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Explore Wild Essex: A Guide to the Nature Reserves and Country Parks Essex and East London

Editor: Tony Gunton

2008

"The publication includes details of all Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserves and 180 other wildlife sites across the county. A total of 40,000 acres of wildlfe sites across Essex are included. Tables and indexes help you to choose the best time to visit and which sites have the facilities you need. Over 200 detailed colour maps help you to find and explore each site. Colour photographs illustrate the most interesting Essex animals, plants and habitats."

The Birds of Essex

Simon Wood

2007

"The County Avifaunas are a growing series giving full details of the status and range of every species recorded in the county in question. Each title covers all species on the county list, with a detailed breakdown of rarity records, and each has introductory sections describing the county's general ecology, climate, weather patterns, its ornithological history and conservation record. Essex is of national and international importance to many migrating and wintering wildfowl and waders, which can be found on the estuaries. Further inland, the Lea Valley harbours important populations of several species within the complex of reservoirs and gravel-pits. Elsewhere, the diverse habits of woodland and parkland, heaths and commons, agricultural land and urban areas mean that at all times of year there is the opportunity to see upwards of 100 species in a day with little effort. This book analyses and summarises all the data collated and documented over the last 200 years and includes available records to the end of 2004. Introductory chapters discuss the geology and habitats of Essex and the amazing fossil bird record. The individual accounts provide an up-to-date status of each species and patterns of occurrence within Essex. A distribution map is included for most breeding species. A breakdown and analysis are provided for all county rarities. Superb line drawings and photographs illustrate the book, all by talented local artists and photographers. This book is an essential reference for anybody who has watched birds in this amazing county."

Where to Watch Birds: East Anglia

Peter & Margaret Clarke

4th edition

2002

"East Anglia is one of the best birding regions in England. With its extensive areas of nationally scarce habitat such as the fens, reedbeds, undisturbed beaches and Breckland heath, it can be the only place to see several of England's most exciting birds. This is a guide to where to go in East Anglia to see many different species. It contains site accounts, plans, maps, lists of birds in the region and advice on planning birdwatching trips. This fourth edition is revised and updated."

Wild Essex: The Nature Reserves and Country Parks of Essex and East London

Editor: Tony Gunton

2000

A guide to Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserves and other wildlife sites across the county. Revised and republished in 2008 as Explore Wild Essex.

Tetrad Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Essex

M.K. Dennis

1996

"The culmination of five years of field study, collecting breeding bird data from all of the county's tetrads, then three years writing the species' texts. This is an essential reference for any birdwatcher living in Essex."

Where to Watch Birds: East Anglia

Peter & Margaret Clarke

3rd edition

1995

"One in a series of in-depth guides to birdwatching in different regions. Each book contains site accounts, plans, maps, lists of birds in the region and advice on planning birdwatching trips. Perhaps the most rewarding birdwatching region in England, East Anglia is enduringly popular with birdwatchers. This popularity has been reflected in Where to watch birds in East Anglia. The authors provide in-depth coverage of the best sites in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire. For this edition, site accounts and maps have been fully revised and there is a new section - The Change in Status of the Area's Breeding Birds."

Where to Watch Birds: East Anglia

Peter & Margaret Clarke

Christopher Helm

2nd edition

1991

"East Anglia remains the most rewarding area in England for birdwatchers. This fully revised edition of a standard text contains the most up-to-date information available on the region. The detailed coverage of each site, and the wealth of information throughout the book ensure that this guide will be sought after by resident and visiting birdwatchers alike."

Where to Watch Birds: East Anglia

Peter & Margaret Clarke

1987

A New Guide O The Birds Essex

Simon Cox

1984

"A review of the Essex avifauna, giving a brief introduction to the county's many habitats, followed by the systematic list giving status and abundance of all species recorded in the county."

The Nature Of Essex

The Wildlife And Ecology Of The County

David Corke

Photographs: Ted Benton, David Corke, Bob Glover, Martin Gregory, Don Hunford, Stephen Long, H. McSweeney, Terry Illsley, Lewis Woodward

Barracuda Books

1984

" Looks at the county's origins and development, and describes its many facets and their natural inhabitants - saltmarsh and shingle, mudflat and estuary, seawall and island, forest and woodland, farmland, chalkland, heathland, common, river and reservoir, city and suburbs."

East Anglia and its Birds

Peter Tate

1977

"East Anglia is a region of great ornithological interest. It contains a wide variety of landscape which is reflected in the diversity of its birdlife, and is the home of a number of important bird reserves and observatories. The Broads and Fens, the rich farmlands, forests, heathland and Breckland, together with the coastal areas provide an extensive range of habitats for breeding species, some of which breed, in Britain, only in East Anglia. The proximity of the continent results in the regular occurrence of rare and scarce birds, sometimes in great numbers. The author describes the structure of the region, its history, and the influence these have had on the birdlife. He devotes separate chapters to the main areas, giving much useful information about the birds the reader is likely to see whilst visiting. Another section provides short biographies of those naturalists of the past who have, by their observations, laid the foundations of the literature. The book concludes with a complete list of all species known to have occurred in East Anglia, together with a summary of their distribution and status."

A Guide To The Birds of Essex

Robert Hudson and Geoffrey A. Pyman

1968

Bird-Watching in Essex

G. A. Pyman, R. Spencer

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

1954

The History of the Birds of Essex

William E. Glegg

1929

The Birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the county

Miller Christy

1890

Includes 162 woodcut illustrations of the species described. Miller Christy explains the scope of the book in his introduction: "In compiling the present volume, I have endeavoured to carry out my own ideas as to what the scope and nature of such a work should be. In my opinion, such works should be essentially, and in the first place, local works. General information as to the habits and natural history of the species described, though not actually out of place, if space permits its insertion, is, nevertheless, by no means a prime requisite. A county or other local ornithology should, according to my ideas, deal primarily with the distribution and the frequency or otherwise of the species found within the area treated of, and of their habits and migrations within that area. More general information should, I consider, be reserved for more comprehensive and general works, treating of the entire natural history of the species. Hence, I have inserted in these pages, very little upon the general habits of birds."