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This page lists books by Eirc Ennion, books about Eric Ennion, and books that include artwork or another sort of contribution by Eric Ennion. This list of books is, no doubt, far from complete

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

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Bird Man's River

Eric Ennion

2011

"Bird Man's River by Eric Ennion was published by Benton Street Books in November 2011. Written in the late 1930's, it is a lyrical account of birds and wild places experienced in a golden age. It chronicles Eric's pre-war birdwatching adventures: in Burwell Fen in Cambridgeshire, in Breckland, on the Broads and the Norfolk and Suffolk coast, in Scotland and Wales, and in Holland in 1930 and Iceland in 1936. In addition to the illustrations which Eric Ennion prepared specially for Bird Man's River, this large format book (300 x 240 mm) reproduces a selection of his superb exhibition watercolours from the period."

Eric Ennion: One Man's Birds

Eric Ennion

Wildlife Art Gallery

2004

"This book focuses on Ennion's field sketches from the 1930's which he kept as his lifetime reference material. It contains 475 individual studies which are reproduced alongside a selection of his evocative writings from the period."

Eric Ennion: A Life of Birds

Eric Ennion

Introduction: Robert Gillmor

Wildlife Art Gallery

2003

"This book reproduces all 83 pictures which the oil company Shell commissioned from Eric Ennion in the 1960's. Published together for the first time, they are complemented by extracts from Eric Ennion's fortnightly magazine articles The Countryman's Log which give a delightful account of his life at Monks' House in Northumberland and then Shalbourne in Wiltshire. An introduction by Robert Gillmor places Ennion's remarkable achievements in context."

Birds And Seasons

Eric Ennion

Arlequin Press

1994

A limited edition book of artwork that includes 74 colour images and nearly 100 line drawings.

The Living Birds of Eric Ennion

Eric Ennion

Bibliography: Robert Gillmor

Victor Gollancz

1982

"Focuses on field sketches from the 1930's to the 1970's and working drawings and preparatory studies for paintings. Includes many of the composite plates Eric Ennion prepared for the unpublished Bird Man's River, and plates from The British Bird reproduced in full-colour. Passages of descriptive text are taken from Eric Ennion's books and articles; includes notes on sketching birds taken from unpublished manuscripts."

The Birds Of Wiltshire

Editor: John Buxton

1981

194 pages. Front cover image by Eric Ennion. "The majority of this book comprises the systematic list, with brief accounts for each species. There are also comprehensive sections on six major ornithological sites or habitats in the county."

Signals for Survival

Niko Tinbergen and Hugh Falkus

Oxford University Press

1970

This book interprets the "sign-language" of the Lesser Black-backed Gull. It is based on a 1969 television documentary.

Tracks

E.A.R. Ennion and N. Tinbergen

1967

64 page with colour illustrations and b/w photographs.

Birdwatching

E.A.R. Ennion

1963

140 pages with many b/w line drawings.

The House On The Shore

Eric Ennion

1959

The Story of Monks' House Bird Observatory. 200 pages with many colour and black and white illustrations.

Bird Study In A Garden: A Book For Bird Watchers

E.A.R. Ennion

Penguin Books

1958

31 page guide to identification of 30 garden birds with colour and b/w illustrations.

Adventurers Fen

E.A.R. Ennion

1949

Revised and enlarged edition. 110 page with b/w and sepia illustrations.

The Lapwing

E.A.R. Ennion

Published under the auspices of the Council for the Promotion of Field Studies

Methuen & Co.

1949

A 48 page study with 4 color plates and numerous line drawings by the author. The inner flap of the book outlines the aims of the Field Study Books.

Field Study Books discuss countryside problems from the intimate angle of the expert; and yet contrive to do this in a way that is neither tedious nor difficult to understand. Thie appeal is to the student, to the general reader, and to the older school child. Amply illustrated in colour and line, they cover a wide range and always from the field rather tha from the classroom or laboratory aspect. They deal with the various branches of biology, including animal and plant ecology; with geology, regional geography and archaeology; with art and countryside architecture; with country crafts and lore and history - with everything, in short, whose natural setting is the open air.

Bird Life

E.A. Armstrong

Lindsay Drummond

1949

150 pages with mainly line drawings. Discusses various aspects of bird behaviour.

1950 cover

Life on the Sea Shore

E.A.R. Ennion

Oxford University Press

1948

80 pages with 16 full page colour plates and 10 line drawings.

The Story of Migration

E.A.R. Ennion

1947

100 pages with many line drawings.

Life in Pond & Stream

Richard Morse

Chameleon Books 23

Oxford University Press

1945

Reissued with different cover in 1950.

1950 cover

The British Bird

E.A.R. Ennion

Oxford University Press

1943

170 pages in five parts: territory, migration, breeding, structure, winter quarters. With colour plates and b/w illustrations. Reissued a number of times in the 1940s.

Adventurers Fen

E.A.R. Ennion

1942

68 page with b/w and sepia illustrations.

The Animal World: Its Attack & Defence

E.A.R. Ennion

1942?

32 page book for children.