Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest

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An enthralling voyage of discovery to meet a rare and mysterious bird of prey that puzzled Darwin, fascinates modern-day falconers, and carries secrets of our planet's deep past in its family history.

A uniquely personal meditation on Britain's gulls by one of today's leading wildlife writersFrom a distance, gulls are beautiful symbols of freedom over the oceanic wilderness.

There is nothing better than spotting a bird you have never seen before, so here is a handy way of keeping all your jottings in check.

In this beautiful follow-up to Our Garden Birds, Our Songbirds and Our Woodland Birds, street artist Matt Sewell captures the world s most evocative bird: the owl.

Britain has some of the most beautiful woodland in the world, with some of the most beautiful inhabitants.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to falconry, with information on breeding, selection, training, general care and management, and much more.

This is a classic guide to incubating and brooding ducks, being a collection of carefully-selected articles dealing with such subjects as incubating, hatching, caring for young, and much more.

"e;A Guide to Keeping Ducks"e; contains information on the methods and equipment of the poultry farmer.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This antiquarian volume comprises a complete guide to exhibiting and showing budgerigars, including tips on exhibition cages, breeding winners, preparing and washing your budgerigar, and a guide to judging and the points systems.

Wildfowling is the most romantic, exciting and challenging of all the field sports.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the breeding, rearing, and management of the border fancy canary.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the art of hawking, with information on training, game-hawking, equipment, care and management, nutrition, handling, history, and much more.

This text contains a detailed treatise on color-breeding in canaries, concentrating on the cinnamon gene.

Contained within the pages of this book is an interesting and insightful guide to pheasant hunting, containing tips and techniques employed in the fields by some of the finest hunters of the time.

This antique text contains a detailed yet accessible treatise on bird flight and how to identify birds based on how they fly.

This antique book contains a detailed guide to owning and caring for parrots, including tips for housing, taming, breeding, and training.

This antique book contains a detailed and interesting guide to breeding very specific colours into pet birds.

This fascinating book contains a concise guide to buying and caring for parrots and parakeets.

This antique text contains a detailed, scientific analysis of bird eggs.

This book contains a detailed dictionary of diseases common in canaries, with information on their causes, treatment, and prevention.

This text contains a detailed handbook on the incubation of bird's eggs, including information on both natural and artificial incubation.

This book comprises a simple guide to the identification of the nests of common British birds.

This book was written for the budgerigar fancier to help them gain an understanding of the principles underlying the successful keeping of budgerigars or shell parakeets.

This antique text contains a detailed handbook pertaining to the proper care and management of budgerigars in captivity, including information on housing, diet, breeding, colour production, and training.

This lovely little book contains a comprehensive and easy-to-digest handbook for canary owners.

This antique text contains a detailed guide to canary management.

This delightful book contains a comprehensive guide to the care and management of budgies as pets.

This text contains a complete yet concise treatise on owning parakeets for beginner and advanced breeders, covering every aspect of their keeping from breeding to training, and everything in between.

This text contains a brilliant guide to the correct identification of swans, ducks, and geese.

This early work is a fascinating read for any ornithologist or nature enthusiast.

This delightful book contains a collection of beautiful poetry written by John Burroughs.

This book contains a detailed treatise on the shooting of woodcock for sport.

First published in 1947, "e;The Science of Bird nesting"e; is a comprehensive guide to the wild birds of England, with ornithological notes and hints on nest finding.

"e;Canary Breeding and Management for Amateurs"e; is a novice-friendly and profusely-illustrated handbook on keeping canaries, with chapters on everything you might need to know from the construction of cages and perches, to common ailments and their treatment.

This charming volume aimed at children explores the folklore that surrounds some of the more common birds, including the sparrow, owl, and magpie.

First published in 1927, "e;The Baby Bird and Its Problems"e; is a vintage treatise on young birds with a special focus on their early development and common ailments.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to keeping pheasants, turkeys, and geese.

This vintage book contains a fascinating and comprehensive guide to the various birds that can be found in India, covering mynas, babblers, cuckoos, herons, wagtails, and many, many more.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the birds exhibited at the Department of Zoology in the British Museum in 1910.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to keeping geese.

This is the seventh volume in the Birds of Africa series, looking at the rich avifauna of the world's second largest continent.

This is the fifth volume in the Birds of Africa series, covering the rich avifauna of the world's second largest continent.

This is the fourth volume in the Birds of Africa series, covering the rich avifauna of the world's second largest continent.

This is the third volume in the Birds of Africa series, covering the rich avifauna of the world's second largest continent.

This is the second volume in the Birds of Africa series, covering the rich avifauna of the world's second largest continent.

This is the sixth volume in the Birds of Africa series, covering the rich avifauna of the world's second largest continent.

The definitive guide to the birds of the Emirates.