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A Field guide to the birds of Gambia & Senagal |
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£29.99 |
Clive Barlow and Tim
Wacher,illustrated by Tony Disley "This
new book is quite simply excellent, and is certainly one of the very best true field guides
for any region in the World. ...it really is user-friendly, nothing is missing that should
be included ,and nothing included is a waste of space. The end result is a
masterpiece". .BRITISH BIRDS
Hardback;210 x 148mm.408pp.48
colour plates.1997.POST FREE UK !
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£26.99 Post Free UK ! |
Birds and Wild Africa |
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£11.00 |
William Condry. Many books have been written about the game animals of East
Africa; far less has so far been said about wild life deeper into the interior where East
and Central Africa meet. In particular, most of the birds have had comparatively little
mention although this is one of the great bird regions of the world. Still less has
been said about insects, wild plants and trees. In this book William Condry attempts
to redress the balance. From a base in the sparsely populated northern end of Zambia
he visited the little known and very wild region that extends down the Western Rift Valley
from Lake Tanganyika to the Poroto Mountains north of Lake Nyasa. He has given us a
lively and fresh account of this spectacular region of rift, plateau and mountain along the
Zambia flood-plain country around Lake Rukwa, a region that is far from any national
park and is still a true wilderness very rich in wild life, especially birds. Mr Condry's
home is in Wales. That he has an observant eye is already demonstrated by his book about
the Snowdonia National park. Now he has taken an equally discerning look at wilderness
Africa. Condition v/good in d/w.1967.192pp map ordering
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Birds of Southern Africa |
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£19.95 |
Ber van Perlo
A field guide describing every species of bird you
may see in the Republic of South
Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Angola, (including
Cabinda).
Over 1250 species are illustrated in
colour. For many species the female or juvenile is shown in addition to the adult Male.
Each species is described on pages opposite
the illustrations for quick and easy reference. The text details each birds key
identification features, its usual habitat and the sound it makes.
Each species has a distribution map showing
its range and how common it is.
Paperback; 192 x 127 mm.1999 ordering details here |
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The Birds of Africa |
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Field guide to the birds of Southern Africa |
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£9.50
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Ian Sinclair. Ian Sinclair's field guide to the Birds of Southern Africa is unique
in that it is the first to use full-colour photographs to identify the more than 900
species known to occur from Antarctica to the Zambezi River. Of the many thousands of
colour photographs submitted by leading professional and amateur bird photographers ,those
showing most clearly the colouring and characteristics of each bird were finally
selected. The book is divided into more than 150 plates, each grouping similar birds which
are often difficult to distinguish in the field. Facing every plate is a
succinct, comparative description drawing attention to those diagnostic or distinctive
characters that make field identification easy. Many of the identification criteria used
are the original work of this highly respected author-the result of many years of
practical field observation world-wide. Condition fine. ordering
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A field guide to the Birds of East Africa |
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£12.00 |
J G Wiiliams and N
Arlott. Collins 1983. A completely revised
edition of the standard field guide to the birds of East Africa with descriptions of an
additional 500 species and 48 new colour plates. The area covered by this book consists of
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Pemba
Islands, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The information given is relevant beyond
political boundaries and distributions of all species are given for the entire African
continent. Over 650 species are described and illustrated, providing a comprehensive
coverage of the East African avifauna. There are notes on field identification for a
further 633 species under the heading ' allied species '. Mint as new.Hardback415pp.Colour plates ,maps, etc. ordering
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The
Birds of Natal and Zululand |
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£95.00 |
P. A. Clancey has engaged in extensive original research over the years since
I950 in order to make this account of the birds of Natal and Zululand and all the immediately adjacent territories of south-eastern Africa as up-to-date and authoritative as
possible. No work on South African birds since the early 1900's has given such detailed
descriptions of each species, and much information, hitherto available only in museum and
specialised ornithological publications, has been collected together in this volume for
the first time. The author has followed closely the arrangement and findings on the birds
of the province embodied in his own work A Preliminary List of the Birds of Natal and
Zululand, published by the Durban Museum in 1953...More details here
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Birds of Eastern and North Eastern Africa
two volumes |
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£55.00 |
C.W.R Mackworth-Praed and Captain C.H.B. Grant.Longmans London 1955.Volumes 1
& 2.'This work is an attempt by two
ornithologists to give to others the book they themselves wanted when they first visited
and lived in Africa. Much skilled research has gone into the making of it; the authors have
taken eighteen years to compile the material, and the scientific and systematic side of the
work entailed has been reported in various ornithological journals during the period. This
is a reference book, but it is primarily intended for use in the field. It will be welcomed
not only by the specialist, but also by all those who want clear and concise information
about the birds of Africa.......... Hardback; two
volumes, colour plates, b/w photos, index 800pp + 1099 pp. A massive work. Fine in tatty
d/w. Post Free UK ordering details here |
The Birds of North Africa
from the Canary Islands to
the Red Sea
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£75.00
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R.D Etchecopar & Francois Hue (translated
by P.A.D Hollom)
mapTo provide a
comprehensive bird book dealing authoritatively with the huge and varied regions of North
Africa, from the Canary Islands to the Red Sea, is no mean feat. This book is a revised
version of the French edition which achieves this successfully. The are incorporates an
amazing mixture of bird life-Mediterranean and middle Eastern, some tropical while most of the European species
occur as migrants if they do not also breed, the migrants including some subspecies
distinct from resident North African races. In view of the extent of the subject the
authors have considered the matter as much as possible to the basic essentials necessary
for the rapid identification of the birds, without in any way limiting the scope of the
book. Its value is greatly increased by the maps showing the breeding ranges of the birds
within the area. Such a guide is something which has not been available before, and the book
provides the ideal vade mecum for the ornithologist traveller in North Africa. The
illustrations are by the well-known artist Paul Barreul.
Hardback; Oliver & Boyd 1967.612pp.Colour
plates, line drawings, maps etc. Fine in slightly torn at spine d/w Post Free UK
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A Birdwatching Guide to Morocco |
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£9.95 |
Alan Snook &
Peter Combridge An
exciting and interesting country to visit for a birdwatching holiday. This guide is aimed
at those with limited time and who want to see a cross-section of habitats and find a good
selection of species.64 pp, including 8 pages of colour.
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'Where to watch birds in Africa' |
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£15.99 |
'Where
to watch birds in Africa' Nigel
Wheatley.464 pp. Hardback. *
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