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An essential compendium on the biology, identification, distribution and conservation of Europe's 13 species of owls. Owls are fascinating birds, with remarkable adaptations for their lives as nocturnal hunters. Covering the 13 species of owl...

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The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of France. France is known for its remarkable scenery, from the Camargue region and the dramatic peaks of the Alps home to Greater Flamingos and Spotted Nutcrackers respectively to the vast...

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The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of Thailand. Boasting a fantastic diversity of habitats, ranging from high mountain peaks to extensive mudflats, Thailand is one of the top birding destinations in South-east Asia. The perf...

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This book is aimed at the reader with an interest in birds, who is interested in learning more about the people who have been most influential in the development of ornithology. The book explores the history of ornithology from earliest times to t...

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This book takes a personal and reflective look at the history and development of birdwatching in Britain. Part history, part life story, Beguiled by Birds describes the course of British birdwatching, particularly through the 20th century and into...

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Birders often wonder about the people commemorated in the names of many of our familiar bird species. Was Bonaparte's Gull named after Napoleon? Was the Pallas who named Pallas' Warbler the same individual as the discoverer of Pallas&apo...

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An ornithology quiz book packed with challenging questions for birders, based on the popular Bird Brain of Britain contest, hosted by Bill Oddie at the annual British Birdwatching Fair. The British Birdwatching Fair, held every August at the Eglet...

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This book is a birdfinding guide to Britain and Europe's most coveted species. Unlike the Where to Watch Birds guides, which direct birders to good general birding sites, this guide takes each individual species as a starting point, and picks...

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The Australian Bird Guide the most comprehensive field guide to Australian birds ever published. Australia's avifauna is large, diverse and spectacular, reflecting the continent's wide range of habitats and evolutionary history. The book...

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The definitive field guide to the rich avifauna of Ecuador. This up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the birds of mainland Ecuador is a valuable resource for anyone exploring the mountains, forests and wetlands of this incredibly bird-rich count...

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With a rich avifauna of more than 300 species that includes 30 endemics, the island of Jamaica is an increasingly popular birding destination. Containing hundreds of stunning photographs, A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Jamaica, the latest ad...

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Shorebirds are a very popular group of birds among birders of all standards, though their identification is often a challenge. Covering all the species of the northern hemisphere, this new photographic guide provides all the information a birder w...

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The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of Sri Lanka. The island of Sri Lanka is one of Southern Asias most popular birding destinations, boasting a remarkably high number of endemic species. The perfect companion for any wildlif...

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This guide covers the very best birding sites in Britain. In a format familiar to readers of this popular series, each site is considered in terms of 'Habitat', Access' and 'Birds', allowing birders of all levels to plan successful birding trips a...

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Argentina is one of South America's premier birding destinations, encompassing a wide range of habitats from lush rainforests and vast pampas grasslands to the windswept wilderness of Tierra del Fuego. Surprisingly, until now, the country has lack...

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This is the first single volume guide ever devoted to the eastern Asian avifauna. The eastern Asian region, centring especially on the major islands off the continental coast (including Japan and Taiwan) and the immediately adjacent areas of the A...

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An essential field guide companion covering species pairs or groups that are difficult to identify. This book covers difficult identification issues by looking at tricky species pairs or groups of birds, and comparing and contrasting their respect...

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This is the second edition of the first field guide to the birds of this fascinating region, and a companion to Birds of East Africa by two of the same authors. The Horn of Africa has the highest endemism of any region in Africa, and around 70 spe...

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ONE OF THE BB/BTO BEST BIRD BOOKS OF THE YEAR, 2018 This book represents the definitive photographic guide to gulls, by the world's greatest authority on gull identification. This outstanding new guide covers all of the world's gull spec...

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This is the sixth volume in the Birds of Africa series, covering the rich avifauna of the world's second largest continent. Universally recognised as by far the most authoritative work ever published on the subject, The Birds of Africa is a superb...

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A major revision of the first comprehensive field guide to cover the birds of this exciting region, this book will enable birders to identify any species found in any of the countries covered. Birds of Western Africa (Helm, 2001) was the first sin...

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This fully updated edition of Birds of Nepal is the most comprehensive guide to the birds of this beautiful Himalayan country. Every species of bird recorded in Nepal is covered in this fantastic guide, including vagrants, with accurate distributi...

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Birdwatchers often come across bird names that include a person's name, either in the vernacular (English) name or latinised in the scientific nomenclature. Such names are properly called eponyms, and few people will not have been curious as to wh...

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The story of the discovery of nearly 300 bird species new to science since 1960. Amazing as it might sound, ornithologists are still discovering several bird species each year that are completely new to science. These arent all obscure brown birds...

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WINNER OF BIRDWATCH MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD. A completely revised edition of David Sibley's best-selling guide to North American birds, with more than 600 new paintings and 115 rare species added. When the Sibley Guide to ...

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Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire are among Britain's finest counties in terms of habitat diversity, and their avifaunas are comparatively rich as a result. Much has changed in the region since the previous edition of this book - the famous ...

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A comprehensive and fully illustrated field guide to the birds of Japan, covering all 738 species and subspecies. Japan is home to a spectacular and diverse range of birds, and this text covers the identification, voice, habitat, behaviour and ran...

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This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guide series, looks in detail at the beautiful antpittas. Elusive study organisms for ornithologists and highly prized additions to the birders life-list, the antpittas (Grallariidae) an...

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This major new field guide covers Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands, including the Seychelles, Coromos and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Runion and Rodrigues). The Malagasy region contains one of the most extraordinary concentrations of biodiversit...

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