by Ulrich Oberprieler and Burger Cillié. 2010. A detailed and comprehensive identification guide to the raptors and owls, with 304 pages and colour photographs, plates and maps throughout. Softback  £25.50.

Newman's Birds of Southern Africa by Kenneth Newman. 1999. Ninth edition. A fine field guide, with 510 pages and facing page colour plates, text and maps. Softback £19.99.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern Africa: by Ber Van Perlo. 2009 edition (originally published 1995). A pocket field guide describing and illustrating all 450 species commonly found in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Somalia (including Socotra), with distribution maps for all species. The text is very concise, but this guide is a true field guide - ideal for use in the field, with 302 pages. Softback £25.00.

Birds of Western and Central Africa: Collins illustrated checklist by Ber van Perlo. 2002. A pocket field guide describing and illustrating all species, with 384 pages, distribution maps and 109 colour plates. The text is very concise, but this guide is a true field guide - ideal for use in the field. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 351. Softback £19.99.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa by Ber Van Perlo. 2009 edition (originally published 1999). A pocket field guide describing and illustrating all species, north to and including Angola, Zambia and Mozambique. The text is very concise, but this guide is a true field guide - ideal for use in the field, with 320 pages. Softback £25.00.

A Guide to the Endemic Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea by Jose Luis Pol. 2001. A colour photographic guide to the 30 endemic species, with 256 pages, with detailed text and distribution maps. Softback £17.00.

Birds of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia & Socotra by Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe. 2011. Second edition. The first field guide to the region and a companion to Birds of East Africa, with 512 pages and 213 superb plates by John Gale and Brian Small. This second edition includes seven new plates. Softback £35.00.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of East Africa by Dave Richards. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs of selected species. Softback £9.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Uganda by Jonathan Rossouw & Marco Sacchi. 1998. A guide to the top national parks and reserves, with 110 pages, maps, full checklists and numerous colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 339. Softback £12.99.

The Birds of St Helena by Beau W. Rowlands. A detailed BOU Check-list, with 295 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 129. Hardback £25.00.

Pocket Guide Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair. 2009. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 144 pages and 580 colour photographs of selected species. Softback £9.99.

Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair. 1994. 3rd edition. An excellent photographic field guide, with over 900 colour photographs facing text and distribution maps. Softback £14.99.

A Photographic Guide to Southern African Birds by Ian Sinclair. 1990. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs of selected species. Softback £9.99.

Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands by Ian Sinclair & Olivier Langrand. 1998 (2003 reprint) . A major field guide illustrating all the species of Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, the Seychelles and the Comoros, with 176 pages, 340 distribution maps and 65 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 443. Softback £17.99.

Complete Photographic Field Guide Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan. 2009. A comprehensive photographic guide to all the birds of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, with 432 pages and species texts and distribution maps opposite over 2,500 colour photographs. Softback £24.99.

Birds of Africa south of the Sahara by Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan. Second Edition. 2010. The first complete field guide to all the birds of Africa south of the Sahara, updated, with 768 pages and species texts and distribution maps opposite 363 colour plates. Softback £29.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Namibia by Ian Sinclair and Jackie Sinclair. 1995. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs of selected species. Softback £7.99.

Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey & Warwick Tarboton. 1997. The best field guide to the region, with 445 pages, numerous distribution maps and over 200 colour plates. Softback £19.99.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands by Ian Sinclair & Olivier Langrand. 2006. A photographic guide to the birds of Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, the Seychelles and the Comoros, with 128 pages. Softback £14.99.

Birds of Seychelles by Adrian Skerrett and Tony Disley. 2011. The second edition of the field guide to the birds of the Seychelles, with 176 pages and 65 colour plates. Softback  £24.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Ethiopia by Claire Spottiswoode, Merid Gabremichael and Julian Francis. 2010. A detailed site guide, with 192 pages, 150 colour photographs and numerous maps. Softback £19.99.

Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe. 2002. An immensely important guide, covering all the birds of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, with 610 pages and text and range maps facing 3,400 images of 1,388 species. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 521. Softback £35.00.

The Larger Mammals of Africa by Chris and Tilde Stuart. 1997. An excellent photographic field guide, with facing-page text and distribution maps, 318 pages and over 400 colour photographs. Softback £17.99.

Birds of Africa by Chris and Tilde Stuart. 1999. A general review of the birds of Africa, with 176 pages and 200 colour photographs. Hardback £24.99.

Southern African Wildlife by Mike Unwin. 2005. Second edition. A beautiful introduction to the wildlife and summary of the key national parks and reserves, with 284 pages and excellent colour photographs throughout. Softback £18.95.

Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Dale Zimmerman, Don Turner & David Pearson. 1996. The definitive guide, with 752 pages, 124 colour plates and 1,058 distribution maps. Hardback £50.00; Softback £24.99.

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NORTH AMERICA

National Geographic Complete Birds of North America edited by Jonathan Alderfer. 2005. The superb essential reference: a ‘Handbook’ version of the standard field guide, with far more detail, with 672 pages and colour throughout. Hardback £24.95.

Birds of North America by Norman Arlott. 2011. A comprehensive but compact guide in the Collins Field Guide Series, with 224 pages, 100 colour plates and species distribution maps. Hardback £29.99.

Woodpeckers of North America by Frances Backhouse. 2006. An attractive monograph of the North American species, with large-format colour photographs throughout and 232 pages. Hardback £30.50.

Birding Georgia by Giff Beaton. 2000. A site guide to over 100 of best birding locations in Georgia, with 278 pages and numerous maps. Softback £14.95.

The Birds of New Jersey: status and distribution by William J. Boyle, Jr.  2011. The up-to-date definitive status of birds in one of the states most relevant to Britain and Europe, with 320 pages, 202 colour photographs and 460 maps. (Hardback £37.95) Softback £16.95.

A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey by William J. Boyle Jr. 2002. Second edition A detailed site guide, with 492 pages and numerous maps. Softback £17.95.

Birding North Carolina by M. Brook and M. Johns. 2005. A detailed site guide to the 44 best birding localities in the state, with 224 pages, maps and photographs. Softback £10.95.

A Birder’s Guide to Michigan by Allen Chartier and Jerry Ziarno. 2004. A definitive ABA site guide covering over 200 sites, with 672 pages and over 200 maps. Softback £19.95.

A Birder's Guide to the Texas Coast by Mel Cooksey and Ron Weeks. 2006. 5th Edition. A detailed American Birding Association site guide to this important birding area, with 334 pages and numerous maps. Softback £17.95.

A Birder's Guide to Planning North American Trips by Jerry Cooper. 1995. Real detail on the key areas: how to see almost all of North America's birds in just a year, with 374 pages and 52 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 9: 37. Softback £16.95.

The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds by Richard Crossley. 2011. A uniquely impressive photo-montage field guide to all the birds of eastern North America, with 528 pages and 680 colour plates. Softback £24.95.

Birdwatching: Discovery travel adventures edited by Judith Dunham. 2000. A glossy 'Where to watch Birds' introduction to the best birding sites in North America, with 224 pages and numerous colour photographs and maps. Softback £14.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Southern Florida by Michael Flieg and Allan Sander. 2002. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 144 pages and colour photographs of 248 species. Softback £7.99.

Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America by Ted Floyd. 2008. A bargain-priced photographic field guide, with 512 pages, distribution maps, and a disc with 587 MP3 bird sounds of 138 species on CD. Softback. £16.99.

Birds of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska by Daniel D. Gibson and G. Vernon Byrd. 2007. A definitive and detailed status, including the breeding birds and all the records of the many vagrants, with 360 pages, 32 colour photographs. Hardback £28.00.

Birds of the Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos Islands by Bruce Hallett. 2006. A complete and detailed photographic field guide, including checklist and status, with 256 pages and numerous colour photographs. Softback £7.95.

A Birder's Guide to Virginia by David Johnston. 1997. The comprehensive American Birding Association site guide, with 288 pages and 45 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 10: 279. Softback £18.50.

Kaufman Guide to Advanced Birding by Kenn Kaufman. 2011. An all-new advanced guide to identification principles and ten groups of North American birds, with 448 pages. Softback £17.99.

Mammals of North America by Roland Kays and Don Wilson. 2002. A superb field guide: 108 beautiful colour plates facing pages of concise species texts and distribution maps. Hardback £35.00, Softback £13.95.

Birding Northern California by John Kemper. 1999. A site guide to almost 300 of the best birding locations in Northern California, with 408 pages and 102 maps. Softback £14.50.

A Birder's Guide to the Metropolitan Areas of North America by Paul Lehman. 2002. A comprehensive American Birding Association site guide to birding areas around the key cities of North America, with 508 pages and 171 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 307. Softback £21.95.

Hawks from Every Angle by Jerry Liguori.  2007. A comprehensive guide to North American raptors in flight (first published in 2005), with 144 pages and 339 colour photographs. Softback £12.95.

A Birder's Guide to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas by Mark W. Lockwood et al. 6th edition. 2008. The comprehensive American Birding Association site guide, with 336 pages, numerous maps and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Third edition reviewed in Birding World 13: 90. Softback £18.95.

Birding Sites of Nova Scotia by Blake Maybank. 2005. A detailed bird-finding guide, with 574 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 86. Softback £29.99.

Birding Washington by Rob and Natilie McNair-Huff. 2004. A guide to the 70 best birding sites in Washington state, with 400 pages, maps and photographs. Softback £12.95.

America's 100 Most Wanted Birds by Steven Mlodinow and Michael O'Brien. 1996. How to find 100 of the rarest birds in the USA: Kirtland's Warbler, Lucifer Hummingbird, Blue-footed Booby and 97 others, with 496 pages and 82 colour photographs. Softback £23.00.

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America 6th Edition by Jonathan Alderfer and Jon. L. Dunn. 2011. The definitive North American field guide in a new 6th edition containing the most all-new material since the first edition was published more than 25 years ago, with 576 pages (up from 504 in the 2006 5th edition), colour plates throughout with 200 new artworks, a 10% increase in illustrations, plates now sprinkled with text to point out key features, new species, updated taxonomy, updated range maps, comprehensive subspecies maps for the first time, and other useful new features. The third edition was reviewed in Birding World 12: 296. Softback £18.99.

National Geographic Birder's Journal. 1999. An illustrated North American checklist, with black-and-white versions of the third edition field guide plates facing sections for inserting dates and locations. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 296. Softback £10.00.

A Birder’s Guide to Washington by Hal Opperman. 2003. A detailed bird finding guide in the acclaimed ABA series, with 636 pages and numerous sketch-maps. Softback £19.95.

Shorebirds of North America by Dennis Paulson. 2005. A detailed photographic identification and ageing reference to all the waders recorded in North America (so including many Asian migrants), with over 530 superb colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 175. Softback £24.99.

Shorebirds of the Pacific Northwest by Dennis Paulson. 1998. Softback edition. A detailed identification and ageing reference to North American waders, with 406 pages and numerous superb colour photographs. Softback £22.50.

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America by Roger Tory Peterson. 2008. An enlarged and digitally fully updated edition of the classic field guide, with 544 pages, updated colour plates and detailed, large format distribution maps. Softback. £35.00.

A Birder’s Guide to Florida by Bill Pranty. 2005. A detailed bird finding guide in the acclaimed ABA series, with 418 pages and numerous sketch-maps. Softback £19.95.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific by H. Douglas Pratt, Phillip Bruner & Delwyn Berrett. 1987. With 410 pages and 43 colour plates. Softback £30.95.

The Summer Atlas of North American Birds by Jeff Price, Sam Proege & Amy Price. 1995. The standard distribution of North American breeding birds, with 350 pages and 450 species maps. Reviewed in Birding World 8: 359. Hardback £45.00.

Identification Guide to North American Birds Part 1 by Peter Pyle. 1997. The definitive detailed identification guide to North American passerines, with 744 pages and numerous black-and-white detail illustrations. The North American version of Identification Guide to European Passerines by Lars Svensson (1992). This is the book with the detailed information necessary for identifying, ageing, sexing, racing and confirming the moult strategies of all North American passerines. Softback £49.00.

 Identification Guide to North American Birds Part 2 by Peter Pyle. 2008. The long-awaited most detailed identification guide to North American non-passerines, with 848 pages and numerous black-and-white detail illustrations. This is the book with the detailed information necessary for identifying, ageing, sexing and confirming the moult strategies of the likes of Canada Goose forms, Dunlin races, gulls and terns etc etc. Softback £49.00.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Bermuda by André Raine. 2004. A complete guide, including checklist and status, with 146 pages and numerous excellent colour photographs. Softback £7.95.

Birding Oregon by John Rakestraw. 2007. A detailed guide to the 200 best birdwatching sites, with 224 pages and nunerous black-and-white photographs and maps. Softback £12.95.

A Guide to the Birds of the Southeastern States by John H. Rappole. 2006. A field and site guide to Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, with 366 pages, 379 maps and 420 colour photographs. Softback £19.50.

 A Birder's Guide to Southern California by Brad Schram. 2007. 5th edition. The comprehensive American Birding Association site guide, with 440 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.95.

The North American Bird Guide by David Sibley. 2000. This long-awaited guide is, as expected, superb and a 'must' for anyone interested in North American birds - or North American vagrants to Europe. With over 6,000 outstanding colour illustrations. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 380. Softback £25.00.

Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America by David Sibley. 2003. The artwork and maps from The North American Bird Guide (Sibley 2000, above), with more detailed text and covering just the east, so smaller and better for the field, and at a bargain price, with 432 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 393. Softback £19.99.

Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America by David Sibley. 2003. The artwork and maps from The North American Bird Guide (Sibley 2000, above), with more detailed text and covering just the west, so smaller and better for the field, and at a bargain price, with 464 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 393. Softback £19.99.

The Sibley Guide: Bird Life & Behaviour by David Sibley. 2001. A companion to the same author's North American Bird Guide looking at all aspects of bird life, with 608 pages and illustrations throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 41. Hardback £35.00.

The Birdwatcher's Guide to Hawai'i by Rick Soehren. 1996. A comprehensive site guide, with 216 pages, colour and black-and-white photographs and several maps. Softback £14.99.

Birds of Eastern North America by Paul Sterry and Brian E. Small. 2010. The best, most lavishly illustrated photographic guide to the region’s birds, with 336 pages and species texts and detailed range maps facing the colour photographs throughout, at a bargain price. Softback £12.95.

Birds of Western North America by Paul Sterry and Brian E. Small. 2010. The best, most lavishly illustrated photographic guide to the region’s birds, with 416 pages and species texts and detailed range maps facing the colour photographs throughout, at a bargain price. Softback £12.95.

A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona by R.C. Taylor. 2005 revised edition. The comprehensive American Birding Association guide, with 384 pages and numerous maps. Softback £18.95.

Birds of North America for Windows by Thayer Birding Software. 2008. The latest Gold Edition of the ultimate North American PC DVD, featuring 957 species, including 2,850 photos, 551 videos, 708 songs & calls (exportable to MP3 player too), range maps etc. DVD £85.00. 

Birding Illinois by Sheryl De Vore. 2000. A site guide to 110 of the best birding locations in Midwest USA. Softback £15.95.

Birding Texas by Roland Wauer and Mark Elwonger. 1998. A very comprehensive site guide to 120 of the best sites in one of the best birding states, with 525 pages and 131 maps; includes a detailed status and distribution checklist. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 43. Softback £16.50.

Birder’s Conservation Handbook: 100 North American Birds at Risk by Jeffrey V. Wells. 2007. A facinating study of the status of 100 of North America’s rarest breeding birds, with 464 pages and numerous maps and species line drawings. Softback £19.95.

A Birder's Guide to Alaska by George C. West. 2008. 2nd Edition. A comprehensive American Birding Association site guide, with 672 pages and 120 maps. The first edition was reviewed in Birding World 16: 130. Softback £21.99.

A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors by Brian Wheeler & William Clark. 1995. Covers all 43 species, with 198 pages and 377 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 8: 397. Softback £19.99.

A Birder's Guide to the Bahama Islands by Anthony White. 1998. The comprehensive American Birding Association site guide, with 302 pages and numerous maps. Softback £17.95.

National Geographic Guide to Birding Hot Spots of the United States by Mel White with Paul Lehman. 2006. All of the best birding sites in one handy volume, with 320 pages and colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £12.99.

A Birder's Guide to Arkansas by Mel White. 1995. The comprehensive American Birding Association site guide, with 260 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.95.
 

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CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN AREA

The Birds of Panama: a Field Guide by George Angehr and Robert Dean. 2011. A completely new field guide, with 464 pages, 908 colour illustrations and 911 species distribution maps. Softback £22.95.

A Bird-finding Guide to Panama by George R. Angehr, Dodge Engleman & Lorna Engleman. 2008. A very detailed site guide, with 390 pages, site checklists and maps. Softback £17.99.

Birds of the West Indies by Norman Arlott. 2010. A compact field guide, with 240 pages, concise species texts facing comprehensive colour plates, plus species distribution maps. Hardback £29.99.

(**March) Birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire by Bart de Boer, Eric Newton and Robin Restall. A comprehensive field guide, with 192 pages and 70 colour plates. Softback £24.99.

The Birds of the Cayman Islands by Patricia E. Bradley. 2001. A definitive BOU Checklist, with 253 pages and 71 colour photographs. Hardback £35.00.

The Birds of Barbados by P.A. Buckley, Edward B. Massiah, Maurice B. Hutt, Francine G. Buckley and Hazel F. Hutt. 2009. A definitive status, with 322 pages, 72 colour photographs and six colour maps. Hardback £40.00.

A Birdwatching Guide to Bermuda by Andrew Dobson. 2002. An Arlequin Press site guide. Softback £13.95.

Birds of the Eastern Caribbean by Peter Evans. 1990. A review of all the commoner species of the region, with 162 pages, numerous colour photographs and a useful checklist of occurrence on the individual islands. Softback £6.75.

A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago by Richard Ffrench. 1991. Second edition, with 464 pages and 29 colour plates. Softback £40.00.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba by Orlando Garrido and Arturo Kirkconnell. 2000. The first field guide devoted to the birds of Cuba, with 272 pages, 145 maps and 51 colour plates of all 350 species by Roman Company. Softback £29.99.

Birds of Costa Rica by Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean. 2007. A Helm Field Guide, with 416 pages and colour plates throughout, with distribution maps and species texts facing the illustrations. Softback £24.99.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Jamaica by Ann Haynes-Sutton, Audrey Downer and Robert Sutton. 2009. A comprehensive photographic field guide, with 304 pages, c.1,500 colour photographs and 220 maps. Softback £24.99.

Birds of Costa Rica: a field guide by Carrol. L. Henderson. 2010. A photographic guide to a selected 310 commoner species, with 402 pages and colour photographs and distribution maps throughout. Softback £20.99.

Wild Costa Rica by Adrian Hepworth. 2008. A beautiful and authoritative natural history, with 176 pages and colour photographs throughout. Hardback £29.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Mexico by Steve Howell. 1999. A detailed site guide, with 512 pages and 95 maps. Softback £19.99.

A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America by Steve Howell and Sophie Webb. 1995. By far the best identification guide to the region. With 852 pages and 71 colour plates. Softback £42.50.

Birds of Belize by H. Lee Jones. 2004. The first complete field guide to the birds of Belize, with 484 pages, species distribution maps and 56 colour plates by Dana Gardner. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 351. Softback £29.99.

The Birds of Hispaniola by Allan Keith, James Wiley, Steven Latta and Jose Ottenwalder. 2003. A detailed BOU status on the birds of this Caribbean island, with 294 pages and 70 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 131. Hardback £30.00.

The Birds of St Lucia by Allan Keith. 1997. A detailed BOU check-list, with 176 pages, several maps and 40 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 10: 280. Hardback £22.00.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the Caymans by Guy Kirwan, Arturo Kirkconnell and Mike Flieg. 2010. A Prion site guide to this popular birding destination, with 198 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti by Steve Latta, James Wiley, Christopher Rimmer, Herbert Raffaele, Allan Keith, Kent McFarland & Eladio Fernandez. 2006. The first detailed field guide devoted to the island of Hispaniola, with 364 pages and 57 colour plates. Softback £24.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Costa Rica by Barrett Lawson. 2009. A detailed Helm series site guide to this popular destination, with 382 pages and 107 maps. Softback £19.99.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Trinidad & Tobago by William L. Murphy. 3rd edition. 2004. A thoroughly revised third edition of the standard site guide to these popular birding destinations, with 172 pages and numerous maps and black-and-white photographs. Softback, £16.99.

Puerto Rico's Birds in Photographs by Mark Oberle. 2000. Second edition. An excellent guide, with over 300 colour photographs of 181 species, 132 pages, and a CD-ROM containing extensive species life histories and 1,250 colour photographs. Softback plus CD-ROM £28.00.

Collins Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Central America by Ber van Perlo. 2006. A compact identification guide to every species in the region, with 336 pages, distribution maps and all plumages of all over 1,500 species illustrated. Hardback £25.00.

Birds of the West Indies by Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele. 1998. A fine Helm guide, with 511 pages, 86 colour plates and distribution maps of all species. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 404. Hardback £40.00.

Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies by Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele. 2003. A field guide version of the above, using the same colour plates, with concise species texts on facing pages, with 224 pages, 92 colour plates and distribution maps of all species. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 393. Softback £16.99.

A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America & SE Mexico by Fiona Reid. 2001. An excellent, comprehensive guide, with 334 pages, species range maps and 48 superb colour plates. Softback £25.99.

The Wildlife of Costa Rica: a field guide by Fiona A. Reid, Twan Leenders, Jim Zook and Robert Dean. 2010. An attractive guide to the Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibiansa and Arthropods, with 284 pages and colour illustrations throughout.  Softback £24.99.

Birds of Trinidad and Tobago by Martyn Kenefick, Robin Restall and Floyd Hayes. 2011. Second edition. A field guide using the relevant images from Birds of Northern South America (Restall et al. 2006), with eight new plates in this second edition (eg of the flycatchers etc repainted), 272 pages and 115 colour plates. Softback £24.99.

A Guide to the Birds of Panama by Robert Ridgely & John Gwynne Jr. 1989. With 608 pages and 48 colour plates. Softback £37.95.

A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica by Gary Stiles, Alexander Skutch & Dana Gardner. 1989. With 656 pages and 52 colour plates of all species. Softback £40.00.

Important Bird Areas of the Caribbean: key sites for conservation by David Wege and Veronica Anadon-Irizarry.  2008. A definitive conservation review that doubles as a detailed ‘where to watch birds’, with 348 pages and numerous colour photographs, illustrations, maps, and tables. Softback £22.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Central America and the Caribbean by Nigel Wheatley and David Brewer. 2002. An overview of the best birdwatching sites, matching the style of the author's Africa, Asia, Australasia and South America guides, covering 215 sites in detail, with 436 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 131. Softback £16.99.

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SOUTH AMERICA

A photographic guide to birds of Ecuador and Galapagos by Clive Byers. 2009. A handy and very inexpensive introductory guide to about 250 species, with 144 pages, excellent photographs and useful and concise texts. Softback £7.99.

A photographic guide to birds of Peru by Clive Byers. 2007. A handy and very inexpensive introductory guide to 252 species, with excellent photographs and useful and concise texts. Softback £7.99.

A Wildlife Guide to Chile by Sharon Chester. 2008. The first English wildlife guide to Chile, with 400 pages and 120 excellent colour plates. Softback £19.99.

A Guide to the Birds of Peru by James Clements & Noam Shany. 2001. Further expanded from the original announcements into a true field guide to all 1,800 species, with almost all illustrated in 128 colour plates by Eustace Barnes and Dana Gardner. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 303. Softback £40.00.

Important Bird Areas Americas: priority sites for biodiversity conservation edited by C. Devenish, D.F. Diaz Fernandez, R.P. Clay, I.J. Davidson and I. Yépez Zabala. 2009. A very detailed, lavishly illustrated, Birdlife International conservation guide and birding site guide. With 460 pages, colour photographs, detailed maps, tables and checklists. Hardback £44.99.

Wildlife of the Galapagos by Julian Fitter, Daniel Fitter and David Hosking. 2000. A pocket photographic field guide to all wildlife groups (including birds and plants) and site guide, with 254 pages and colour photographs throughout and numerous maps. Softback £14.99.

Birds of the High Andes by Jon Fjeldsa and Niels Krabbe. 1990. The classic, standard field guide, with 880 pages and 64 colour plates illustrating almost 1,000 species. Hardback £107.00.

Birding in Venezuela by Mary Lou Goodwin. 2003. The acclaimed site guide, with 336 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 395. Softback £15.00.

Birds of Brazil: the Pantanal and Cerrado of Central Brazil by John A. Gwynne, Robert S. Ridgely, Guy Tudor & Martha Argel. 2011. A quality field guide (the first of a series which will cover Brazil in five overlapping parts), with 336 pages and 743 species texts facing the colour plates and distribution maps. Softback £22.95.

Galapagos Diary by Hermann Heinzel and Barnaby Hall. 2000. A complete guide to the archipelago's birdlife; a virtual tour in photographs and sketches, including field guide and checklist. Softback £16.99.

Birds of Venezuela by Steven Hilty. 2002. A completely revised edition of A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela (de Schauensee 1978), with completely new text, 896 pages, 67 colour plates (27 of them new) and 1,370 distribution maps. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 129-130. Softback £45.00.

A Guide to the Birds of Colombia by Steven Hilty & William Brown. 1986. With 836 pages and 56 colour plates. (Hardback £83.50) Softback £52.00.

A Birdwatching Guide to south-east Brazil by Juha Honkala and Seppo Niiranen. 2010. A site guide and comprehensive photographic guide to 558 species, with 416 pages and detailed texts (including voice) and species distribution maps facing the photographs. Softback £28.99.

Galapagos Wildlife by David Horwell and Pete Oxford. 2005. Second edition. A beautiful introduction to the wildlife and natural history, with 140 pages and excellent colour photographs throughout. Softback £15.99.

Field Guide to the Birds of Chile by Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. The first complete field guide to the birds of Chile, with 240 pages and species texts opposite 97 colour plates by Peter Burke and David Beadle. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 86. Softback £24.99.

 Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia by Miles McMullan, Thomas M. Donegan and Alonso Quevedo. 2010. An impressive compact guide, with colour illustrations and adjacent distribution maps of all 1,800+ species, with 242 pages and colour throughout. Softback £21.99.

Birds of Argentina & Uruguay: A Field Guide by Tito Narosky & Dario Yzurieta. 2003. 15th edition. The only complete field guide to the birds of Argentina & Uruguay, with 348 pages and species texts and distribution maps opposite colour plates. Softback £34.99.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil by Ber Van Perlo. 2009. The first comprehensive field guide for Brazil, with 480 pages and the concise species texts covering identification, habitat and voice facing 187 colour plates depicting all species and many subspecies and 1,791 maps. Softback £27.50.

The Birds of Ecuador by Robert Ridgely and Paul Greenfield. 2001. A vital reference. In two volumes: The text largely in Vol. 1, with 768 pages, and the field guide section in Vol. 2, with 816 pages, 96 colour plates and about 1600 distribution maps. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 349. Two volumes. Softback (Vol.1 £60.00; Vol. 2 £45.00.) £85.00.

The Birds of South America: Volume 1 The Oscine Passerines by Robert Ridgely and Guy Tudor. 1989. The most complete guide to this group of over 700 South American landbird species, with 596 pages, 723 maps and 31 superb colour plates by Guy Tudor. Hardback £67.00.

Checklist of the Birds of Northern South America by Clemencia Rodner, Robin Restall and Miguel Lentino. 2000. An annotated checklist of all the bird species in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, with information on subspecies, distribution, altitudinal range, taxonomy and references. It will be a compaion to the forthcoming Birds of Northern South America by the same authors. With 144 pages. Softback £16.99.

Birds of Northern South America by Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner and Miguel Lentino. 2006. A comprehensive two-volume work covering Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela to French Guiana. Volume 1 covers Identification, Distribution & Taxonomy, with 880 pages. Volume 2 is the Field Guide, with 656 pages, 306 colour plates with over 6,300 images of over 2,300 species, and species distribution maps. The volumes may be purchased separately: Volume 1 £60.00 and Volume 2 £40.00. Softback 2 Volumes £85.00.

Birds of Peru by Thomas S. Schulenberg, Daniel F. Lane, Douglas F. Stotz, John P. O'Neill and Theodore A. Parker III. 2007. The long-awaited definitive field guide to the number one country for birds in the world! With 656 pages, 304 colour plates, with text opposite the plates, and 1,800 colour distribution maps. Softback £29.99.

A Visitor's Guide to the Falkland Islands by Debbie Summers. 2006. Second edition. A site guide to the birds and other Natural History of these famous wildlife islands, ringbound with 130 pages, superb colour photographs throughout and excellent maps. Softback £12.50.

A Guide to the Birds, Mammals and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands by Andy Swash and Robert Still. 2005. 2nd Edition. A comprehensive guide, with 168 pages and 53 colour plates using a stunning digital photographic technique, facing-page text and colour maps. Softback £16.99.

Chasing Neotropical Birds by Vera and Bob Thornton. 2005. The stories of bird photography trips to key destinations throughout Central and South America, with 240 pages and a sumptuous colour photograph on almost every page. Hardback £22.95.

Field Guide to the Birds of South America: Passerines by Guy Tudor and Robert Ridgely. 2009. A condensed single volume version of the two-volume Birds of South America (1989, Ridgely & Tudor above & 1994), with 758 pages and 121 colour plates (of 1,500 species, including 400 extra species) and new distribution maps. Softback £35.00.

Where to Watch Birds in South America by Nigel Wheatley. 1994. An indispensible trip-planning guide, with 432 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

Birds and Mammals of the Falkland Islands by Robin and Anne Woods. 2006. An attractive, handy guide, with 144 pages and colour photographs throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 175. Hardback £17.95.

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AUSTRALASIA, PACIFIC, ANTARCTICA & SOUTH ATLANTIC

Where to Find Birds in Australia by John Bransbury. 1987. The only really comprehensive site guide to this great birding continent, covering a huge number of sites in real detail, with 540 pages, with numerous colour photographs and maps. Softback £16.00.

Birds of New Zealand Locality Guide by Stuart Chambers 2009. Third edition. A site and bird-finding and photographic field guide combined, with 400 pages and numerous colour photographs. Softback £35.00.

Birds of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago: A Photographic Guide by Brian J. Coates in collaboration with William S. Peckover. 2001. The first photographic guide to the region, with 272 pages and over 650 colour photographs, many of species illustrated in photographs for the first time. Softback £35.00.

Collins Traveller's Guide: Birds of New Zealand by Julian Fitter and Don Merton. 2011. A compact complete photographic field guide to 350 bird species with range maps, plus key information on national parks, with 288 pages and over 600 colour photographs. Softback £16.99.

Field Guide to the Wildlife of New Zealand by Julian Fitter. 2010. A compact photographic guide to all wildlife and plants, with 276 pages and 700 colour photographs. Softback £16.99.

Birds of Australia Photographic Field Guide by Jim Flegg. Second edition. 2002. A comprehensive set of colour photographs, with 368 pages, facing-page text and distribution maps. Softback £15.99.

Birds and Bird Lore of Bougainville and the North Solomons by Don Hadden. 2004. A detailed account of the birds of this region east of New Guinea, with 312 pages, over 200 colour photographs and 25 paintings by Peter Slater and Dana Gardner. Softback £22.00. 

Antarctic Wildlife by James Lowen.  2011. A Wildguides photographic field guide to the birds and wildlife of the Antarctic Peninsula and Drake Passage area, with 240 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback £17.95.

(**date to be confirmed) Finding Birds in Darwin, Kakadu and the Top End: Northern Territory Australia by Niven McCrie and James Watson. A detailed bird finding guide, with 160 pages and numerous sketch-maps. Softback. Out of print, but a new, 3rd edition is due, date and price to be confirmed.

A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia by Peter Menkhorst. 2001. A truly excellent comprehensive field guide, with species texts facing superb colour plates and distribution maps of all 379 species by Frank Knight. With 270 pages. Softback £17.99.

New Zealand Wetland Birds and their World by Geoff Moon. 2009. An introduction to the wetland birds of New Zealand, with 144 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback £14.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of New Zealand by Geoff Moon. 2002. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 144 pages and 250 colour photographs. Softback £7.99.

Know Your New Zealand Birds by Lynnette Moon.  2006. Identification and background information to a good selection of New Zealand birds; inexpensive and with 176 pages and large format colour photographs throughout. Softback £12.99.

Field Guide to Australian Birds by Michael Morcombe. Complete Compact Edition. 2004. An excellent, complete pocket guide, with 386 pages, with maps, texts and colour paintings together throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 131. Softback £15.00.

Where to Watch Birds in New Zealand by Kathy Ombler. 2007. A detailed site guide, with 272 pages, 33 maps and 30 colour photographs. Softback £12.99.

Field Guide to New Zealand Seabirds by Brian Parkinson. 2000. A fine and inexpensive photographic guide to New Zealand's very many seabirds (eg three-quarters of the world's albatrosses and petrels), with 136 pages, 116 colour photographs and 108 maps. Softback £12.99.

Collins Field Guide: Birds of New Zealand, Hawaii, Central and West Pacific by Ber Van Perlo. 2011. A comprehensive field guide including Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, with 256 pages, 95 colour plates featuring over 750 species, and brief facing text and distribution maps. Hardback £29.99.

A Visitor’s Guide to South Georgia by Sally Poncet and Kim Crosbie. 2006. The first detailed guide to the islands, in ring-bound format, with 180 pages and colour photographs, illustrations and maps throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 175. Softback £17.95

The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand by Hugh Robertson and Barrie Heather. 2001. A highly portable version of the standard field guide to New Zealand birds, with 176 pages and 74 colour plates of all species. Softback £34.00.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Australia by Peter Rowland. 1995. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 144 pages and 250 colour photographs. Softback £10.99.

Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island by Peter Ryan. 2007. Packed with information and photographs, with 162 pages and over 400 colour photographs. Softback £12.00.

A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife by Hadoram Shirihai. 2nd edition. 2007. A second edition of the definitive work; 544 pages packed with information and 920 colour photographs (increased from 600 in the first edition) and 35 colour plates. Hardback £40.00.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia by Ken Simpson and Nicolas Day. 2004. Seventh edition. The best field guide, with 382 pages and 132 colour plates. Softback £24.99.

The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds by Peter Slater, Pat Slater and Raoul Slater. 2003 Edition. An excellent, complete pocket guide, with 344 pages with maps and texts facing the colour plates throughout. Softback £14.99.

Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife by Tony Soper. 2004. Fourth edition. An introduction, with 144 pages and colour illustrations throughout. Softback £14.95.

A Photographic Guide to Mammals of Australia by Ronald Strahan. 1995. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 134 pages and 168 colour photographs. Softback £10.99.

The Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia by Richard Thomas, Sarah Thomas, David Andrew and Alan McBride. Second edition. 2011. The most comprehensive bird finding guide, with 480 pages, colour and black-and-white photographs and maps. Softback £37.50.

A Guide to the Birds of Fiji and Western Polynesia by Dick Watling. 2002. The first complete field guide to the region, with 272 pages and all the regular species illustrated in 16 colour plates by Chloe Talbot-Kelly. Softback £19.95.

Where to Watch Birds in Australasia & Oceania by Nigel Wheatley. 1998. An overview of the best birdwatching sites, matching the author's Africa, Asia and South America guides, with 448 pages and over 100 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 159. Hardback £16.99.

A Field Guide to the Insects of Australia edited by Paul Zborowski and Ross Storey. 2003. Second edition. An introduction and practical field guide to the insects of Australia, with 208 pages and over 240 colour photographs. Softback £15.99.

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MONOGRAPHS

Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America by Per Alstrom and Krister Mild. 2003. A fine, particularly detailed Helm monograph, with 496 pages, 30 excellent colour plates, 240 colour photographs and 32 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 307. Hardback £60.00.

Evolution and Taxonomy of White-cheeked Geese [Canada Geese] by Bertin W. Anderson. 2010. A  detailed study of the taxonomy of the Canada Goose complex, with 498 pages and 25 colour plates of specimens. Hardback £47.00.

Lady of the Loch by Helen Armitage. 2011. Osprey conservation through the story of one special, record-breaking returning female to Perthshire, with 188 pages. Softback £7.99.

Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa by Kevin Baker. 1997. A Christopher Helm/A. & C. Black identification guide covering 145 species and all their races in detail (note the Asian coverage), with 400 pages and 48 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 118. Hardback £45.00.

Tanagers, Cardinals and Finches of the United States and Canada: the Photographic Guide by David Beadle and J.D. Rising. 2006. The first comprehensive photographic identification guide to this group, with 196 pages, 200 color photographs and 44 maps. Softback £18.95.

Sparrows of the United States and Canada: The Photographic Guide by James David Beadle and James Rising. 2001. A photographic, detailed identification companion to the acclaimed 'A Guide to the Sparrows of the United States and Canada' (Rising & Beadle 1996), with 500 pages and 350 excellent colour photographs. Softback £19.95.

Migrating Raptors of the World by Keith L. Bildstein. 2006. The ecology and conservation of migrant raptors worldwide, with 336 pages, 16 colour and numerous black-and-white photographs. Hardback £19.95.

The Magpies by Tim Birkhead. A detailed monograph in the T. & A.D. Poyser series, with 270 pages. Hardback, £29.99.

Great Auk Islands: a field biologist in the Arctic by Tim Birkhead. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 296 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Flight Identification of European Seabirds by Anders Blomdahl, Bertil Breife and Niklas Holmstrom. 2003. A unique photographic guide for seawatchers, with 374 pages and 690 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 308. Softback £29.99.

The Whooper Swan by Mark Brazil. 2003. A fine monograph in the T. & A.D. Poyser series, with 512 pages and including colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 86. Hardback, £50.00.

Wrens, Dippers and Thrashers by David Brewer. 2001. A superbly detailed Christopher Helm guide, with 256 pages, maps and 32 colour plates of all 75 wrens, 34 thrashers and five dippers by Barry Kent Mackay. Hardback £50.00.

The Manx Shearwater by Michael Brooke. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 264 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Tundra Plovers by Ingvar Brykjedal and Des Thompson. 1998. A standard T. & A.D. Poyser monograph covering the Eurasian, American and Pacific Golden Plovers and Grey Plover. Hardback £50.00.

The Barn Owl by D.S. Bunn, A.B. Warburton & R.D.S. Wilson. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 288 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Barn Owl by David Chandler. 2011. A delightful monograph, with 128 pages and numerous excellent colour photographs. Hardback £12.99.

Kingfisher by David Chandler and Ian Llewellyn. 2010. A monograph of the Common Kingfisher, with 128 pages and 80 superb colour photographs throughout. Hardback £12.99.

Swifts by Phil Chantler. 2000. Second edition. A Christopher Helm Guide, with 272 pages, maps and 24 colour plates by Gerald Driessens. This second edition includes considerable new text material, plus revisions to the artwork and maps. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 129. Hardback £35.00.

Sunbirds and Flowerpeckers by Bob Cheke, Clive Mann and Richard Allen. 2001. A superb Christopher Helm Guide, with 384 pages, maps and 48 stunning colour plates by Richard Allen. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 129. Hardback £50.00.

Finches and Sparrows by Peter Clement, Alan Harris & John Davis. 1993. The standard reference, covering all the world's species, with 512 pages and 73 colour plates. Helm series. Reviewed in Birding World 6: 496. Hardback £65.00.

Shorebirds of the Northern Hemisphere by Richard Chandler  2009. The most comprehensive and up-to-date photographic guide to waders, including subspecies and ageing, with 448 pages, 850 colour photographs and 150 maps. Softback £29.99.

Thrushes by Peter Clement, Ren Hathway, Jan Wilczur and Clive Byers. 2000. A fine Helm monograph, with 464 pages, over 160 maps and 60 stunning colour plates of all 162 species. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 130. Hardback £50.00.

Nightjars, Frogmouths, Oilbird, Potoos and Owlet-nightjars of the World by Nigel Cleere. 2010. A lavishly illustrated, comprehensive photographic guide to the 135 species of Caprimulgiformes, with 464 pages, 580 colour photographs and species distribution maps. Hardback £45.00.

Nightjars by Nigel Cleere and David Nurney. 1998. A standard Christopher Helm reference, covering all the world's species, with 256 pages and 36 superb colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 403. Hardback £35.00.

New World Warblers by Jon Curson, David Beadle & David Quinn. 1994. The standard reference, covering all the world's species, with 264 pages and 36 colour plates. Helm series. Reviewed in Birding World 7: 294. Hardback £50.00.

The Kittiwake by John Coulson. 2011. A new T. & A.D. Poyser monograph, with 304 pages, plus eight pages of colour photographs. Hardback £50.00.

Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats by N.B. Davies. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. Hardback £50.00.

Curassows and related birds by Jean Delacour and Dean Amadon. 2004. A second edition of the classic 1973 monograph, with 476 pages, 56 original and new sumptuous, full-page colour plates by Albert Earl Gilbert and the appropriate colour plates from HBW (del Hoyo et al.). Reviewed in Birding World 18: 43. Hardback £42.50.

The Penguins by Lloyd Davis and Martin Renner. 2003. A fine monograph looking at the natural history of penguins, with 212 pages and including colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 87. Hardback, £50.00.

The Skylark by Paul Donald. 2004. A detailed Poyser monograph, with 264 pages and colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 262. Hardback £50.00.

A Field Guide to Warblers of North America by Jon Dunn & Kimball Garrett. 1997. A superbly detailed guide that is also excellent value for money, with 656 pages, 32 colour plates and 141 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 117. Softback £11.95.

(**March) Cuckoos of the World by Johannes Erritzøe, Clive F. Mann, Frederik Brammer and Richard A. Fuller. A comprehensive guide, with 480 pages, 36 colour plates, 600 colour photographs and 150 maps. Hardback £60.00.

Starlings and Mynas by Chris Feare & Adrian Craig. 1998. The standard reference, covering all the world's species, with 272 pages, distribution maps and 32 superb colour plates. Helm series. Hardback £50.00.

Raptors of the World by James Ferguson-Lees & David Christie. 2001. Illustrated by Kim Franklin, David Mead and Philip Burton. The very long awaited Helm series identification guide to all the World's 313 species, with 992 pages, over 300 maps and 112 colour plates with over 2,000 illustrations of perched and flying birds. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 42. Hardback £60.00.

Raptors of the World: a field guide by James Ferguson-Lees & David Christie. 2005. A field guide version of the authors’ seminal, almost 1,000-page 'Raptors of the World' (2001), with 320 pages and 118 colour plates (some of which have been revised). Reviewed in Birding World 19: 87. Softback £29.99.

The Grebes by Jon Fjeldsa. 2005. A fine volume in the Bird Families of the World series from OUP. A detailed monograph, with 320 pages, 16 colour plates, numerous black-and-white illustrations and 31 maps. Hardback £116.00.

Parrots of the World by Joseph Forshaw. 2010. A field guide-sized version of the below (Forshaw 2006): the identification of all 356 species of parrot, with 328 pages and species texts and distribution maps facing 146 superb colour plates by Frank Knight. Softback £24.99.

Parrots of the World: an identification guide by Joseph Forshaw. 2006. A beautiful A4-sized identification guide to all 350 species of parrot, with 400 pages and 121 superb colour plates by Frank Knight. Hardback £41.95.

The Raptors of Europe and the Middle East: A Handbook of Field Identification by Dick Forsman. 1999. The essential standard reference. A major handbook by the foremost authority on Western Palearctic raptors, with 608 pages and over 700 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 380-381. Softback £29.99.

Bowerbirds by Clifford Frith & Dawn Frith. 2004. A fine volume in the Bird Families of the World series from OUP. A detailed monograph, with 508 pages, 8 colour plates, numerous black-and-white illustrations and maps. Hardback £110.00.

The Bee-eaters by C. Hilary Fry. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 320 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Kingfishers, Bee-eaters and Rollers by Hilary Fry, Kathie Fry & Alan Harris. 1992. The standard reference, covering all the world's species, with 344 pages and 40 stunning colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 5: 321. Helm series. Softback £24.99.

The Skuas by Robert W. Furness. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 368 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Seabirds: a natural history by Tony Gaston. 2004. An in-depth look at the lives of the world's seabirds, with 276 pages and colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 351. Hardback £50.00.

The Ancient Murrelet by Anthony J. Gaston & Ian Jones. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 272 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Pigeons and Doves: a guide to the pigeons and doves of the world by David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes and John Cox. 2001. A detailed monograph on this colourful family, including in-depth identification of all the species and their forms, with 616 pages, 76 colour plates, and distribution maps. Hardback £65.00.

The Black Woodpecker by Gerard Gorman. 2011. A comprehensive monograph, with 184 pages, two colour plates and 12 pages of colour photographs. Hardback £17.99.

Woodpeckers of Europe by Gerard Gorman. 2004. A monograph on Europe's woodpeckers, with 176 pages, 10 colour plates by Szabolcs Kokay, line drawings and colour species distribution maps. Hardback £35.00.

Gulls: a guide to identification by P.J. Grant. 2nd edition. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 352 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Herons and Egrets of the World: a photographic journey by James Hancock. 1999. Not an in-depth identification guide but a beautiful collection of photographs, covering all the world's species, with 250 pages and about 200 colour photographs of all species. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 128. Softback £18.95.

Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World by James Hancock et al. 1992. The standard reference, covering all the world's species, with 385 pages, and all species illustrated with superb, large-format plates by Alan Harris and David Quinn. Reviewed in Birding World 5: 487. Hardback £80.00.

Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers by Simon Harrap & David Quinn. 1996. The standard reference, covering all 110 of the world's species, with 464 pages and 36 colour plates. Helm series. Reviewed in Birding World 8: 480. Hardback £45.00.

The Puffin by Mike P. Harris and Sarah Wanless. 2011. An updated T. & A.D. Poyser monograph (first published in 1984), with 256 pages, numerous charts, maps, histograms and black-and-white photographs, plus 16 pages of colour photographs. Hardback £50.00.

Shrikes and Bush-shrikes by Tony Harris & Kim Franklin. 2000. The standard reference, covering all the world's species and including wood-shrikes, helmet-shrikes, shrike flycatchers, philentoemas, batises and wattle-eyes, with 392 pages and 41 colour plates. Helm series. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 425. Hardback £50.00.

(**late February) Petrels, Albatrosses and Storm-petrels of North America: a photographic guide by Steve N.G. Howell. A state-of-the-art photographic guide to these enigmatic seabirds, with 520 pages, 975 colour illustrations and 66 maps. Hardback £30.95.

Gulls of the Americas by Steve Howell and Jon Dunn. 2007. A detailed reference to all 36 gull species of North and South America, with 528 pages and 1,160 colour photographs. A ‘must’ for gull ID in Europe too! Softback £25.99.

Wildfowl of the Northern Hemisphere by Ray Hutchins. 2008 A compact summary (but not a comprehensive treatment), with 192 pages and colour illustrations throughout. Softback £14.99.

New World Blackbirds: the Icterids by Alvaro Jaramillo & Peter Burke. 1999. The standard reference, covering all the world's species, with 512 pages and 39 colour plates. Helm series. Hardback £50.00.

Cotingas and Manakins by Guy Kirwan and Graeme Green. 2011. The long-awaited, detailed monograph of this colourful South American group, with 624 pages, 34 colour plates, hundreds of colour photographs and 160 maps. Hardback £60.00.

Parrots by Tony Juniper & Mike Parr. 1998. A superb guide, with 584 pages and 88 colour plates illustrating all species. Christopher Helm series. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 156. Hardback £45.00.

The Greater Flamingo by Alan Johnson and Frank Cézilly. 2007. A definitive monograph in the T. & A.D. Poyser series, with 328 pages, black-and white illustrations and eight pages of colour. Hardback £50.00. 

Ducks, Geese and Swans by the late Janet Kear. 2005. An authoritative monograph in the OUP Bird Families of the World series, with 832 pages, 32 colour plates and 200 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 305-306. Two Volume Hardback £173.00.

The Hawaiian Goose by Janet Kear & A.J. Berger. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 184 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Flamingos by Janet Kear & Nicole Duplaix-Hall. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 248 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Reed and Bush Warblers by Peter Kennerley and David Pearson. 2010. A magnificent detailed handbook to the Locustella, Acrocephalus and Hippolais, plus the Urosphena, Cettia and Bradypterus warblers, with 712 pages, 42 colour plates, about 350 colour photographs and distribution maps. Hardback £65.00.

 The Goshawk by Robert Kenward. 2006. A classic monograph in the Poyser series, with 360 pages and eight pages of colour photographs. Hardback £50.00.

Owls of the World by Claus Konig and Friedhelm Weick. 2nd edition. 2008. A major second edition of this standard work, with 72 revised plates, 512 pages, revised and rewritten species texts and 10 new species. Hardback £50.00.

Grebes of our World by Andre Konter. 2002. A Lynx Edicions monograph, with 187 pages and 85 colour photographs of 19 of the 22 species. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 304. Hardback £19.00.

The Herons by James Kushlan and James Hancock. 2005. A detailed monograph in the popular OUP 'Bird Families of the World' series, with 433 pages, 65 maps, 12 colour plates, 21 colour photographs and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Hardback £116.00.

The Pied Flycatcher by Arne Lundberg & Rauno V. Alatalo. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 280 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Penguins of the World by Wayne Lynch. 2007. A beautiful photographic monograph on the 17 species of penguin, with 176 pages and over 130 colour photographs. Hardback £16.99.

Crows and Jays by Steve Madge. A detailed monograph in the T. & A.D. Poyser series, with 192 pages and 32 colour plates. Hardback £50.00.

Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse by Steve Madge and Phil McGowan. 2002. A fine Helm monograph, with 512 pages, 257 maps and 72 stunning colour plates of all 260 species by Norman Arlott, Robin Budden, Dan Cole, John Cox, Carl D'Silva, Kim Franklin and David Mead. With 516 pages, 257 maps and 72 colour plates. Hardback £50.00.

Barn Owls in Britain by Jeff Martin. 2008. A monograph of one of Britain's favourite birds, with 288 pages and scattered black-and-white illustrations. Hardback £15.99.

The Pinyon Jay by John M. Marzluff & Russel P. Balda. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 344 pages. Hardback £50.00.

The Golden Oriole by Paul Mason and Jake Allsop. 2009. A detailed T. & A.D. Poyser monograph on the overall biology of this charismatic species, with special reference to Britain, with 280 pages, 27 colour photograph and scattered black-and-white illustrations, maps and histograms. Hardback £50.00.

The Nuthatches by Eric Matthysen. 1998. A detailed monograph in the T. & A.D. Poyser series, concentrating on the European Nuthatch but including all other world nuthatches, with 315 pages, numerous line drawings and one colour plate by David Quinn. Hardback £50.00.

California Condors in the 21st Century edited by Allan Mee and Linnea S. Hall. 2007. The story of the conservation of North America’s most impressive bird, with 290 pages and about 30 colour photographs and maps. Hardback £28.00, Softback £21.00.

Waders of Europe, Asia and North America by Stephen Message and Don Taylor. 2005. A comprehensive and well-illustrated identification guide to all the Holarctic waders, with 240 pages and 80 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 174. Softback £29.99.

Owls of Europe by Heimo Mikkola. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 440 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Pelicans, Cormorants and their Allies by J. Bryan Nelson. 2005. An authoritative monograph, in the popular OUP 'Bird Families of the World' series, includes Frigatebirds etc, with 528 pages, 62 maps, 12 colour plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Hardback £116.00.

The Gannet by Bryan Nelson. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 368 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Pine Crossbills by Desmond Nethersole-Thompson. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 256 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Greenshanks by Desmond Nethersole-Thompson & Maimie Nethersole-Thompson. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 296 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Waders: their breeding haunts and watchers by Desmond Nethersole-Thompson. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 400 pages. Hardback £50.00.

The Sparrowhawk by Ian Newton. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 420 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Population Ecology of Raptors by Ian Newton. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 432 pages. Hardback £50.00.

The Shorebird Guide by Michael O’Brien, Richard Crossley and Kevin Karlson. 2006. The superb comprehensive photographic identification guide to North American waders (including vagrants), with 492 pages and c.900 high quality colour photographs. Softback £29.99.

Grebes of the World by Malcolm Ogilvie. 2002. A detailed, large format (330mm x 250mm) monograph, with 112 pages, 24 superb, full-page colour plates of all species by Chris Rose and 22 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 43. Hardback £19.95.

Ducks of Britain and Europe by M.A. Ogilvie. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 224 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Wild Geese by M.A. Ogilvie. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 368 pages. Hardback £50.00.

The Jack Snipe by Guy-Noel Olivier. 2009. A detailed monograph, with 208 pages and numerous colour photographs. Softback £22.50.

Gulls of Europe, Asia & North America by Klaus Malling Olsen & Hans Larsson. 2004. The definitive guide to gull identification: superbly comprehensive, with 608 pages, 83 colour plates, 823 colour photographs and 43 colour maps. Hardback £50.00.

Terns of Europe and North America: an identification guide by Klaus Malling Olsen & Hans Larsson. 1995. Covers all Western Palearctic species, with 224 pages, 44 colour plates and 200 colour photographs. Hardback £35.00.

The Kingdom of the Eagle by Brutus Ostling. 2008. A superb photographic collection by a master photographer, concentrating on White-tailed Eagles and Golden Eagles, and other birds of their habitats, with 160 pages. Hardback £20.00.

Penguins by Brutus Östling and Susanne Akesson. 2007. A large-format ‘coffee-table’ book, with 192 pages and colour photographs throughout. Hardback £25.00.

Shorebirds of the Pacific Northwest by Dennis Paulson. 1998. Softback edition. A detailed identification and ageing reference to North American waders, with 406 pages and numerous superb colour photographs. Softback £22.50.

The Cuckoos by Robert B. Payne. 2005. An authoritative monograph, in the popular OUP 'Bird Families of the World' series, with 618 pages, distribution maps, 20 colour plates by Karen Klitz and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Hardback £95.00.

The Gyrfalcon by Eugene Potapov and Richard Sale. 2005. An enthralling readable yet detailed monograph in the T. & A.D. Poyser series on one of the world's most spectacular birds, with 340 pages, numerous line drawings and colour photographs. Hardback £50.00.

The Raven by Derek Ratcliffe. A detailed monograph in the T. & A.D. Poyser series, with 350 pages. Hardback £50.00.

The Peregrine Falcon by Derek Ratcliffe & Chris Rose. 2nd edition. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 488 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Bewick’s Swan by Eileen Rees. 2006. A detailed and authoritative monograph of this popular winter visitor, with 296 pages, and 21 colour photographs. Hardback £50.00.

Munias and Mannikins by Robin Restall. 1996. The standard reference, covering all the world's species, with 264 pages and 80 colour plates. Christopher Helm series. Reviewed in Birding World 10: 40. Hardback £50.00.

The Ruff by Johan G. Van Rhijn. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 224 pages. Hardback £50.00.

A Guide to the Sparrows of the United States and Canada by James Rising, illustrated by David Beadle. 1996. Covering all 62 North American sparrows & buntings, with 366 pages and 27 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 10: 78. Softback £24.99.

Petrels night & day by Magnus Robb, Killian Mullarney & The Sound Approach.  2008. A Sound Approach guide to 23 forms of Western Palearctic petrel, with colour photographs and illustrations, sonograms and 127 sound recordings. Hardback & 2 CDs of sounds £34.95.

Albatrosses: Their World, Their Ways by Tui De Roy, Mark Jones and Julian Fitter. 2008. An authoritative monograph on all of the world’s albatrosses, with 240 pages and illustrated with 300 superb colour photographs. Hardback £35.00.

Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World by Paul Schofield and Derek Onley. 2007. The authoritative Helm field guide, with 240 pages and 45 colour plates. Hardback £24.99.

Sylvia Warblers: identification, taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Sylvia by Hadoram Shirihai, Gabriel Gargallo, Andreas Helbig, Alan Harris and David Cottridge. 2001. The most detailed monograph yet in the fine Helm series, with 576 pages, 26 maps, 20 colour plates and 540 colour photographs. Hardback £60.00.

Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides by Lester Short and Jennifer Home. 2001. A fine volume in the OUP Bird Families of the World series, with 500 pages, maps and 36 colour plates by Albert Earl Gilbert illustrating every species and major subspecies. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 41. Hardback £126.00.

The Sparrows by Dennis Summers-Smith. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 352 pages. Hardback £50.00.

In Search of Sparrows by Dennis Summers-Smith. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 144 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Harriers of the World by Robert E. Simmons. 2000. A fine volume in the Oxford Ornithology series, concentrating on ecology and behaviour, and including a DNA-based phylogeny, with 350 pages and numerous line-drawings. Hardback £39.95.

Rails by Barry Taylor. 1998. A standard reference, covering all the world's species, with 300 pages and 40 colour plates. Christopher Helm series. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 442. Hardback £50.00.

Albatrosses by Lance Tickell. 2000. A comprehensive Christopher Helm monograph, with 400 pages and numerous photographs and maps. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 469. Hardback £40.00.

 The Barn Swallow by Angela Turner. 2006. A detailed and authoritative monograph of this most popular summer visitor, with 256 pages, and 8 pages of colour photographs. Hardback £50.00.

Swallows and Martins by Angela Turner & Chris Rose. 1989. The standard reference to all the world's species, with 272 pages and 24 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 2: 336. Helm series. Hardback £40.00.

The Dippers by Stephanie Tyler. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 248 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Flight of the Wild Geese by Graham Uney. 2008. The story of the migration of Barnacle Geese, from Solway to the Arctic, with 116 pages and 16 pages of colour photographs. Softback £14.99.

Stonechats: a guide to the genus Saxicola by Ewan Urquhart and Adam Bowley. 2002. A detailed monograph on this popular family, including in-depth identification of all the species and their forms, with 224 pages, colour plates, colour photographs and distribution maps. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 42. Hardback £50.00.

The Stone Curlew by Richard Vaughan and Nancy Vaughan Jennings. 2005. The first detailed monograph to be published on this fascinating bird, with 360 pages and 19 colour photographs. Hardback £35.00.

The Kestrel by Andrew Village. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. Hardback £50.00.

The Herons of Europe by .Claire Voisin An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 384 pages. Hardback £50.00.

The Hen Harrier by Donald Watson. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 312 pages. Hardback £50.00.

The Golden Eagle by Jeff Watson. 2010. Second edition. The definitive monograph, with 448 pages and 16 pages of colour photographs and illustrations. Hardback £50.00

In Search of Harriers by Donald Watson. 2010. This attractive, large-format book summarises the story of 50 years of the late author’s work, mainly with Hen Harriers, but also other species, with 112 pages and colour paintings and sketches throughout. Hardback £38.00.

A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors by Brian Wheeler & William Clark. 1995. Covers all 43 species, with 198 pages and 377 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 8: 397. Hardback £26.00.

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Enjoying Ornithology by Ronald Hickling. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 296 pages. Hardback £50.00.

National Geographic Bird Coloration by Geoffrey E. Hill. 2010. The science of bird colouration, clearly described and beautifully illustrated, with 256 pages and colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Hardback £16.99.

Birdwatchingwatching by Alex Horne.  2009. The entertaining story of a father and son’s competitive world big yearlist, with 378 pages. Hardback £12.99.

Molt in North American Birds by Steve N.G. Howell. 2010. A lavishly illustrated, exceptionally clear and detailed explanation of moult – essential for improving birding skills, with 280 pages and colour photographs throughout. Hardback £32.50.

Extinct Birds by Julian Hume and Michael Walters. 2012. The first comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species that have become extinct over the last 700 years mainly due to habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. With 544 pages and 80 black-and-white illustrations. Hardback £50.00.

Life with Birds by Rob Hume. 2005. The story of a life with birds, by the best-selling author and RSPB Birds editor, with 256 pages and 40 black-and-white illustrations. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 43. Hardback £14.99.

W.D. Campbell: naturalist and teacher by Mary and Ken Jackson. 2003. A biography of the famous British naturalist, Bill Campbell 1905-1994, with 166 pages and several black-and-white photographs. Softback £12.00.

Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names by James A. Jobling.  2009. The meaning and derivation of every generic and specific scientific name, with 432 pages. Hardback £40.00.

Lars Jonsson's Birds by Lars Jonsson. 2008. Superb reproductions of some of the author’s best recent bird paintings in large format (300mm x 240mm), with 192 pages and colour illustrations throughout. Hardback £35.00.

Birds and light: the art of Lars Jonsson by Lars Jonsson. 2002. The life and work of one of the world's finest bird artists, in large format (300mm x 280mm), with colour artwork throughout 224 pages. Hardback £40.00.

Man and Wildfowl by Janet Kear. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 288 pages. Hardback £50.00.

 To See Every Bird on Earth by Dan Koeppel. 2005. Richard Koeppel has seen over 7,000 species and his son tells how their relationship fared because of it. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 41. Hardback £14.99. Softback £8.99.

Amazing Birds by Roger Lederer. 2007. A beautifully illustrated, easy-to-read compendium of truly fascinating facts, even for experts, with 160 pages and colour throughout. Softback £12.99.

The Urban Birder by David Lindo. 2011. A very readable autobiography about becoming a city-based birder, with 224 pages. Hardback  £9.99.

Planet Arctic: Life at the Top of the World by Wayne Lynch. 2010. A gorgeous coffee-table book celebration of Arctic wildlife, with 256 pages and numerous colour photographs. Hardback £24.99.

Twitching through the Swamp by Peter Marren and David Carstairs. 2004. An alternative and satirical perspective of British wildlife, accompanied by cartoon drawings, as originally published in British Wildlife magazine. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 175. Softback £12.50.

Birds by Night by Graham Martin. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 240 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Arctic Flight by James McCallum. 2007. The latest beautiful book, full of the author’s charismatic artwork of adventures amongst northern birds, with 180 pages and colour artwork throughout. Hardback £38.00.

Larks and Leverets: Wildlife on Norfolk Farmland by James McCallum. 2006. More of the author’s beautiful artwork, with 140 pages. Hardback £25.00.

North Norfolk Summer Sketchbook by James McCallum. 2004. A beautiful book, full of the author’s charismatic artwork. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 87. Hardback £25.00.

Birding from the Hip by Anthony McGeehan & The Sound Approach.  2009. A collection of entertaining stories describing an obsessive Irish birder’s view of life, with 208 pages and numerous colour photographs. Hardback with two CDs £29.95.

A Birder's Guide to the Behaviour of European and North American Birds by Gabor Michl. 2003. A look at bird behaviour in general, particularly sexual selection, and concentrating on non-passerines, with 291 pages and 41 illustrations. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 87. Hardback £32.99.

Effects of Climate Change on Birds by Anders Pape Moller, Wolfgang Fiedler and Peter Berthold. 2010. An exhaustive and up-to-date synthesis of the science of climate change as it relates to birds, with 321 pages, four pages of colour and 75 figures. Softback £34.95.

Birds Brittania by Stephen Moss. 2011. Why birds command a special place in the hearts of the British, with 254 pages. Hardback £17.99.

A Sky Full of Starlings by Stephen Moss. 2008. A diary of the author's birding year, with 182 pages. Hardback £12.99.

This Birding Life by Stephen Moss. 2008. The best of the author's column in the Guardian, now in paperback, with 216 pages. Softback £7.99.

Everything you always wanted to know about birds ... but were afraid to ask! by Stephen Moss. 2005. Hundreds of questions (such as ‘How do ducks keep their feet from freezing in winter?’ and ‘Are birds really dinosaus?’) and their answers, with 192 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 42. Softback £9.99.

Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience by Jeremy Mynott. 2009. A well-written and stimulating exploration of the reactions of humans to birds, with 380 pages, black-and-white illustrations, plus 8 pages of colour. Hardback £17.95.

 The Speciation and Biogeography of Birds by Ian Newton. 2003. A readable yet authoritative overview of a full range of topics under this heading, including a fascinating review of the pros and cons of DNA work, with 668 pages and numerous maps, tables and diagrams. Hardback £49.95.

The Big Year by Mark Obmascik. 2004. The highly readable ‘extraordinary story of the greatest bird-watching competition of all time’ – the North American year-list. Softback £6.99.

One flew into the Cuckoo’s egg by Bill Oddie. 2008. An autobiography, with 308 pages and eight pages of colour and black-and-white photographs. Hardback £20.00.

Bill Oddie's Gripping Yarns: tales of birds and birding by Bill Oddie. 2000. Hilarious short tales varying from bird racing in Hong Kong to a birder's dietry requirements, originally published in Birdwatch (many of them here in a rather longer, uncut form). Softback £8.99.

The Reluctant Twitcher: a quite truthful account of my big birding year by Richard Pope. 2009. Year-listing, Ontario-style, with 216 pages. Softback £20.00.

Speciation in Birds by Trevor Price. 2007. A clear study and explanation of the evolution of birds, from genetics to biogeography and from phylogeny to ecology, with 480 pages and numerous illustrations. Softback £35.00.

Red Kite Country by Mike Read and Colin Woolf. 2004. A sumptuous, large-format celebration of the birds and landscapes of mid Wales, with 130 pages and beautiful colour photographs and colour paintings throughout. Hardback £15.00.

Arrivals and Rivals: a dual for the winning bird by Adrian Riley. 2007. Second edition. The well-written and highly readable story of the author’s record-breaking British & Irish year-list campaign, with 180 pages and 16 pages of colour photographs. Softback £7.99.

In a Natural Light: the Wildlife Art of Chris Rose by Chris Rose. 2005. A large-format collection of beautiful artwork, with 143 pages, 70 colour paintings and numerous pencil sketches. Hardback £35.00.

National Geographic Photographing Birds by Rulon Simmons. 2006. Aimed mainly at beginner bird photographers, this is an updated version of the 2002 NG Photography Field Guide - Birds, with 176 pages and colour photos throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 175. Softback £12.99.

Life with Birds by Malcolm Smith. 2011. An all embracing examination of our interdependence with birds, with 188 pages and 20 pages of colour photographs.Softback £18.99.

Birding on Borrowed Time by Phoebe Snetsinger. 2003. The autobiography of the late Phoebe Snetsinger, the world's top-listing birder. With 307 pages and 16 colour plates. Softback £17.50.

Birds and Berries by B. Snow & D. Snow. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 268 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Bird Photography by David Tipling. 2005. Detailed practical advice on taking great bird photographs, plus the best bird photography destinations worldwide, with 192 pages and colour photographs throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 351. Hardback £22.95.

Birdwatcher’s Guide to Digital Photography by David Tipling. 2006. All of the basics explained, and full of useful tips, with 144 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback £14.99.

RSPB Guide to Digital Wildlife Photography by David Tipling. 2011. 2nd edition. Helpful and practical advice to all aspects of digital wildlife photography, with 176 pages and over 200 colour photographs. Softback £19.99.

Was Beethoven a birdwatcher? by David Turner. 2011. A quirky look at birds in history and culture, with 288 pages. Hardback £12.99.

Birds Magic Moments by Markus Varesvuo. 2011. A lavish collection of stunning photographs by one of Europe’s very best bird photographers, with 160 pages and colour photographs throughout. Hardback  £20.00.

In Search of Arctic Birds by Richard Vaughan. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 472 pages. Hardback £50.00.

A Concise History of Ornithology by Michael Walters. 2003. A history of ornithology, with 256 pages and numerous black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 350-351. Hardback £20.00.

A Birdwatcher’s Guide: Bird Identification and Fieldcraft by Mark Ward. 2005. A book aiming to improve the skills of birders of all levels, with tips gleaned from years of experience, with 128 pages, 140 colour illustrations and 50 colour photographs. Softback £7.99.

Images from Birding by Michael Warren. 2007. Some 78 paintings and many sketches from 20 years of birding around Britain and Ireland, with 168 pages and colour throughout. Hardback £38.00.

The Birdwatcher's Dictionary by Peter Weaver. An A. & C. Black pre 2000 title back in print. 160 pages. Hardback £50.00.

Flying over the Pyrenees Standing on the Plains by Steve West. 2007. A travelogue and memoirs of birding northern Spain, with 206 pages. Softback £8.99.

Humans, Nature and Birds by Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy. 2008. Science art from cave walls to computer screens, with 200 pages and numerous colour photographs and illustrations. Hardback £24.99.

Treasures of the Forgotten Forest by Robert Williams. 2004. Artists For Nature in the Tumbesian Region of Peru and Ecuador, with 168 pages and numerous colour illustrations, photographs and maps. Hardback £30.00.

The Birdman Abroad by Stuart Winter. 2011. Following his highly successful Tales of a Tabloid Twitcher (the below title), the author now recounts his tales of birding abroad, with 224 pages. Softback  £7.99.

Tales of a Tabloid Twitcher by Stewart Winter. 2010. Stories from birding's tabloid journalist. 208 pages. Softback £7.99.

Horace Alexander 1889 to 1989 Birds and Binoculars by J. Duncan Wood. 2003. A very readable biography of one of the great pioneers of British ornithology, with 200 pages and several drawings. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 351. Softback £12.00.

Safari Sketchbook by Martin Woodcock. 2010. A bird painter's African odyssey, with sketches and notes from the field research for The Birds of Africa, with 176 pages and over 190 colour paintings and sketches. Hardback £45.00.

The History of British Birds by Derek Yalden and Umberto Albarella. 2009. A review of British avifaunal history over the last 15,000 years, including the histories of the likes of Common Crane, Red Kite and White-tailed Eagle, with 270 pages. (Hardback £55.00) Softback £24.95 .

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OTHER WILDLIFE

World Butterflies by Bernard d’Abrera. 2005 An identification guide, at least to genus level, of all species, based on the author’s The Concise Atlas of the Butterflies of the World (2001), with 272 pages and 150 colour plates of 6,400 butterflies. Softback £18.50.

Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East by S. Aulagnier, P. Haffner, A.J. Mitchell-Jones, F. Moutou and J. Zima. 2009. An identification guide to all the over 400 species of mammal in the Western Palearctic, with 272 pages and over 100 colour plates. Hardback £24.99.

The Wild Flowers of Britain & Ireland by Marjorie Blamey, Richard Fitter and Alastair Fitter. 2003. The first-ever fully illustrated, fully-mapped guide, with 512 pages, over 2,000 colour paintings and over 800 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 395. Softback £16.99.

Dragonflies & Damselflies of Great Britain & Ireland by Steve Brooks. 1999. Revised edition. The best field guide, with 220 superb colour plates by Richard Lewington. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 119. Softback £18.95.

Attracting Wildlife to your Garden by John Burton and David Tipling. 2004. A beautiful book packed with advice, with 160 pages and colour photographs throughout. Hardback £16.99.

Mark Carwardine's Guide to Whalewatching: Britain and Europe by Mark Carwardine. 2003. Where to go and what to see, with 192 pages, numerous colour photographs and species colour illustrations and 40 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 351. Hardback £14.99.

Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises by Mark Carwardine. 1995. The best field guide to these popular animals, covering all the world's species, with 256 pages and excellent plates of all species by Martin Camm. Softback £12.99.

Insects of Britain and Western Europe by Michael Chinery. 2007. Second edition. The best compact field guide to British insects, with 320 pages and over 2,000 colour illustrations. Softback £14.99.

A Field Guide to the Reptiles of south-East Asia by Indraneil Das. 2010. A comprehensive guide, with 376 pages and 74 superb colour plates. Hardback £35.00.

Orchids of Europe, North Africa & the Middle East by Pierre Delforge. 2006. A sumptuous photographic field guide, with 1,270 colour photographs and 640 pages. Hardback  £29.99.

Bats of Britain, Europe & Northwest Africa by Christian Dietz, Otto Von Helversen and Dietmar Nill. 2009. A detailed handbook to all 51 bat species of the region, with 400 pages, distribution maps and over 400 colour photographs. Hardback £45.00.

Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe by Klaas-Douwe Dijkstra. 2006. The first guide to almost the entire Western Palearctic region, with 320 pages, colour photographs, superb colour plates by Richard Lewington and colour distribution maps. (Hardback £35.00) Softback £21.95.

Watching British Dragonflies by Steve Dudley, Caroline Dudley and Andrew Mackay. 2007. A detailed and comprehensive identification and site guide, with numerous colour illustrations, distribution maps and site maps. Softback £27.50.

Butterflies of Britain and Ireland A Field and Site Guide by Michael Easterbrook. 2010. A comprehensive photographic field guide and site guide, with 352 pages, distribution maps and 350 colour photographs. Softback £29.99.

Field Guide to the Bumblebees of Great Britain & Ireland by Mike Edwards and Martin Jenner. 2009. Second edition. A beautifully produced and authoritative, yet easy-to-use guide, with 108 pages and colour photographs and keys throughout, and species distribution maps. Softback £11.99.

Neotropical Rainforest Mammals by Louise Emmons. 1997. Second edition. An important field guide, with 324 pages, detailed text, range maps and 28 colour plates. Softback £27.00.

A Photographic Guide to the Grasshoppers & Crickets of Britain & Ireland by Martin Evans and Roger Edmondson. 2007. A detailed guide to all species, with 184 pages, over 580 colour photographs and colour species distribution maps. Hardback £23.95.

Wolf: Legend, Enemy, Icon by Rebecca Grambo.  2008. A beautiful large format photo-monograph, with 176 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback £14.99.

Butterflies of Britain and Europe: a Photographic Guide by Tari Haahtela, Kimmo Saarinen, Pekka Ojalainen and Hannu Aarnio. 2011. A superb pocket-sized but comprehensive guide, with 384 pages, 1,200 colour photographs and species distribution maps. Softback £16.99.

Arctic Fox: Life at the Top of the World by Garry Hamilton.  2008. A beautiful large format photo-monograph, with 232 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback £16.99.

Orchids of Britain and Ireland: a field and site guide by Anne and Simon Harrap. Second Edition. 2009. A comprehensive and extremely well-illustrated guide covering both identification and over 300 sites, with 480 pages, over 370 colour photographs, and 49 colour distribution maps. Softback £24.99.

Flowers of the Norfolk Coast by Simon Harrap. 2008. An attractive, glossy, full colour photographic guide to the wild flowers of this popular area, with 64 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback £7.99.

Collins Traveller's Guide: Wildlife of Southern Africa by David Hosking and Martin Withers. 2011. A handy photographic field guide to 600 species of bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian and insect, plus wildlife photography tips, with 272 pages and 600 colour photographs. Softback £16.99.

Collins Tree Guide by Owen Johnson and David More. 2004. Matching Collins Bird Guide (Svensson, Mullarney & Zetterström 2009), this is the standard field guide to the trees of Britain & Europe, with 464 pages, superb colour plates and facing-page texts throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 87. (Large, A4 format hardback £40.00) Hardback £25.00.

Photographic Guide to the Marine Mammals of the North Atlantic by Carl Christian Kinze. 2002. This beautifully designed guide contains, as well as superb colour photographs, excellent colour paintings of all species, with 192 pages and species distribution maps. Hardback £15.99.

New Holland European Reptile and Amphibian Guide by Axel Kwet. 2009. A comprehensive photographic field guide covering nearly 200 species, with 252 pages, colour photographs throughout and colour distribution maps. Hardback £14.99.

Britain's Orchids by David Lang. 2004. A comprehensive photographic guide in the attractive Wildguides series, with superb digital photo montage colour plates, covering all Britain's species and forms, with 192 pages and colour throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 87. Hardback £15.00.

Guide to Garden Wildlife by Richard Lewington. 2008. A superbly Lewington-illustrated guide to all the wildlife likely to be found in a British garden - from pondlife to insects to birds. With 208 pages and superb colour plates throughout. Softback £12.95.

Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland by Richard Lewington. 2003. All the resident and migrant butterflies fully described and illustrated, with 144 pages and superb colour artworks of all life cycle stages. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 394. Softback £9.95.

British Moths and Butterflies: a photographic guide by Chris Manley. 2008. A detailed photographic field guide to British Lepidoptera (adults and larvae), with 352 pages and about 2,500 colour photographs. Softback £24.99.

Butterfly Atlas of the Scottish Borders by Jon Mercer, Richard Buckland, Paul Kirkland and Jeff Waddell . 2009. A beautifully produced atlas, with 132 pages, numerous colour photographs and detailed species distribution maps. Softback £14.99.

White Nature by Vincent Munier. 2006. A stunningly beautiful large-format book: a collection of colour photographs of Arctic and other wildlife in the snow, with 158 pages. Hardback £25.00.

Discover Butterflies in Britain by D.E. Newland. 2006. A superbly detailed butterfly guide to the species and to all the best sites in Britain, with 224 pages and colour photographs throughout. Hardback £19.95.

A Guide to the Dragonflies of Great Britain by Dan Powell. 1999. With 128 pages and colour plates throughout. Softback £15.95.

New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora edited by C.D. Preston, D.A. Pearman and T.D. Dines. 2002. The definitive, beautifully produced colour atlas summarising over 9 million records since 1987 produced by 1,600 volunteers. Hardback £89.95.

British and Irish Butterflies by Adrian Riley. 2007. A complete identification guide and detailed site guide, including subspecies, with 352 pages and 270 colour photographs. Softback £35.00.

The World of the Polar Bear by Norbert Rosing. 2006. An unashamed ‘coffee table book’, but with outstanding photographs; large format, with 204 pages and high quality colour photographs throughout. Hardback £29.99.

Whales, Dolphins and Seals: a field guide to the marine mammals of the world by Hadoram Shirihai. 2006. A Complete guide, illustrated by Brett Jarrett. With 320 pages, 75 colour paitings, 400 colour photographs and 110 maps. Softback £12.99.

Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles by Bernard Skinner. 3rd Edition. 2009. The standard identification guide, with 326 pages and 51 colour plates. Hardback £53.00.

Britain's Dragonflies by Dave Smallshire and Andy Swash. 2010. Second edition. A comprehensive photographic guide in the attractive Wildguides series, with superb digital photo montage colour plates, covering all Britain's species, including vagrants and potential vagrants, with 208 pages. First edition reviewed in Birding World 17: 263. Softback £17.95.

Collins Flower Guide by David Streeter and Ian Garrard. 2009. The long-awaited definitive flower guide companion to the Bird Guide, covering Britain and northern Europe, with 576 pages and superb plates facing the text. Hardback £30.00. Large Hardback version £60.00.

The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland by Jeremy Thomas and Richard Lewington. 2010. The ultimate butterfly book. A superb handbook, with 288 pages, authoritative, detailed text and stunning plates of all stages of all species. Hardback £24.95.

Collins Butterfly Guide by Tom Tolman. 2008. A major edition of the standard Butterflies of Britain and Europe guide, with 384 pages and the superb colour plates by Richard Lewington now facing the species texts and maps, in modern field guide style. Hardback £25.00.

Photographic Guide to Butterflies of Britain and Europe by Tom Tolman. 2002. The first comprehensive photographic guide (including the Canaries, Madeira and the Azores), with distribution maps and identification texts facing over 500 colour photographs. Softback £16.50.

Britain's Butterflies by David Tomlinson and Rob Still. 2002. A comprehensive photographic guide in the attractive Wildguides series, with 82 digital montage colour plates, covering all 60 regular species, including eggs, caterpillars and chrysalises, with 192 pages and species distribution maps. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 351. Softback £14.95.

Guide to the Offshore Wildlife of the North Atlantic by Michael Tove. 2001. A complete guide for pelagic trips in the entire North Atlantic area - birds, cetaceans, seals and turtles, with 262 pages, 39 colour plates and 18 regional occurrence charts. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 523. Softback £17.95.

A Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland by Martin Townsend and Paul Waring. 2007. An easier to use comprehensive yet concise version of the authors' (Waring & Townsend) 2003 guide, with species texts facing Richard Lewington’s superb illustrations, ‘wiro-bound’ to open flat, with 160 pages. Softback £12.95.

Whales and Dolphins of the European Atlantic, the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel by Dylan Walker and Graeme Cresswell. Second edition. 2010. A field guide to all 27 species: a 'must' for cetacean enthusiasts. 88 pages, and with excellent colour artwork and colour photographs throughout. (The first edition was reviewed in Birding World 15: 43.) Softback £12.00.

Whales & Dolphins of Great Britain: Where to Go and What to See by Dylan Walker and Alex Wilson. 2007. An excellent photographic field guide and site guide in one, with 98 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback £11.95.

Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland by Paul Waring and Martin Townsend. 2003. All the resident and migrant larger moths fully described and illustrated with 400 pages and over 1,600 superb colour artworks by Richard Lewington. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 394-395. Softback £29.95.

A Field Guide to the Insects of Australia edited by Paul Zborowski and Ross Storey. 2003. Second edition. An introduction and practical field guide to the insects of Australia, with 208 pages and over 240 colour photographs. Softback £15.99.

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COMPACT DISCS, CD-ROMs & DVDs

A Guide to the Bird Sounds of the Colombian Andes by M. Alvarez, V. Caro, O. Laverde & A. M. Cuervo.  2007. Over 1,200 recordings of 624 species. Seven CD set £38.80.

The Life of Birds by David Attenborough. 1998. The superb BBC Television series. Almost 9 hours in DVD. Includes an extra 40 minutes of previously unseen footage and a graphic menu for digital scene selection. A three-disc DVD set £35.75.

British Birds interactive produced by Birdguides. 2007. A superb bargain: 100 years of British Birds magazine, complete, in a fully-searchable DVD-ROM £101.00.

The CD-ROM Guide to Eastern Birds produced by Birdguides. 2000. Video clips of almost every species in eastern North America, with photographs, sounds, maps and text.  CD-ROM £40.80.

Identify European Birds produced by Birdguides. 2006. A CD containing the MP3 songs and calls, and field guide illustrations, of 515 European species to be copied to your MP3 audio player. Songs, calls and commentaries can all be individually selected for each species.  CD £40.80.

DVD Guide to Birdwatching in Europe by Paul Doherty. 2011. A 3 hours 15 minutes beautifully filmed DVD featuring 10 of the best birding sites in Europe: Lesvos, Extramadura, Finland, Poland, Eilat etc. DVD £18.35.

The Birds of North America by Paul Doherty/Bird Images. 2009. A completely revised edition of the previous VHS video, with 55 additional species (making a total of 522) and now running to double the time, at 7 hours 27 minutes. Two DVD set  £20.40.

 Birdwatching in Norfolk by Paul Doherty/Bird Images. 2008. A 2 hours DVD of 164 species around Norfolk, including all of the county specialities. DVD £13.25.

Birdwatching in England by Paul Doherty/Bird Images. 2007. A unique 1 hour & 50 minutes of 170 species around England, featuring a site for each month (eg Minsmere in May, Farne Islands in July, Scilly in October). DVD £13.25.

The Birds of Britain & Europe by Bird Images. 2004. The ultimate DVD reference to 650 species, with a total running time of 13 hours 5 minutes. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 350. A 6 DVD set at a bargain price £30.50.

DVD Guide to British Birds by Bird Images. 2004. A superb DVD set featuring 280 species at a real bargain price, with a total running time of 6 hours 30 minutes. A 3 DVD set £20.40.

British Birds of Prey by Bird Images. 2006. Superb video of 25 species (including owls and scarce species like Black Kite, Gyr Falcon and Red-footed Falcon), lasting 1 hour 30 minutes. DVD £18.35.

Waders by Bird Images. 2005. A heavily updated DVD version of the 2000 video guide featuring the key wader species of Europe, Asia and North America, with 104 species (including all the stints, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Slender-billed Curlew etc) in nearly five hours. Two DVD set £20.40.

Birdwatching in Scotland by Bird Images. 2006. Superb video of 111 species, lasting 1 hour 48 minutes. DVD £13.25.

Birdwatching in Goa by Bird Images. 2006. Superb video of 147 species, lasting 2 hours 23 minutes. DVD £13.25.

Birdwatching in Alaska by Bird Images. 2006. Superb video of 114 species, lasting 1 hour 30 minutes. DVD £13.25.

Birds of Venezuela CD-ROM by Peter Boesman. 1999. With 700 colour photographs, over 1,200 sound recordings and 878 distribution maps of Venezuelan birds. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 89. CD-ROM £51.00.

Birds of Mexico MP3 Sound Collection by Peter Boesman. 2005. 725 recordings of over 650 Mexican bird species (totalling about 6 hours) in MP3 format, playable direct on PC or compatible CD player, or copied to MP3 player. CD £59.75.

Birds of Peru MP3 Sound Collection by Peter Boesman. 2010. 3,350 recordings of 1,530 Peruvian bird species, playable on PC or Mac and files downloadable to MP3 device to play in the field. MP3 DVD £59.75.

Birds of Venezuela MP3 Sound Collection by Peter Boesman. 2005. 1,050 recordings of over 950 Venezuelan bird species (totalling about 8 hours) in MP3 format, playable direct on PC or compatible CD player, or copied to MP3 player. CD £59.75.

Birds of Brazil MP3 Sound Collection by Peter Boesman. 2005. 1,050 recordings of over 1,000 Brazilian bird species (totalling about 10 hours) in MP3 format, playable direct on PC or compatible CD player, or copied to MP3 player. CD £59.75.

Birds of the Macaronesian Islands Part 1: the Canary Islands and Madeira  by Leo Boon. 2002. 2 hours 24 minutes. (This DVD version first produced 2008.) Excellent professional footage of 70 species and subspecies in their habitats. Two DVDs in case £33.20.

BWPi by Stanley Cramp et al., produced by Birdguides. 2006. Version 2. The latest version of the acclaimed CD-ROM of the definitive Birds of the Western Palearctic.  CD-ROM £141.95.

Hawai’i Birds by Jim Denny. 2007. A relaxing-to-watch, commentary free, 34 minutes video featuring 90 Hawaiian bird species accompanied by guitar music. DVD £19.40.

Multimedia Guide to North Atlantic Seabirds: Storm Petrels & Bulwer's Petrel by Bob Flood and Ashley Fisher. 2011. An A5-sized, 212-page hardback book, with 135 photographs, and 41 illustrations by Ian Lewington, plus two DVDs with over 120 minutes of footage, including all species at sea. £39.99.

Fulmarine Petrels by Bob Flood and Ashley Fisher. 2010. A unique DVD identification reference featuring 50 minutes of video of giant petrels, fulmars, Cape, Antarctic & Snow Petrels and many other related species, with informative commentary and accompanying 40-page booklet. DVD & Booklet £19.40.

Finding Birds in Estonia by Dave Gosney. 2011. An 85-minutes DVD showing a good selection of the species and the main birding sites, plus a 36-page booklet with numerous maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD £16.30. DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in Lapland by Dave Gosney. 2010. A 76-minutes DVD showing a good selection of the species and the main birding sites, plus a 37-page booklet with 19 maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD £16.30. DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in South Finland by Dave Gosney. 2010. A 95-minutes DVD showing a good selection of the species and the main birding sites, plus a 40-page booklet with 25 maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD £16.30. DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in Southern Cyprus by Dave Gosney. 2010. A DVD showing many of the sites and a good selection of the species of birds. About 68 minutes DVD. £16.30. Also, an accompanying booklet of the same title: a concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 36 pages and annotated maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in North Spain by Dave Gosney. 2010. A DVD showing many of the sites and about 50 species of birds. 68 minutes DVD. £16.30. Also, an accompanying booklet of the same title: a concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 36 pages and 20 annotated maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in North Goa by Dave Gosney. 2010. A DVD showing many of the sites and about 140 species of birds. 95 minutes DVD. £16.30. Also, an accompanying booklet of the same title: a concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 36 pages and 19 annotated maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in Morocco: the deserts by Dave Gosney. 2009. A DVD showing many of the sites and birds. 78 minutes DVD. £16.30. Also, an accompanying booklet of the same title - a 2009 updated version of 'Finding Birds in Southern Morocco' (1996). A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 32 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in Morocco: coast and mountains by Dave Gosney. 2011. A 60-minutes DVD showing a good selection of the species and the main birding sites, plus a 36-page booklet with numerous maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD £16.30. DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in Andalucia by Dave Gosney. 2009. A DVD showing many of the sites and birds. 78 minutes DVD. £16.30. Also, an accompanying booklet of the same title - a 2009 updated version of 'Finding Birds in Southern Spain' (1995). A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 48 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Finding Birds in South Texas by Dave Gosney. 2011. A 90-minutes DVD showing a good selection of the species and the main birding sites, plus a 40-page booklet with numerous maps. Softback booklet £7.50.  DVD £16.30. DVD & Booklet together £20.35.

Birding in .... DVDs by David Gosney. Great birding 'introductions to' and 'souvenirs of':

Alaska 2003, 53 minutes (Reviewed in Birding World 16: 483) DVD £13.25

Arctic Lapland 1994 AND Mallorca 1990, 40 minutes AND 31 minutes DVD £13.25

Canada 2000, 65 minutes  DVD £13.25

Eastern Europe 1995, 44 minutes DVD £13.25

Florida DVD £13.25

Israel 1995, 48 minutes DVD £13.25

Morocco 1996, 55 minutes DVD £13.25

Spain 1996, 63 minutes DVD £13.25

Texas 1997, 98 minutes DVD £13.25

Turkey 56 minutes DVD £13.25

Birding in Britain with Dave Gosney DVD by David Gosney. 2006. A DVD-video springtime birding tour of Britain, from Wales to Scotland via East Anglia and the Farne Islands. DVD £13.25.

Calls of Eastern Vagrants by Hannu Jännes. 2003. An essential CD for rarity enthusiasts: the calls of 68 mouth-watering eastern species, such as Pintail Snipe, Blyth's and Pechora Pipits, Sykes's Warbler and Taiga Flycatcher. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 349. CD £18.99.

Bird Sounds of Goa and South India by Hannu Jännes. 2002. A CD of bird sounds of almost 100 species. CD £16.35.

Attracting Swifts recorded by Erich Kaiser. 2003. This German produced CD (with written instructions in English) consists entirely of Common Swift response calls, near-vital for attracting Swifts to new nestboxes. CD £18.35.

Birds of Ecuador DVD-ROM by Niels Krabbe and Jonas Nilsson. 2003. With over 6,015 sound recordings of 1,184 species (totalling 69 hours) and 830 colour photographs of 471 species. DVD-ROM £67.35.

Butterflies of Europe CD-ROM by Lepibase. 2000. All the butterflies of Europe, with over 2,000 colour photographs, distribution maps and many interactive features. CD-ROM £26.50.

Audubon Video Guide to 505 Birds of North America by Mastervision. 2005. The definitive North American video collection. Note the Region 1 NTSC DVD format should be playable on most newer European DVD players. Two DVD (NTSC format) set £30.60.

Birds of Bolivia CD-ROM by Sjoerd Mayer. 2000. 2nd edition. With 1,390 colour photographs, 2,530 sound recordings. CD-ROM £51.00.

A Passion for Raptors by Petri Merta. 2010. A professional 52-minute DVD biography of Dick Forsman, Europe’s top raptor expert, including excellent sequences of raptors and of Finnish birds.  DVD £20.35.

Europe’s last Spotted Eagles by Petri Merta. 2010. A 29-minute DVD documentary on Spotted Eagles in Europe (mainly in Estonia), with Lesser Spotted Eagles and hybridisation too.  DVD £20.35.

Owls of Europe CD by Pavel Peltz. 2008. Oriolus. 77 recordings of all 13 European owl species, with a detailed accompanying booklet (in Swedish and English). CD £20.40.

Bird Songs and Calls of Britain and Europe 4-CD set by Jean Claude Roché. Instant CD access to quality recordings of the songs and calls of 396 European species. Reviewed in Birding World 6: 417 (only the title has changed). 4 CDs £25.50.

RSPB Birds of Britain & Ireland Interactive PC and PDA edition. 2005. This electronic guide is for PC or PDA and features text, illustrations, photographs, maps and sounds, and includes a site-guide and listing and recording software. CD-ROM £40.80.

Birding Sri Lanka by Malcolm Rymer. 2011. A birding travelogue featuring a wide range of bird species. DVD. £19.40.

Birding Southern Peru by Malcolm Rymer. 2010. A birding travelogue featuring a wide range of bird species. DVD. £19.40.

Birding Northern India by Malcolm Rymer. 2009. A two-part birding travelogue, each part featuring over 100 bird species. Part 1: "Corbett, Koshi & beyond"  100 minutes; Part 2: "Foothills to Rajasthan" 109 minutes. DVD. Each part £19.40.

Birding Brazil – Atlantic Rainforest by Malcolm Rymer. 2008. A two-hour travelogue based at Serra dos Tucanos Lodge in SE Brazil, featuring over 150 bird species, including 47 Atlantic forest endemics. DVD £19.40.

A Winter’s Tale from Bulgaria by Malcolm Rymer. 2010. A 1 hour 55 minutes winter birding travelogue from Bulgaria featuring a wide range of bird species including Red-breasted Geese, raptors and much more. DVD. £19.40. 

Birding Bulgaria by Malcolm Rymer. 2007. A two-hour travelogue filmed over several seasons highlighting the places to visit and showing the birds which may be encountered. DVD £19.40.

Birding North Eastern Greece – Essence of Evros by Malcolm Rymer. 2006. Quality video, lasting 1 hour 30 minutes. DVD £19.40.

Birding Central Panama – Antswarm along Pipeline Road by Malcolm Rymer. 2006. Quality video, lasting 1 hour 30 minutes. DVD £19.40. 

Birding Costa Rica Parts 1 & 2 by Malcolm Rymer. 2005. A wonderful DVD introduction to one of the best birding countries in the world, duration approximately 1 hour 45 minutes each. Widescreen. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 175. Each part: Two DVDs, each £19.40.

Birding Extremadura by Malcolm Rymer. 2003. An introduction to (and souvenir of) birding this increasingly popular bird-rich area of central Spain.. 90 minutes. DVD £19.40.

Northern Cyprus in Spring by Malcolm Rymer. 2003. An introduction to (and souvenir of) birding in northern Cyprus, with birds, wild flowers and landscapes. 80 minutes. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 350. DVD £19.40.

Birding in Goa: Parts 1 & 2 by Malcolm Rymer. 2002. An introduction to (and souvenir of) Goa. Part 1: Birding around the main tourist area; 90 minutes. Part 2: Birding the wider areas of North and South Goa and the Western Ghats; 150 minutes. Two DVDs, £19.40 each.

Birding in the Gambia: Parts 1-3 by Malcolm Rymer. 2001. A beautiful video introduction to (and souvenir of) the Gambia. About 90 minutes each. Part 1 Sorties around the smiling coast: Part 2 Forays further afield: Part 3: Upriver Odyssey. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 303. DVD set of three, £19.40 each.

Birding in Israel: Parts 1 & 2 by Malcolm Rymer. 2000. A beautiful video introduction to (and souvenir of) southern Israel. About 73 minutes each. Three DVDs, £19.40 each.

Birding on Lesvos by Malcolm Rymer. 2001. A beautiful video introduction to (and souvenir of) Lesvos. About 90 minutes each. DVD £19.40.

Birding Trinidad by Malcolm Rymer. 2003. An introduction to (and souvenir of) birding this excellent birding Caribbean island. About 90 minutes. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 263. DVD £19.40.

Birding Tobago by Malcolm Rymer. 2003. An introduction to (and souvenir of) birding this excellent birding Caribbean island. 90 minutes. DVD £19.40.

Birding Ecuador by Malcolm Rymer. 2004. A two-hour introduction to and souvenir of birding in one of the richest bird-countries on Earth, featuring over 250 species. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 131. DVD £21.45.

Birding Seychelles by Malcolm Rymer. 2008. An introduction to (and souvenir of) birding these paradise islands. About 104 minutes featuring 53 species, including the 12 endemics. DVD £19.40.

Images of Lesvos by Malcolm Rymer and Peter Swayne. A 90 minutes introduction to (and souvenir of) birding the Greek island of Lesvos. DVD. £19.40. 

Birds of Tropical Asia DVD-ROM by Jelle Scharringa. 2005. Version 3. With 700 colour photographs of 483 bird species and 2,090 sound recordings (which may be copied to other media) of 911 species from the southeast Asia area. Version 1 reviewed in Birding World 13: 89. DVD £65.35.

Birds Sounds of Europe North Africa and the Middle East Two MP3 CD set by Andreas Schulze. 2003. The most comprehensive collection of Western Palearctic bird sounds, featuring 2,817 recordings of 819 species. Text in German (but available on-line in English at www.birdsongs.de/birdsongs.pdf), but fully indexed with scientific names. Full species list. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 393. Two MP3 discs £56.00.

Birds of New Zealand – Part 1: Endemics by Alan Shaw. 2008. A DVD featuring quality video of 44 endemic bird species. DVD £18.35.

Birding in Britain 2007 by Alan Shaw. 2007. Video of rare and scarce birds around Britain in 2007, including American Robin (Yorks), Pacific Diver (Yorks), White-tailed Plover, Brown Flycatcher, Mourning Dove and Pechora Pipit (Pembroke). DVD £13.00.

Megas in Britain 2000-2004 by Alan Shaw. 2007. Video of major rare birds around Britain in 2000-2004. (Formerly available as VHS.) DVD £13.00.

Megas in Britain 1990-2000 by Alan Shaw. 2007. Video of major rare birds around Britain in 1990-2000. (Formerly available as VHS.) Two DVD set £19.90.

Birds of North America for Windows by Thayer Birding Software. 2008. The latest Gold Edition of the ultimate North American PC DVD, featuring 957 species, including 2,850 photos, 551 videos, 708 songs & calls (exportable to MP3 player too), range maps etc. DVD £101.00.

Guide to Birds of North America by Thayer Birding Software. Version 3.9, 2008. A guide to over 900 species, including 2,700 photos, videos, 700 songs & calls (exportable to MP3 player too) etc. DVD £50.00.

Bird Sounds of Northern Siberia by Christoph Zöckler. 2007. The songs and breeding calls of 97 species of Arctic Siberia. MP3 CD £40.00.

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