(Hardback)

Bird-watchers are tense, competitive, selfish, shifty, dishonest, distrusting, boorish, pedantic, unsentimental, arrogant and above all envious'. So says Bill Oddie, and he should know!

(Hardback)

In the latest addition to the New Naturalist series, Ian Newton explores bird populations and what causes their fluctuation food supplies, competitors, predators, parasites, pathogens and human activity.

(Hardback)

Birds and bird lore provide a fascinating window onto our social and cultural history, and can tell us much about our changing relationship with the British landscape, our people and society.

(Hardback)

Maori translation of bird names and collective nouns by Patricia Tauroa.

(Hardback)

Australian birds are unique. In Birds of Australia, stunning photographs showcase the birds in intimate and breathtaking environments from sea and shore birds to night birds, honeyeaters and fi nches. Nature photographer Don Hadden has captured over 100 birds in their native habitats.

(Paperback)

From ground jays, larks, and raptors to warblers, nuthatches, and snowfinches, this book covers 618 species - including all residents, migrants, and vagrants - and 143 superb plates depict every species and many distinct plumages and races. It contains introductory sections on the land and its birds, and colour maps.

(Paperback)

A field guide to the birds of Chile. This work includes all 473 known species breeding in or visiting Chile, from the Andes in the north down to the tundra and sub-Antarctic rainforest of Tierra del Fuego in the south. It also covers points offshore such as Easter Island as well as the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands, and more.

(Paperback)

Featuring 234 color plates, and more than 950 color maps, this book helps identify East Asia's bird species. It covers major islands including Japan and Taiwan, as well as the Asian continent from Kamchatka to the Korean Peninsula.

(Paperback)

The definitive photographic guide to the fantastic birds of the Sunshine State.

(Paperback)

Describes and illustrates various bird species of Mongolia. This book features 83 color plates, facing-page species descriptions, and maps.

(Paperback)

What could be more delightful than to colour in the amazing plumage of true-to-life birds of paradiseThis beautiful book contains illustrations of 39 different birds of paradise.

(Paperback, Revised edition)

A field guide to Peru that features various Peru's 1,817 bird species. It features detailed species accounts, including a full-color distribution map.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Simultaneously published: London: Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc.

(Paperback)

Takes us on a tour of the world of boas, pythons, and basal snakes - from primitive blindsnakes to the mighty anaconda. In more than one hundred detailed species accounts, this title examines snakes as different as the cryptically patterned Madagascan Ground Boa and Australasia's beautiful Green Tree Python.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

(Paperback)

Close Encounters with Marine Life details Nigel's underwater adventures with camera in hand, featuring some of his best images and many remarkable stories of his experiences with amazing marine life.

(Paperback)

All the common and more interesting New Zealand bird species are described and illustrated, including parrots, kiwi and penguins. To aid specific identification, information on bird behaviour, song, nesting, food, habitat and prevalent features is included.

(Hardback)

In a unique new collaboration, Collins have paired up with the respected British Trust for Ornithology, bringing together the most authoritative and up-to-date information in this new field guide to the common birds of Britain and Ireland.

(Paperback)

In a unique new collaboration, Collins have paired up with the respected British Trust for Ornithology, bringing together the most authoritative and up-to-date information in this new field guide to the rare birds of Britain and Ireland.

(Paperback)

The essential photographic field guide to all mammals, reptiles and amphibians in the British Isles and surrounding seas.

(Paperback)

An ideal pocket guide to over 180 bird species commonly found throughout Scotland

(Paperback)

(Paperback)