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Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide To
Britain And Europe

A guide to the 430
species of birds that
live in or regularly
visit Britain and the
rest of Europe. It tells
you various things you
need to know to be able
to identify correctly
different species. It
includes symbols that
show at a glance in which
habitats each bird can be
found and at what time of
year each is present.

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Garden Bird Behaviour

Explores a range of bird
behaviour including
courtship, territorial
behaviour, singing,
nesting, flying,
feeding, and migration.
This guide places
emphasis on observing the
birds that frequent your
garden and taking time to
spot the different
characteristics of each
species as they feed,
interact or raise their
young.

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Birdsong

At last it is possible to
listen to the amazing
variety of birdsong that
enriches our environment
simply by opening this
book. Delve into the
absorbing text and
beautiful photographs of
each of the 150 birds
whilst listening to their
songs and calls with

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Naturalist's Guide To The
Birds Of Malaysia And
Singapore

An identification guide
to 280 bird species most
commonly seen in Malaysia
(including the states of
Sabah and Sarawak on the
island of Borneo), and
Singapore. It features
species descriptions,
which include
nomenclature, length,
plumage, distribution,
habits and habitat. It
covers climate,
vegetation,
biogeography, and the
bird watching sites.

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A Gardeners Guide To Widlife
An Birds And How To Attract
Them

Turn your garden into a
wildlife haven by growing
the right plants to
encourage beneficial
insects, aquatic life,
birds and animals. These
special guides include
detailed directories of
over 200 suitable plant
spices that will attract
wildlife, from annuals,
bulbs and pond plants to
shrubs, trees and
climbers. The Garden
Birds guide provides you
with over 80 of the most
common garden bird
species with
illustrations and
information on their
size, characteristics
and more. This also gives
you stop-by-step projects
showing you how to create
beautiful borders. ponds
and lawns, and how to
build birdhouses,
birdbaths and more.

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Birds

Birds are perhaps the
most familiar of all
animals, living so close
to humans, providing
companionship with song
or with their endlessly
active presence. This
anthology contains images
that are accompanied by a
poem or extract from
writers, including
Shakespeare, Chaucer and
Wordsworth along with
contributions from less
familiar writers.

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European Bird Guide By Peter
H. Barthel And Paschalis
Dougalis

This comprehensive field
guide to all the expected
bird species in Britain
and Europe giving the
most up to date
information on all
breeding birds, winter
visitors, passage
migrants and regular
vagrants. Use this
contemporary and portable
guide for the accurate
identification of all
European birds - suitable
for beginners and
advanced birders alike.

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Naturalist's Guide To The
Birds Of Britain And Northern
Europe

An entry-level
photographic
identification guide to
the commoner birds of
Britain and Northern
Europe. It features 280
species that the amateur
naturalist might expect
to see in the field or
garden. It also covers
geography, climate,
habits, taxonomy and
nomenclature, bird
topography, and the best
places to watch birds.

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Keeping Chickens

The perfect pocket
guide. Up-to-date and
accessible. Over 120
colour photographs. Ideal
for beginners. Chickens
make great pets,
low-maintenance and
easy-going, they will
thrive even in small
urban gardens and
backyards. This brilliant
guide to chicken keeping
shows just how simple it
is to enjoy the pleasure
of raising poultry. It's
fun and it's rewarding -
and the added bonus is
that chickens come with a
lifetime's supply of free
eggs. What could be
better than walking to
the bottom of your garden
and collecting the
freshest eggs every day
courtesy of your own
hens?

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What's That Bird?

This guide introduces the
major bird families
likely to be encountered
throughout southern
Africa by casual
observers or
inexperienced
enthusiasts. With
classic, easily
interpreted illustrations
and clear photographs,
the book details the
distinctive features of
50 families, including
related birds.

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How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher

Even the baddest
birdwatcher in the world
knows something about
birds. Contrary to
popular belief, you
don't have to be an
anoraked twitcher with
top-of-the-range
binoculars to have a good
time admiring our
often-neglected feathered
friends in the sky.

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Chickens: The Essential Guide
To Choosing And Keeping Happy,
Healthy Hens By Suzie Baldwin

This is a very useful
book that reveals love
and understanding of
these wonderful chickens.
If you are a beginner it
has all that is required
to make a great start. If
you are experienced this
book covers lots of
useful reflective
information that will add
to your hobby.

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Birdwatching With Your Eyes
Closed

This vital book - which
comes with a free podcast
so that you can listen to
the songs themselves -
takes you from winter
into deepest spring,
teaching you to how
recognise song after song
as the chorus swells. You
start with robin, and
end up listening to
nightingales.

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Collins Complete Guide To
British Birds

Over 850 colour
photographs show birds as
juveniles and adults,
males and females, at
rest and in flight.
Species that cause
confusion are highlighted
to help you identify the
birds correctly. Features
every resident species,
seasonal visitor and
passing migrant with maps
and calendars telling you
and when to find each
bird.

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Nature Guide Birds Of The
World

From the black swan to
the ruby-throated
hummingbird, this bird
identification guide
profiles the world's most
amazing bird species. It
is packed full of images
that reveal intricate
details and unique
characteristics of the
species featured. It also
includes an introduction
about bird
classification, anatomy,
migration, habitats and
flight.

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Identification Guides British
Birds

Identification Guides
British Birds This
compact and attractive
identification guide is
designed to help you
identify nearly 200 of
Britain's most common
birds. With bite-size
information on their
unique features,
habitats and behaviour,
a clear easy-to-follow
design, precise colour
illustrations and
beautiful colour
photograph, this is the
ideal guide to help you
identify anything from a
Goldcrest to a Guillemot.

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RSPB Handbook Of British Birds

This is a completely
revised and updated
edition of the
bestselling RSPB Handbook
of British Birds. This
unique guide provides a
'biography' of each of
the 279 commonest British
bird species, plus 24
rarities, to give a
complete, single source
of basic information to
our most familiar birds.

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Birds Of The World: 365 Days
By Phillipe J. Dubois, Nature
Book

With a little effort,
you can live every day of
your life in contact with
birds. All you have to do
is look around you and up
in the sky. The
fellowship they offer is
often silent and shy,
but can also be noisy and
overwhelming. For every
day there is a bird. From
January 1 to December 31,
we can attune our sense
to the feathered flock
that surrounds us. Each
page is accompanied by a
high quality colour
photograph and story
behind each bird and
their habits, habitats
or background. This book
is 15.3cm x 23.3cm x
5.2cm

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Bird Songs From Around The
World By Les Beletsky
(Hardback)

Bird Songs From Around
the World, an
international sequel the
acclaimed Bird Songs; 250
North American Birds in
Song, gathers singular
birds from six continents
in a gorgeous new volume.
Drawing from the Cornell
Lab of Ornithology's
renowned Macaulay Library
collection, Bird Songs
From Around the World
features a sleek,
digital audio module
housing 200 songs and
calls of the world's most
notable birds, allowing
you to hear sounds like
the rollicking cadence of
South America's Helmeted
Manakin or the alarm call
of an Asian
Fairy-Bluebird.
Celebrated bird biologist
Les Beletsky provides a
succinct account of each
species' distinguishing
features with an emphasis
on its unique
vocalizations. Complete
with richly drawn
portraits of each bird,
plus lavish spreads
depicting scenes from
each region, this
dynamic book brings birds
from distant lands to
life in your living room.
'The worldwide selection
is a superb sample of the
extraordinary variety of
bird vocalizations, each
one identified by concise
text and a beautiful
painting. Sit back and
enjoy a journey around
the world of birds, by
sight and sound. - Rob
Hume, Editor BIRDS, the
magazine of the Royal
Society for the
protection of Birds. Bird
Song has been an
inspiration to people
throughout our shared
history. Their songs can
seem as sublime as the
most accomplished
musician's, and together
their chorus becomes an
impromptu symphony. The
dawn comes up anywhere on
Earth, and the sound of
birds comes with it. This
book is not only a visual
pleasure, as it also
allows you to listen to
the magic of bird song
from the comfort of your
favourite armchair.' -
Ade Long, Head of
Communications Birdlife
International. 'Dazzling
paintings of 200 of the
world's most interesting
birds are matched with
true-to-life sound
recordings that can be
enjoyed at the push of a
button. Here's a
coffee-table book to be
heard as well as seen!' -
Greg Butcher, Director
of Bird Conservation
National Audubon society.

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100 Birds To See In Your
Lifetime By David Chandler &
Dominic Couzens

100 Birds to see in Your
Lifetime is glorious
celebration of the
world's avian species.
With obvious candidates
in the critically
endangered Kakapo or
Gurney's Pitta, perched
side by side with more
commonplace birds but
justify their inclusion
on the basis of looks,
voice or behaviour. Then
there are the true
oddities of evolution,
like the Oilbird or
Hoatzin, which simply
could not have been
excluded. Written with
passion and authority and
painstakingly researched,
100 Birds to See in Your
Lifetime will amaze,
educate and inspire
armchair nature lovers
and dedicated
birdwatchers everywhere.

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Bird Songs & Calls

We can hear birdsong
anywhere, whether we
live in the city or in
the country. Without the
musical backdrop provided
by our feathered friends,
our gardens, parks,
woods, fields and
wetlands would be
relatively silent - and
much the poorer for it.
This easy-to-use package
of book and CD offers
insight into the secret
world of birds.

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Garden Bird Year

Gives both birdwatchers
and gardeners alike
insights into how to
attract both resident and
visiting birds to the
garden, and how to
manage this precious
space as a vital resource
for birds. This
illustrated book covers
topics that include bird
behaviour and
identification, water
and nest sites, and
deterring pests and
predators.

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Philip's Guide To Birds Of
Britain And Europe

An identification guide
to more than 500 species,
including all the
resident and regular
migrant birds in the
geographical continent of
Europe. It covers the
region from Iceland,
Ireland and Britain in
the west, to the Ural
Mountains, Black Sea and
Western Turkey in the
east.

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Garden Bird Confidential

Do you really know what's
going on away from the
bird feeder? This title
lets you discover the
private lives of your
bird table regulars. It
includes profiles of over
50 birds, with key
information for
identifying and learning
about their different
plumag

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101 Golden Rules Of Bird
Watching

Birdwatching is a hobby
that sometimes pleases,
sometimes frustrates,
but always enthrals. This
book includes anecdotes
about this activity that
resonates with various
bird watchers. It
provides hints and tips
and essential dos and
don'ts. Packed with
practical advice, it
helps you track down
various species and
attract more birds to
your garden.

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Garden Birds Of Delhi, Agra
And Jaipur

The 'golden triangle' of
India - Delhi, Agra and
Jaipur is as rich and
diverse in its bird life
as it is in its culture
and tradition. The
gardens and adjacent
water bodies in these
cities provide a huge
range of vegetarian
diversity for the birds
to dwel

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RSPB Pocket Guide To British
Birds

A compact, lightweight
and informative guide to
215 of the most common
birds found in Britain.
It features concise
descriptions of each
bird's main
characteristics including
plumage, calls,
confusion species,
habitat and includes
distribution maps and det

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