The Crossley ID Guide series hit the market in 2011 with the guide to Eastern Birds, marking a revolution in identification guides. The plates of birds, scenically arranged in their natural context, are photographic composites and show a variety of angles. They cover plumage, sex, and age variations, and situate the birds among other species [...]
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NHBS at Birdfair 2012: our biggest Birdfair yet
This year we are gearing up for our biggest Birdfair yet! NHBS has a bigger and better stand this year featuring a new workshop area with a full schedule of events all weekend. Come along to find out more about ultrasound bat detecting, pond-dipping, wildlife photography and more. And join us in the main Birdfair [...]
Two reviews of Fauna Verlag’s ‘Birds in Africa’
The following two reviews of Fauna Verlag’s ‘Birds in Africa’ represent the book as a quality general survey of the avifauna for those with a wide interest in Africa’s bird life: Birds in Africa Rainer Christian Ertel Published by Fauna Verlag, Distributed by NHBS Review published online at the African Bird Club “When Vögel in Afrika by the [...]
New full-colour monograph focuses on the Peregrine Falcon
New Holland have just published the third in their unique occasional series of ornithological monographs. Packed with brilliant full-colour photography, these attractive books are written by experts and passionate advocates for the particular species. Patrick Stirling-Aird has studied Peregrine Falcons for more than 25 years. He is Secretary of the Scottish Raptor Study Groups and is [...]
NHBS On The Road – a conference update
This autumn NHBS has set up shop at various meetings and conferences across the UK. Anneli and Karen were presenting some of our latest books and field kit at the Butterfly Conservation Meeting at Cheltenham Race Course last Saturday, whilst Anneli will be at the BTO Annual Conference in early December. We always love the [...]
Book of the Week: Cotingas and Manakins
Continuing our selection of the very best titles available through NHBS: Cotingas and Manakins Guy Kirwan and Graeme Green What? New Helm Identification Guide from two leading authorities on Neotropical birds. Why? The Cotingas and the Manakins are two of the most attractive of the Neoptropical bird groups. They are immensely popular with birders for [...]
Book of the Week: Icelandic Bird Guide: Appearance, Way of Life, Habitat
Continuing our selection of the very best titles available through NHBS: Icelandic Bird Guide: Appearance, Way of Life, Habitat Johann Oli Hilmarsson What? New edition of the popular guide to Iceland’s birds by the country’s pre-eminent ornithologist and photographer, Johann Oli Hilmarsson. Why? This attractive and informative guide completely revises and expands the previous edition [...]
“Even better than the 1st edition” – a customer review of Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, 2nd Ed.
Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan Reviewer: Mike Nelson from the USA One-word summary: “Complete” “The second edition has been updated with some new plates including Spiderhunters, Hornbills, Blue Flycatchers and others. Also included in some of the plates are food plants which are helpful. Information has been [...]
BTO’s Norfolk Bird Atlas “a triumph of organization…” – IBIS review, October 2011
The Norfolk Bird Atlas: Summer and Winter Distributions 1999-2007 “This handsome volume is the successor to Kelly’s The Norfolk Bird Atlas (1986). The famous county has 1459 tetrads, and this new work is a triumph of organization, including as it does the contributions of over 400 observers, the number and quality of whom few [...]
Seabird Islands and The Kittiwake in stock at NHBS
Two key studies of seabird ecology and behaviour have arrived in stock this week: Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion and Restoration Edited by Christa P H Mulder, Wendy B Anderson, David R Towns and Peter Bellingham This book, written collaboratively by and for ecologists and resource managers, provides the first large-scale cross-system compilation, comparison, and synthesis [...]
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