Albatross

Their World, their Ways

Julian Fitter, Mark Jones and Tui de Roy

Albatrosses are highly threatened and in the public eye; they are the ultimate seabirds, living almost their entire lives at sea. The RSPB currently has a big campaign to help ....

Albatrosses

Terence Lindsey

Albatrosses are largely confined to the region referred to by early mariners as the 'Roaring Forties' and the 'Furious Fifties', otherwise known as the Southern Ocean. The ....

The Atlantic Gannet

Bryan Nelson

Long awaited new edition of Bryan Nelson's The Gannet (Poyser, 1978). Fully revised and updated, the new edition incorporates new material about changes in British ....

An Atlas of Wader Populations in Africa and Western Eurasia

Simon Delany, Tim Dodman, David Stroud and Derek Scott

This milestone publication is a compilation of current knowledge of the numbers, distribution and movements of one of the most remarkable groups of birds in the region ....

Bewick's Swan

Eileen Rees

Popular among both birders and the wider public, these elegant birds are among the best-studied waterfowl in the world. In Bewick's Swan, Eileen Rees tells the story of ....

The Calls of Ducks and Geese

Kevin Colver and Lang Elliott

Features sounds of 50 North American waterfowl species. A full-colour photograph complements each bird's description. Learn the songs and calls of 50 waterfowl species ....

Cranes

A Natural History of a Bird in Crisis

Janice M Hughes

Long in neck, leg and wing, cranes are imposing wading birds that are among the largest and tallest of the world's bird families. Cranes are found on all continents except ....

Duck

Victoria de Rijke

The squat, noisy duck occupies a prominent role in the human cultural imagination, as evidenced by everything from the rubber duck of childhood baths to the flying ducks on ....

Ducks, Geese and Swans

Edited by Janet Kear

Last book by the late Janet Kear, former director of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. ....

Field Guide to the Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World

Derek Onley and Paul Scofield

Famous for their size and elegance in flight, albatrosses are familiar to anyone who has travelled through the southern ....

Field Guide to New Zealand Seabirds

Brian Parkinson

Around New Zealand's long coastline and its many islands, the keen observer is able to see more seabirds than in most other countries. Three-quarters of the world's ....

Flight Identification of European Seabirds

Anders Blomdahl, Bertil Breife and Niklas Holmstrom

Essential field guide for seawatching, whether it be from land or at sea, specifically designed to address the particular problems and limitations of this type of birding. ....

Flight of the Wild Geese

Graham Uney

The sight of strings of wild Barnacle geese flying overhead, with a noisy chorus of honking, will be a familiar sight to many. However, following their migration, little is ....

Grebes of the World

Malcolm Ogilvie

The book starts with an authoritative introduction on the origin, evolution, distribution, physiology and behaviour of grebes, followed by accounts of each of the 22 ....

Guide to the Identification and Ageing of Holarctic Waders

T Prater, J Marchant and J Vuorien

Reprint of 1977 edition. Primarily aimed at ringers who have the opportunity to examine waders in the hand. It contains much information on identification and ageing, sexing ....

Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America

Klaus Malling Olsen and Hans Larsson

Covers 43 species of gulls and includes some of the most familiar seabirds as well as some little-known and globally threatened species. Contains comprehensive text with ....

Pelicans, Cormorants and their Relatives

The Pelecaniformes

J Bryan Nelson

One of the jewels in the excellent OUP 'Bird Families of the World' series. ....

Penguin

Stephen Martin

From the Linux logo to "The March of the Penguins", a certain tuxedo-wearing member of the animal kingdom has long captured our hearts and imaginations. Stephen Martin regales ....

Peterson Reference Guides: Gulls of the Americas

Steve NG Howell and Jon Dunn

Covering the thirty-six species of gulls that occur in North and South America, this unparalleled resource includes detailed identification information for the many plumages ....

Shorebirds

An Illustrated Behavioural Ecology

Jan Van de Kam et al

The migration, feeding and breeding of shorebirds are explained in a comprehensive but simple and visually stunning form. The core of the book is based on studies of ....

The Shorebird Guide

Michael O'Brien, Richard Crossley and Kevin Karlson

When many birders go out looking at waders, they see a distant mudflat with grey-brown birds of various shapes and sizes and have no idea where to begin the identification ....

Shorebirds of North America

The Photographic Guide

Dennis Paulson

Unlike other guides, which have traditionally relied on paintings to represent shorebirds, this one contains an extensive series of striking photographs - most of them ....

Shorebirds of the Northern Hemisphere

Richard Chandler

Waders are a very popular group among birders of all standards, though their identification is often a challenge. Covering all the species of the northern ....

The Status of Coastal Waterbirds and Wetlands in Southeast Asia

Results of Waterbird Surveys in Malaysia (2004-2006) and Thailand and Myanmar (2006

Edited by David Li Zuo and Rosie Ounsted

The Status of Coastal Waterbirds and Wetlands in Southeast Asia: Results of Waterbird Surveys in Malaysia (2004-2006) and Thailand and Myanmar (2006) presents a ....

Swan

Peter Young

Of more than 8,000 bird species, the swan is surely one of the most easily recognised. Airborne, the swan is a majestic sight: with its long, slender neck outstretched, it ....

Tundra Plovers

The Eurasian, Pacific and American Golden Plovers and Grey Plover

Ingvar Byrkjedal and Des Thompson

This monograph examines the taxonomy, appearance, behaviour, ecology and conservation of all four species of the tundra plovers - the three golden species (Eurasian, Pacific and ....

Waders

Paul Doherty

Covers all the key waders of Europe, Asia and North America with 104 species and a running time of 4 hours 56 minutes. High quality footage has been specially filmed to ....

Waders of Europe, Asia and North America

Stephen Message and Don Taylor

New Helm field guide that offers a complete identification reference to all of the sandpipers, plovers, stints and other waders found in Europe, Asia and North America. ....

Waterbirds Around the World

A global overview of the conservation, management and research of the world's waterbird flyways

Edited by Gerard Boere, Colin Galbraith and David Stroud

Waterbirds are one the world's most attractive group of birds and among the most threatened. These include albatrosses, flamingos, swans, geese, ducks, cranes, waders, ....

Waterbird Population Estimates

Edited by Simon Delany and Derek Scott

Provides a concise summary of the numbers, distribution and population trends of all the world's 878 waterbirds species. The source of this information is the International ....

Wetland Birds

Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications

Milton W Weller

Describes the ecology of wetland birds by identifying patterns of habitat use and typical bird communities that result from the use of resources such as food, cover and ....

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 ....