Bird Books

Did you know that the first real birdwatcher was an 18th-century clergyman living in a quiet English village? Until then, writes Stephen Moss, birds were more likely to be objects of religious worship or superstiti ...

A collection of over 60 of Bill Oddie's tales of the ups, downs, high, lows and thrills and spills of birding, from nefarious childhood "egging" to fully fledged twitching.

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This is an ornithology quiz book packed with challenging questions for birders, based on the popular Bird Brain of Britain contest, hosted by Bill Oddie at the annual British Birdwatching Fair.

Get your thinking ...

Since 1972 Mark Cocker has been a member of a community of obsessional people who sacrifice most of their spare time, a good deal of money, sometimes their chances of a family, even occasionally their lives, to wat ...

Bird books are not always considered a compulsive read, yet Dominic Couzens has achieved precisely this. Birds communicates the secret lives and astonishing beauty of all the species in Britain and Europe.

Featuri ...

30 Delightful Projects to Turn Your Garden into a Home for Birds by Mary Maguire. Choose from 30 projects to create your own birdhouse, table, nesting box, bird feeder or bird bath. The introduction provides informati ...

The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) is the first work ever to illustrate and deal in detail with all the species of birds in the world. Volumes 1-9 of the series have already been published. Work is currently un ...

Simon Barnes. 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 ...

Expert inexpensive guide to building wooden birdhouses includes detailed coverage of wood selection, hanging and supporting birdhouses, inspection and cleaning, proper placement, attracting specific species, construct ...