2007 Non-estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey

Population Estimates and Broad Comparisons with Previous Surveys

GE Austin, MP Collier and MM Rehfisch

Aerial Surveys of Aggregations of Seaducks, Divers and Grebes in UK Inshore Areas Outside the Breeding Season in 2007/08

M Lewis, LJ Wilson, I Sohle, BJ Dean, A Webb and JB Reid

Aerial surveys are only a component of the winter survey programme because in some cases, aerial survey methods may miss some species, e.g. species that avoid aircraft, or ....

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 ....

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 ....

Albatross

Tony Martin

The albatross captivates human imaginations in a way that few other birds do. Perhaps its their elegant mastery of the air over vast oceans, for albatrosses have the largest ....

An Analysis of the Numbers and Distribution of Seabirds within the British Fishery Limit Aimed at Identifying Areas that Qualify as Possible Marine SPAs

K Kober, A Webb, I Win, M Lewis, S O'Brien, LJ Wilson and JB Reid

The aim of this report is to document the analysis conducted by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) in 2007-2009 for the identification of the most suitable ....

The Ancient Murrelet

A Natural History in the Queen Charlotte Islands

Anthony J Gaston

A monograph on this curious and little known seabird, which sprang to prominence with the recent first record for the Western Palaearctic at Lundy Island. Found along the ....

The Arctic Skua

A Study of the Ecology and Evolution of a Seabird

Peter O'Donald and Robert Gillmor

This book describes the results of a long-term study of the ecology, evolutionary genetics and sociobiology of a seabird, the Arctic Skua. This species is polymorphic: ....

An Assessment of the Feasibility of Annual Monitoring of Winter Gull Roosts in the UK and Possible Outputs from Such a Scheme

NHK Burton, IMD Maclean and GE Austin

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 ....

Bird Life of Coasts and Estuaries

Peter N Ferns

Bird Life of Coasts and Estuaries describes the bird life of the British coastline and adjacent off-shore waters from an ecological point of view, using information from ....

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 ....

Coastal Waders and Wildfowl in Winter

Edited by PR Evans, JD Goss-Custard and WG Hale

This book arose from an international meeting held at Texel in the Netherlands in April 1981 to discuss the feeding requirements and behaviour of shorebirds and coastal ....

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 of Britain and Europe

Malcolm A Ogilvie

Digitally reproduced reprint of the 1975 original book. ....

Ducks, Geese and Swans

Edited by Janet Kear

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

The Effects of Climate Change on Migratory Waterbirds within the African-Eurasian Flyway

IMD Maclean, MM Rehfisch, S Delaney and RA Robinson

Waterbirds are likely to be amongst the organisms most adversely affected by climate change as they are associated with a habitat that is very vulnerable to changes in ....

Evolution and Taxonomy of White-Cheeked Geese

Bertin W Anderson

Dr. Anderson's volume is an extension of Hanson's work (White-Cheeked Geese) in four ways. (1) A detailed statistical analysis of Hanson's taxonomy highlighted by a search ....

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 ....

Flamingos

Janet Kear and Nicole Duplaix-Hall

Reprint of the 1975 original book. ....

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 ....

The Gannet

Bryan Nelson

The author is internationally known for his work on the North Atlantic gannet and the boobies. His studies of the gannetry on the Bass Rock over many years have formed the ....

Greenshanks

D Nethersole-Thompson and M Nethersole-Thompson

With illustrations by Donald Watson An important contribution to wader studies. `This book is a must for any serious ornithologist, and it is difficult to see how it ....

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 ....

Gulls of the Americas

Petersen Reference Guides

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 ....

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 ....

Gulls: A Guide to Identification

Peter Grant

This edition incorporates 8 North American west coast species, as well as revisions throughout the text of the original edition. There are 280 new photographs, bringing the ....

Der Haubentaucher (Great Crested Grebe)

Manfred Melde

1995 reprint. ....

Hawaiian Goose

Janet Kear and Andrew J Berger

Reprint of the 1980 original book. ....

Impacts of Changes in Sewage Disposal on Populations of Waterbirds Wintering on the Northumbrian Coast

Report for 2004/05

NHK Burton and AP Goddard

The Magic of Cranes

Carl-Albrecht von Treuenfels

Cranes, long-necked and long-legged birds of the Gruiformes order who mate for life, have fascinated many cultures. In Japan, they are a symbol of longevity and a happy ....

The Manx Shearwater

Michael Brooke

Based on the author's 17 years of research on shearwaters at Atlantic colonies, the book covers in detail breeding biology, vocal behaviour, transequatorial migrations and ....

Man and Wildfowl

Janet Kear

Comprehensive monograph examining the involvement of humans with ducks, geese and swans. The book covers taxonomy and natural history of wildfowl, the history of domestication ....

Monitoring and Breeding Ecology of Arctic Birds at Medusa Bay, Russia 2005

Hein van Kleef et al

In 2005 an expedition of the Working Group International Waterbird and Wetland Research (WIWO) visited the Medusa Bay area, near Dikson on the Taimyr peninsula, in northern ....

Numbers and Distribution of Waterbirds and Wetlands in the Asia-Pacific Region

Results of the Asian Waterbird Census: 2002-2004

ZWD Li and T Mundkur

This report summarises the results of the Asian Waterbird Census in 2002, 2003 and 2004, comprising counts at 2,032 sites in 22 countries. Of these sites, 459 met the criteria ....

The Numbers of Inshore Waterbirds Using the Waters of Mull, Coll and Tiree During the Non-Breeding Season; and an Assessment of the Area's Potential for qualification as a marine SPA

I Sohle, N Dawson, SH O'Brien, A Webb and JB Reid

The Painted Stork

Ecology and Conservation

AJ Urfi

The Painted Stork is a large, eye-catching, colonially nesting wading bird found across large parts of South and South East Asia, particularly India and Sri Lanka. Listed as ....

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 ....

Penguins From Around the World

Uko Gorter

Laminated identification guide to 20 species of penguin; shows numbers of breeding pairs and status, size, distribution, and names in English and Latin. ....

Penguins of the World

Wayne Lynch

With the worldwide success of the movie March of the Penguins, these fascinating flightless birds have become a symbol of the fragile nature of our ecosystem. Faced with ....

A Penguin's World

Ian Strange and Georgina Strange

This work brings together a collection of stunning photographs along with informative text about the Penguin's world. The authors and designers of this title, who reside in ....

Puffins

Heather Angel

The comical and colourful faces of puffins have earned them the popular name 'clowns of the sea'. On land, they waddle and hop amongst tussocks and rocks to and from their ....

Review of the Status of Introduced Non-Native Waterbird Species in the Area of African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement. 2007 Update

AN Banks, LJ Wright, IMD Maclean et al

The Ruff

Johan G Van Rhijn

Illustrated by Ian WillisThe ruff offers an extreme example of a social system widespread in birds and other animals; brilliantly plumaged males compete on communal ....

Seabirds

Feeding Ecology and Role in Marine Ecosystems

Edited by JP Croxall

Originally published in 1986, this book is concerned with the ways in which seabirds function as predators in the marine environment; in particular about how they find and ....

Seabird Islands

Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration

Edited by Christa P H Mulder, Wendy B Anderson, David R Towns and Peter Bellingham

Islands with large colonies of seabirds are found throughout the globe. Seabird islands provide nesting and roosting sites for birds that forage at sea, deposit marine ....

Seabirds: A Natural History

Anthony J Gaston

Takes an in-depth look at the lives and natural history of the world's true seabirds - the penguins, tubenoses, peleceaniids, gulls, terns, skuas and auks. These birds all ....

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 ....

Shorebird Ecology, Conservation, and Management

Mark A Colwell

Shorebirds are model organisms for illustrating the principles of ecology and excellent subjects for research. Their mating systems are as diverse as any avian group, their ....

Shorebirds of Ireland

Jim Wilson and Mark Carmody

Sandpipers and plovers are among the many shorebirds that live between the tides in Ireland, on mudflats and shingle, in estuaries and lagoons, on beaches and bays. Jim ....

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 Skuas

RW Furness

Drawings by John Busby The world's six species of skua are authoritatively described in this detailed monograph of the `avian pirates'. ....

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 ....

The Status of Seabirds in Britain and Ireland

CS Lloyd, ML Tasker and KE Partridge

Illustrated by Keith Brockie This book is based on the counts of the Seabird Colony Register from 1985 to 1987. Split into two parts, the first describes the general ....

Status of Waterbirds in Asia

Results of the Asian Waterbird Census: 1987 - 2007

David Li Zuo Wei, Andrea Bloem, Simon Delaney, G Martakis and JO Quintero

The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC), conducted each year in January, is a waterbird and wetland monitoring programme initiated in 1987 within the framework of the International ....

State of the World's Waterbirds 2010

Edited by Simon Delany, Szabolcs Nagy and Nick Davidson

Summarises what is known about the status of waterbird populations in different parts of the world, shows how numbers and population trends compare from region to region, and ....

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 ....

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. ....

Waders: Their Breeding Haunts and Watchers

D Nethersole-Thompson and M Nethersole-Thompson

All of the Nethersole-Thompson family contribute in some measure to this book but it is Dr Desmond Nethersole-Thompson's life-long interest in waders which gives the work its ....

Waterbirds

Theodore Cross

Brushing aside rattlesnakes on Green Island, Texas, or enduring the bitter cold of an Alaskan winter, Theodore Cross has pursued waterbirds with passion. On four continents, ....

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, ....

Waterbirds in the UK 2005/06

Andy Musgrove, Mark Collier, Alex Banks, Neil Calbrade and Richard Hearn

This report presents the results of WeBS in 2005/06 and includes data from other national and local waterbird monitoring schemes. It provides a single, comprehensive ....

Waterbirds in the UK 2006/07

Graham Austin, Mark Collier, Neil Calbrade, Colette Hall and Andy Musgrove

Presents the results of WeBS in 2006/7 and includes data from other national and local waterbird monitoring schemes. ....

Waterbirds in the UK 2008/09

Graham Austin, Mark Collier, Neil Calbrade, Colette Hall and Andy Musgrove

This report presents the results of WeBS in 2008/09 and includes data from other national and local waterbird monitoring schemes. It provides a single, comprehensive ....

Waterbirds in the UK 2007/08

C Holt, G Austin, N Calbrade, H Mellan, R Thewlis, C Hall et al

This book features the results of the twenty-seventh report of the Wetland Bird Survey. ....

Watching Waterbirds with Kate Humble and Martin McGill

100 Birds ... in Just One Day!

Kate Humble and Martin McGill

This book introduces some 75 species of wetland birds to readers through the eyes of Kate Humble. As she freely admits herself, Kate is still learning her birds, so to find ....

Waterfowl in Your Pocket

A Guide to Water Birds of the Midwest

Dana Gardner

"Waterfowl in Your Pocket" is a welcome aid to identifying the many colorful and intriguing water birds of the midwestern states, from the Great Lakes west to the ....

Whooping Crane

Images from the Wild

Klaus Nigge

Approximately 250 wild whooping cranes nest in northern Canada and winter in south Texas, flying 2,500 miles annually between these two distinct havens. Each of these ....

Wildfowl

David Cabot

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

Wild Geese

MA Ogilvie

Reprint of the 1978 original book. ....

Wildfowl in Great Britain

Myrfyn Owen, G L Atkinson-Willes and DG Salmon

The Wildfowl Trust (founded by Sir Peter Scott in 1946) has worked actively to promote wildfowl conservation over many years and this volume will surely be recognised as one ....

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 ....

Wild Skeins and Winter Skies

Paintings and Observations of Pink-footed Geese

James McCallum

90 paintings depict many aspects of the birds' behaviour and show them in an array of weather conditions. The artist describes his approach to painting from life, shares ....