Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest

Swifts pose some of the most difficult identification field identification problems and it is the aim of this guide to provide information that will help resolve many of these problems.

The Lapwing once had many regional names; the Loon has a British-American identity crisis and the respectable-sounding Apostlebird is often called a Lousy Jack.

The definitive field guide to the rich avifauna of Ecuador.

This new slim volume is an authoritative guide to the best birding sites in Ethiopia, lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps.

This vintage book contains an comprehensive and informative treatise on the crow family of birds, with information on the raven, the carrion crow, and the rook.

An authoritative photographic guide on wader identification.

The Nuthatches is based on the European Nuthatch, with comparative information on the other west Paleartic and world species.

Using a fresh approach that classifies birds according to their bioclimatic characteristics, Clive Finlayson views the history and distribution of Palearctic birds from a radical new angle.

Some trees and birds are made for each other.

Verblüffende Fakten über die Vögel der Nacht Neueste Erkenntnisse zu den außergewöhnlichen Eigenschaften und Verhaltensweisen der Eule: Vogelexpertin Jennifer Ackerman erzählt spannend und informativ von den symbolträchtigen Tieren.

The first comprehensive illustrated guide to North America's vagrant birdsRare Birds of North America is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the vagrant birds that occur throughout the United States and Canada.

Dr Newton is now a senior ornithologist with the Natural Environment Research Council and the book draws on his wide knowledge of the Sparrowhawk, as well as that of other workers in Britain and abroad.

Contained in this book is a comprehensive guide to the owning of and caring for canaries, containing answers to frequently asked questions with sections on bird choice, training, aviaries, and common ailments and cures.

Although the majority of the world's Herons live in the tropics and subtropics, Europe is home to nine species, some large, some small, some colonial, some solitary breeders.

The ultimate photographic field guide to the birds of Britain and EuropeRSPB Birds of Britain and Europe is a stunning, illustrated guide to Europe's bird species.

A comprehensive treatment of the birds of the genus Saxicola.

Estuaries are rightly of great interest and concern to the birdwatcher.

Volume I of a comprehensive two-volume identification set the ultimate guide to birds of the region.

In this beautifully illustrated book, Worth Mathewson vividly describes his bird-hunting adventures across North America.

The essential field guide to the raptors of Mexico and Central AmericaRaptors are among the most challenging birds to identify in the field due to their bewildering variability of plumage, flight silhouettes, and behavior.

Birds of Bangladesh the definitive field guide to Bangladesh's rich avifauna.

Engaging natural history information for a general audience on one of the most beloved groups of birds, including tips on attracting and watching hummingbirds.

The first comprehensive review of all aspects of the biology of moult, drawing information from across the literature and in all birds, from penguins to passerines.

Avian Biology, Volume II is a collection of papers that deals with the biology of birds such as their integumentary and respiratory systems.

The city, the country, an apartment, it doesn't matter where you live; you can draw birds to your area.

First-ever birding guide to this celebrated site.

Identify beautiful birds right in the comfort of your backyard with this illustrated, easy-to-use introductory guide to birding.

In this beautifully illustrated book, Worth Mathewson vividly describes his bird-hunting adventures across North America.

The lives and activities of seabirds as you've never seen them beforeSeabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places.

This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guide series, looks in detail at the remarkable and diverse birds of paradise perhaps the ultimate birders' birds.

On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling who sang (an improved version of!

The Hawaiian Honeycreepers are typified by nectar feeding, their bright colouration, and canary-like songs.

A highly readable review of some 700 years of avian exploitation.

Everything you ever wanted to know about storks, ibises and spoonbills.

Clive Finlayson, a native of the Rock and a trained ornithologist, presents a fascinating account of this region and its resident and transitory bird life.

This antique book comprises a concise but comprehensive treatise on budgerigar housing, breeding, exhibiting, management, and care, with notes on colour varieties and their reproduction.

This site guide covers the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey, including sites in southwest Greater London.

"e;My Heart is Like a Singing Bird - Selected Bird Poems of Christina Rossetti"e; contains a fantastic collection of beautiful nature poetry by English poet Christina Georgina Rossetti, with each poem linked by the common theme of birds.

How birds have evolved and adapted to survive winterBirds in Winter is the first book devoted to the ecology and behavior of birds during this most challenging season.

There are four species of tundra plover: the Grey Plover, and the Eurasian, Pacific, and American golden plovers.

This book is the first comprehensive guide to all the Old World buntings and North American sparrows.

With less than twenty species worldwide and only four British and Irish species, the grouse is surprisingly well-known.

'This long-awaited update to the acclaimed first edition is the definitive guide to a complex and intriguing family.

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE BOOKSSwoop Sing Perch Paddle brings together 132 screenprints by renowned wildlife artist Carry Akroyd, celebrating British birds in all their colour and charm.

An important look at a groundbreaking forty-year study of Darwin's finchesRenowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant have produced landmark studies of the Galapagos finches first made famous by Charles Darwin.

An essential compendium on the biology, identification, distribution and conservation of Europe's 13 species of owls.

Dr Newton's book is concerned with all aspects of population regulation in diurnal birds of prey, their social behaviour, dispersion, numbers, movements, breeding and mortality.

If you want to do your bit to support local biodiversity, start your own wildlife pond in your back garden.

Within days of arriving back from five years of studying bears, wolves and lynxes in Spain, he is up a wild cliff in Cornwall watching three peregrine falcon chicks from hatching to flying stage.