WORLD

Collins Birds of the World by Les Beletsky. 2007. A stunning book featuring 1,600 paintings of every bird family in the world, with 513 pages. Hardback £25.00.

Threatened Birds of the World by BirdLife International. 2000. The long-awaited, superbly produced, essential standard reference for world birders, with colour illustrations, distribution maps and conservation details of all threatened species. A massive and massively important work. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 174. Hardback £70.00.

The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World by James Clements. 2007. Sixth Edition. The standard work, including all subspecies and range summaries, with 864 pages. Hardback £40.00.

(**October) Ultimate Birding: a Guide to the World’s Top 100 Birding Sites by Dominic Couzens.  A sumptuous and practical book, with 320 pages, 400 colour photographs and 100 maps. Hardback £34.99

The 'Howard and Moore' Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World edited by Edward Dickinson. 2003. The third edition of the standard list, in revised order, importantly including all subspecies, and well indexed. Fully revised, the most up-to-date and comprehensive list, including all subspecies, with 1,039 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 393. Hardback £60.00.

Mammals of the World: A Checklist by Andrew Duff and Ann Lawson. 2004. A complete checklist to all the species on Earth, with 304 pages, English and scientific names and brief summaries of distribution. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 263. Hardback, £24.99.

 Birds of the World: Recommended English Names edited by Frank B. Gill and Minturn T. Wright III for the IOC. 2006. The International Ornithological Congress recommended standardised English names of the birds of the world: the product of more than 15 years of discussion, with 272 pages and a fully searchable CD-ROM. Softback & CD-ROM £19.99.

Rare Birds Yearbook 2008 edited by Erik Hirschfeld.  2007. A beautifully illustrated directory of the world’s 189 Critically Endangered species, with 272 pages and colour photographs, paintings and maps throughout. Softback £18.95.

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott & Jordi Sargatal. 1992 onwards -

All Volumes to and including Volume 12 NOW IN STOCK Volume 12 covers Rockfowl, Babblers, Fairywrens and tits etc.

Volume 13 is on schedule and due October 2008: it covers Penduline Tits, Treecreepers, Sunbirds, Honeyeaters, Shrikes and Orioles etc. SPECIAL OFFER pre-publication price £119.00 if ordered before 15th September 2008 (as always, payment is not taken from credit cards until the books are despatched. (All 13 Volumes so far until that date at the Special Price of £1547.00. Price of each volume thereafter increases to £150.00. )

The ultimate handbook, with magnificent colour plates illustrating all the world's species and hundreds of superb colour photographs. Vol. 1 Ostrich to Ducks; Vol. 2 New World Vultures to Guineafowl; Vol. 3 Hoatzin to Auks; Vol. 4 Sandgrouse to Cuckoos; Vol. 5 Barn Owls to Hummingbirds; Vol. 6 Mousebirds to Hornbills; Vol. 7 Jacamars to Woodpeckers; Vol. 8 Broadbills to Tapaculos; Vol. 9 Cotingas, Manakins, Tyrant-flycatchers, New Zealand Wrens, Scrub-birds, Lyrebirds, Larks, Swallows, Pipits & Wagtails; Vol. 10 Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes and Chats, via Bulbuls and Wrens etc; Vol. 11 Old World flycatchers to Old World warblers, via Monarchs and Gnatcatchers etc. Reviewed in Birding World 5: 486; 8: 358, 11: 156 & 15: 349. Further volumes in preparation. Hardback Vols 1-12 each £145.00.  

Checklist of the Birds of Eurasia by Ben King. 1997. A taxonomy, with 105 pages. Softback £18.95.

Naturalised Birds of the World by Christopher Lever. 2005. An update to the author’s 1987 standard work of the same title, itemising introduced species around the world, with 352 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 85. Hardback £45.00.

Where to Watch Birds: World Cities by Paul Milne. 2006. The ideal guide for the globe-trotter, cram-packed with information and maps, with 496 pages. Softback £16.99.

A World Checklist of Birds by Burt L. Monroe Jr. & Charles G. Sibley. 1993. The full list, in the DNA-based taxonomic order, including full English name index, with 393 pages. (Hardback £45.00) Softback £16.95.

The New Encyclopedia of Birds edited by Chris Perrins. 2003. A major reference on the characteristics, behaviour, ecology and evolution of birds, with 656 pages and hundreds of excellent colour photographs and colour artwork throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 393. Hardback £35.00.

Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die edited by Chris Santella. 2007. A great introduction to 50 of the world’s hotspots, from Cley by Bryan Bland to the Llanos by Steve Hilty, with 222 pages and numerous colour photographs. Hardback £14.95.

Raptor Watch: A global directory of raptor migration sites by Jorje Zalles and Keith Bildstein. 2000. A beautifully produced BirdLife International publication detailing the World's raptor migration hot-spots. A 'must' for World travellers and raptor enthusiasts. Softback £37.00.

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BRITAIN & IRELAND

The Birds of Gwent by W.A. Venables et al. 2008. A detailed county avifauna, with 416 pages, black-and-white line drawings, 32 pages of colour photographs, and colour breeding atlas maps and histograms. Hardback £40.00.

Norfolk: A Birdwatcher's Site Guide by Phil Benstead, Steve Rowland and Richard Thomas. 2001. A user-friendly site guide to Britain's top county, with 106 pages and numerous maps. Spiral bound softback £12.95.

Kent: A Birdwatcher's Site Guide by Chris Bradshaw and Simon Busuttil. 2007. A clear and detailed site guide to 58 of the best sites in the county, with 120 pages and 64 maps. Softback £14.95.

Where to Watch Birds in Northeast England by Dave Britton & John Day. Second Edition. 2004. Covering over 160 sites, with 416 pages and numerous maps. The first edition was reviewed in Birding World 8: 480. Softback £16.99.

Birds in England by Andy Brown and Phil Grice. 2005. A detailed status of the birds of England, with 600 pages and 32 pages of colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 220. Hardback £40.00.

Best Birdwatching Sites in North Wales by Alan Davies and Owen Roberts. 2007. A dependable and easy-to-use guide to about 60 of the best sites. Softback £15.95.

The Birds of Lundy by Tim Davis and Tim Jones. 2007. A detailed status of this famous bird-island, with 320 pages, several colour photographs and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Hardback £35.00, Softback £18.95.

Finding Birds in Ireland by Eric Dempsey and Michael O’Clery.  2007. A detailed guide to the 250 best birdwatching sites in Ireland, north and south, with 376 pages and colour maps throughout. Softback £14.99.

Where to Watch Birds in the East Midlands by Rob Fray. 2006. Second edition. The key sites in Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and Nottinghamshire, with 320 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

Where to Watch Birds in East Anglia by Peter and Margaret Clarke. 2002. Fourth edition. The key sites in one of the best birdwatching areas in Britain, with 270 pages and 45 maps. Softback £14.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Thames Valley and the Chilterns by Brian Clews and Paul Trodd. 2002. Third edition. The latest edition of the classic Helm guide, with 368 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

Birds Brittanica by Mark Cocker and Richard Mabey. 2005. A unique, highly readable and beautifully produced book celebrating the cultural links between humans and birds in Britain, with 450 colour photographs and illustrations. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 439. Hardback £35.00.

Where to Watch Birds in North West England - Cumbria, Lancashire, Manchester, Cheshire & the Isle of Man by Allan Conlin, Dr J. P. Cullen, Pete Marsh, Tristan Reid, Chris Sharpe, Judith Smith and Stephen Williams. 2008. 3rd Edition, with 288 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

Collins Birds by Dominic Couzens. 2005. A sumptuous handbook capturing the wonders of European birds with fresh, insightful and highly readable text, with over 500 colour photographs and 1,000 illustrations. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 41. Hardback £30.00. 

Essential Guide to Birds of the Isles of Scilly by R.L. Flood, N. Hudson & B. Thomas.  2007. The definitive avifauna, with 688 pages, including 152 pages of colour photographs. Hardback £38.00.

The Birds of Scotland by Ron Forrester and Ian Andrews. 2007. The superb, sumptuous, definitive new status in two full-colour A4 volumes, with 1,634 pages, 600 colour photographs and 1,500 charts and maps. Two hardback volumes in a slipcase £75.00.

Bird Brain of Britain by Charles Gallimore and Tim Appleton. 2004. An ornithological quiz book based on the popular contest at the annual British Birdwatching Fair, with 192 pages. Softback £7.99.

Best Birdwatching Sites in Norfolk by Neil Glenn. 2006. Second edition. An easy-to-use guide to 70 reserves and birdwatching localities, with 256 pages and maps throughout. Softback £16.95.

Birdwatcher's Pocket Field Guide by Mark Golley. 2003. A good value pocket field guide to the birds of Britain & Ireland, with concise, accurate text and over 1,000 colour illustrations by Dave Daly. Softback £9.99.

The Complete Garden Bird Book by Mark Golley, Stephen Moss and David Daly. 1996. An excellent identification and garden bird guide for beginners, with 176 pages and 600 colour illustrations. Softback £9.99.

The Birds of Dorset by George Green. 2004. A detailed avifauna on this top birdwatching county, with 560 pages and 40 pages of colour photographs. Hardback £40.00.

Where to Watch Birds in Dorset, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight by George Green & Martin Cade. 2001. 3rd Edition, with 308 pages and about 60 maps. Softback £16.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Somerset, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire by Ken Hall & John Govett. 2003. Third edition. With 300 pages, numerous maps and scattered line-drawings. Softback £16.99.

Best Birdwatching Sites in the Highlands of Scotland by Gordon Hamlett. 2005. A detailed site guide to one of the most exciting birdwatching areas in Britain, with 240 pages and 164 maps. Softback £15.95.

Where to Watch Birds: Britain by Simon Harrap and Nigel Redman. 2003. The long-awaited up-dated guide to all the best birdwatching sites in Britain, with 624 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 393. Softback £19.99. (Now back in stock after an earlier printing problem.)

 Where to Watch Birds in the West Midlands - Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the former West Midlands county by Frank Gribble, Graham Harrison, Helen Griffiths, Jim Winsper and Steve Coney. 2007. 3rd edition. With 344 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Shetland by Hugh Harrop. 2nd edition. 2000. Over 70 sites detailed, including the famous and not-so-famous migrant & rarity sites, the best seabird colonies and the best sites for Otters, cetaceans and wild flowers. Softback £7.00.

The Complete Guide to the Birdlife of Britain and Europe by Peter Hayman and Rob Hume. 2001. A completely updated version of the classic guide, as important as Collins Bird Guide, with 288 pages and thousands of annotated colour paintings. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 131. Hardback £25.00.

The New Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe by Peter Hayman and Rob Hume. 2001. The completely updated pocket version of the above, packed with useful information, with 272 pages and thousands of annotated colour paintings. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 131. Hardback £9.99.

The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain & Ireland by Simon Holloway. 1996. The fascinating Atlas complement. Reviewed in Birding World 9: 202. Hardback. £35.00.

The Pocket Guide to Scilly Birds by Nigel Hudson and Danni Borrett. 2007. A quirky but attractive little identification guide to the commoner birds of the Isles of Scilly, with 128 pages and colour photographs by Bryan Thomas throughout. Hardback £7.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Ireland by Clive Hutchinson. 1994. With 272 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 7: 81. Softback £14.99.

RSPB Birds of Britain & Europe by Rob Hume. Second edition. 2006. Britain's best-selling photographic field guide, with 456 pages and colour photographs and distribution maps throughout. Softback £16.99.

Pocket Guide to the Birds of Britain and northwest Europe by Chris Kightley and Steve Madge. 1998. A true pocket guide (18cm x 12cm) and one of the best to commoner birds, covering almost 400 species, with 300 pages and excellent colour illustrations by Dave Nurney. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 157. Softback £12.99.

The Birds of Islay: a celebration in photographs by Gordon Langsbury and Malcolm Ogilvie. 2006. A collection of photographs of species recorded on this Scottish island, with 160 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback £17.50.

Where to Watch Birds in Scotland by Mike Madders & Julia Welstead. 1997. Fourth edition. Covering 120 sites, with 332 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 6: 127. Softback £14.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Yorkshire by John Mather. 1998. Second edition. Covering 156 sites, with 304 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 7: 294. Softback £14.99.

Where to Watch Birds in the London area by Dominic Mitchell. 1997. Birding around the capital from the city parks to the main reservoirs, with 272 pages and 70 maps. Softback £16.99.

Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland by Ian Mitchell, Stephen Newton, Norman Ratcliffe and Timothy Dunn. 2004. A detailed T. & A.D. Poyser monograph: the findings of Seabird 2000 compared with the surveys of 1974 & 1991, with 512 pages, numerous maps, figures and photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 261. Hardback £45.00.

Where to Watch Mammals in Britain & Ireland by Richard Moores. 2007. A ground-breaking, species-by-species site and fieldcraft guide to finding the mammals of Britain & Ireland, with 296 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

Bird in the bush: a social history of birdwatching by Stephen Moss. 2004. This history of birdwatching, with 288 pages and black-and-white illustrations. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 351. Hardback £16.99. Softback £8.99.

Attracting Birds to your Garden by Stephen Moss and David Cottridge. 2000. A softback edition of the best book on the subject, with 160 pages and 250 colour photographs. Softback £12.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Devon & Cornwall by David Norman and Vic Tucker. 2001. Fourth edition. With 365 pages and numerous maps. Softback £14.99.

First for Britain & Ireland by Phillip Palmer. 2000. The fascinating stories behind every first for Britain and Ireland, with a potted history of every species, with many rarity photographs and line drawings. Hardback £25.00.

The Birds of Shetland by Mike Pennington, Paul Harvey, Kevin Osborn, Roger Riddington, Pete Ellis, Martin Heubeck and Dave Okill. 2004. A detailed avifauna, with 640 pages, plus 40 pages of colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 261. Hardback £40.00.

Birds of Suffolk by Steve Piotrowski. 2003. A county avifauna, with 360 pages and 32 pages of colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 349-350. Hardback £40.00.

Birds New to Britain 1980–2004 by Adrian Pitches and Tim Cleeves. 2005. The stories of 76 ‘firsts for Britain’ based on the Birding World and British Birds accounts, with commentaries and annual reviews, with 300 pages and 80 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 41. Hardback £35.00. 

Birds of Argyll by Tristan ap Rheinallt et al.  2007. A large format (A4) detailed county avifauna, with 426 pages, colour photographs and black-and-white line drawings throughout, and numerous maps and histograms. Hardback £49.99.

Birds of the Isles of Scilly by Peter Robinson. 2003. A detailed avifauna, with 608 pages, plus 32 pages of colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 130-131. Hardback £39.00.

 (**late May) Where to Watch Birds in Wales by David Saunders. 4th edition. With 288 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

Complete Irish Wildlife by Paul Sterry. 2004. Outstanding value: 320 pages with over 1,000 colour photographs and facing-page texts covering birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, spiders, other invertebrates, wild flowers, fungi and more. Softback £14.99.

The Birds of Blakeney Point by Andy Stoddart and Steve Joyner. 2005. A complete history of the birds of this famous Norfolk birding hotspot by two of its most dedicated current patchworkers, with 240 pages and 30 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 43. Hardback £25.00.

Wildlife Walks edited by Malcolm Tait. 2003. Access details for 500 of the best Wildlife Trust reserves in Britain, with suggested routes. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 483. Softback £9.99.

The Birds of Norfolk by Moss Taylor, Don Dorling, Michael Seago and Peter Allard. 2007. The standard Norfolk county avifauna. This is a new (2007) hardback version of the revised softback edition (2000), with 556 pages and 32 pages of colour photographs. Hardback £40.00.

Where to Watch Birds in Kent, Surrey & Sussex by Don Taylor, Jeffrey Wheatley & David Burges. 2003. Fourth edition. With 300 pages and numerous maps. Softback £14.99.

Best Birdwatching Sites in Sussex by Adrian Thomas and Peter Francis. 2003. An easy-to-use site guide to more than 50 of the top birdwatching sites in the county, with numerous maps. Softback £14.50.

Where to Watch Birds in Britain and Ireland by David Tipling. 2004. 300 of the best birdwatching sites in Britain and Ireland concisely described, with 176 pages and numerous colour photographs and maps. Hardback £14.99.

Top Birding Spots in Britain & Ireland by David Tipling. 1996. Over 400 of the best sites described, including all RSPB Reserves, all visited by the author in 1994/95; excellent value with hundreds of colour photographs and numerous maps. Softback £12.99.

Beguiled by Birds by Ian Wallace. 2004. A personal view of the development of birdwatching in Britain, with 272 pages and lavishly illustrated with colour paintings by the author as well as colour and black-and-white photographs throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 307. Hardback £29.99.

Birds of Surrey by Jeffery Wheatley. 2007. A definitive county avifauna, with 696 pages, 40 colour photographs, atlas maps, and numerous colour and black-and-white illustrations. Hardback £35.00.

The Birds of Lancashire and North Merseyside by Steve White, Barry McCarthy and Maurice Jones. 2008. A beautifully produced definitive county avifauna, with 436 pages and colour photographs, illustrations and figures throughout. Hardback £40.00.

The Birds of Wiltshire by Wiltshire Ornithological Society. 2007. A definitive county avifauna, with 848 pages, 300 maps, 33 colour photographs and numerous illustrations.Hardback £45.00.

The Birds of Essex by Simon Wood. 2007. A definitive county avifauna, with 512 pages, colour photographs and numerous illustrations. Hardback  £40.00.

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EUROPE / WESTERN PALEARCTIC

Birds of Kuwait by Abdullah F. Alfadhel. 2005. A beautifully produced, sumptuous collection of large format, superb colour photographs of virtually all of the birds of Kuwait, with text in Arabic and English. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 87.  Hardback £29.99. 

The Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan by Ian Andrews. 1995. The first detailed status, with 186 pages and 160 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 9: 79. Softback £18.50.

The Breeding Birds of the United Arab Emirates by Simon Aspinall. 1996. With 174 pages, species atlas maps and 56 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 9: 118. Softback £14.99.

Identification Guide to European Non-passerines by Kevin Baker. 1993. The complement to the passerine volume (Svensson 1992), with 332 pages and numerous drawings. Reviewed in Birding World 6: 497. Softback £17.00.

Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa by Kevin Baker. 1997. A Christopher Helm/A. & C. Black identification guide covering 145 species and all their races in detail (note the Asian coverage) with 400 pages and 48 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 118. Hardback. £45.00.

New Holland European Bird Guide by Peter Barthel and Paschalis Dougalis. 2008. An authoritative, pocket field guide, up-to-date with Balearic, Yelkouan & Macaronesian Shearwaters, Tundra & Taiga Bean Geese, Eastern & Spanish Imperial Eagles, Caspian, Yellow-legged & Heuglin's Gulls, European & Siberian Stonechats, Eastern & Western Black-eared Wheatears, Eastern & Western Olivaceous Warblers, Booted & Sykes's Warblers, Eastern & Western Orphean Warblers, Balearic & Marmora's Warblers, Common & Iberian Chiffchaffs, Western & Eastern Bonelli's Warblers, Great Grey & Southern Grey Shrikes, Citril Finch & Corsican Finch and Mealy & Lesser Redpolls, with 192 pages, maps, excellent colour plates and a bargain price. Softback £10.99.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Morocco by Patrick and Fedora Bergier. 2003. A greatly enlarged and thoroughly revised second edition of the standard site guide to this ever-popular birding country, with 166 pages and 54 maps. Softback, £14.75.

Lesvos Update Autumn 2004 by Richard Brooks. 2004. 64 pages. Softback £9.50.

Birding on the Greek Island of Lesvos by Richard Brooks. 2002 Revised edition. With 254 pages and 77 colour photographs. Earlier edition reviewed in Birding World 12: 85. Softback £19.95.

Revised Checklist of the Birds of Lesvos by Richard Brooks. 1999. A status-coded 14-column checklist. 8-page softback booklet. £2.50.

Birds in Europe by Ian Burfield and Frans van Bommel. 2004. The beautifully produced and authoritative BirdLife International review of population estimates, trends and conservation status of Europe’s birds, with country-by-country species population estimates and easy-to-use population trend species maps throughout. 374 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 175. Hardback £30.00.

Birdwatching on Spain's Southern Coast by John Butler. 2002. Second edition. A detailed site guide to 39 major and 35 subsidiary sites, with maps throughout. Softback £16.95.

Where to Watch Birds in Doñana by Francisco Chiclana and Jorge Garzon. 2006. A detailed guide to one of Europe’s top birding spots, with 23 itineraries, 27 maps, 160 pages and 100 colour photographs. Softback £16.90.

Field Guide to the Raptors of the Western Palearctic by William S. Clark and N. John Schmitt. 1999. A detailed guide, with 48 colour plates of birds perched as well as in flight, 40 pages of colour photographs, and distribution maps. (Hardback 55.00) Softback £29.50.

 Birds of the Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde by Tony Clarke. 2006. The first comprehensive field guide and status of the birds of these popular birding islands, with 320 pages and 56 colour plates. Softback £29.99.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to the Canary Islands by Tony Clarke & David Collins. 1996. A Prion site guide to this inexpensive and increasingly popular birding destination. Reviewed in Birding World 10: 158. Softback £12.75.

A Birdwatching Guide to Brittany by Stephanie Coghlan. 2003. An Arlequin Press site guide, with 112 pages, numerous colour photographs and maps. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 87. Softback £10.95.

A Birdwatching Guide to Crete by Stephanie Coghlan. 2001. Fifth edition. A good value Arlequin Press site guide, with 100 pages, numerous maps and line drawings and 17 colour photographs. Softback £9.95.

A Birdwatching Guide to Morocco by Pete Combridge & Alan Snook. 1997. A good value Arlequin Press site guide. Softback £9.95.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Egypt and the Middle East by David Cottridge and Richard Porter. 2000. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 144 pages and 275 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 86. Softback £7.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Israel and the Middle East by David Cottridge and Richard Porter. 2000. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 144 pages and 275 colour photographs. Softback £9.99.

A Birdwatching Guide to France north of the Loire by Jacquie Crozier. 2003. An Arlequin Press site guide. Softback £15.95.

A Birdwatching Guide to the Pyrenees by Jacquie Crozier. 1998. A good value Arlequin Press site guide, with 86 pages, 13 colour photographs and several black-and-white illustrations and maps. Softback £9.95.

A Birdwatching Guide to France South of the Loire (including Corsica) by Jacquie Crozier. 2000. A detailed Arlequin Press site guide, with 300 pages, numerous colour photographs and maps. Softback £15.95.

Where to Watch Birds in France by Philippe J. Dubois. 2006. Second edition. The standard birdfinding guide. Includes Corsica. With 400 pages and maps throughout. Softback £16.99.

Common Birds in Oman by Hanne & Jens Eriksen. 2005. An introduction to the birds of Oman, with about 400 superb, large-format colour photographs of Middle Eastern species, 256 pages and colour distribution maps for Oman. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 131. Softback £20.00. 

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Southern Spain & Gibraltar by Clive Finlayson. 1993. A Prion site guide, with 89 pages and numerous maps. Softback £12.75.

Birds of Iberia by Clive Finlayson and David Tomlinson. 1993 (2003 softback edition). An attractive outline of the birds of Spain and Portugal, with 218 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback £19.95.

The Birds of Cyprus by P.R. Flint & P. F. Stewart. 2nd edition. 1992. A BOU check-list, with 234 pages, several maps, 24 black-and-white photographs of habitats and 17 colour photographs of birds. Hardback £24.00.

The Raptors of Europe and the Middle East: A Handbook of Field Identification by Dick Forsman. 1999. The essential standard reference. A major handbook by the foremost authority on Western Palearctic raptors, with 608 pages and over 700 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 380-381. Softback £29.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Southern & Western Spain by Ernest Garcia & Andrew Paterson. 2008. 3rd edition. A detailed guide to over 200 sites, with 400 pages and numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

A Birdwatching Guide to Georgia by Lexo Gavashelishvili, Ramaz Gokhelashvili, Zura Javakhishvili and David Tarkhnishvili. 2005. The first bird site guide to the central Caucasus, including information on other wildlife, with 132 pages, maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £14.99.

Birding in Eastern Europe by Gerard Gorman. 2006. A guide to over 230 sites in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, with 288 pages and maps. Softback £19.00.

The Birds of Hungary by Gerard Gorman. 1996. The status and distribution of Hungary's birds, with 192 pages, line drawings and distribution maps. An essential reference to this key birding area. Hardback £24.99.

Finding Birds in Eastern Austria by Dave Gosney. 1994. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 21 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Bulgaria by Dave Gosney. 1994. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 30 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Cyprus by Dave Gosney. 1996. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 28 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Egypt by Dave Gosney. 1993. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 26 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Greece by Dave Gosney. 1993. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 36 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Mallorca by Dave Gosney. 1995. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 24 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Northern Morocco by Dave Gosney. 1993. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 23 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Southern Morocco by Dave Gosney. 1996. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 28 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Poland by Dave Gosney. 1995. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 28 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Southern Portugal by Dave Gosney. 1995. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 32 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

Finding Birds in Western Turkey by Dave Gosney. 1996. A concise but very precise bird-finding booklet, with 36 pages and numerous annotated maps. Softback booklet £6.00.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Turkey by Ian Green & Nigel Moorhouse. 1995. A Prion site guide, with 122 pages and numerous maps. Softback £12.75.

The Birds of the State of Kuwait by George Gregory. 2006. A detailed and up-to-date status, with 220 pages and a selection of colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 86. Softback £15.00.

The Nature Guide to the Hortobagy by Crossbill Guides. 2008. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of this important region of Hungary, with 192 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £19.95. 

The Nature Guide to the Andalusian Sierras from Malaga to Gibraltar by Crossbill Guides. 2007. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of the region, with 208 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £19.95.

The Nature Guide to Extremadura, Spain by Crossbill Guides. 2006. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of the region, with 222 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £19.95.

The Nature Guide to the Bialowieza Primeval Forest by Crossbill Guides. 2005. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of the region, with 144 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £16.95.

The Nature Guide to the Biebrza Marshes by Crossbill Guides. 2005. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of the region, with 108 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £14.95.

The Nature Guide to the Camargue, La Crau & Les Alpilles by Crossbill Guides. 2006. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of the region, with 198 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £19.95.

The Nature Guide to the Coto Doñana by Crossbill Guides. 2005. An attractive site guide to all the natural history of the region, with 160 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Softback £16.95.

The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds edited by Ward Hagemeijer and Michael Blair. 1997. The detailed atlas of European breeding birds, with accompanying text written by a team of authors. With 900 pages and numerous line drawings. Reviewed in Birding World 10: 443. Hardback £65.00.

The Complete Guide to the Birdlife of Britain and Europe by Peter Hayman and Rob Hume. 2001. A completely updated version of the classic guide, as important as Collins Bird Guide, with 288 pages and thousands of annotated colour paintings. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 131. Hardback £25.00.

The New Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe by Peter Hayman and Rob Hume. 2001. The completely updated pocket version of the above, packed with useful information, with 272 pages and thousands of annotated colour paintings. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 131. Hardback £9.99.

The Birds of the Cape Verde Islands by C.J. Hazevoet. 1995. A BOU check-list, with 192 pages, several maps and 48 colour photographs of birds and habitats. Hardback £22.00.

A Birdwatching Guide to Menorca, Ibiza & Formentera by Graham Hearl. 1996. A good value Arlequin Press site guide. Softback £8.95.

A Birdwatching Guide to Mallorca by Graham Hearl & Jon King. 1999. 2nd Edition. With 58 pages & 14 maps.Reviewed in Birding World 9:157. A good value Arlequin Press site guide. Softback £9.95.

Important Bird Areas in Europe by M.F. Heath and M.I. Evans. 2000. A massive BirdLife International work: the ultimate site guide for birders and the foundation of conservation in Europe, describing 3,600 of the best bird sites in Europe, with 1,600 pages and thousands of maps. Two volume set. Softback £75.00.

Collins Pocket Guide: Birds of Britain & Europe by Herman Heinzel, Richard Fitter & John Parslow. 1995. Superb value, complete Western Palearctic field guide, with 384 pages and numerous colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 8: 277. Softback £14.99.

RSPB Birds of Britain & Europe by Rob Hume. Second edition. 2006. Britain's best-selling photographic field guide, with 456 pages and colour photographs and distribution maps throughout. Softback £16.99.

A Climatic Atlas of European Birds by Brian Huntley, Rhys Green, Yvonne Collingham & Stephen Willis. 2007. A detailed prediction of how the ranges of European birds will alter due to climate change, with 520 pages and colour atlas maps throughout. Hardback £44.99.

The Birds of the Banc d'Arguin by Paul Isenmann. 2007. A detailed checklist of the status of the birds of this vitally important Mauritanian National Park, with 192 pages and numerous colour photographs. Softback £22.50.

Birds of Tunisia by Paul Isenmann, Thierry Gaultier, Ali El Hili, Hichem Azafzaf, Habib Dlensi and Michael Smart. 2005. With dual English/French text, an authoritative and up-to-date detailed status, with 432 pages, 130 colour photographs and 150 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 307. Softback £35.00.

Birds of Algeria / Oiseaux d'Algerie by Paul Isenmann and Aissa Moali. 2000. A definitive avifauna, with fully dual English/French text, 336 pages, 210 maps and 115 colour photographs. Softback £33.95.

Birds of Europe by Lars Jonsson. 1992. The best field guide (along with Svensson & Grant 1999), with 560 pages and 400 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 5: 404. (Hardback £29.99) Softback £16.99.

Aves Raras de Espana by Eduardo de Juana. 2006. A detailed status of rare birds in Spain (in Spanish), with 474 pages, 214 colour photographs and numerous figures. Hardback £25.50.

Birds of the Czech Republic by Joseph Kren. 2000. The first comprehensive review of the Czech Republic's avifauna to be published in English, with 304 pages, over 400 maps and 43 photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 468. Hardback £29.99.

Where to Watch Birds in France by LP0. 1995. With numerous maps. Softback £16.99.

The Good Bird Guide by Keith Marsh. 2005. A species-by-species site and fieldcraft guide to finding Europe’s most sought-after birds, with 500 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 305. Softback £16.99.

Photographic Handbook of the Rare Birds of Britain and Europe by Dominic Mitchell & Steve Young. Revised edition. 1999. Almost 700 colour photographs of some 270 species rare in Europe as a whole, with identification and European status text. In terms of Britain, this book overlaps slightly with Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland (Vinicombe & Cottridge 1997), but very many species which are rare in Britain are common in parts of Europe and thus excluded from this European book. Reviewed in Birding World 10: 356. Hardback £29.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Spain: the 100 Best Sites by José Antonio Montero. 2006. An up-to-date guide to all the main localities, beautifully produced, with 342 pages and numerous detailed maps and colour photographs. Softback £18.50.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Portugal and Madeira by Colm Moore. Goncalo Elias & Helder Costa. 1997. A Prion site guide, with 144 pages and 23 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 159. Softback £12.75.

Birds of Bahrain by Tom Nightingale and Mike Hill. 1993. A lavish, beautiful, large format (280mm x 240mm) introduction and detailed checklist to the birds of this island state, with 286 pages and colour photographs throughout. Hardback £45.00.

A Birdwatching Guide to Southern Spain by Malcolm Palmer. 1997. A good value Arlequin Press site guide. With 89 pages, eight colour photographs and numerous line drawings and maps. Reviewed in Birding World 10: 279. Softback £9.95.

A Birdwatching Guide to Eastern Spain by Malcolm Palmer. 2001. A detailed Arlequin Press site guide, with 120 pages and over 40 maps. Softback £10.95.

Nomads of the Strait of Gibraltar by Fernando Barrios Partida.  2007. A guide to bird migration at the Straits of Gibraltar, with 430 pages, maps and numerous colour photographs. Hardback £36.99.

Birds of Britain and Europe: Collins Field Guide by Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort and Phil Hollom. 1993. Fifth edition. The original standard field guide up-dated. Hardback £25.00.

Birds of the Middle East by R.F. Porter, S. Christensen & P. Schiermacker-Hansen. 1996. 2007 reprint. The standard field guide to the region, with 476 pages and 112 excellent colour plates facing species status details and distribution maps. Softback £24.99.

Lapland: a Natural History by Derek Ratcliffe. 2005. An authoritative but attractive monograph in the T. & A.D. Poyser series, with 253 colour photographs and 364 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 87. Hardback £40.00.

Where to Watch Birds in North and East Spain by Michael Rebane. 1999. A detailed site guide with 304 pages and 100 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 90. Softback £16.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Tenerife by Eduardo Garcia del Rey. 2001. A detailed guide to 67 sites on the island, with 148 pages, maps, colour photographs and illustrations. Softback £12.50.

Checklist of the Birds of the Canary Islands by Eduardo Garcia del Rey. 2001. A useful A5-sized bookletbcoding the status of all the birds recorded in the islands in detail, with 30 pages. Softback £7.50.

A Birdwatching Guide to Romania by James Roberts. 2000. An Arlequin Press site guide, with numerous colour photographs and maps. Softback £22.00.

A Birdwatcher’s Guide to Italy by Luciano Ruggieri and Igor Festari. 2005. A bird-finding guide to over 100 of the best sites in Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, including a complete Italian checklist and detailed appraisals of the most important Italian species, with 304 pages and numerous sketch maps. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 85. Softback £17.50.

Where to Watch Birds in Switzerland by Marco Sacchi, Peter Ruegg & Jacques Laesser. 1999. The latest in the Christopher Helm series: the first comprehensive guide to Switzerland, covering 45 major sites, with 176 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 89. Softback £16.99.

A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife by Richard Sale. 2006. The first comprehensive guide to Arctic wildlife, informative and visually stunning, with 464 pages, 200 colour photographs and 200 maps. Hardback £40.00.

A Guide to the Birding Hot-spots of Israel by Hadoram Shirihai, James P. Smith, Guy Kirwan and Dan Alon. 2000. A detailed site guide with many colour photographs. Two volumes - Northern Israel and Southern Israel. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 87. Softback £19.99. (The two volumes may be purchased separately, price £12.99 each.)

A Birdwatching Guide to Cyprus by Arthur Stagg & Graham Hearl. 1998. A good value Arlequin Press site guide. With 84 pages, numerous maps and 16 colour photographs. Softback £9.95.

Birds of the Mediterranean: a photographic guide by Paul Sterry. 2004. A comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of the Mediterranean region, with concise species texts on facing pages, with 192 pages and about 1,000 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 261. Softback £19.99.

Identification Guide to European Passerines by Lars Svensson. 1992. Fourth edition. The standard, detailed, in-hand identification guide, with 368 pages. Softback £20.00.

Collins Bird Guide: Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars Svensson and Peter Grant, illustrated by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom. 1999. The long-awaited field guide: the standard. Absolutely essential! Reviewed in Birding World 12: 254-255. Hardback £24.99, Softback £16.99.

The Birds of Morocco by Michel Thevenot, Rae Vernon and Patrick Bergier. 2003. A detailed BOU status on the birds of this popular birding country, with 600 pages and 32 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 483. Hardback £45.00.

The Birds of Corsica by Jean-Claude Thibault and Gilles Bonaccorsi. 1999. A detailed BOU Check-list, with 182 pages, maps and 16 pages of colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 340. Hardback £24.00.

Birding Babylon by Jonathan Trouern-Trend. 2006. The journal of a birder-soldier in Iraq, with 79 pages. Hardback £6.50. 

Madeira: a countryside guide by John & Pat Underwood. 2002. Seventh edition. An access guide to the countryside of Madira, with 144 pages, numerous maps and colour photographs. Softback £9.99.

Where the birds are in northeast Spain by Steve West. 2006. A detailed species-by-species site guide to 114 species, with 270 pages, 28 colour maps and several colour photographs and illustrations. Softback. £19.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Europe and Russia by Nigel Wheatley. 2000. An overview of the best birdwatching sites, matching the style of the author's Africa, Asia, Australasia and South America guides, with 464 pages and over 100 maps. Softback £16.99.

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EASTERN PALEARCTIC

Collins Field Guide Birds of the Palearctic: Passerines by Norman Arlott. 2007. A handy field guide to all the birds of the entire Palearctic, with 240 pages, species texts facing the 80 colour plates, and maps for every species. An accompanying non-passerines volume is due to be published later in 2007. Hardback £25.00.

Palearctic Birds: a Checklist of the Birds of Europe, North Africa & Asia by Mark Beaman. 1994. With 168 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 8: 158. Softback £12.50.

(**December)Birds of Mongolia by Axel Braunlich. The first field guide to the birds of Mongolia, with 256 pages and species texts facing 90 colour plates and species distribution maps. Softback £24.99.

(**October)Birds of East Asia by Mark Brazil. An up-to-date field guide covering the whole eastern Asia, including eastern Russia, China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan, with 512 pages, 231 colour plates and species distribution maps. Softback £24.99.

The Birds of Japan by Mark Brazil. 1991. The status of birds in Japan, with 466 pages, numerous distribution maps and six colour plates. Hardback £45.00.

The Avifauna of Hong Kong by Geoff Carey et al. 2001. The authoratative standard reference on the status of the birds of Hong Kong; beautifully produced, with 564 pages and 31 colour photographs. (Reviewed in Birding World 15: 87). Hardback £45.00.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hong Kong by Hong Kong Birdwatching Society. 2004. With concise dual English/Chinese identification and status text, 560 pages and 786 colour photographs of 343 species. Softback £24.99.

Wild Birds of Japan: a photographic guide by Takuya Kanouchi, Naoya Abe and Hideo Ueda. 1998. A superb photographic field guide to east Asian birds, with 624 pages and over 2,000 colour photographs. Text in Japanese, but with English and scientific name photo captions. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 339. Softback £29.99.

550 Birds of Japan by Masashi Kirihara, Norio Yamagata, Toshiyuki Yoshino & Himaru Iozawa. 2000. The best photographic reference to Siberian and Eastern Palearctic birds, with 710 pages and hundreds of stunning colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 349. Two volume softback set £55.00.

A photographic guide to the birds of China including Hong Kong by John MacKinnon and Nigel Hicks. 2001. 2nd edition. A compact and inexpensive photographic guide, with 144 pages featuring 252 species. Softback £7.99.

A Field Guide to the Birds of China by John MacKinnon and Karen Phillipps. 2000. The only real field guide to the birds of China, with 586 pages, 128 colour plates and colour species distribution maps. Softback £39.95.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and North-East Asia by Tadao Shimba. 2007. A comprehensive guide, with 504 pages and over 1,500 colour photographs. Softback £24.99.

A Guide to the Mammals of China by Andrew T. Smith and Yan Xie. 2008. A beautiful field guide, with 392 pages, 72 colour plates and species distribution maps. Hardback £34.99.

The Feathers of Japanese Birds in Full Scale by Masaru Takada and Takuya Kanouchi. 2004. A sumptuous, beautiful Japanese reference, covering most Japanese species, indexed with English and scientific names, with 304 pages and colour photographs throughout. Hardback in Slipcase £80.00.

Birds of Hong Kong and South China by Clive Viney, Karen Phillipps and Lam Chiu Ying. 2005. Eighth edition. The best field guide for the Hong Kong region, including a brief site guide, with 256 pages and 91 colour plates. Softback £22.95.

The Birds of Kazakhstan by Arend Wassink and Gerald Oreel. 2007. A detailed status and distribution of the birds of this superb birding country, with 288 pages, 900 maps and figures, and numerous colour photographs. Hardback £45.00.

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INDIA & SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Handbook of the Birds of India & Pakistan by Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley. 2002. The standard work - the complete, up-dated second edition, with 3,121 pages and numerous colour plates. 10 Softback Volumes in a Boxed Set £75.00.

Important Bird Areas in Nepal by Hem Sagar Baral and Carol Inskipp. 2005. A detailed site guide, with 242 pages, and numerous colour  maps and photographs. Softback £25.00.

The Birds of Kangra by Jan Willem den Besten. 2004. A status and photographic guide to this Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh, India, with 176 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback £15.50.

A Birdwatcher's Guide to Malaysia by Richard Bransbury. 1993. With 282 pages, many sketch maps and 39 colour photographs. Softback £14.00.

A Photographic Guide to the Snakes and other reptiles of Sri Lanka by Indraneil Das. 2005. An inexpensive pocket guide with 300 colour photographs. Softback £7.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Borneo by G.W.H. Davison & Chew Yen Fook. 2002. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 144 pages and colour photographs of 252 species. Softback £7.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore by G.W.H. Davison & Chew Yen Fook. 1996. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs of selected species. Reviewed in Birding World 9: 328. Softback £7.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of the Philippines by Tim Fisher and Nigel Hicks. 2000. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 144 pages and 250 colour photographs. Softback £7.99.

(**late May) A Field Guide to the Mammals of South-East Asia by Charles Francis. A beautiful field guide, with 392 pages, 72 colour plates and species distribution maps. Hardback £34.99.

A Photographic Guide to Mammals of South-East Asia by Charles Francis. 2001. A superb value-for-money guide in the New Holland series of pocket photographic guides, with 128 pages and colour photographs of 192 species. Softback £7.99.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan & Sri Lanka by Bikram Grewal, Bill Harvey and Otto Pfister. 2002. With 512 pages and 850 colour photographs of 800 species and distribution maps for each species. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 348-349. Softback £19.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of India and Nepal by Bikram Grewal. 1996. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs of selected species. Reviewed in Birding World 9: 328. Softback £9.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of the Himalayas by Bikram Grewal & Otto Pfister. 1999. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs of selected species. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 214. Softback £9.99.

(**June) Birds of Pakistan by Richard Grimmet, Tim Inskipp and Tom Roberts. The first field guide to the birds of Pakistan, using the relevant images from Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (Grimmet, Inskipp & Inskipp 1998), with 256 pages and colour plates throughout facing text and species distribution maps. Softback £24.99.

Field Guide to the Birds of Northern India by Richard Grimmett and Tim Inskipp. 2003. A field guide version of Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, but covering just Northern India, with 304 pages and species texts opposite 120 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 17: 262. Softback, £24.99.

Field Guide to the Birds of Southern India by Richard Grimmett and Tim Inskipp. 2005. A field guide version of Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, but covering just Southern India, with 240 pages and species texts opposite 87 colour plates. Softback, £24.99.

Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Richard Grimmet, Carol Inskipp & Tim Inskipp. 1999. A field guide sized version of the standard work by the same authors, with 384 pages, 153 colour plates illustrating 1,300 species and over 1,200 colour distribution maps. Softback £24.99.

Birds of Nepal by Richard Grimmet, Carol Inskipp & Tim Inskipp. 2000. A fine Helm field guide, with 288 pages and over 760 species illustrated in colour in 110 colour plates, with facing-page text. Softback £24.99.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka by John Harrison. 1999. The only modern field guide to the birds of Sri Lanka, with 220 pages and 48 excellent colour plates by Tim Worfolk with facing-page coloured range maps and species text summaries. Softback, £35.00.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Nepal by Carol Inskipp. 1988. A comprehensive Prion site guide, with 116 pages and 19 maps. Softback £12.75.

A Guide to the Birds of Nepal by Carol Inskipp & Tim Inskipp. 1991. Second edition. The standard work on the status of the birds of Nepal, with 402 pages, 703 distribution maps and eight colour plates. Hardback £40.00.

Birds of Bhutan by Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp and Richard Grimmett. 1999. A field guide version of Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, but covering just Bhutan, with 192 pages and species texts opposite 70 colour plates. Softback, £24.99.

Field Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Krys Kazmierczak and Ber van Perlo. 2000. A pocket-sized guide to all 1300 species, with 352 pages, maps and 96 colour plates of all species. Hardback £25.00.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to India by Krys Kazmierczak and Raj Singh. 1998. A comprehensive Prion site guide, with about 300 pages and over 100 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 483. Softback £18.75.

A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines by Robert Kennedy, Pedro Gonzales, Edward Dickinson and Tim Fisher. 2000. The standard reference, and the first comprehensive modern field guide to the birds of the Philippines, with 320 pages, 72 colour plates illustrating all 556 recorded species, and colour distribution maps. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 469. Softback £39.00.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Korea by Woo-Shin Lee, Tae-Hoe Koo & Jin-Young Park. 2000. The first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Korea, true field-guide sized with 328 pages and colour plates and colour distribution maps facing text throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 175. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 175. Hardback £24.95.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali by John Mackinnon and Karen Phillipps. 1993. The standard field guide to the region, with 492 pages and 88 colour plates. Softback £39.99.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Mt Kinabalu, Borneo by Hitoshi Nakayasu, Shigeru Asama and Alim Biun. 1996. An indispensible guide for the visitor to this popular birding destination, with 152 pages, useful tips on birding the area and colour photographs throughout. Softback £20.00.

Birds of Prey of the Indian Subcontinent by Rishad Naoroji. 2006. An important work: a detailed guide to 70 species of diurnal raptor, with 690 pages, 15 colour plates and over 850 colour photographs. Hardback £40.00.

A Guide to the Large Mammals of Thailand by John Parr. 2003. A field guide to 138 species, with 206 pages, 39 excellent colour plates and species distribution maps. Softback £19.99.

Birds and Mammals of Ladakh by Otto Pfister.  2005. The first comprehensive field guide and status to the birds and mammals of this remote Himalayan region, with 362 pages and over 400 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 351. Hardback £49.95.

Birds of South Asia: the Ripley Guide by Pamela Rasmussen and John Anderton. 2005. A comprehensive guide: Vol. 1, a field guide with 180 colour plates and 1,430 colour maps; Vol. 2, the main texts, including morphology, and sonograms for c.900 species. Hardback 2 volume set. £55.00.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Thailand by Craig Robson. 2002. A superb comprehensive field guide, with 272 pages and 128 colour plates and about 1,000 colour distribution maps. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 439. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 439. Hardback £24.99.

New Holland Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia by Craig Robson. 2005. A superb guide to all 1,250 species in Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Cambodia, with 304 pages and species texts facing 104 colour plates by Clive Byers, Jan Wilczur, Tim Worfolk, Richard Allen & Ian Lewington. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 175. Softback £19.99. 

 A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India by Amano Samarpan. 2006. An inexpensive pocket guide, with excellent photographs of a wide selection of typical species, with 160 pages and colour photographs throughout. Softback  £12.95.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Sri Lanka by Gehan de Silva et al. 2000. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 136 pages and 240 colour photographs. Softback £7.99.

A Guide to the Mammals of China by Andrew T. Smith and Yan Xie. 2008. A superb field guide illustrating most of the 556 species of mammals found in China, with 576 pages, 61 colour plates, 25 habitat colour photographs and 572 distribution maps. Hardback £34.99.

Birds in Bhutan: status and distribution by Peter Spierenburg. 2005. An authoritative status to this popular birding destination, with 384 pages and 950 colour maps and graphs. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 175. Hardback £40.00.

Birds of South-east Asia: a photographic guide by Morten Strange. 1998. Not a comprehensive guide, but a good value large-format selection of 260 colour photographs, with 112 pages. Softback £12.99.

Birds of Fraser’s Hill by Morten Strange. 2006. An inexpensive photographic guide to 95 characteristic birds, and a complete checklist with status codes to this most important Malaysian hill forest, with 120 pages. Softback £6.50.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia including the Philippines and Borneo by Morten Strange. 2002. With 398 pages and over 700 colour photographs of 668 species and distribution maps for each species. Softback £19.99.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia by Morten Strange. 2002. With 416 pages and almost 700 colour photographs of 686 species and distribution maps for each species. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 304. Softback £19.99.

Birds of Taman Negara by Morten Strange and Dennis Yong. 2006. An inexpensive photographic guide to 98 characteristic birds, and a complete checklist with status codes to this most important Malaysian national park, with 120 pages. Softback £6.50.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Java, Sumatra and Bali by Tony Tilford and Alain Compost. 2000. A slim, good value pocket guide, with 136 pages and 240 colour photographs. Softback £7.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Thailand by Michael Webster & Chew Yen Fook. 1997. A good value selection of colour photographs in a pocket guide. Softback £7.99.

Birds of the Thai-Malayan Peninsula Volume 1 Non-Passerines by David Wells. 1999. An authoritative reference covering distribution, ecology and identification, with 512 pages, maps and 70 superb colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 256. Hardback £85.00.

Birds of the Thai-Malayan Peninsula Volume 2 Passerines by David Wells. 2007. The completing, second volume of the authoritative reference (above), with 856 pages, 400 maps and 55 superb colour plates. Hardback £65.00. (Both volumes may also be purchased together, £99.00.)

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AFRICA & INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Prey of Southern, Central and East Africa by David Allan. 1996. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs and colour flight paintings of 88 species. Softback £9.99.

Important Bird areas in Tanzania by Neil & Elizabeth Baker. 2002. A Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania birding site guide and vital conservation document in one, with 304 pages and numerous maps. Reviewed in Birding World 16: 43. Softback £30.00.

A Field Guide to the Birds of the Gambia by Clive Barlow and Tim Wacher. 1997. A fine guide to the birds of this very popular West African country, with 400 pages & 48 colour plates; also covers Senegal. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 119. Softback £24.99.

Important Bird areas in Kenya by Leon Bennun and Peter Njoroge. 2000. An excellent Birdlife International site guide, with 318 pages and 60 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 168. Softback £18.00.

Birds of Western Africa by Nik Borrow and Ron Demey. 2001. The long-awaited first comprehensive guide to the region, with 816 pages, 147 colour plates and 1,100 distribution maps. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 350-351. Hardback £60.00.

Birds of Western Africa by Nik Borrow and Ron Demey. 2004. A lighter weight, field guide version of the authors' Birds of Western Africa (2001, above), with 512 pages, 150 colour plates and 1,300 distribution maps. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 307. Softback £29.99.

Wildlife of Seychelles by John Bowler. 2006. A Wildguides photo-guide covering birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and many invertebrates, with 192 pages and digital photo-plates throughout. Hardback £17.95.

The Bird Atlas of Uganda by Margaret Carswell, Derek Pomeroy, Jake Reynolds and Herbert Tushabe. 2005. A definitive status of every species recorded in Uganda. 564 pages and distribution maps throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 131. Hardback £55.00.

Southern African Birdfinder by Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode and Jonathan Rossouw. 2006. A guide crammed with information on where to find 1,400 bird species in southern Africa and Madagascar, with 456 pages, colour maps and colour photographs throughout. Reviewed in Birding World 19: 174. Softback £19.99.

The Birds of Zambia by Robert J. Dowsett, Dylan R. Aspinwall and Francoise Dowsett-Lemaire.  2008. An atlas, detailed status and handbook (not a field guide), with 606 pages, 720 distribution maps and 16 pages of colour photographs. Softback £29.99.

Birds of Malawi: An Atlas and Handbook by Francoise Dowsett-Lemaire and Robert Dowsett. 2006. The standard reference to the birds of Malawi, with 556 pages, detailed species maps and 18 pages of colour photographs. Softback £25.00.

Mammals of Madagascar: A Complete Guide by Nick Garbutt. 2007. An up-dated field guide version of the author’s highly acclaimed Mammals of Madgascar (1999), with 304 pages, 210 colour photographs 75 line drawings and 135 distribution maps. Softback £24.99.

Madagascar Wildlife by Nick Garbutt, Hilary Bradt and Derek Schuurman. 2005. Second edition. A beautiful introduction, with 138 pages and excellent colour photographs throughout. Softback £14.95.

Birds of Liberia by Wulf Gatter. 1998. An authoritative avifauna, with 320 pages, distribution maps, 86 colour photographs and four colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 159. Hardback £40.00.

The Birds of São Tomé & Príncipe with Annobón by Peter Jones and Alan Tye. 2006. A detailed checklist to the birds of this group of islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with 192 pages and 34 colour photographs. Hardback £30.00. 

The Birds of Africa by Stuart Keith et al. 1982-2004. The standard work, each volume with numerous colour plates. Volumes 4, 5 & 7 were reviewed in Birding World 5: 404, 10: 357 & 17: 261. Volume 7. Sparrows to Buntings, completes this tremendous work. Hardback Volumes 2, 3 & 6 each £125.00. Vols. 5 & 7 each £135.00 (Volumes 1 & 4 out of print).

The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals by Jonathan Kingdon. 1997. This guide is far and away the best field guide to the great mammal continent, with very detailed text of all species and excellent colour illustrations. With 465 pages. Softback £29.99.

The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals by Jonathan Kingdon. 2004. A simpler, easier-to-use-in-the-field version of the best guide: The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (1997, above), with 272 pages, 112 colour plates and 250 maps. Reviewed in Birding World 18: 131. Softback £16.99.

Important Bird Areas in Zambia by Peter Leonard. 2005. A conservation guide and a birding site guide describing 42 Important Bird Areas in Zambia, including 18 National Parks, with detailed information on the birds and other fauna, conservation issues and visitor information. With 218 pages, colour photographs, detailed maps and checklists. Softback £14.00.

Birds of Madagascar: a photographic guide by Peter Morris & Frank Hawkins. 1998. A comprehensive guide, with 224 pages and 500 colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 443. Hardback £29.99.

Newman's Birds of Southern Africa by Kenneth Newman. 1999. Ninth edition. A fine field guide, with 510 pages and facing page colour plates, text and maps. Softback £19.99.

Birds of Western and Central Africa: Collins illustrated checklist by Ber van Perlo. 2002. A pocket field guide describing and illustrating all species, with 384 pages, distribution maps and 109 colour plates. The text is very concise, but this guide is a true field guide - ideal for use in the field. Reviewed in Birding World 15: 351. Softback £19.99.

Birds of Southern Africa: Collins illustrated checklist by Ber Van Perlo. 1999. A pocket field guide describing and illustrating all species, north to and including Angola, Zambia and Mozambique. The text is very concise, but this guide is a true field guide - ideal for use in the field. Softback £19.99.

A Guide to the Endemic Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea by Jose Luis Pol. 2001. A colour photographic guide to the 30 endemic species, with 256 pages, with detailed text and distribution maps. Softback £17.00.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of East Africa by Dave Richards. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs of selected species. Softback £9.99.

Where to Watch Birds in Uganda by Jonathan Rossouw & Marco Sacchi. 1998. A guide to the top national parks and reserves, with 110 pages, maps, full checklists and numerous colour photographs. Reviewed in Birding World 12: 339. Softback £10.99.

The Birds of St Helena by Beau W. Rowlands. A detailed BOU Check-list, with 295 pages. Reviewed in Birding World 13: 129. Hardback £25.00.

Birds of Africa south of the Sahara by Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan. 2003. The first complete field guide to all the birds of Africa south of the Sahara., with 760 pages and species texts and distribution maps opposite 340 colour plates. Softback £29.99.

Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair. 1994. 3rd edition. An excellent photographic field guide, with over 900 colour photographs facing text and distribution maps. Softback £14.99.

A Photographic Guide to Southern African Birds by Ian Sinclair. 1990. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs of selected species. Softback £9.99.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Namibia by Ian Sinclair and Jackie Sinclair. 1995. A slim, good value pocket guide, with numerous colour photographs of selected species. Softback £7.99.

Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey & Warwick Tarboton. 1997. The best field guide to the region, with 445 pages, numerous distribution maps and over 200 colour plates. Softback £19.99.

Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands by Ian Sinclair & Olivier Langrand. 1998. A major field guide illustrating all the species of Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, the Seychelles and the Comoros, with 176 pages, 340 distribution maps and 65 colour plates. Reviewed in Birding World 11: 443. Softback £17.99.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands by Ian Sinclair & Olivier Langrand. 2006. A photographic guide to the birds of Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, the Seychelles and the Comoros, with 128 pages. Softback £14.99.

Field Guide to the Birds of Seychelles by Adrian Skerrett and Ian Bullock. 2001. The first comprehensive field guide to the birds of the Seychelles, with 320 pages and 242 species illustrated in 53 colour plates by Tony Disley. Softback £29.95.

Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe. 2001. An immensely important guide, covering all the birds of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, with 500 pages of text and range maps facing 3,400 images of 1,388 species. Reviewed in Birding World 14: 521. Hardback £29.99, Softback £24.99.

The Larger Mammals of Africa by Chris and Tilde Stuart. 1997. An excellent photographic field guide, with facing-page text and distribution maps, 318 pages and over 400 colour photographs. Softback £17.99.

Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa by Chris and Tilde Stuart. 2001. Third edition. An excellent photographic field guide, with facing-page text and distribution maps, 318 pages and over 500 colour photographs. Softback £14.99.

Birds of Africa by Chris and Tilde Stuart. 1999. A general review of the birds of Africa, with 176 pages and 200 colour photographs. Hardback £24.99.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to the Gambia by Rod Ward. 1994. A comprehensive Prion site guide to this most popular tropical birding destination, with 116 pages and numerous maps. Softback £12.75.

Southern African Wildlife by Mike Unwin. 2005. Second edition. A beautiful introduction to the wildlife and summary of the key national parks and reserves, with 284 pages and excellent colour photographs throughout. Softback £18.95.

Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Dale Zimmerman, Don Turner & David Pearson. 1996. The definitive guide, with 752 pages, 124 colour plates and 1,058 distribution maps. Hardback £50.00; Softback £24.99.

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NORTH AMERICA

The Birder's Guide to Vancouver and the Lower Mainland by Catherine Aitchison. 2001. A comprehensive site guide produced by Vancouver Natural History Society, with 240 pages, occurrence charts and numerous maps and colour photographs. Softback £13.99.

National Geographic Complete Birds of North America edited by Jonathan Alderfer. 2005. The superb essential reference: a ‘Handbook’ version of the standard field guide, with far more detail, with 672 pages and colour throughout. Hardback £24.95.

Woodpeckers of North America by Frances Backhouse. 2006. An attractive monograph of the North American species, with large-format colour photographs throughout and 232 pages. Hardback £30.50.

Birding Georgia by Giff Beaton. 2000. A site guide to over 100 of best birding locations in Georgia, with 278 pages and numerous maps. Softback £14.95.