Wildlife: general interest

Two species of magpie feature in this book, the Black-billed Magpie, familiar to most Europeans, which occurs throughout much of the northern hemisphere, and the Yellow-billed Magpie, which is confined to California.

The various Red Data Books prepared by the IUCN and ICBP have set the standards for recognizing birds close to or at risk of extinction worldwide.

The various Red Data Books prepared by the IUCN and ICBP have set the standards for recognizing birds close to or at risk of extinction worldwide.

This book examines many examples of the nocturnal behaviour of birds.

This book examines many examples of the nocturnal behaviour of birds.

In this book, an ornithologist and a forester have combined their skills to try and tease out the real facts behind the various arguments on forestry.

In this book, an ornithologist and a forester have combined their skills to try and tease out the real facts behind the various arguments on forestry.

Cape Clear Island, the most southerly point of Ireland apart from the nearby Fastnet Rock, has been the site of a bird observatory since 1959.

The involvement of humans with ducks, geese and swans has probably been closer than with any other group of birds, today and for several millenia past.

The involvement of humans with ducks, geese and swans has probably been closer than with any other group of birds, today and for several millenia past.

The Manx Shearwater ranks amongst the world's most evocative seabirds.

The Manx Shearwater ranks amongst the world's most evocative seabirds.

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Scarce migrant birds of Britain and Ireland - how many are seen?

Scarce migrant birds of Britain and Ireland - how many are seen?

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.

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.

This book summarises the status and distribution of all species of wild birds known to have bred in Britain and Ireland since 1800.

This book summarises the status and distribution of all species of wild birds known to have bred in Britain and Ireland since 1800.

The book describes all the main habitat types, the structure and composition of bird communities, and reviews bird sites and their distribution throughout Britain.

Dippers are the world's only truly aquatic passerine birds, and their remarkable swimming and diving abilities have long attracted the interest of research biologists on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as elsewhere in Europe and Japan.

The Ruff is a fascinating species whose elaborate breeding behaviour has captivated ornithologists for decades.

Breeding along the northern Pacific coast from British Columbia to Japan, this little known bird dwelt in relative obscurity until it became the focus of a conservation debate which has resulted in a new National Park in the Queen Charlotte Islands, where half the world's population breeds.

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

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 definitive book on owls.

This eagerly awaited guide offers the most comprehensive treatment ever published on the gulls of Europe, Asia and North America.

This is the first field guide to the birds of this fascinating region, and a companion to Birds of East Africa by two of the same authors.

This is the first book created primarily for the field identification of parrots, one of the most familiar and colorful groups of birds.

This is the first book created primarily for the field identification of parrots, one of the most familiar and colorful groups of birds.

Featuring updated data for this second edition, this is a field guideto the tracks and signs of European birds.

Featuring updated data for this second edition, this is a field guide
to the tracks and signs of European birds.

A comprehensive treatment of the birds of the genus Saxicola.

Pipits and Wagtails is the first comprehensive guide to all the species and subspecies that occur in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North America.

Pipits and Wagtails is the first comprehensive guide to all the species and subspecies that occur in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North America.

Sunbirds is the first book since the 19th Century to cover in detail all the world's sunbirds and spiderhunters - the Nectarinidae.

Sunbirds is the first book since the 19th Century to cover in detail all the world's sunbirds and spiderhunters - the Nectarinidae.

This guide brings together, for the first time in single volume, a comprehensive review of all the world's pheasants, partridges, quails, grouse, turkeys, guineafowl, buttonquails, sandgrouse, and the enigmatic Plains-wanderer - over 250 species in all.

This guide brings together, for the first time in single volume, a comprehensive review of all the world's pheasants, partridges, quails, grouse, turkeys, guineafowl, buttonquails, sandgrouse, and the enigmatic Plains-wanderer - over 250 species in all.

This fascinating study describes the natural histories of these brood parasites and examines many of the exciting questions they raise about the evolution of cheating and the arms race between parasites and their prey.

This fascinating study describes the natural histories of these brood parasites and examines many of the exciting questions they raise about the evolution of cheating and the arms race between parasites and their prey.

This volume is dedicated to the field identification of pigeons and doves, and it incorporates much recent information on the family.

This volume is dedicated to the field identification of pigeons and doves, and it incorporates much recent information on the family.

This is the first comprehensive guide to these closely related families.

'Covering every species of raptor on the planet, this book is perfect for anyone with an interest in birds of prey.

This is the first comprehensive guide to these closely related families.

Based on phylogenetic research, this complete study of the genus Sylvia describes two new species and establishes identification criteria for all members of the family.

This book covers 43 species of munias and mannikins.

This book covers 43 species of munias and mannikins.