
The Garden Bird Year 
Roy Beddard Foreword by Bill Oddie
This appealing guide describes and explains, season by season, the bird activity in your garden, and offers practical advice on how to manage your garden for birds. Key species are described individually, and the text throughout is illustrated with evocative, original artwork and stunning photography.
128 pages 265 x 195 mm / 10½ x 7½ in 100 colour photographs and 100 full-colour illustrations 25,000 words ISBN 1 85974 655 1 hardback
Price: £14.99 SEPTEMBER 2001
Bill Oddie’s Introduction to Birdwatching 
Bill Oddie
published in association with the Wildlife Trusts
In this ideal complement to his popular field guide and map, Bill Oddie draws upon his great experience to explore all aspects of birdwatching: from getting started, to choosing equipment, practical ID tips, reserves, societies and birding holidays.
144 pages 210 x 148 mm / 8¼ x 6 in 140 colour photographs and 140 illustrations 30,000 words
ISBN 1 85974 894 5 hardback
Price: £12.99 FEBRUARY 2002
Bill Oddie’s Birding Map of Britain and Ireland
Bill Oddie and David Tipling
The only one of its kind, this illustrated map is an essential reference tool for locating the top 250 birding sites in Britain.
Scale:1:1,700,000 15 individual site maps 25 colour photographs 1000 x 710 mm / 39¼ x 28 in sheet size 210 x 148 mm / 8½ x 5¾ in folded ISBN 1 85368 993 9 first edition ISBN 1 85974 702 7
Second edition ISBN 1 85974 702 4
Price: £4.99
Bill Oddie’s Birds of Britain and Ireland
Bill Oddie Illustrated by David Daly, Stephen Message and Clive Byers
Britain’s best-known birder Bill Oddie presents a fascinating and essential guide for all novice birdwatchers. Identification is made easy by superb illustrations, unique pages on confusion species and the author’s inimitable descriptive style.
240 pages 210 x 148 mm / 8½ x 5¾ in Over 1000 colour illustrations 40,000 words
ISBN 1 85368 488 0 paperback
Price: £9.99
Bill Oddie’s Birding Pack
Bill Oddie
This handy clear plastic wallet contains a paperback edition of Bill Oddie’s field guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland and a newly updated second edition of his Birding Map. Together they offer a comprehensive and practical resource for any birdwatcher in the field.
Travel Wallet: 216 x 154 mm / 7¼ x 5¼ in Containing - Paperback book: 240 pages, 210 x 148 mm / 8¼ x 5¾ in Map: 1000 x 710 mm / 39¼ x 28 in (sheet size); 210 x 148 mm / 8½ x 5¾ in folded
ISBN 1 859747361
Price: £12.99
Field Guide to the Birds of South East Asia
Craig Robson Artists include Richard Allen, Clive Byers, Ian Lewington, Jan Wilczur and Tim Worfolk
The first field guide to the region to be published for over twenty years, this is the only guide to describe and illustrate fully, in all plumage variations, every one of the 1250 bird species that are found in South-east Asia.
504 pages 235 x 152 mm / 9¼ x 6 in 104 colour plates 300,000 words Rights sold: USA, Can
ISBN 1 85368 313 2 hardback
Price: £35.00
Attracting Birds to Your Garden
Stephen Moss and David Cottridge
This book demonstrates how to combine the pleasures of birding and gardening. Practical advice on feeding birds and creating pools and nest sites is accompanied by stunning photographs.
160 pages 280 x 215 mm / 11 x 8½ in 250 colour photographs 45,000 words Rights sold: Dut, Fr
ISBN 1 85368 005 7 paperback
Price: £12.99
Birds of South-East Asia: A Photographic Guide
Morten Strange
Over 250 birds from all 40 major oriental bird families in South-east Asia are displayed here. Packed with facts on feeding, breeding and migration, the guide also gives advice on how to locate andidentify the birds.
112 pages 280 x 215mm / 11 x 8½ in 260 colour photographs 20,000 words ISBN 1 85368 879 7 paperback
Price: £12.99
The Complete Garden Bird Book
Mark Golley, Stephen Moss and David Daly
In a unique and innovative presentation, this book combines the maintenance of a bird-rich garden with detailed identification and behavioural features of 70 common garden species.
176 pages 210 x 148mm / 8½x 5¾ in 600 colour artworks 30,000 words Rights sold: Dan, Dut, Fr
ISBN 1 85368 581 x paperback
Price: £9.99 AUGUST 2001
The Cage & Aviary Bird Handbook
Tony Tilford
Hundreds of wonderful photographs of aviary birds illustrate this important and attractive book, which details in clear text how to buy, care for, enjoy and even rear pet birds. The book also includes information on how to protect birds in the wild by ensuring your birds are captive-bred, and describes video techniques for observing rare nesting behaviour.
144 pages 280 x 215 mm / 11 x 8½ in 300 colour photographs 25 artworks 46,500 words Rights sold: Dan ISBN 1 85974 189 4 hardback
Price: £14.99
ISBN 1 85974 237 8 paperback
Price: £12.99
GREEN GUIDES
Aimed at both the general reader and amateur naturalist, each volume in this series of wildlife guides offers a wealth of practical information on observing and identifying 150 species most likely to be seen in Britain and Europe. Descriptions of salient features are accompanied by beautiful full-colour illustrations showing each species in superb detail, and additional information on conservation issues, make these books ideal for home reference or as pocket companions in the field.
Series Specification: 104 pages 180 x 118 mm / 7 x 4¾ in 150 colour artworks Approximately 20,000 words Rights sold: Dut, Fr Paperback
Birds of Britain and Europe
Jim Flegg and David Hosking
256 pages 210 x 148 mm / 8½ x 5¾ in 500 colour photographs Approximately 800 distribution maps Approximately 70,000 words Rights sold: Fin, Ger, Dut, Sp, Swe, USA, Can ISBN 1 85368 263 2 paperback
Price: £9.99
PHOTOGRAPHIC FIELD GUIDE SERIES
A series of compact, easy-to-use guides each covering approximately 250 species. Each entry includes one or more full colour photographs, and the text highlights key identification features as well as providing brief descriptions of habitat and behaviour. Each with a comprehensive introduction, corner tabs for easy reference and, where appropriate, distribution maps, these slim volumes are invaluable for use in the field.
PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE SERIES
A series of compact, easy-to-use guides each covering approximately 250 species, which are ideal for any traveller with an interest in wildlife. Fact-filled descriptions highlighting key identification features are supported by one or more full-colour photographs taken where possible in the creature’s natural habitat, and where appropriate, distribution maps are included. Fascinating details on biology and behaviour are also provided in an informative, concise introduction.
Series Specification: 144 pages 190 x 95 mm / 7½ x 3¾ in 300–350 colour photographs Approximately 30,000 words Paperback
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe
Paul Sterry and Jim Flegg
1 colour map Rights sold:Bul, Dut, Ger, Sp. ISBN 1 85974 729 9
Price: £4.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of Borneo
G.W.H Davison and Chew Yen Fook
1 colour map Rights sold: USA ISBN 1 85974 697 7
Price: £7.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of China including Hong Kong
John MacKinnon and Nigel Hicks
252 colour maps Rights sold: USA ISBN 1 85368 764 2
Price: £9.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of East Africa
Dave Richards
265 colour maps Approximately 20,000 words Rights sold: USA ISBN 1 85368 560 7
Price: £9.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of Egypt and the Middle East
Richard Porter and David Cottridge
300 colour photographs 1 colour map Rights Sold: USA ISBN 1 85974 512 1
Price: £7.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of the Himalayas
Bikram Grewal and Otto Pfister
1 colour map Rights sold: USA ISBN 1 85368 575 5
Price: £9.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of India and Nepal
Bikram Grewal
252 black and white maps Rights sold: USA ISBN 1 85368 588 7
Price: £9.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of Israel and the Middle East
Richard Porter and David Cottridge
300 colour photographs 1 colour map Rights Sold: USA, Heb ISBN 1 85974 508 3
Price: £7.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of Java, Sumatra and Bali
Tony Tilford and Alain Compost
1 colour map Rights Sold: USA ISBN 1 85368 730 8
Price: £7.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
G.W.H. Davison and Chew Yen Fook
1 colour map 300 colour photographs Rights sold: USA ISBN 1 85974 698 5
Price: £9.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of the Philippines
Tim Fisher and Nigel Hicks
136 pages 240 colour photographs 1 colour map Rights Sold: USA ISBN 1 85974 510 5
Price: £7.99
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southern Florida
Mike Flieg and Allan Sander
300 colour photographs and a colour map of the area 30,000 words Rights sold: USA,
ISBN 1 85974 654 3
£7.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of Sri Lanka
Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne, Deepal Warakagoda and T. S. U. de Zylva
300 colour photographs 1 colour map Rights sold: USA ISBN 1 85974 511 3
Price: £7.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of Thailand
Michael Webster and Chew Yen Fook
1 colour map Rights sold: USA ISBN 1 85368 594 1
Price: £9.99
A Photographic Guide to Birds of the West Indies
Mike Flieg and Allan Sander
136 pages 240 colour photographs 1 colour map Rights Sold: USA ISBN 1 85974 509 1
Price: £7.99
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