Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America

The standard text on the identification of the northern hemisphere's gulls, this book covers the plumage variation through age and subspecies of all 80 species in the region. With exhaustive coverage, detailed maps, and superb plates and photos, this book remains the definitive work on these birds, which represent the trickiest of all ID challenges.

Gulls Simplified: A Comparative Approach to Identification

This unique photographic field guide to North America’s gulls provides a comparative approach to identification that concentrates on the size, structure, and basic plumage features of gulls―gone are the often-confusing array of plumage details found in traditional guides.
Featuring hundreds of colour photos throughout, Gulls Simplified illustrates the variations of gull plumages for a variety of ages, giving readers strong visual reference points for each species. Extensive captions accompany the photos, which include comparative photo arrays, digitized photo arrays for each age group, and numerous images of each species―a wealth of visual information at your fingertips. This one-of-a-kind guide includes detailed species accounts and a distribution map for each gull.

Gulls of the World: A Photographic Guide

A comprehensive photographic guide to the world's gull species With more than 50 gull species in the world, this family of seabirds poses some of the greatest field identification challenges of any bird group: age-related plumage changes, extensive variations within species, frequent hybridization, and complex distribution. Gulls of the World takes on these challenges and is the first book to provide a comprehensive look at these birds. Concise text emphasizes field identification, with in-depth discussion of variations as well as coverage of habitat, status, and distribution. Abundant photographs highlight identification criteria and, crucially, factor in age and subspecific field separation. Informative species accounts are accompanied by detailed colour range maps. Gulls of the World is the most authoritative photographic guide to this remarkable bird family. The first book to provide in-depth coverage of all the world's gull species More than 600 stunning colour photographs Concise text looks at variations, habitat, status, and distribution Informative species accounts and colour range maps

Sylvia Warblers: Identification, Taxonomy and Phylogeny

Based on phylogenetic research, this complete study of the genus Sylvia describes two new species and establishes identification criteria for all members of the family. A lengthy introduction explains the background to the research and outlines the main features of the genus. The 25 species are then treated in detail, including the African parisomas, which are here included in the Sylva group. The species accounts include sections on every aspect of identification, with colour illustrations showing age, sex and racial differences, distribution maps, sonograms, moult and wing diagrams and tables."

Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe

This book is the ultimate flight-identification guide for the raptors of the Western Palaearctic, covering Europe, North Africa, the Middle East (including Arabia) to Central Asia. It provides identification information for all 60 species that regularly occur in the region. going to subspecific level wherever needed. The text covers every plumage and age in detail, with each species account accompanied by a range of photographs covering all the principal plumages.
Based on this stunning photographic coverage, most of which has never been published before, this book represents a landmark in bird identification books and a major work for all raptor enthusiasts.

Flight Identification of European Raptors

This third edition has been revised and reset throughout. There are 50 new drawings and the expanded plates section has 248 photographs. "...a superb guide which will be invaluable to every birdwatcher." --

Flight Identification of European Passerines and Select Landbirds

A richly illustrated, state-of-the-art field guide for identifying European passerines in flight-the first of its kind Opening up new frontiers in birdwatching, this is the first field guide for identifying European passerines in flight, featuring more than 1,850 stunning colour illustrations from acclaimed bird artist Tomasz Cofta, who creates remarkably lifelike images using the latest digital technology. With detailed coverage of 206 passerines and 32 near-passerine landbirds, this cutting-edge book features a seamlessly integrated approach. It combines Cofta's precise illustrations, which depict key shape and coloration features, with a range of photos for each species that show how they appear in flight.

Flight Identification of European Seabirds

Seawatching can present identification difficulties to even the most experienced birdwatcher, and demands a specialised set of skills and strategies to deal with the challenges of bad weather and poor visibility. The rewards can be great; many species of seabird live exclusively at sea outside their breeding seasons, while many others undertake regular coastal migrations. At established 'watchpoints' around European coastlines, patient observation may reveal spectacular numbers of passing seabirds, while today the growing popularity of whale-watching and 'pelagic' boat excursions makes it possible to get closer to many offshore species. This unique field guide is indispensable to all birdwatchers who seawatch, whether from land or at sea, and will greatly enhance their experience.

Birds: ID Insights: Identifying the More Difficult Birds of Britain

Art of Bird Identification: A Straightforward Approach to Putting a Name to the Bird

How to get good, then better, then even better at identifying birds in the field-and have fun doing it. A straightforward approach from Pete Dunne, one of the country's top birders and birding instructors, written in his distinctive style Includes descriptive information for 75 bird groups to help get the ID process off on the right foot. Practical, expert advice and entertaining in-the-field examples of birding successes and common mistakes

Moult and Ageing of European Passerines: Second Edition

A brand-new, completely revised second edition of Jenni and Winkler's classic guide, updated and improved for the next generation of ringers and professional ornithologists. The moult strategies of birds exert an important influence on their behaviour and energetics, and also provide the basis of valuable tools for study. A proper understanding of how feathers are replaced and the precise differences in the appearance of the various feather generations can allow ringers, scientists and keen birdwatchers to age individual birds, and to distinguish between first-year and adult birds. Understanding the moult strategy of a species also provides insights into its general and migration ecology, and allows detailed studies of many aspects of its population dynamics. Lukas Jenni and Raffael Winkler have studied moult across a wide range of bird species for decades, and in this book bring their observations together to produce a valuable reference for both professional ornithologists and bird ringers. This second edition has been completely updated and revised, with 16 new species accounts added, bringing the total covered to 74. The first part of the book provides an up-to-date summary of the moult strategies and moult sequences of European passerines, and discusses the ecological consequences of moult. 

Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America

Wagtails are noted for their bold plumage patterns and extensive racial variation. Pipits are a large and difficult group which invariably causes vexation to birders on both sides of the Atlantic. This guide covers the 26 species of northern hemisphere pipits and wagtails in detail. It treats identification in the field and in the hand, and includes colour plates, detailed distribution maps and sonograms of songs and calls.

Finches and Sparrows

Reed and Bush Warblers (Helm Identification Guides)

This detailed and comprehensive identification guide follows in the mould of Sylvia Warblers and Pipits and Wagtails. It primarily covers the genera Acrocephalus, Locustella, Cettia and Bradypterus, together with a few smaller related genera. To the uninitiated, these are the archetypal 'little brown jobs' and as if they weren't hard enough to identify anyway, many of them are hard to see as well! This authoritative handbook covers their identification in breathtaking detail, illustrated with line drawings, sonograms, wonderful colour plates and photographs. It is destined to become the ultimate reference for these challenging birds.

Stonechats (Helm Identification Guides)

The genus Saxicola contains about 13 species, depending on taxonomy. They are a distinctive and popular group of birds, and include two very familiar and attractive British species - the Stonechat and Whinchat. This volume offers a comprehensive treatment of these birds. It is primarily an identification guide, using colour plates and photographs to illustrate the various races and plumages, but the text also covers the biology, habitat and range of each species. DNA data is presented, and there are distribution maps for each species.

Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse

Covering almost 260 species of gamebirds, this book focuses on identification, status and distribution, habitats and geographical variation. Many of these species are both exotic and endangered, some are kept in private aviaries, while others are exploited commercially.

Crows and Jays (Helm Identification Guides) 

Kingfishers, Bee-eaters and Rollers

Thrushes (Helm Identification Guides)

This book is devoted to the 162 species of thrush, one of the most widespread and well-known families of birds in the world. Identification and distribution are fully covered and the description makes reference to all recognised races. All species of Turdidae thrushes are described and illustrated together with supplementary line drawings depicting aspects of shape an plumage. It contains 540 portraits illustrating adults, immatures and most of the distinctive races."

The Helm Guide to Bird Identification

This book covers difficult identification issues by looking at tricky species pairs or groups of birds, and comparing and contrasting their respective features. Designed as a field companion, it supplements the standard field guides and provides much additional information. As well as detailed texts, the books include extensive illustrations of all relevant ages and plummages of the species concerned.

Birds By Character - Britain & Europe: A Fieldguide To Jizz

Frontiers of Bird Identification

Macmillan Field Guide to Bird Identification

Bird Identification and Fieldcraft

This book shows how easy birdwatching can be, by improving key skills in various ways. Identification is discussed first, before more advanced topics are introduced, such as the changing of certain species appearances throughout the year. Other subjects that are explored include fieldcraft, the specialist skills that all birders need during different seasons, and details on what to do, what to look for and how to make the most of each birdwatching trip. Superb photos and artworks, many specially commissioned, accompany the text. This book offers invaluable information, hints and tips usually only gleaned through years of experience, and very rarely found in print form.

Collins Birds By Behaviour

Birds - by Colour: The Simplest Recognition Guide

Birds by Colour

Collins Life-Size Birds: The Only Guide to Show British Birds at their Actual Size

For decades, bird photography has been used to capture and create images of these photogenic subjects. Recent advances in technology mean that digital imaging has come of age and, as a result, contemporary photographs of birds can reveal as much detail as can be seen with the naked eye and the bird in the hand. This has allowed the creation of a book that depicts birds in intricate detail at life size, as well as larger than life in the case of many smaller species.

The book is unique because for every species entry at least one image shows the bird in question, or the head and bill in the case of large species, depicted life size. The photographs used throughout the book have been chosen carefully to show not only important identification features but also to depict a bird s typical posture, be that perched, standing, swimming or in flight. As many plumage variations as possible have been included. Annotations highlight key identification features that are discussed in the text.

Nests, Eggs, and Incubation: New ideas about avian reproduction

Nests, Eggs, and Incubation brings together a global team of leading authorities to provide a comprehensive overview of the fascinating and diverse field of avian reproduction. Starting with a new assessment of the evolution of avian reproductive biology in light of recent research, the book goes on to cover four broad areas: the nest, the egg, incubation, and the study of avian reproduction. New research on nest structures, egg traits, and life history is incorporated, whilst contemporary methodologies such as self-contained temperature probes and citizen science are also discussed. Applied chapters describe how biological knowledge can be applied to challenges such as urbanisation and climate change. The book concludes by suggesting priorities for future research. This book builds upon the foundations laid down by Charles Deeming's 2002 work Avian Incubation (available for readers of this book to access online for free), much of which remains relevant today. Read in conjunction with this previous volume, it provides an up-to-date and thorough review of egg biology, nest function, and incubation behaviour, which will be an essential resource for students of avian biology, as well as both professional and amateur ornithologists working in the field of avian reproduction.

The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird’s Egg

How are eggs of different shapes made, and why are they the shape they are? When does the shell of an egg harden? Why do some eggs contain two yolks? How are the colours and patterns of an eggshell created, and why do they vary? And which end of an egg is laid first - the blunt end or the pointy end?

These are just some of the questions A Bird's Egg answers, as the journey of a bird's egg from creation and fertilisation to its eventual hatching is examined, with current scientific knowledge placed within an historical context. Beginning with an examination of the stunning eggs of the guillemot, each of which is so variable in pattern and colour that no two are ever the same, acclaimed ornithologist Tim Birkhead then looks at the eggs of hens, cuckoos and many other birds, revealing weird and wonderful facts about these miracles of nature. Woven around and supporting these facts are extraordinary stories of the individuals who from as far back as Ancient Egypt have been fixated on the study and collection of eggs, not always to the benefit of their conservation.

Firmly grounded in science and enriched by a wealth of observation drawn from a lifetime spent studying birds, A Bird's Egg is an illuminating and engaging exploration of the science behind eggs and the history of man's obsession with them.

A Field Guide to Monitoring Nests

Intended as an aid to those involved in monitoring nests for research and conservation purposes. Written and illustrated by experts, this guide contains a wealth of information for 145 British and Irish species, together with introductory sections on nest-monitoring techniques, nest identification, legislation, the BTO Nest Record Scheme and nest-finding skills.

Bird Nests & Construction Behaviour

Bird Nests and Construction Behaviour provides a broad view of our understanding of the biology of the nests, bowers and tools made by birds. It illustrates how, among vertebrates, the building abilities of birds are more impressive and consistent than for any other builders other than ourselves, yet birds seem to require no special equipment, and use quite uncomplicated behaviour. In doing so, the book raises general issues in the field of behavioural ecology including the costs of reproduction, sexual selection and the organisation and complexity of behaviour. Written for students and researchers of animal behaviour, behavioural ecology and ornithology, it will nevertheless make fascinating reading for architects and engineers interested in understanding how structures are created by animals.

Bird Nests: Amazingly Ingenious and Intricate

Nests―among the most amazing dwelling places in the entire animal kingdom. Few creatures craft such brilliant and involved homes as birds do. From holes drilled into trees to intricately woven cups, these magnificent structures are worthy of our admiration. This book by Stan Tekiela is filled with unparalleled photography, and it promises to delight as it walks you through the world of bird nests.

Book Features

• One-of-a-kind images of birds and nests from across the United States
• Many fascinating facts, including how birds choose where to build and what materials they use
• Information that will season your understanding of nests and enhance your enjoyment of birds
  

The Book of Eggs: A Lifesize Guide to the Eggs of Six Hundred of the World's Bird Species

Featuring new photography from Chicago's renowned Field Museum, The Book of Eggs explores 600 examples at actual size, alongside pattern details, clutch images, breeding range maps, and engravings of all the birds. A table of field-guide information identifies order, family, breeding range, nesting habitat, nest characteristics, and conservation status. This accompanies an expert narrative revealing the latest research and thinking on social structure; reproductive strategies; egg colour, maculation, and size; and incubation behaviour. Arranged taxonomically, according to evolutionary relationships, the book brings to light intriguing aspects of breeding biology. The result is a visual delight and an essential reference for every bird enthusiast, natural historian, and conservationist.

Birds' Nests of the World

Helpers at Birds' Nests: A Worldwide Survey of Cooperative Breeding and Related Behaviour

Nest: The art of birds

Birds Eggs (Eyewitness Handbooks)

Fragile: Birds, Eggs & Habitats

Red Eggs - Erythristic Eggs of the Corvidae

Collins Field Guide – Bird Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of Britain and Europe

The Birds Of The British Isles And Their Eggs

ASIN : B00121VPG4

• Publisher : Frederick Warne; 3rd Edition (1 Jan. 1930)
• Hardcover : 376 pages

Field Guide to Birds' Nests 

The Observer's Book of Birds Eggs. 1954 

ASIN : B079DN2DNL

Finding Nests Hardcover – 1 Jan. 1953

Nesting Birds, Eggs and Fledglings 1973

Publisher : Littlehampton Book Services Ltd; 3rd Revised edition (1 Dec. 1973)

• Language : English
• Hardcover : 282 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0713707100
• ISBN-13 : 978-0713707106

BRITISH BIRDS' EGGS AND NESTS 1901

Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds, With Descriptive Notices 1896

Henry Seebohm 1896

• ASIN : B00088DD4O
• Publisher : Pawson and Brailsford; 1st edition (1 Jan. 1896)
• Language : English
• Hardcover : 304 pages
  

A Pocket Book Of British Birds' Eggs And Nests 1939

A Pocket Book of British Birds' Eggs and Nests

Charles A Hall 1961

• ASIN : B001NDP4IQ
• Publisher : Adam And Charles Black (1 Jan. 1961)

EGGS and NESTS of BRITISH BIRDS 1910

Egg & Nest

The beauty of the robin's egg is not lost on the child who discovers the nest, nor on the collector of nature's marvels. Such instances of wonder find fitting expression in the photographs of Rosamond Purcell, whose work captures the intricacy of nests and the aesthetic perfection of bird eggs. Mining the ornithological treasures of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Purcell produces pictures as lovely and various as the artefacts she photographs. The dusky blue egg of an emu becomes a planet. A woodpecker's nest bears an uncanny resemblance to a wooden shoe.

THE EGG COLLECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

H.J.K.Burne, Oologist: Field Notes

Publisher : Oriel Stringer (1 Feb. 1986)

• Language : English
• Paperback : 20 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0948122056
• ISBN-13 : 978-0948122057

The Pocket Encyclopaedia of Birds' Eggs and Nesting Habitats

BRITISH BIRDS & THEIR EGGS WITH A NEW METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION

ASIN : B00087MBXE

• Publisher : Chambers; 1st Edition (1 Jan. 1909)
• Language : English
• Hardcover : 301 pages

Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build

Bird Nests

This volume brings to life the nest-building techniques of some of the most magnificent birds in the world. It covers many aspects of bird life, including the dangers involved in building a nest, the materials used, the locations and the many different shapes and sizes of nests. The text is illustrated throughout with colour photographs showing some of the most beautiful birds in their more extraordinary environments.

North American Birds Eggs

An Oological Record of British Raptors: Vol. 1

Tony Ladd, an experienced graphic designer and wildlife artist, has produced a truly remarkable publication with all the hallmarks of a Victorian Journal from the olden days. Through thousands of hours research and visits to the great natural history museums of Great Britain he has presented the story of the early naturalist collectors in a beautiful and artistic fashion. Early chapters cover the topic of how birds' eggs are formed in the body and there are also detailed descriptions of how the wonderful diversity of eggshell patterns are applied to the surface. Raptors, the first in a series of nine volumes, covers all of the British' breeding birds of prey with detailed analysis of the birds' breeding behaviour.