Seabird Islands and The Kittiwake in stock at NHBS
Two key studies of seabird ecology and behaviour have arrived in stock this week: Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion and Restoration Edited by Christa P H Mulder, Wendy B Anderson, David R Towns and...
View ArticleBTO’s Norfolk Bird Atlas “a triumph of organization…”– IBIS review, October 2011
The Norfolk Bird Atlas: Summer and Winter Distributions 1999-2007 “This handsome volume is the successor to Kelly’s The Norfolk Bird Atlas (1986). The famous county has 1459 tetrads, and this new...
View Article“Even better than the 1st edition”– a customer review of Phillipps’ Field...
Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan Reviewer: Mike Nelson from the USA One-word summary: “Complete” “The second edition has been updated with some new...
View ArticleBook of the Week: Icelandic Bird Guide: Appearance, Way of Life, Habitat
Continuing our selection of the very best titles available through NHBS: Icelandic Bird Guide: Appearance, Way of Life, Habitat Johann Oli Hilmarsson What? New edition of the popular guide to Iceland’s...
View ArticleBook of the Week: Cotingas and Manakins
Continuing our selection of the very best titles available through NHBS: Cotingas and Manakins Guy Kirwan and Graeme Green What? New Helm Identification Guide from two leading authorities on...
View ArticleNHBS On The Road – a conference update
This autumn NHBS has set up shop at various meetings and conferences across the UK. Anneli and Karen were presenting some of our latest books and field kit at the Butterfly Conservation Meeting at...
View ArticleNew full-colour monograph focuses on the Peregrine Falcon
New Holland have just published the third in their unique occasional series of ornithological monographs. Packed with brilliant full-colour photography, these attractive books are written by experts...
View ArticleTwo reviews of Fauna Verlag’s ‘Birds in Africa’
The following two reviews of Fauna Verlag’s ‘Birds in Africa’ represent the book as a quality general survey of the avifauna for those with a wide interest in Africa’s bird life: Birds in Africa Rainer...
View ArticleNHBS at Birdfair 2012: our biggest Birdfair yet
This year we are gearing up for our biggest Birdfair yet! NHBS has a bigger and better stand this year featuring a new workshop area with a full schedule of events all weekend. Come along to find out...
View ArticleThe birding ID guide revolutionary Richard Crossley, interviewed by NHBS
The Crossley ID Guide series hit the market in 2011 with the guide to Eastern Birds, marking a revolution in identification guides. The plates of birds, scenically arranged in their natural context,...
View ArticleTim Birkhead on Ten Thousand Birds, and his top 5 ornithology classics
Tim Birkhead is a professor of zoology at the University of Sheffield. A researcher and educator he regularly gives public talks, is a distinguished columnist, and has written many books including The...
View ArticleA Sparrowhawk’s Lament author David Cobham interviewed by NHBS
Our readers may be familiar with you as the director of the 1979 film, Tarka the Otter, so your conservation credentials go back a long way. What first stirred you to get involved with the plight of...
View ArticleSix eponymous bird name facts
This month sees the publication of Bo Beolens’, Michael Watkins’ and Michael Grayson’s The Eponym Dictionary of Birds – a major publication with over 4,000 entries to fascinate the curious-minded...
View ArticleThe Week in Review – 3rd October
These once common garden visitors are now a rare sight in the UK. Image by Milo Bostock News from outside the nest With news that world wildlife populations have halved in the last 40 years, we were...
View ArticleOur ten favourite (and free) apps for wildlife lovers
These days there’s an app for everything and everyone. For those of us with a passion for nature and the outdoors, they provide a fantastic way to improve our knowledge and identification skills,...
View ArticleHow to choose the trail camera that’s right for you
This video of a dipper was taken with a Bushnell Trophy Cam and is a great example of what can be captured with an entry level camera. Trail camera technology is developing all the time and the range...
View ArticleThe Week in Review – 12th December
Dragonfly use neurological calculations which allow them to actually predict the movements of their prey. Photo by John Flannery. News from outside the nest This week…we learned why pufferfish build...
View ArticleHow to choose a pair of binoculars
Image from hawkeoptics.co.uk A good pair of binoculars are invaluable for identifying all sorts of animals at a distance and are a fantastic addition to the naturalist’s field kit. However, there are...
View ArticleDoomsday for Devon’s birds?
Curlew in flight – attribution at end of post My Atlas of Breeding Birds in Devon has a pale blue cover, a black-and-white picture of a stonechat on the front, and a price tag of £1.50. It is more than...
View ArticleThe NHBS guide: Where to hang and how to maintain your nest box
House Sparrow Terrace FSC Nest Box With spring rapidly approaching, now is the ideal time to start thinking about nest boxes for your local birds. With this in mind we have put together some answers to...
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