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NHBS Monthly Catalogue: October 2008Zoology: BirdsATLAS OF BREEDING BIRDS IN BULGARIA Edited by Petar Iankov The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Bulgaria is the first ever publication of its kind for this country and contains the most complete information about the breeding bird fauna in the country. ......Bilingual in Bulgarian and English 680 pp, line drawings, distribution maps. hardcover | 2007 | £29.99 | approx. $50/€38 BIRDS IN CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL A Breeding and Wintering Atlas David Norman and Cheshire Mammal Group The Birds of Cheshire and Wirral: A Breeding and Wintering Atlas provides a richly-illustrated showcase of the birdlife of Cheshire and Wirral. The book details the results of a ...... 704 pp, 300 colour illus. hardcover | 2008 | £44.99 | approx. $75/€57 THE BIRDS OF ALDERNEY Jeremy G Sanders This is the first book ever published on the birds of the British Channel Island of Alderney. It covers more than 130 years of recording, from published and unpublished sources, including ...... 318 pp, 102 illus. hardcover | 2008 | £19.95 | approx. $34/€26 BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA Don Hadden Australian birds are unique. This book features photographs that showcase the birds in intimate environments - from sea and shore birds to night birds, honeyeaters and finches. It features over 100 ...... 69 pp. hardcover | NYP 03/2009 | £16.99 | approx. $29/€22 BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA AND ITS ISLAND TERRITORIES A Checklist Phil Gregory A comprehensive checklist of all bird species found on mainland Australia, its islands and off-shore territories. Includes Families, species and significant subspecies with common and ...... 41 pp, map. softcover | 2008 | £6.50 | approx. $11/€9 THE BIRDS OF BORNEO Clive F Mann A new annotated checklist to the third largest island in the world. Borneo boasts a wealth of biodiversity including over 630 species of bird, 11% of which are endemic. The plates illustrate some of ...... BOU Checklists 23 440 pp, 28 colour pages containing 68 colour plates. hardcover | NYP 01/2009 | £50 | approx. $84/€64 BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA AND ASSOCIATED ISLANDS A Checklist Phil Gregory A comprehensive checklist of all bird species found on mainland New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Indonesian West Papua) and its offshore islands. Includes Families, species and significant ...... 44 pp, map. softcover | 2008 | £6.50 | approx. $11/€9 BIRDWATCHER'S YEARBOOK 2009 Hilary Cromack and David Cromack New edition of the indispensable annual pocketbook for birdwachers. 352 pp. softcover | 2008 | £15.50 | approx. $26/€20 (reduced from £17.50) BIRDWATCHINGWATCHING One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds Alex Horne Alex Horne's dad has always been a 'twitcher' - a birdwatcher, constantly on the look-out for his next bird sighting. Alex wasn't so sure. But, determined to get to know his father better, Alex ...... 400 pp. hardcover | NYP 01/2009 | £12.99 | approx. $22/€17 BRITISH BIRDS VIDEO GUIDE 270 Species Edition BirdGuides For this new British Birds guide on DVD, the publishers have started from the ground up, selecting the very best footage from hundreds of hours of film, much of it recently captured on HD ...... 4 DVD Set. DVD | £49.95 | approx. $84/€64 CALL OF THE EAGLE Dave Walker This is an account of one man's 30-year involvement with England's rarest bird, the golden eagle. Initially employed by the RSPB as a senior species protection warden at a secret location in Cumbria, ...... 224 pp, 8 page colour photo section. NYP 04/2009 | £18.99 | approx. $32/€25 THE DVD-ROM GUIDE TO BRITISH BIRDS, CONCISE EDITION BirdGuides This DVD-ROM covers 130 species from Britain and Ireland. Perfect for beginners. ...... DVD-ROM | £19.95 | approx. $34/€26 A GUIDE TO BIRDWATCHING IN SKANE Southern Sweden Edited by Arne Ohlsson Skane, Sweden's most southerly region is shaped like a peninsula that protrudes into the Baltic Sea. Situated on the boundary between Central and Northern Europe, it offers a varied and ...... 191 pp, colour photos, maps. softcover | 2008 | £35 | approx. $59/€45 IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS IN BULGARIA AND NATURA 2000 Edited by Irina Kostadinova and Mladen Gramatikov This volume in the BirdLife International series presents the network of 114 IBAs in Bulgaria. ......Bilingual in Bulgarian and English 640 pp, b&w photos, tables. softcover | 2007 | £19.99 | approx. $34/€26 MOUND-BUILDERS Mallee Fowl, Brush Turkeys and Scrubfowl Darryl N Jones and Ann Goth The Megapodes are an ancient and remarkable group of birds that occur only in Australia, Papua New Guinea and the islands that surround them. Within this group, there are 22 species of ...... Australian Natural History Series 120 pp. softcover | 2008 | £21.95 | approx. $37/€28 A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO BIRDS OF BORNEO, SABAH, SARAWAK, BRUNEI AND KALIMANTAN Geoffrey Davison and Chew Yen Fook New Edition The island of Borneo is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots and a birdwatcher's paradise. Around 600 species of bird have been recorded here, and some 430 are known to breed. Many of these are ...... Photographic Guides Series (New Holland Natural History) 144 pp, 280 col photos, 1 map. softcover | NYP 02/2009 | £7.99 | approx. $14/€11 RSPB POCKET BIRDS A Unique Photographic Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe Jonathan Elphick and John Woodward New Paperback Edition Compact, portable and practical field guide to 320 species of British and European birds. Well illustrated with over 1350 colour photographs to aid identification. ...... 224 pp, 1350 col photos, col illus, maps. softcover | NYP 02/2009 | £8.99 | approx. $15/€12 RSPB POCKET GARDEN BIRDWATCH Mark Ward New Edition Find out how to identify birds and learn about their behaviour, from territorial disputes to courtship, with this pocket-sized guide. Discover which plants, feed and feedboxes will create a ...... 72 pp, colour illus, foldout chart. softcover | 2007 | £5.99 | approx. $10/€8 softcover | NYP 02/2009 | £5.99 | approx. $10/€8 SUPERDOVE How the Pigeon Took Manhattan ... and the World Courtney Humphries Why do we see pigeons as lowly urban pests and how did they become such common city dwellers? Courtney Humphries traces the natural history of the pigeon, recounting how these shy birds that once ...... 196 pp, illustrations. hardcover | 2008 | £18.50 | approx. $31/€24 SURVEY OF THE OCCURRENCE AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF RAPTORS IN GUINEA SUBJECT TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE G Rondeau, M, M Condee, B Ahon, O Diallo and Pouakouyou In the last 10 years, Guinea has emerged as a significant exporter of live wild birds to the UK and the European Community. This trade has involved a significant number of birds of prey. Due to concerns ...... JNCC Report Series 412 57 pp, figs, tabs. softcover | 2008 | £9.99 | approx. $17/€13 WHILE FLOCKS LAST Charlie Elder A worrying number of Britain's birds are in population freefall. We have lost a staggering 60 per cent of our familiar house sparrows and starlings over the last 25 years; songbirds haven't much to ...... 288 pp. hardcover | NYP 03/2009 | £12.99 | approx. $22/€17 WILDFOWL OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE Ray Hutchins Illustrated field guide, showing all 77 species of wildfowl found in the Northern Hemisphere, male and female, Whistling Ducks, Swans, Geese, Shelducks and Ducks, painted in the water and on the ...... 192 pp, colour illus. softcover | 2008 | £14.99 | approx. $25/€19 |