Barn Owls in Britain

Jeff Martin

The ghostly silent flight of the barn owl is magical; in the past feared for its piercing cry, and persecuted by gamekeepers, the 'white owl' is now one of Britain's ....

BBi: 1907-2007

British Birds Interactive

BirdGuides

In celebration of one hundred years of British Birds, the entire contents of the journal from 1907 to 2006 has been digitised and made available on this DVD-ROM, volume ....

Bill Oddie's Birding Map of Britain and Ireland

Bill Oddie

Unique map which identifies the top 340 birding sites, including all RSPB reserves and additional Wildlife Trusts and Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust sites. ....

Birder's Pocket Logbook

An ideal tool for keeping your personal records, and for sending your records to your county recorder. ....

Birdwatching Walks in the Yorkshire Dales

Brendan Threlfall

The Yorkshire Dales is an enchantingly beautiful area in the heart of northern England. It is a land of limestone pavements and scars, fast-flowing rivers and dramatic ....

The Birdwatcher's Yearbook 2009

Edited by Hilary Cromack and David Cromack

New edition of the indispensable annual pocketbook for birdwatchers, packed with information. Features a guide to more than 400 UK bird and nature reserves, and a full ....

The BTO Garden Birdwatch Handbook

Mike Toms

Feeding garden birds should have two primary objectives. Firstly to assist birds through the natural crisis points in their life cycle and secondly to help redress the balance ....

The Complete Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe

Paul Sterry, Andrew Cleave, Andy Clements, Peter Goodfellow and Mike Toms

Written by Dr. Paul Sterry, leading wildlife expert and author, this beautifully presented guide to more than 500 species of bird includes magnificent artwork by leading ....

Corvus

A Life with Birds

Esther Woolfson

Esther Woolfson has been fascinated by corvids, the bird group that includes crows, rooks, magpies and ravens, since her daughter rescued a fledgling rook sixteen years ....

The DVD Guide to Bird Identification

Dave Gosney

New edition of the popular Video Guide to Bird Identification now released with updated footage on DVD. As well as providing superb picture quality, the DVD format offers the ....

Frontiers in Birding

Edited by Martin Garner et al

Here's a book to inspire any birdwatcher. It covers many subjects at the cutting edge of what is being discovered about birds, written by Martin Garner and a team of British ....

Great Birds of Britain and Europe

200 Star Species

Jonathan Elphick and David Tipling

Concentrating on 200 really special birds of Britain and continental Europe, from Swans to Buntings, "Great Birds of Britain and Europe" is a marvellous celebration of the ....

Grouse

The Natural History of British and Irish Species

Adam Watson and Robert Moss

Grouse and their habitats are of much interest to hunters and game-dog enthusiasts, and to the many others involved in outdoor recreation. However, grouse are also of great ....

Guide to British Owls and Owl Pellets

Leanne Thomas and Chris Shields

This fold-out chart includes colour paintings of the 5 species of owl permanently resident in the British Isles, shown both perched and at rest, illustrations and written ....

A Guide to the Garden Birds of Britain and Northern Europe

Dave Farrow

Birds are one of the best things about having a garden, whether that's a few acres in the countryside or a tiny city roof-space. And the humble garden is one of the most ....

The History of British Birds

Derek Yalden and Umberto Albarella

The History of British Birds reviews our knowledge of avifaunal history over the last 15,000 years, setting it in its wider historical and European context. The authors, ....

A History of Ornithology

Peter Bircham

Today the RSPB has over one million members, reflecting the huge interest in birdwatching as a hobby. Over the years the growth in amateur birdwatchers has ....

Kingfisher

Tales from the Halcyon River

Charlie Hamilton James

The kingfisher is one of the most bewitching of birds - strikingly beautiful in colour, unmistakably elegant in profile, incomparable when plunge-diving for its food. It is ....

A Life of Ospreys

Roy Dennis

Ospreys are one of our best known and best loved birds and the name Roy Dennis is not only synonymous with the successful return of the osprey to Scotland, but is also ....

RSPB Pocket Garden Birdwatch

Mark Ward

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 ....

Seabird Numbers and Breeding Success in Britain and Ireland, 2005

RA Mavor, M Parsons, M Heubeck and S Schmitt

This is the seventeenth annual report on the results of seabird monitoring at colonies throughout Britain and Ireland, produced ....

Secret Lives of British Birds

Dominic Couzens

Following the bestselling Secret Lives of Garden Birds, this trip around Britain's principal habitats exposes the extraordinary hidden world of some of our most familiar ....

A Sky Full of Starlings

A Diary of a Birding Year

Stephen Moss

Stephen Moss' "This Birding Life" was universally acclaimed for one of the most irresistibly beautiful and colourful jackets to grace any book that year. This follow-up ....

This Birding Life

The Best of the Guardian's Birdwatch

Stephen Moss

A collection of the Guardian's popular `Birdwatch' column, by the author of A Bird in the Bush: A Social History of Birdwatching ....

UK500: Birding in the Fast Lane

James Hanlon

UK500: Birding in the Fast Lane is an insight into the world of twitching, an anecdotal, humourous and highly personal account of some of the author's most memorable - and ....

Wildfowl

David Cabot

New Naturalist Wildfowl provides a much-anticipated overview of the fascinating birds that have become icons of our diminishing wilderness areas. ....

Best Birdwatching Sites in Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly

Sara McMahon and Nigel Hudson

Cornwall rightly enjoys a top reputation as a birding county, both for migrants and a staggering number of rarities. ....

Best Birdwatching Sites in Norfolk

Neil Glenn

Excellent site guide to one of the UK's most populat birdwatching counties. Each site is described and OS map references and site facilities are readily accessible. The main ....

Best Birdwatching Sites in North Wales

Alan Davies and Owen Roberts

North Wales has so much to offer the visiting birdwatcher. Inland, the peaceful oak woodlands burst into life each spring as migrant songbirds return and on the upper ....

Best Birdwatching Sites: Scottish Highlands

Gordon Hamlett

Great book on the best places to birdwatch in Scotland. Contains 22 birding routes, 164 maps covering car journeys and individual sites, up-to-date birding information, a ....

Birds of Britain and Europe

Volker Dierschke

Over 350 species of bird are covered, each beautifully illustrated with detailed paintings and clear photographs. The images not only show you what the bird looks like ....

Birds of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

David Chapman

More than 250 species of birds are recorded in Cornwall every year. This book includes them all, with colour photographs of all the common ones, most of the uncommon ones, and ....

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 ....

The Birds of Essex

Simon Wood

"The County Avifaunas" are a growing series giving full details of the status and range of every species recorded in the county in question. Each title covers all species on ....

Birdwatching in England

Paul Doherty

One site is featured for each month of the year and shows a typical birdwatching day at that time of the year and the birds you might see, e.g. ....

The Birds of Gwent

WA Venables, AD Baker, RM Clarke, C Jones, JMS Lewis, SJ Tyler et al

The County Avifauna series provides detailed information on the range and status of bird species at county level. Each title includes a breakdown of rarity records, and there ....

Birds of Ireland

Facts, Folklore and History

Glynn Anderson

There's more to Irish bird folklore than the `wran' boys and the Children of Lir. Irish bird names are rich and full of meaning. This book focuses on our interaction with ....

The Birds of Lancashire and North Merseyside

Edited by Steve White, Barry McCarthy and Maurice Jones

The Birds of Lancashire & North Merseyside is the first avifauna of this region to be published since 1953. It records in great detail the state of the county's birds at ....

Birdwatching in Norfolk

Paul Doherty

This film covers 164 species including all the Norfolk specialities. ....

The Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe

Rob Hume

This is the most compact and concise guide to the 430 species of birds that live in or regularly visit Britain and the rest of Europe. It is the only truly pocket-sized field ....

The Birds of Scotland

Edited by Ron Forrester, Ian Andrews et al

The Birds of Scotland is the definitive book on the birds of Scotland. It is the third in a line of Scottish avifaunas, following in the footsteps of the Misses Baxter ....

Birds of Wiltshire

Edited by J Ferguson-Lees, P Castle, P Cranswick et al

This county avifauna is the result of a 6-year survey to record the state of Wiltshire's birds at the beginning of the new Millennium. Each of the 308 bird species ever recorded ....

Bird Watching in Sussex

Rob Yarham

An invaluable guide to the best spots in the county. ....

The Breeding Birds of Cleveland

A Tetrad Atlas 1999 - 2006

Edited by Graeme Joynt, James Victor Fairbrother and Parker Ted

An account of the history, status and distribution of the birds breeding in the former County of Cleveland, England. ....

Collins Complete Guide to British Birds

A photographic guide to every common species

Paul Sterry

Collins Complete Guide to British Birds makes bird identification easier than ever before. It is the most complete photographic guide to British birds ever published and ....

Collins Identifying Birds by Colour

Moss Taylor and Norman Arlott

It is not always easy for the amateur birdwatcher to correctly identify a bird from the glimpse that is seen as it flies past, but you do notice and remember its colour. And ....

Collins Scottish Birds

Valerie Thom

An ideal pocket guide to over 180 bird species commonly found throughout Scotland. Unlike many field guides, `Collins Scottish Birds' does not cover birds which only visit ....

The Complete Back Garden Birdwatcher

Dominic Couzens and Steve Young

This practical garden bird book covers Britain and Northern Europe. It is full of how-to tips and hints for getting the most out of garden birdwatching, as well as behaviour, ....

The DVD Guide to British Birds

Paul Doherty

This three DVD set runs for over 5 hours and features over 270 species - all of the regular British birds are covered. High quality moving footage shows the birds flying, ....

The Ecology and Conservation of Corn Buntings Milaria Calandra

Proceedings of a Conference held at Fordingbridge, Hampshire, 2-3 March 1995

Edited by PF Donald and NJ Aebischer

The decline of the corn bunting Milaria Calandra has been one of the most rapid in the UK and the species has therefore been included on the `middle' list of the ....

Essential Guide to Birds of the Isles of Scilly

Bob L Flood, Nigel Hudson and Bryan Thomas

A concise, up-to-date and accurate account of all species and sub-species reliably recorded on and around the islands. ....

Finding Birds in Ireland

The Complete Guide

Eric Dempsey and Michael O'Clery

This comprehensive and beautifully illustrated reference guide is a must-have for dedicated and casual birdwatchers alike. The authors of the award-winning Complete ....

Ireland's Garden Birds

How to Attract, Identify and Care for Garden Birds

Oran O'Sullivan and Jim Wilson

Whether you are an avid gardener or just like feeding birds in your garden, this guide is an essential companion. This illustrated guide to Ireland s garden birds and wildlife ....

Kent: A Birdwatcher's Site Guide

Chris Bradshaw and Simon Busuttil

This is the first comprehensive site guide to one of the UK's foremost birdwatching counties. Features 58 birdwatching sites, with information on the best times to go, what ....

Manx Bird Atlas

An Atlas of Breeding and Wintering Birds on the Isle of Man

Edited by Chris Sharpe

The Manx Bird Atlas project was established to undertake the first comprehensive survey of all bird species to be found on the Island of Man during both the winter and ....

Merlins of the South-East Yorkshire Dales

Peter M Wright

The merlin, Falco columbarius, is the smallest falcon found breeding in the British Isles. This is a detailed study of the protected bird in its habitat, based on ....

New Holland European Bird Guide

Peter H Barthel and Paschalis Dougalis

This comprehensive field guide covers more than 500 bird species, including all those that commonly breed, pass through or winter in Britain and Europe, plus a number of ....

RSPB Handbook of British Birds

Interactive Edition

Peter Holden and Tim Cleeves

This is a completely revised and updated edition of the best selling RSPB Handbook of British Birds. This unique guide provides a `biography' of each of the 300 commonest ....

RSPB Handbook of British Birds

Peter Holden and Tim Cleeves

This is a completely revised and updated edition of the best selling RSPB Handbook of British Birds. This unique guide provides a `biography' of each of the 300 commonest ....

RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds

Peter Holden and Stuart Housden

In this new book, the text, maps and plates of the bestselling RSPB Handbook of British Birds have been adapted to create a brand new book specific to Scotland and its rich ....

Where to Watch Birds in Devon and Cornwall

including the Isles of Scilly and Lundy

David Norman and Vic Tucker

Whether local or visiting, expert or novice, Where to watch birds in Devon and Cornwall is the essential guide for any active birdwatcher in these counties. All significant ....

Where to Watch Birds in the East Midlands

Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire

Rob Fray

The five counties covered in this guide comprise natural and man-made areas as diverse as the Wash, Rutland Water and Sherwood Forest. Famous migration hot spots are found on ....

Where to Watch Birds in Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Don Taylor, Jeffrey Wheatley and David Burges

For the new edition every site ccount has been revised and updated, new sites added, and maps and line drawings redone. ....

Where to Watch Birds in North West England and the Isle of Man

Allan Conlin, JP Cullen, P March, T Reid, C Sharpe, J Smith and S Williams

A guide to the best birding sites in the northwestern counties of Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire. This area holds some of the finest upland sites in England, as well as ....

Where to Watch Birds in Wales

David Saunders and Jon Green

This is the fourth edition of this very popular site guide. Wales remains one of the most alluring regions for birdwatchers; its range of habitats ensures a wide variety of ....

Where to Watch Birds in West Midlands Shropshire

Herefordshire, Staffordshire, the Former West Midlands County, Warwickshire, Worcestershire &

F Gribble, G Harrison, H Griffiths, J Winsper and S Coney

Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the former West Midlands County are collectively known as the West Midlands. This is a region of ....

Where to Watch Birds in Yorkshire

John R Mather

This is a detailed account of over 100 of the best birdwatching sites in the great county on Yorkshire. The sites range from Spurn Point in the south-east, northwards ....