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This page lists general books about birds and birdwatching that specifically cover England.

The books are arranged by publication date with the most recent at the top.


GB / UK books

The majority of field guides and other bird books cover the whole of the UK and often Europe. For information about these see:

- Britain/Europe field guides


English counties

For bird books that cover specific counties see:

Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Bristol (Avon)
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Durham
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight
Isles of Scilly
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
London
Manchester
Merseyside
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire

 

Birds in England

Andy Brown, Phil Grice

Poyser (Country Avifaunas)

2005

This avifauna looks in detail at England and its birds, analysing present and historical data to present a complete picture of the status, range and abundance of every bird on the English list.

Introductory chapters general summaries of the composition and character of the English avifauna and bird habitats in England. These are followed by individual species accounts. Appendices include an annotated check-list of birds in England, calculations of breeding estimates for England for selected species and scientific names of non-bird species named in the text.

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England's National Nature Reserves

Peter Marren

Poyser Natural History

Poyser

2002

"This authoritative book, produced with the full co-operation of English Nature, is the first book to be devoted to the subject of the 140 Nature Reserves of England. It looks at the background and philosophy of National Nature Reserves and at the role they play in protecting wildlife and landforms, providing outdoor laboratories for environmental research and demonstrating the techniques of land management for nature conservation. The text is attractively illustrated with line drawings and over 60 superb colour photographs depicting some of England's most beautiful and dramatic natural landscapes."

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Birds In England

E.M. Nicholson

Wood Engravings: E. Fitch Daglish

Chapman and Hall

1926

Subtitled: "An Account Of The State Of Our Bird-Life, And A Criticism Of Bird Protection"

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Last updated September 2017