Bird Observatories of the British Isles (Poyser Monographs)
by Mike Archer, Mark Grantham, Peter Howlett, and Steven Stansfield
"All birdwatchers resident in Scotland seem to possess a copy of this book. Visiting birdwatchers would be foolish to venture north of the border without one." --Habitat
Post-mortem Analysis of Bird Corpses from the Grounding of the MSC Napoli
by M. J. Grantham and S. E. Newson
Roger Tory Peterson (Mildred Wyatt-Wold Series in Ornithology)
by Douglas Carlson
Beginning with his 1934 Field Guide to the Birds, Roger Tory Peterson introduced literally millions of people to the pleasures of observing birds in the wild. His field guide, which has gone through five editions and sold more than four million copies, fostered an appreciation for the natural world that set the stage for the contemporary environmental movement. When Rachel Carson's Silent Spring sounded a warning about the threat to birds and their habitats in the 1960s, the Peterson field guide...
Sunbirds of the World
by Clive F. Mann, Prof. Robert A. Cheke, and Richard Allen
This survey of the owl world examines the natural history of the owl, with notes on its evolution, taxonomy, distribution, habitats, anatomy, behaviour and breeding patterns. It includes owls from all over the world, ranging in size from the tiny Pygmy Owl to the majestic Eagle Owl - all illustrated by Eric Hosking's photographs which represents the culmination of a lifetime's observation of owls. He won the OBE in 1977 for his natural history photography and work in conservation, and died in 19...
The Encyclopedia of British Birds
by Donald Campbell and Martin Walters
Birds of East Asia (Princeton Field Guides) (Helm Field Guides)
by Mark Brazil
This is the first single volume guide ever devoted to the eastern Asian avifauna. The eastern Asian region, centering especially on the major islands off the continental coast (including Japan and Taiwan) and the immediately adjacent areas of the Asian continent from Kamchatka in the north and including the Korean Peninsula are an important centre of endemism. Birds endemic to this region include representatives of many of the major families, from the world's largest eagle - Steller's Sea Eagle...
Tracks and Signs of the Birds of Britain and Europe (Helm Identification Guides)
by David Lees, John Ferguson, Michael Lawrence, and Roy Brown
A guide to the tracks and other signs of European birds. It describes, using colour illustrations, the many physical signs that can be found in the field, from feathers and skulls to prey remains and pellets. The volume seeks to enable the ornithologist to establish the presence of a species without necessarily encountering the bird itself. This second edition is revised and updated to include more data and ten new plates of artwork, and it covers a number of extra species.
The Summer Birds of the Northeast Shore of Lake Superior, Ontario
by James Little 1904-1970 Baillie and Clifford E Hope
The Birds of Africa, Volume IV
by Stuart Keith, Emil K Urban, and C. Hilary Fry
This volume covers the first 312 of the 1200 or so passerine species which occur in continental Africa and the outlying islands. Each breeding species receives full coverage, with sections on range and status, description, voice, general habits, food and breeding biology. Non-breeding visitors are treated more briefly with a text concentrating on the birds' status and biology while in Africa. Range maps are given for each bird and superspecies maps are shown where appropriate.
List of Recent Holarctic Bird Species