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Checklist of the Birds of Northern South America
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£16.99
An Annotated Checklist of the species and subspecies of Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana
This important new checklist has been exhaustively researched and recognises 2,245 species of birds in the region concerned. All currently recognised subspecies are listed together with brief distributional information. It will be an invaluable tool to birders and scientists alike. paperback; 240 x 170 mm. 144 pp.
NOW JUST £15.99 POST FREE UK
Pocket Guide to the Birds of Britain & North-West Europe
£12.99
Chris Kightley and Steve Madge, illustrated by Dave Nurney
" The text is a model of concise description. The species accounts have a real air of authority: written by birders for birders, yet also accessible to the beginner" BIRDWATCH
Softback;180 x 120mm;320 pp.296 colour plates;maps.1998.
NOW JUST £11.99 POST FREE UK
Birds of Madagascar
£29.99
"This book exudes authority and will surely become an indispensable guide for any serious birder visiting the island"...BIRD WATCHING
Hardback;210 x 148mm.328pp.450 colour photos;maps.1998.
NOW JUST £26.99 POST FREE UK
Songbirds of Turkey
£24.00
C.S. Roselaar
"...a very important book with two relatively discrete fields of application. On the one hand it provides a detailed atlas of Turkish passerine distribution, and on the other a highly detailed study of the geographical variation of the various passerines within this region...This book is therefore a 'must' in the luggage of anybody visiting Turkey..." Krister Mild, Var Fagelvarld
Softback;240 x 170mm.240pp.145 maps.1995.
NOW JUST £22.99 POST FREE UK
Birding in Kent
£12.95
"This is an extremely valuable and inexpensive guide for anyone lucky enough to be birding in the Garden of England."...BTO NEWS
Softback;210 x 148mm.168pp.seasonal bar charts.1996.
NOW JUST £11.99 POST FREE UK
Birds for all Seasons
£12.95
map These chronicles owe their origins to a series of articles written for local readership in two villages situated in a charming stretch of the Thames valley. They bring together simple and well known facts about birds, linking them at times to their place in mythology and folklore and to conservation and habitats. The text is complemented with a set of delightful line drawings by Robert Gilmor.
Hardback;240 x 170mm.80pp.30 line drawings.1997.
NOW JUST £11.99 POST FREE UK
Modern Wildlife Painting
"Hammond has written a serious, absorbing history of his subject, full of illuminating commentary and a wealth of striking pictures in a beautifully-printed book that would add a great deal to any library".. Roger Deakin, BBC Wildlife
Hardback;285 x 230 mm.240pp.146 colour illustrations.*See also 'Learn to draw Birds'
NOW JUST £32.99 POST FREE UK
Sunbirds
£40.00
Robert A Cheke , Clive F Mann, and Richard Allen.
This is the first comprehensive guide since the 19th century to these closely related families, which occur throughout Africa and much of Asia. The book covers a total of 176 species, many of which are spectacularly colourful. The text describes the appearance, ecology, behaviour and geographic diversity of each species.
Hardback 240 x 170mm.384pp. 48 colour plates. maps.
NOW JUST £35.99 POST FREE UK
Wrens, Dippers and Thrashers
This is the first comprehensive guide to these three families. The book covers all 75 Wrens,34 Thrashers and 5 Dippers, almost all of which are new World species. The Wrens in particular display great diversity, occupying almost every kind of habitat in the Americas.
NOW JUST £35.99 POST FREE UK
The Birds of Norfolk
£29.99
This new book, the most comprehensive work so far on the county's avifauna, brings the record up to date. It has been written by a team of almost forty experts from within the county, and includes many of the evocative and atmospheric passages from earlier works, as well as presenting all relevant records up to the end of 1998'.... The Birds of Norfolk (paperback) 552 pp.
NOW JUST £26.99 POST FREE UK
Albatrosses
£40.00
Albatrosses are long-lived seabirds which have long impressed those who travel the oceans. They are famed for their supreme adaptations to the marine environment, breeding on remote islands and spending most of their lives at sea flying immense distances. Most species inhabit the Southern Ocean. This is the first comparative account of the albatross family.
NOW JUST £36.99 POST FREE UK
