Books
Handbook of bird identification for Europe and the Western Palearctic
Mark Beaman and Steve Madge
This is the most comprehensive guide to identification of the birds of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East yet published. Its importance for birders within and outside the region is difficult to exaggerate.
Starlings and mynas
Chris Feare, Adrian Craig illustrated by Barry Croucher, Chris Shields and Kamol Komolphalin
A comprehensive illustrated guide to the Old World family of birds in the HELM IDENTIFICATION series. The Indo-Malayan and Afro-tropical varieties are covered, along with the New World immigrants, and the text together with drawings, maps and photographs show aspects of bird behaviour, distribution and natural history.
Birds of Bhutan
Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp and Richard Grimmett
This book is a major contribution to the ornithology of the Himalayan region. It is the first detailed guide to Bhutan and will prove an invaluable field reference for anyone birdwatching in this beautiful country.
Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers
Simon Harrap and David Quinn
This guide covers all 110 of the world's species of tits, nuthatches and creepers. The Parulidae (true tits), Remizidae (penduline tits) and Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits) form the bulk of the book (78 species), with a further 24 species of nuthatch and eight creepers.
Following seas
Beth Leonard
This is an account of a three year circumnavigation by two inexperienced sailors, who exchanged the boardroom for a new life afloat where they were tested to the limit. They coped with frightening storms for days on end, faced unimagined dangers at sea and celebrating joyous landfalls.
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