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Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds Passerines
Hadoram Shirihai & Lars Svensson
This stunning two-volume handbook is the definitive reference on passerines in the region – no birder’s shelf is complete without it. • The most complete and detailed photographic guide to the passerines of the Western Palearctic ever published. • Written by Hadoram Shirihai and Lars Svensson, two of the world’s most respected ornithologists. • Detailed accounts cover every aspect of identification, including every race of every species that regularly occurs in the region. • Illustrated with more than 5,000 stunning colour photographs across the two-volume set. • Detailed maps accurately depict distributions of birds to subspecific level. 9781472937575 • £150.00 FINCHES
HANDBOOK OF WESTERN PALEARCTIC
HANDBOOK OF WESTERN
BIRDS
Loxia pytyopsittacus Borkhausen, 1793 Fr. – Bec-croisé des perroquet Ger. – Kiefernkreuzschnabel Sp. – Piquituerto lorito; Swe. – Större korsnäbb
with a A larger cousin of the Common Crossbill, the proportionately heavier bill adapted to opening it also harder cones of Pinus species. However,
research before & Kalko (2009) we prefer to await further (2008) found evaluating these findings. Keenan & Benkman of their mates; that adults can alter their calls to match those the suggestion of although apparently rare, this complicates types. It seems a several cryptic species with different call Crossbill into fair assumption that radiation among Common and that treating further species is still at a very early stage not unreasonable. it in the traditional way as one species is 94: 99–107. REFERENCES alonso, d. et al. (2006) Ardea, DB, 2: 33–35. – van dEn BErG, a. B. & BlanKErt, J. J. (1980) 4: 100–102. – – BErthold, p. & schlEnKEr, r. (1982) DB, (May): 9–10. – castEll, p. (1983) Cage & Aviary Birds, dElaar, p., van E – EdElaar, p. (2008) J. Avian Biol., 39: 9–12. 39: 108–115. EErdE, K. & tErpstra, K. (2008) J. Avian Biol., Wilson Bull., – EdElaar, p., phillips, r. E. & Knops, p. (2005) , E. K. v. (2009) 117: 390–393. – förschlEr, M. i. & KalKo Univ. of Calif. J. of Orn., 150: 17–27. – Groth, J. G. (1993) (1982) Gerfaut, 72: Publ. Zool., 127: 1–144. – hErrEMans, M. 78: 243–260. – 243–254. – hErrEMans, M. (1988) Gerfaut, – KEEnan, p. JardinE, d. c. (1994) Ring. & Migr., 15: 98–100. 93–101. – Knox, c. & BEnKMan, c. w. (2008) Condor, 110: Ewton, i. (1972) Finches. n – 89–94. 83: BB, (1990) G. a. , c. w. & Britch, s. Collins, London. – parchMan, t. l., BEnKMan – proctor, B. c. (2006) Molecular Ecology, 15: 1873–1887. – roBB, M. (2000) & fairhurst, d. (1993) BW, 6: 145–146. t. p. (2009) Animal DB, 22: 61–107. – sEwall, K. B. & hahn, BEnKMan, c. & K. l. , Behaviour, 77: 123–128. – snowBErG – suMMErs, r. w. & w. (2008) J. Evol. Biol., 20: 1924–1932.
including feeds on seeds of other conifers too, and spruce. Range usually restricted to N Europe stay and NW Siberia, but after irruptions may breed elsewhere, e.g. in Scotland. Often associates irruptions with Common Crossbill, making similar though less numerous.
BARN SWALLOW Hirundo rustica L., 1758 Fr. – Hirondelle rustique; Ger. – Rauchschwalbe Sp. – Golondrina común; Swe. – Ladusvala
L. c. guillemardi, ad o, Cyprus, Oct: duller head and upperparts. Wing ad. (H. Shirihai)
– suMMErs, r. w. & piErtnEy, s. B. (2003) BB, 96: 100–111. – suMMErs, r. JardinE, d. c. (2005) Ardeola, 52: 269–278. J. Avian. Biol., 38: w., dawson, r. J. G. & phillips, r. E. (2007) J. G. & proctor, r. 153–162. – suMMErs, r. w., dawson, r. (2010) J. Avian. Biol., 41: 219–228.
race, which in o plumage has characteristically
to man. When lives closer and depth House Martin regularly mandibles, 1stS a, Finland, Mar: strongly curved lower in profile of summer and 45% of upper, oftentipaof symbol so while a c.‘swallow’, of lower mandible moult tends to be rather projects at most marginally. Post-juv or paper, the a book in Note moult warmth, is to be depicted old feathers. limited, with 1stY often showing many Varesvuo) its long tail-streamers—is Swallow—with limit in greater coverts. Barn (M.
curvirostra as can aa average somewhat duller red than a, and L. c. poliogyna, 1stY a, Morocco, Mar: in the Atlas Mts. However, it is an imm be seen from this extreme example photographed than this. Biometrics by and large the same as plumage some older aa attain a somewhat redder van den Berg) for W & N European populations. (A. B.
bill in this race slightly L. c. guillemardi, ad a, Cyprus, Oct: with more strongly stronger and deeper than in curvirostra, as other European races, curved culmen. Never becomes as red at most having with ad a usually being bright greenish-yellow, Wing ad. (H. Shirihai) orange-tinged crown, underparts and rump.
greyish
Oct: oo of the L. c. poliogyna, o, presumed ad, Morocco, and greyer, less bright North African race are typically duller on upperparts lacking green than ssp. curvirostra, in particular wash only on rump. green on crown and having subdued green
SWALLOWS AND MARTINS Sylvia mystacea Ménétries,
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Among swallows and martins, to the layman this is probably the best-known species, although the
bill appear Apr: drop of water on lower mandible makes L. c. scotica, o, presumed ad, Scotland, sharply curved. seems rather strong, and culmen is quite very chunky, but lower mandible still greenish edges plumage would indicate ad, as do seemingly Although amount of yellowish-green in handling unwise. (F. Desmette) to most wing-feathers, safe ageing without
erence for nesting—not surprisingly—inside barns and stables, whenever there is a hole or broken window to allow access, but almost as common a nest site is a beam or hole under bridges or rafts in marinas and harbours. Often seen over ponds and watercourses, and associates with grazing cattle. The majority of the European population migrates to winter in S Africa, with a minority staying in N
shows a prefgenerally chosen. The Barn Swallow Crossbill,
quite similar to that of Common for general VOCALISATIONS Song IDENTIFICATION See Common Crossbill of simple notes, whistles, squeaky is identical to Crossbill, a repetition description. Contrary to some claims, plumage series of calls, delivered unhurriedly, greyer or paler notes and interwoven Common Crossbill (thus, aa not on average segments. Possibly only recognised reasonably close and with well-spaced orange-red). For reliable identification a notes. – The common call from a be studied in by the interwoven call observation is necessary, and the bill must a flock in flight, is a repeated strong somewhat larger bird taking off, and profile. Compared to Common Crossbill has tüpp tüpp tüpp… (or küp küp küp…), outline, heavier bill and deep, ‘echoing’ consohead and often slightly more bull-necked to Common Crossbill with harder initial compared equal roughly being bill with a ‘squarer’ look, the depth of the slightly deeper (more echoing) and the stronger curva- nant and sounding to its length. Adding to this impression is Rather limited individual varialower mandible straighter, less ‘clipped’. to ture of both mandibles, with almost as deep and any identification problem is due ‘bulging’ outline. A tion in the call, as upper, the lower mandible having a Common Crossbills, of which some bill-base than greater variation among supporting character is the much broader Parrot’s call rather closely, but trained ear on the populations can approach in Common when seen head-on. To the entirely. The anxiety/alarm call is harder calls probably never match it Continent (outside the British Isles) the deeper, the call, chu, repeated of a subdued, rather deep variation of identification and detection both of means are the best beg with rather high-pitched chit-too may be difficult to in long series. Young Parrot Crossbill, but even with practice it (Robb 2000). identify all birds.
Common SIMILAR SPECIES Plumage as for head and bill, but that species has a somewhat smaller for details, and slightly higher-pitched calls (see Common in-hand identificaand above under Identification). – For depth and lower tion particularly important to measure bill depth across mandible width at feathering, lower mandible There is appargonys angle, and wing (cf. Svensson 1992). in lower mandible ently no overlap in bill depth, and very little controversial and width, between Parrot and Common. A few scotica could actureportedly heavy-billed Common of ssp. ally well have been Parrot. differ, much as AGEING & SEXING Ages and sexes As in Common described for Common Crossbill. – Moults. in late summer Crossbill, generally only one, complete moult, protracted breeding and autumn (mainly Jul–Oct), but due to to moult in spring, season, and irruptive habits, some start Most 1stY moult arrest in summer and resume in autumn. even virtually partly, a few nearly completely, exceptionally involve all primaries completely. Advanced post-juv moult can Feathers of but usually not secondaries or primary-coverts. late Jun) become aa moulted in summer and autumn (from Ad a Scarlet SPRING – red, those in winter and spring yellow. flanks, back and or orange-red over much of head, breast, Wings and tail rump. Rarely, some yellow feathers admixed. red, rufous or dark brown-grey, when fresh with very narrow
Africa and S Spain.
head, thicker bulkier than Common Crossbill, with larger Ad a, Sweden, Jan: averages larger and tip. Can show bulging, strongly curved gonys and blunter admixed. neck and massive parallel-sided bill, with bright scarlet, but some grey feathers extensive greyish cutting edges. Predominantly Wing evenly fresh. (M. Nord)
even louder disyllabic see-flit! SIMILAR SPECIES Quite a characteristic bird that should not cause many identification problems. The only other swallow with pointed tail-streamers, the Red-rumped Swallow, has pale throat, a pale (rufous-buff) rump patch, a narrow rufous neck collar and all-black undertail-coverts. Its flight is also more like that of House Martin, with frequent glides on outstretched wings. – House Martin has a pure white rump patch, only moderately forked tail and by and large a white throat.
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especially a, mainly greyish-green with grey streaking, o, presumed ad, Finland, Mar: unlike ad. Note size rump and sometimes belly. Wing apparently above, partly greenish-yellow on crown, hardly visible resulting in that tip of lower mandible is above and on breast-band, red forehead of bill, and that mandible curvature is strong H. r. rustica, a, Finland, Jul: long thin tail-streamers; combination of metallic dark blue level possible. Undergoes complete moult in winter in profile. (M. Varesvuo) and throat patch, and snowy-white underparts make identification to subspecific quarters making ageing impossible thereafter. (M. Varesvuo)
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IDENTIFICATION Readily told by long, thin tail-streamers on a deeply forked tail, pointed wings, metallic dark blue upperparts lacking any paler pattern (except tiny white spots on many outer tail-feathers, visible at close range when the tail is spread), dark throat in contrast to paler underparts, and
VOCALISATIONS Song fairly loud and very cheerful, a fast twittering now and then interrupted by a drawn-out croaking or ‘choking’ sound, which can become a dry rattle. The only other species with a similar song structure is the Siskin. Delivered both from perch and in flight. – Calls loudly and frequently around its nest-site, be it a farm or a marina. In ‘good mood’ the conversation between preening birds perched on a roof-beam in a stable can recall Budgerigars’ Melopsittacus undulatus cosy twitter. Normal contact call, mostly on wing, is a sharp but cheerful vit!, often repeated a few times. Alarm caused by a cat or Sparrowhawk is given by
fast, agile flight with ‘clipping’ wingbeats but very little fluttering and gliding on outstretched wings (as in House Martin or Red-rumped Swallow). When seen perched in good light the throat and forehead are dark rufous-red, the throat edged below by a glossy blue breast-band, but at a distance the
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AGEING & SEXING Ages differ in 1stCY. Sexes usually differ slightly (after first complete moult), but a few are alike or at least very similar. Almost no seasonal variation. – Moults. Complete moult of both ad and juv protracted (to provide unhampered flight ability), for majority of European birds performed in winter quarters (Dec–Mar, sometimes starting earlier), but minority start with a few inner primaries while still in Europe, these apparently invariably being ad. For breeders in N Africa most start primary moult in summer. – spring a Tail-streamers on average longer and thinner, and tail-fork thereby deeper, a difference often useful when breeding pair seen together. (See Biometrics.) On average more metallic blue gloss on upperparts and breast-band, but much overlap, and majority identical. o Plumage as in a (on average less metallic blue gloss of little practical use), but tend to have less uniform and deep rufous throat. Tail-streamers on average a little shorter and broader, and tail-fork thereby shallower. – autumn Ad a Much as a in spring, with long tail-streamers. Forehead and throat usually deep rufous-red, but there is some individual variation, some birds presenting rather patchy mixture of old bleached feathers and new darker-coloured ones. Upperparts dark metallic blue with slight purplish tinge, some having rather worn and brownish feathers admixed. In some, blue breast-band narrower or almost broken, and one or both tail-streamers worn or broken, and such birds with maximum number of bleached and dull feathers resemble 1stCY at first glance. Ad o Much as ad a, but tail-streamers (as in spring) on average shorter and slightly broader (though some overlap). Juv/1stCY Tail-streamers short and broad (on average a little longer and more pointed in aa). Forehead and throat pale, light rufous or pinkish-buff. Breast-band sooty-grey tinged brownish, with no or only insignificant gloss. Upperparts mixture of blue and sooty-grey with limited metallic gloss, and tinge of blue more greenish than purplish. Early moulters may be difficult to separate from ad from late autumn onwards. BIOMETRICS (rustica) L 15–21 cm (of which tailstreamers in ad c. 4–8); W ad a 119–132 mm (n 35, m 126.5), ad o 120–129.5 mm (n 13, m 124.6); T ad a 91–130 mm (n 35, m 108.9), ad o 81–106 mm (n 13, m 90.3), 1stCY 60–72 mm (n 23, m 66.7); TF ad a 48–85 mm (n 35, m 65.3), ad o 34–60 mm (n 13, m 45.4), 1stCY 16–30 mm (n 23, m 23.2; o < 26); tail-streamers (width measured 15 mm from tip in ad, at tip of r5 in 1stCy)
VOCALISATIONS Song is a melodious, energetic chattering warble usually given from within canopy of low tree or dense cover, but sometimes in short song-flight. Longer, more musical and varied than Sardinian, with quality perhaps most approaching either Western or Eastern Subalpine, but often far richer and perhaps slightly lower-keyed. Frequently includes elements of the rattling call and light whistling notes. – A buzzing, rattling call with slight nasal tone, trrrrrrt in contact, at times slowing slightly at end, trrrrrrrt-t-t, most recalling alarm of Rüppell’s Warbler. A certain variation in details, the call sometimes being shorter or less hurried. Also a tongueclicking tsek, not dissimilar to Western Subalpine Warbler or Lesser Whitethroat. A muffled harsh chair when anxious. SIMILAR SPECIES On breeding grounds unlikely to be confused, as greatest potential confusion risks are any within Subalpine Warbler complex or Sardinian Warbler, but little overlap with these, except on migration with Eastern Subalpine and Sardinian race momus. Tail of Ménétries’s is constantly raised, vigorously waved sideways and up and down (in Eastern Subalpine movements largely absent and in Sardinian much less free or regular), and all three differ in calls. – From o-like Eastern Subalpine: Ménétries’s has the tail diagnostically much darker (in Eastern Subalpine browner, almost concolorous with upperparts), with more contrasting white edges and extensive square tips (particularly noticeable when spread or seen from below; Eastern Subalpine has narrow white wedge on p5, if any), and Ménétries’s also lacks sharply defined and narrow pale fringes to the dark-centred tertials (of Eastern Subalpine), although differences may be obscured by wear and moult. Ménétries’s has a rather broad-based bill with the pale area on the lower mandible horn-pink (mainly straw or horn with limited pinkish tinge in Eastern Subalpine). – The palest race of Ménétries’s, rubescens, and the Levant race, momus, of Sardinian Warbler are separable, as Ménétries’s usually has an ill-defined dark grey rear crown, whereas nearly all a Sardinian have the dark crown more intensely black and more sharply demarcated from nape. Many Ménétries’s have pinkish-red on the throat and breast, but others are whitish-grey and similar to momus; however, in close views, Ménétries’s almost invariably has broad, ill-defined greyish tertial fringes (whiter and narrower, contrasting with blackish centres, in Sardinian). Most Ménétries’s have whitish-sandy or very pale buff flanks (in Sardinian, body-sides more intensely grey, enhancing white throat). Ménétries’s usually has a broader bill-base, which is typically pinkish-brown, whereas in Sardinian the bill is slenderer and the pale area
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throat appears just ‘dark’, the red being surprisingly difficult to see. Rest of underparts vary somewhat with geography, but in most of Europe they are white, sometimes with a faint buff or pink flush. In Egypt and Middle East the underparts darken to a saturated rufous. Young birds lack the long tailstreamers, having only a hint of them, and the red on throat and forehead is much paler; to separate a distantly flying bird from a House Martin, note above all the different mode of flight. Calls are useful, too.
(A. B. van den Berg)
with moulted as ad a, but much of wing juv, contrasting L. c. guillemardi, 1stW a, Cyprus, Oct: (latter white-tipped). (H. Shirihai) lesser, median and inner greater coverts
PALEARCTIC BIRDS
MÉNÉTRIES’S WARBLER
PARROT CROSSBILL
Birders familiar with old field guide images of a pink-flushed, black-headed and rather striking Sylvia must frequently have been disappointed by their first experience of this species, as the form most likely to be encountered by W European birders, rubescens, is not so dark-headed and has very little pink on the underparts, even in spring plumage.
H. r. rustica, a, Estonia, May: tail-streamers very thin and long. Note whitish coverts, and red throat-patch. (M. Varesvuo)
(only slightly buff-tinged) underparts and underwing-
H. r. rustica, presumed o, Latvia, Jun: tail-streamers appear rather short and slightly broader than in previous images, thus probably o. Beside diagnostic red facial pattern and attractive glossy blue upperparts, note the neat pattern of white spots on outer tail-feathers. (M. Varesvuo)
ad a 1.3–2.8 mm (n 35, m 1.9), ad o 1.8–3.1 mm (n 13, m 2.5), 1stCY 3.2–5 mm (n 24, m 4.1); B 10.3–12.4 mm (n 37, m 11.6); Ts 10.2–11.5 mm (n 22, m 10.9). Wing formula: p1 minute; p2 longest; p3 < wt 0.5–6 mm (rarely = wt); p4 < wt 7–13 mm; p5 < wt 12–22.5 mm; p6 < wt 23–32 mm; p10 < wt 56.5–66 mm; s1 < wt 63–74 mm. No emarg. to outer webs of primaries.
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION & RANGE Moderate variation, the most obvious being amount of reddish colour on underparts. Largely clinal variation, and individual birds frequently impossible to name subspecifically. At least two extralimital races occur in E Asia, not covered here. H. r. rustica L., 1758 (Europe, W Siberia, Caspian region, Turkey, Iraq; winters mainly in transequatorial Africa, commonly south to South Africa, but eastern population in S Treated above. Underparts (lower breast to undertailAsia). S. m. rubescens, ad a, Turkey, May: race based south (e.g. in locality, but note pale or pinkish-white, but on to creamyspectrum coverts) white and further pinkish cast to whitish underparts enhanced by puffed-out throat). (here at extreme end of evident greyish bird has rather restricted and intergradationThis outerE Turkey) webs to some Caucasus, tertialsvariation pinkish base to lower mandible, are typical. Aged by being not heavily and deeper/purer red-brown but ill-defined underparts. worn, with bluish-grey fringes to ad rufous-buff iris. (D. Occhiato) into transitiva, with more saturated primary-coverts and remiges, Birds closely matching transitiva found in many European IDENTIFICATION of such making racial identification A medium-sized countries in summer, Sylvia with broadly of birds have some pinkish-buff hue below, even quite similar plumagebirds afghanica; ambigua.) (Syn.a to Sar problematic. dinian Warbler. dark-breasted H. r. rustica, a (left: Denmark, May) and o (right: Italy, Jun): small percentage has blackish foreChristensen; right: D. Occhiato) crown,H.lores Levant, from and ear-coverts, 1910) (coastal similar to paler transitiva. Such birds are most frequent in S Europe. (Left: P. Schans (Hartert,becoming r. transitiva progressively paler (more others shortgrey than populations some blackish) to Gaza; Syriadark on rearresident, crown, merging with medium this grey rest toof Red but birds matching Sea region upperparts. range migrants Almost blackish uppertail, which whencollected and Uganda). Has as Kenya fanned as far south shows plumage extensive white outer corners andinvariably edges. reddish-buff never whitish, but darkDarkish wings underparts, with broad, ill-defined tertial edgings. Israel two distinct variable. somewhat have ness isUnderparts veryInterestingly, pale pinkishincast, mainly lower throat andbreed, and residents, withonthe visitorsamount upper summer populations breast (though of pink being are the more These residentsvaries, saturated NE valleys. foundin in mostly latter northern and eastern races, in which whitish submoustachial extremes closely approaching some red below, with deepest stripe is better developed). Eye-ring usually pinkish-buff hand, some ad transitiva otherorange-brown On the and (see below). or whitish, savignii iris and reddish orbital ring quite pronounced. o nondescript, sandygrey above, including head (which can be dark grey in older oo), with whitish lores. Eye-ring whitish or has some pale pinkish-buff feathers (orbital ring compared to a paler, and iris often duller). Tertials diffusely patterned, and underparts white, partly tinged pale buff, mainly on body-sides, while very dark uppertail is most striking character. Rather broad bill with pale pinkish-horn base to lower mandible. Legs dull orange-brown. Behaviour a Ménétries’s Warbler, S. and habits much like Sardinian m. rubescens (left: United Arab Emirates, Dec): these Warbler, but raises, waves and often fans tail. Has chattering although two races are the palest taxa of their species, very similar, Feb) versus Sardinian Warbler, S. m. momus (right: Israel, a Ménétries’s often shows and their breeding ranges or rattling calls, like Rüppell’s some (diagnostic) pinkish-red are not far apart. Remember Warbler or miniature Barred grey and similar to Sardinian; on throat/breast, others that also, Warbler (though compared an almost Sardinian-like intense although a Ménétries’s tends to show a more ill-defined virtually lack any, being mostly whitishto latter has nasal tone and black crown, well demarcated blackish crown (as here), some is greyish tertial feebler, higher-pitched and from grey upperparts. Therefore, can have fringes (whiter and narrower, subtly faster). confirm Ménétries’s contrasting with with evenly-fresh feathers
longer than wingtips); dark plumage more sooty-grey, H. r. rustica, o feeding juv, Finland, Jul: tail-streamers shortest in juv (hardly (M. Varesvuo) tinged brownish, while forehead and throat-patches are pale rufous or pinkish-buff.
H. r. rustica, ad, Ethiopia, Sep: much plumage variation among moulting ad in autumn; note partially broken breast-band, but rufous face still solid and intense. (H. Shirihai)
and deep red-brown iris. (Left:
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broad, ill-defined blackish centres, in Sardinian). Age of Ménétries’s unsure; D. Clark; right: L. Kislev) Sardinian is ad
SYLVIA WARBLERS
a, presumed 1stS, ssp. unknown, United Arab Emirates, Feb: safe separation from Sardinian Warbler relies on pinkish to underparts, broad, ill-defined cast lower mandible being pinkish tertial edges and pale area on horn-coloured. Following nuptial moult both ad and pre1stY show moult limits in wing (note renewed inner greater coverts and tertials, contrasting worn primaries and primary-coverts) with and ageing often difficult, but strong wear to retained feather tracts in Feb and completely renewed tail better fit 1stY. Some aa of pinkish below and impossible are intermediate in amount in winter to ascribe to race. (M. Barth)
a, presumed 1stS, ssp. unknown, United Arab Emirates, Apr: obscure head pattern, and typical tail-cocking posture. only limited buff-cream or Also typical is for young aa pinkish wash below. However, degree of moult contrast and to have very variation in all races prevents feather wear in wing, and racial labelling. High olive-brown iris best fit a young bird. (H. Roberts)
is almost invariably grey. o-like plumages of Ménétries’s are separable from o Sardinian based on their (i) paler upperparts, contrasting strongly with the dark uppertail (upperparts browner in Sardinian, contrasting only slightly with tail); (ii) largely white underparts with limited buffish-yellow on sides (extensive warm buff-brown body-sides and contrasting white throat in Sardinian); (iii) much less obvious greyish head in Ménétries’s; (iv) grey-brown tertial centres and illdefined sandy-grey fringes (centres much darker and fringes well defined, narrower and buff-brown to whitish-cream in most Sardinian); (v) more contrasting dark alula (in Sardinian, the similarly dark alula almost matches surrounding tracts). – o-like Rüppell’s Warbler is larger, more robust and has a proportionately longer, heavier bill, longer primary projection and better-patterned tertials and greater coverts (with welldefined whitish fringes to tertials). – o-like Cyprus Warbler is further characterised by the warmer olive-brown body-sides, vent and undertail-coverts (with diagnostic whitish-cream 1stS a, ssp. unknown, Kuwait, fringes/tips). Ménétries’s is Mar: typical terrestrial behaviour also readily separated from both and raised tail. Ragged rear these last-mentioned species by its nervous tail cocking and, is often a feature of young crown delimitation of blackish cap aa in relation to Cyprus, very different whitish throat, pale cream-buff at this season. The apparently call. flanks and pale grey upperparts best match S. m. rubescens, but given substantial individual AGEING & SEXING Ageing requires a close check of variation it is impossible to eliminate other taxa. Striking moult moult and feather wear in wing, limits in wing, with very worn and sometimes iris coloration and bleached primary-coverts remiges, and and recently moulted tertials. (M.
Pope)
S. m. turcmenica, a, possibly ad, Uzbekistan, May: rather similar to S. m. mystacea in being extensively saturated below, but taxon based on pink locality. Beware potential confusion with Subalpine Warblers, especially Moltoni’s Warbler: Ménétries’s darker grey note forecrown, more contrastingly uppertail (not visible here) dark and square white tip to r6 (rather than wedge-shaped), and in the field voice. Probably ad given brightness note wavy tail-cocking and of underparts. (G. Baker)
S. m. mystacea, variation in a plumage (NE Turkey, May): the subspecific/sexual whitish submoustachial stripe, characters of this race include and paler pink breast. Nevertheless, duller grey upperparts, throat/upper differences: the left-hand although both birds were bird is ad (evenly and less breast almost entirely pink, photographed at same worn with purer orange-brown strong moult limits in wing, with well-developed iris, but note misleading winter site, note differences in amount of pink below due with contrasting juv remiges to individual and primary-coverts, and iris renewal of inner greater coverts if seen away from breeding colour). The right-hand bird grounds. (D. Occhiato) and tertials), whereas right-hand variation and age is paler both above and below, and could not be safely differentiated bird is 1stS (rather from S. m. rubescens
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This unique handbook is the most complete and comprehensive guide to the passerines of the Western Palearctic ever published. It contains the most up-to-date information available on identification covering all aspects of plumage, moult, ageing and sexing, with sections on voice and other identification criteria, detailed measurement data, and taxonomic notes, accompanied by the most comprehensive photographic coverage ever assembled. HWPB represents the last word on passerine identification in the region.
About the authors Hadoram Shirihai is Israel’s foremost ornithologist and the author of books including the acclaimed Sylvia Warblers and A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife. The name Lars Svensson can truly be considered ‘household’ among European birdwatchers. His knowledge of Western Palearctic birds, in both field and museum, is second to none, and has resulted in two best-selling works synonymous with his name: his ‘bible’ for ringers, the Identification Guide to European Passerines, and the field guide to Western Palearctic birds universally known simply as the Collins Bird Guide.
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The Way of the Hare
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Marianne Taylor
The Rise and Fall of the King of the Beasts
A year of gardening and (wild)life
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Songs of Love and War
My Year Killing to Eat
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The Dark Heart of Bird Behaviour
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A Year in the Lives of Twelve British Birds
Mike Dilger
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The Most Perfect Thing
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Herring Tales
Inglorious
Inside (and Outside) a Bird’s Egg
A Search for Humanity’s Heartland
Conflict in the Uplands
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Simon Barnes
How the Silver Darlings Shaped Human Taste and History
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Unplucked
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Columns, Blogs and Musings
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Cheating by Nature
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On The Trail of Britain’s Rarest Animals
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House Guests, House Pests
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The Urban Birder
A Natural History of Animals in the Home
The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and Its Relevance Today
Urban Birding Around the World
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Richard Jones
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Dragonflight
Silent Spring Revisited
Bird Sense
In Search of Britain’s Dragonflies and Damselflies
Conor Mark Jameson
What It’s Like to Be a Bird
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RSPB Handbook of British Birds Fourth edition
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RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds
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Identify our common species and learn more about their lives
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Secret Lives of Garden Birds
RSPB Children’s Guide to Birdwatching
Drawing Birds
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All Your Bird Questions Answered
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RSPB Seabirds
The World’s Best Bird Migration Sites
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Tim Harris Hardback • 9781408171172 • £20.00
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RSPB Handbook of the Seashore Maya Plass Paperback • 9781472962775 • £12.99
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RSPB Nature Tracker’s Handbook
RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife
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RSPB The Great British Wildlife Hunt
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Anne Harrap Paperback • 9781408180372 • £10.99
RSPB Gardening for Wildlife
Secret Lives of Garden Wildlife
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RSPB Spotlight The Spotlight series introduces readers to the lives and behaviours of our favourite animals with eye-catching colour photographs and informative expert text.
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RSPB Spotlight Ladybirds
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Nancy Jennings
Gerard Gorman
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David Chandler
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RSPB Spotlight: Foxes
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RSPB Spotlight: Otters
RSPB Spotlight: Puffins
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Winter Birds
Birds and Light
Critical Critters
Nextinction
Lars Jonsson
The Art of Lars Jonsson
Ralph Steadman, Ceri Levy
Ceri Levy, Ralph Steadman
Hardback • 9781472962010 • £30.00
Lars Jonsson
Hardback • 9781472936714 • £35.00
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Extinct Boids
Wisdom of Birds
Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart
Understanding Bird Behaviour
Ralph Steadman, Ceri Levy
An Illustrated History of Ornithology
Stephen Moss
Stephen Moss
Hardback • 9781408178621 • £25.00
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Hardback • 9781472919007 • £25.00
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Birds: Myth, Lore and Legend
Birds Magic Moments
Top 100 Birding Sites Of The World
Peregrine Falcon
Marianne Taylor, Rachel Warren Chadd
Trade Paperback • 9780747598220 • £20.00
Markus Varesvuo
Dominic Couzens
Patrick Stirling-Aird Paperback • 9781472918666 • £12.99
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Owls
An Illustrated Coastal Year
An Illustrated Country Year
Countryside Book
Marianne Taylor
The seashore uncovered season by season
Nature uncovered month by month
Celia Lewis
Hardback • 9781408181348 • £20.00
101 Ways To Play, Watch Wildlife, Be Creative And Have Adventures In The Country
Hardback • 9781408155530 • £25.00
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Celia Lewis
Tessa Wardley Paperback • 9781408187036 • £14.99
NEW NEW
Food You Can Forage
Make Your Own Bird Food
Wildlife Walks
Wildlife Gardening
Edible Plants to Harvest, Cook and Enjoy
Simple Recipes to Entice Birds to Your Garden
Great days out at over 500 of the UK’s top nature reserves
For Everyone and Everything
Tiffany Francis
Mark Golley
Malcolm Tait
Paperback • 9781472941206 • £16.99
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Kate Bradbury
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Wildlife Trusts Handbook Of Garden Wildlife Nicholas Hammond
Dragonfly
The New Sylva
Creative Nature Photography
David Chandler
A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century
Bill Coster
Hardback • 9781780092294 • £14.99
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Gabriel Hemery
Hardback • 9781847737847 • £19.99
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Chris Packham’s Wild Side Of Town
Nick Baker’s British Wildlife
Nick Baker’s Bug Book
Minibeasts with Jess French
A Month-by-Month Guide
Nick Baker
Discover the World of the Minibeast!
Masses of mindblowing minibeast facts!
Paperback • 9781472912053 • £14.99
Nick Baker
Jess French
Paperback • 9781472913791 • £12.99
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Steve Backshall’s Venom
Steve Backshall’s Deadly 60
Steve Backshall
Steve Backshall
Paperback • 9781472930262 • £14.99
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Steve Backshall’s Wildlife Adventurer’s Guide
The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland
A Guide to Exploring Wildlife in Britain
Third Edition
Steve Backshall
Paperback • 9780956490261 • £25.00
Getting to Know the Wildlife in Our Towns and Cities
Chris Packham Paperback • 9781472916051 • £16.99
Paperback • 9781472930552 • £14.99
Digital Plant Photography For Beginners to Professionals
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BBKA Guide to Beekeeping, Second Edition Ivor Davis, Roger Cullum-Kenyon Paperback • 9781472920898 • £18.99
Jeremy Thomas
Illustrated Guide to Chickens
Illustrated Guide to Cows
How To Choose Them - How To Keep Them
How To Choose Them - How To Keep Them
Celia Lewis
Celia Lewis
Hardback • 9781408122297 • £16.99
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401 Amazing Animals Facts
Meerkats
Horses
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Marianne Taylor
David Macdonald, Nigel Dennis
Nicola Jane Swinney
A Year in the Life
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Lost Animals
Going, Going, Gone
Wild Cats of the World
Extinction and the Photographic Record
100 animals and plants on the verge of extinction
Luke Hunter
Errol Fuller
Hardback • 9781408186305 • £20.00
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Galapagos - Preserving Darwin’s Legacy Second Edition
Tui de Roy
Hardback • 9781408172155 • £25.00
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Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife
Complete Guide To Arctic Wildlife
Hadoram Shirihai
Richard Sale
Hardback • 9780713664065 • £40.00
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Penguins of the World
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Wayne Lynch
Their world, their ways
Hardback • 9780713687118 • £16.99
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Mark Carwardine’s Guide to Whale Watching in North America
Mark Carwardine’s Guide To Whale Watching In Britain And Europe
Mark Carwardine
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Rocky Shores John Archer-Thomson, Julian Cremona Hardback • 9781472943132 • £30.00
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Climate Change and British Wildlife Trevor Beebee
Saltmarsh
Mountain Flowers
Clive Chatters
Michael Scott
Hardback • 9781472933591 • £35.00
Hardback • 9781472929822 • £35.00
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Rivers
Meadows
Mushrooms
A natural and not-so-natural history
George Peterken
Nigel Holmes, Paul Raven
Hardback • 9781472960344 • £35.00
The natural and human world of British fungi
Hardback • 9781472960351 • £35.00
Peter Marren Hardback • 9780956490230 • £35.00
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Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland
Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland
Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Britain and Europe
Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland
Helen Roy, Peter Brown
Third Edition
Martin Townsend, Paul Waring
Bobby Bok, Jan Van Der Voort, Jeroen Speybroeck, Wouter Beukema
Steven Falk
Hardback • 9781472935670 • £45.00 Trade Paperback • 9781472935687 • £30.00
Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland
Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland
Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland
Field Guide to the Micro-Moths of Great Britain and Ireland
Second Edition
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Martin Townsend, Paul Waring
Phil Sterling, Mark Parsons
Richard Lewington
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Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe K-D Dijkstra Paperback • 9780953139941 • £25.00 Hardback • 9780953139958 • £35.00
M U LT I - V O L U M E R E F E R E N C E W O R K S
Mammals of Africa Vol 1 -5
Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds
Jonathan Kingdon
Passerines
Hardback • 9781408122570 • £750.00
Hadoram Shirihai, Lars Svensson Pack • 9780713645712 • £150.00
FIELD GUIDES
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Field Guide to Carnivores of the World, 2nd edition
Kingdom Pocket Guide to African Mammals
Bats of Britain and Europe
Luke Hunter
Second Edition
Paperback • 9781472950796 • £25.00
Jonathan Kingdon
Jonathan Kingdon
Paperback • 9781472924384 • £18.99
Paperback • 9781472912367 • £30.00
Christian Dietz, Andreas Kiefer Paperback • 9781472922021 • £30.00
Kingdom Field Guide to African Mammals Second Edition
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Whales, Dolphins and Seals A field guide to the marine mammals of the world
Brett Jarrett, Hadoram Shirihai Paperback • 9780713670370 • £14.99
Field Guide to Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
Field Guide to East African Reptiles
Mark Carwardine
Second Edition
Paperback • 9781472908148 • £16.99
Michele Menegon, Steve Spawls, Harald Hinkel, Kim Howell Paperback • 9781472935618 • £35.00
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Pocket Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa Steve Spawls, Kim Howell and Robert C Drewes Paperback • 9780713674255 • £16.99
Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland 2nd Edition
Marjorie Blamey, Richard Fitter, Alastair Fitter
Amphibians of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East: A Photographic Guide Christophe Dufresnes
British Moths: A Photographic Guide
Butterflies of Britain and Europe
Second Edition
A Photographic Guide
Chris Manley
Pekka Ojalainen, Hannu Aarnio, Kimmo Saarinen, Tari Haahtela
Paperback • 9781472941374 • £20.00
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Wild Flowers By Colour
Harrap’s Wild Flowers
The easy way to flower identification
Simon Harrap
Marjorie Blamey
Paperback • 9781408113608 • £16.99
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Pocket Guide to the Orchids of Britain and Ireland Simon Harrap Paperback • 9781472924858 • £14.99
Paperback • 9781408179505 • £18.99
Illustrated Trees of Britain and Northern Europe David More, John White
Trees of Britain and Europe Margot Spohn, Roland Spohn Paperback • 9781408101520 • £9.99
Hardback • 9781408123669 • £40.00
Medicinal Plants of Britain and Europe
Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe
Wolfgang Hensel
Margot Spohn, Roland Spohn
Paperback • 9781408101544 • £9.99
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Birds: ID Insights
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Field Guide to Invasive Plants and Animals in Britain
Watching Waterbirds with Kate Humble and Martin McGill
Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland
Helen Roy, Max Wade, Olaf Booy
100 birds ... in just one day!
Mark Golley
Paperback • 9781408123188 • £24.99
Kate Humble, Martin McGill
Paperback • 9781472917461 • £14.99
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Identifying the More Difficult Birds of Britain
Dominic Couzens Hardback • 9781472909831 • £16.99
Bill Oddie’s Birds of Britain and Ireland Bill Oddie
Birds of Britain and Europe Volker Dierschke Paperback • 9781408101551 • £9.99
Paperback • 9781780092454 • £12.99
The Complete Garden Bird Book How to Identify and Attract Birds to Your Garden
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Wetland Bird Songs & Calls
Woodland Bird Songs & Calls
Wildlife of Costa Rica
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Jannes Hannu, Owen Roberts
A Field Guide
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Wildlife Guide to Chile Sharon Chester Paperback • 9781408105368 • £19.99
Field Guide to the Wildlife of New Zealand Julian Fitter Paperback • 9781472961006 • £16.99
Birds, Mammals and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands Andy Swash & Rob Still Paperback • 9780713675511 • £18.99
POCKET GEOLOGY
Geological Structures
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An Introductory Field Guide
A Photographic Field Guide
A Photographic Field Guide
Chris Pellant, Helen Pellant
Chris Pellant, Helen Pellant
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Concise Bird Guide Paperback • 9781472963758 • £6.99
Concise Butterfly & Moth Guide
Concise Coastal Bird Guide
Concise Garden Bird Guide
Paperback • 9781472963819 • £5.99
Paperback • 9781472909992 • £6.99
Paperback • 9781472963772 • £5.99
Concise Garden Wildlife Guide
Concise Herb Guide
Concise Insect Guide
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Paperback • 9781472919809 • £4.99
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Paperback • 9781472963765 • £6.99
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Concise Pond Wildlife Guide
Concise Seashore Wildlife Guide
Concise Tree Guide
Concise Wild Flower Guide
Paperback • 9781472963796 • £6.99
Paperback • 9781472963802 • £6.99
Paperback • 9781472922380 • £6.99
Paperback • 9781472915818 • £6.99
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GREEN GUIDES
Green Guides The beautifully illustrated Green Guides are portable handbooks to the most common species in Britain and Europe.
Green Guide to Birds Of Britain And Europe
Green Guide to Butterflies Of Britain And Europe
Green Guide to Garden Wildlife Of Britain And Europe
Green Guide to Herbs Of Britain And Europe
Jim Flegg
Rosemary Goodden, Robert Goodden
Bob Gibbons
Bob Press
Paperback • 9781472916440 • £6.99
Paperback • 9781472916464 • £6.99
Green Guide to Seashore Life Of Britain And Europe
Green Guide to Trees Of Britain And Europe
Green Guide to Wild Flowers Of Britain And Europe
Bob Gibbons
Bob Press
David Sutton
Paperback • 9781472927170 • £6.99
Paperback • 9781472916488 • £6.99
Paperback • 9781472927200 • £6.99
Paperback • 9781472927118 • £6.99
Paperback • 9781472916426 • £6.99
Green Guide to Mushrooms And Toadstools Of Britain And Europe Gordon Dickson Paperback • 9781472927149 • £6.99
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Bloomsbury Pocket Guides These indispensable pocket guides are as visually impressive as they are useful in the field, featuring many stunning full-page and double-page photographs to support the authoritative text.
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Pocket Guide to Butterflies
Pocket Guide To Garden Birds
Pocket Guide to Insects
Pocket Guide to Mushrooms
Bob Gibbons
Nigel Blake
Bob Gibbons
John C. Harris
Paperback • 9781472915924 • £10.00
Paperback • 9781472909855 • £10.00
Paperback • 9781472909152 • £10.00
Paperback • 9781472909794 • £10.00
Pocket Guide To Tracks and Signs
Pocket Guide to Trees and Shrubs
Pocket Guide To Wild Flowers
Gerard Gorman
Bob Gibbons
Paperback • 9781472909862 • £10.00
Paperback • 9781472909817 • £10.00
Bob Gibbons Paperback • 9781472913289 • £10.00
HELM FIELD GUIDES
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Birds of the Atlantic Islands
Birds of the Canary Islands
Birds of Western Africa
Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde
Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey
Second Edition
Paperback • 9781472941558 • £20.00
Nik Borrow
Tony Clarke Paperback • 9780713660234 • £40.00
Birds of Ghana
Birds of East Africa
Nik Borrow, Ron Demey
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
Paperback • 9781408122792 • £30.00
Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe Paperback • 9780713673470 • £35.00
Paperback • 9781472905680 • £40.00
Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania Dale A. Zimmerman, David J. Pearson and Donald A. Turner Paperback • 9780713675504 • £35.00
Birds of Senegal and The Gambia Nik Borrow, Ron Demey Paperback • 9781408134696 • £30.00
Birds of the Horn of Africa Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Socotra
Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe Paperback • 9781408157350 • £40.00
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Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands
Birds of Seychelles
Birds of the Middle East
Birds of Oman
Adrian Skerrett and Tony Disley
Richard Porter, Simon Aspinall
Richard Porter, Jens Eriksen
Paperback • 9781408151518 • £25.00
Paperback • 9780713676020 • £30.00
Paperback • 9781472937537 • £30.00
Birds of Central Asia
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
Birds of Pakistan
Manuel Schweizer, Raffael Ayé, Tobias Roth
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and the Maldives
Krys Kazmierczak
Richard Grimmett, Tim Inskipp
Paperback • 9781408109786 • £25.00
Paperback • 9780713688009 • £25.00
Adrian Skerrett, Frank Hawkins, Roger Safford Paperback • 9781472924094 • £30.00
Paperback • 9780713670387 • £35.00
Carol Inskipp, Richard Grimmett, Tim Inskipp Paperback • 9781408127636 • £35.00
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Birds of Nepal
Birds of Sri Lanka
Revised Edition
Deepal Warakagoda, Tim Inskipp, Carol Inskipp, Richard Grimmett
Tim Inskipp, Carol Inskipp, Hem Sagar Baral, Richard Grimmett Paperback • 9781472905710 • £35.00
Paperback • 9780713688535 • £25.00
Birds of Bhutan and the Eastern Himalayas Carol Inskipp, Richard Grimmett, Tim Inskipp, Sherub
Birds of Northern India Richard Grimmett, Tim Inskipp Paperback • 9780713651676 • £25.00
Paperback • 9781472941886 • £30.00
Birds of Southern India
Birds of South-East Asia
Birds Of South-East Asia
Birds of Thailand
Richard Grimmett, Tim Inskipp
Concise Edition
Second Edition
Craig Robson
Paperback • 9780713651645 • £30.00
Craig Robson
Craig Robson
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Paperback • 9781472916693 • £40.00
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Birds of East Asia
Birds of Japan
Australian Bird Guide
Susan Myers
Eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Eastern Russia
Mark Brazil
Danny Rogers, Peter Menkhorst, Rohan Clarke
Paperback • 9781472924445 • £30.00
Mark Brazil
Paperback • 9781472913869 • £30.00
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Birds of Melanesia
Birds of Belize
North American Bird Guide
Birds of Costa Rica
Bismarcks, Solomons,Vanuatu and New Caledonia
H. Lee Jones
Second Edition
Second Edition
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David Sibley
Richard Garrigues
Flexiback • 9781472909275 • £25.00
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Guy Dutson Paperback • 9780713665406 • £40.00
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Birds of Northern South America
Birds of Northern South America
Volume 1: Species Accounts
Volume 2: Plates and Maps
Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner and Miguel Lentino
Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner and Miguel Lentino
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Birds of Chile
Birds of Venezuela
Birds of the West Indies
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Alvaro Jaramillo
David Ascanio, Robin Restall, Gustavo Rodriguez
Janis Raffaele, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith, Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley
Arturo Kirkconnell, Orlando H. Garrido
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Birds of Ecuador
Birds of Peru
Juan Freile, Robin Restall
Daniel F. Lane, Douglas F. Stotz, Theodore A. Parker III, John P. O’Neill, Thomas S. Schulenberg
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Floyd Hayes, Robin Restall, Martyn Kenefick Paperback • 9781408152096 • £25.00
Helm Guide to Bird Identification
Waders of Europe, Asia and North America
Keith Vinicombe
Don W. Taylor, Stephen Message
Paperback • 9781408130353 • £25.00
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Raptors of the World
Parrots of the World
A Field Guide
A Field Guide
James Ferguson-Lees, David A. Christie
Joseph M Forshaw Paperback • 9781408130346 • £24.99
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Fifty Years of Avian Discoveries
Lars Gejl
Klaus Malling Olsen
David Brewer
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Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Dick Forsman Hardback • 9781472913616 • £45.00
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Owls of the World
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Gerard Gorman
A Photographic Guide - Second Edition
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Raptors of Europe and the Middle East A Handbook to Field Identification
Dick Forsman Paperback • 9780713688214 • £29.99
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Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and North-east Asia Tadao Shimba Paperback • 9780713674392 • £30.00
Photographic Guide to the Birds of Jamaica
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Ann Haynes-Sutton, Robert Sutton, Audrey Downer
Richard Chandler Paperback • 9781408107904 • £40.00
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James Lowen, Carlos Bocos
Aurelien Audevard, James Lowen
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G. Michael Flieg
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Bikram Grewal
Michael Webster
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Tony Tilford Paperback • 9781472938183 • £9.99
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Birds of Sri Lanka
Birds of Borneo
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Charles Francis
Deepal Warakagoda, Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
G. W. H. Davison
Clive Byers
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Birds of Peru
Susan Fogden
Clive Byers
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African Raptors
Antpittas and Gnateaters
Bill Clark, Rob Davies
Harold Greeney & David Beadle
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Cuckoos of the World Frederik Brammer, Clive F. Mann, Johannes Erritzøe, Richard A. Fuller Hardback • 9780713660340 • £60.00
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Wildfowl of Europe, Asia and North America Sébastien Reeber Hardback • 9781472912343 • £35.00
Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America
Tracks and Signs of the Birds of Britain and Europe
Klaus Malling Olsen
David Lees, John Ferguson, Roy Brown, Michael Lawrence
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Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse Including buttonquails, sandgrouse and allies
Phil McGowan, Steve Madge Hardback • 9780713639667 • £50.00
Pigeons and Doves
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Extinct Birds
A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World
A Guide to Nightjars and related birds
A Guide to Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World
Julian P. Hume
David Gibbs
Nigel Cleere
Barry Taylor
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Advanced Bird ID Handbook
Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names
Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World
The Blue Tit
James A. Jobling
James F. Clements
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The Western Palearctic: Covering All 1,350 Species and Subspecies Recorded in Britain, Europe, North Africa & The Middle East
Nils Van Duivendijk
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Martyn Stenning
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