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BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND

Where to Watch Birds in Ireland, Fourth edition

Published by Christopher Helm, December 2009

Authors: Paul Milne and Clive Hutchinson

336 pages

Paperback - $35.00

Ireland offers excellent opportunities for the birdwatcher. It plays host to some of Europe's birding hotspots and its geographical position makes it ideal for observing migratory seabirds, waders and passerine vagrants from America. This new edition covers over 150 of the best birdwatching sites in Ireland.

In a format familiar to readers of this popular series, each site is considered in terms of 'Habitat', Access' and 'Birds', allowing birders of all levels to plan successful birding trips anywhere in Ireland, and to maximize the chances of getting the best out of each site and each region.

The book includes up-to-date, detailed maps and line drawings. This book has been completely redesigned and extensively revised, with several new sites added for this edition, together with information on disabled access for most sites. It provides all the essential information for planning a successful birding trip, including advice on travel and accommodation.

PRODUCT DETAILS:

5 ¼" x 8½" ; 336 pages; weight: 13 oz

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Paul Milne is a keen birder who has traveled the world on birding trips and on business, building up an impressive knowledge of good birding sites within reach of major cities throughout the world.

OTHER BOOKS BY THESE AUTHORS:

Where to Watch Birds in World Cities. Paul Milne. Yale University Press, 2006.




The Status of Birds in Britain and Ireland

Author: David T. Parkin and Alan G. Knox

440 pp.

London: Christopher Helm, 2010.

Hardcover - $85.00

The Status of Birds in Britain and Ireland was written to update the British Ornithologists' Union's last full Checklist, published under the same title as far back as 1971. Since then there have been remarkable changes in both distribution and abundance of the region's birds. Some species have become extinct as breeding birds, whereas others have colonized and even become quite common:

This book summarizes all the changes in the distribution and abundance of the region’s birds since the publication of the last BOU Checklist, and it gives an up-to-date account of the status of all the birds of Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man, including coverage of each subspecies known to have occurred in the British Isles.

This authoritative work of reference gives a detailed assessment of the status and distribution of every species on the British and Irish lists for the first time since 1971, including covering each subspecies known to have occurred in the British Isles.

The book is complemented by a 32 page co lour section illustrating some of the representative species and habitats.

PRODUCT DETAILS:

7 " x 9¼" ; 440 pages; weight: 2lb, 14 oz

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

David Parkin was formerly Emeritus Professor of Genetics at Nottingham University. He has served on the Councils of the BOU, RSPB, and BTO, and on the Scientific Committee of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. He has edited both Bird Study and BWP Update, and has also been an Associate Editor of Ibis.

Alan Knox is the Head of Historic Collections at the University of Aberdeen.

Both authors are former members of the BOU's taxonomic subcommittee.



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