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A&C Black Recent Bird Books - Helm, Poyser, RSPB (2003-2005)
A&C
Black Forthcoming Bird Books: 2007-
A&C Black New
Bird Books: 2006
Earlier books: Helm |
Poyser |
Pica Press
2005
 Keith
Marsh. The Good Bird Guide: A Species-by-Species Guide to
Finding Europe's Best Birds. 496 pages. A&C Black 2005.
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UK |
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FR |
CA |
 Adrian
Pitches & Tim Cleeves. Birds New to Britain 1980-2004.
300 pages. Poyser 2005.
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Christopher
Lever. Naturalised Birds of the World. 304 pages. Poyser
2005.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Andrew
Brown & Phil Grice. Birds in England. 600 pages. Poyser
2005.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Richard Grimmett & Tim Inskipp. Birds of
Southern India. 240 pages. A&C Black 2005.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Richard
Sale & Eugene Potapov. The Gyrfalcon. 288 pages. 2005.
Details. Poyser:
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CA | Yale University Press:
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| Dave Britton & John Day. Where to Watch
Birds in Northeast England. Helm. Second edition 2005. 400
pages.
US |
UK |
| Nik Borrow & Ron Demey. Birds of Western
Africa. Reduced, paperback field version of the authors'
West Africa guide. 512 pages. Helm & Princeton University Press
2005.
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UK |
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CA |
2004
| Klaus Malling Olsen & Hans
Larsson (illustrator). Gulls of Europe, Asia and North
America. 544 pages. 93 color plates. Helm & Princeton
University Press. Revised edition, 2004.
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UK |
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CA |
| Charles Gallimore & Tim Appleton. Bird Brain
of Britain: The Ultimate Quiz Book for Birders. 192 pages.
Helm 2004.
UK |
DE |
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CA |
| John Busby. Drawing Birds. 143 pages.
Helm, 2d ed. 2004. Features 39 artists, including Barry Van
Dusen, Killian Mullarney, Darren Woodhead, Denis Clavreul, Ian
Lewington, Lars Jonsson, Bruce Pearson, Katrina Cook, Darren
Lees, Mike Warren, Greg Poole, Kim Atkinson and Robert Gillmor.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Ken Simpson & Nicolas Day. Field Guide to
the Birds of Australia. Penguin Books Australia, Princeton
University Press & Helm. 7th edition 2004. 392 pages. 132 color
plates including 16 new or revised plates. Revised distribution
maps with all subspecies shown. The field guide for those with a
large pocket. This book is smaller, lighter and more portable
than Morcombe or Pizzey & Knight, but the plates are much better
than Slater's. In the 7th edition, the Handbook section at the
end has been condensed by more than 50 pages, saving additional
weight.
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UK |
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CA |
 Paul
Donald. The Skylark. Poyser 2004. 264 pages.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 George
Green. The Birds of Dorset. Poyser 2004. 575 pages.
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UK |
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CA |
| Mike Pennington, Paul Harvey, Kevin Osborn,
Roger Riddington, Pete Ellis, Martin Heubeck & Dave Okill.
The Birds of Shetland. 592 pages. Poyser 2004.
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UK |
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CA |
| Tim E. Dunn, P. Ian Mitchell, Stephen Newton &
Norman Ratcliffe. Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland.
550 pages. Poyser 2004.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Ian Wallace. Beguiled by Birds: Ian Wallace
on British Birdwatching. Poyser 2004.
UK |
DE |
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| Norman Elkins. Weather and Bird Behaviour.
Poyser. Third edition 2004. 276 pages.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Dominic Couzens, illustrated by Peter
Partington. The Secret Lives of Garden Birds. Poyser
2004. 160 pages.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Anthony J. Gaston. Seabirds: A Natural
History.
Details. 2004. 222 pages. Poyser:
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CA | Yale University Press:
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G. Stuart Keith, Emil Urban, Hilary Fry,
et al. The Birds of Africa. A&C Black and Princeton
University Press. Essential reference!
Vol 7 (2004):
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Vol 5 (1997):
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Vol 4 (1992):
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Vol 3 (1988):
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Vol 2 (1986):
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Set - Vols 1-6
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| Paul Sterry. Birds of the Mediterranean: A
Photographic Guide. 304 pages. Nearly 1,000 color photos.
Helm & Yale University Press 2004.
US |
UK |
| Andrew Duff & Ann Lawson. Mammals of the
World: A Checklist.
Details. Covers 5,027 species. 312 pages. 2004. A&C Black:
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CA | Yale University Press:
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2003
 Anders
Blomdahl, Bertil Breife & Niklas Holmstrom. Flight
Identification of European Seabirds.
Details.
374 pages. Over 690 colour photographs. Christopher Helm 2003.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Roy
Brown, John Ferguson, Michael Lawrence & David Lees. Tracks
and Signs of the Birds of Britain and Europe. 328 pages.
Christopher Helm. Second edition, 2003.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Richard Grimmett & Tim Inskipp. Birds of
Northern India. Regional guide to Northern India and
Pakistan extracted from the authors' huge subcontinent guide.
304 pages, 119 color plates. Helm & Princeton University Press
2003. WorldTwitch 2003 Best Asian Bird Book.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Alvaro Jaramillo. Birds of Chile.
Illustrated by David Beadle and Peter Burke. 240 pages, 96 color
plates. Helm & Princeton University Press 2003. WorldTwitch 2003
Best South American Bird Book.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando Garrido,
Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele. Birds of the West Indies.
216 pages, 94 color plates. Reduced and rearranged field guide
largely extracted from the authors' larger 1998 guide, with many
new and improved illustrations. Repeats the mistaken claim that
both tremblers on St. Lucia and Martinique. (See Storer 1989). I
also question the continuing claim that Bridled Quail-Dove and
Key West Quail-Dove both occur sympatrically on Puerto Rico.
Helm & Princeton University Press 2003. WorldTwitch 2003 Best
Bird Book - West Indies.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Bo
Beulens (aka
Fatbirder) & Michael Watkins. Whose Bird? Men and Women
Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. Helm 2003 & Yale
University Press 2004. 384 pages.
US |
UK |
 Per
Alström & Krister Mild. Illustrated by Per Alström & Bill
Zetterström. Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia & North
America. 496 pages, 30 superb color plates, 240 color
photographs, 298 sonograms, 36 maps, 89 text figures. One of the
best of the bird families books. Includes color illustrations
and photographs of the newly-described Mekong Wagtail. Helm &
Princeton University Press 2003. WorldTwitch 2003 Best Bird
Family Book.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Ewan
Urquhart & Adam Bowley (illustrator). Stonechats & Bushchats.
320 pages. "The book presents an impressive collection of
photographs and line drawings, accompanied by an exceptionally
beautiful set of thirteen color plates that show each species in
a variety of plumages." Covers the 13 species in the genus
Saxicola. Helm 2002 & Yale University Press 2003.
WorldTwitch 2003 Best Bird Family Book.
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UK |
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| Michael Walters. A Concise History of
Ornithology. Due 2003. 256 pages. Helm & Yale University
Press 2003. This is a delightful reference that succinctly
covers key developments in ornithology up to the beginning of
the 20th Century. I particularly value the reproductions of
portraits of many famous ornithologists after whom birds have
been named.
US |
UK |
 Steve
Piotrowski. The Birds of Suffolk. 500 pages. Helm 2003.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Mark
Brazil. The Whooper Swan. 512 pages. Poyser 2003.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Lloyd
S. Davies & Martin Renner. The Penguins.
Details. 2003. 224 pages. (Oops! The principal author's name
has been misspelled on the
US dust jacket.) Poyser:
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CA | Yale University Press:
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| Edward C. Dickinson (ed.) The Howard and
Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd
edition. 1056 pages. Poyser & Princeton University Press 2003.
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UK |
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| Brian K. Wheeler. Raptors of Western
North America: The Wheeler Guide. Princeton University Press
& Poyser 2003.
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UK |
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FR |
CA |
| Don Taylor, Jeffrey Wheatley & Paul James.
Where to Watch Birds in Kent, Surrey & Sussex. Helm. 4th
edition, 2003. 304 pages.
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UK |
| Simon Harrap & Nigel Redman. Where to Watch
Birds in Britain. 624 pages. Helm & Yale University Press
2003. WorldTwitch 2003 Best Bird Finding Book.
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