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General books about Garden Birds

The books in this section are ordered by publication date with the most recent publications at the top of the page.



For other books about gardens and birds see;

Gardening for birds

 

The Complete Garden Bird Book

Mark Golley, Stephen Moss and David Daly

Bloomsbury Publishing

2017

This is a reissue of the 2007 New Holland publication with the same title.

"One of the greatest pleasures of having a garden is being able to identify the great number of different bird species that may feed, bathe and nest there, or simply fly over, particularly during migration. This bestseller combines full identification and behavioural features of over 70 common garden bird species with detailed information on attracting birds to your garden. The clear illustrations and text are presented in an easy-to-use format and provide practical bird identification information to the novice birdwatcher. A concise introduction covers ideal garden habitats, binoculars, bird behaviour and feeding birds. Stunningly illustrated, yet simple to use, The Complete Garden Bird Book will ensure that you get the maximum pleasure from your garden whatever its size or location."

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Garden Birds and Other Wildlife

Kate Risely and Clare Simm

British Trust for Ornithology

2016

"This book brings together the latest information on garden birds, much of it drawn from the British Trust for Ornithology's network of Garden BirdWatchers, to help you identify the birds visiting your garden and to understand their behaviour and needs. Contains: Detailed guide to 61 garden bird species, including key facts on their ecology and behaviour; Handy population maps and at a glance charts showing likelihood of seeing the species, month by month; Statistics and behavioural information drawing on 80 years of BTO knowledge; Identification guide to other garden wildlife, covering mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, dragonflies and bumblebees; Sections on bird behaviour and ecology and wildlife friendly gardening are also included."

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A Naturalist's Guide to the Garden Birds of the British Isles

Peter Goodfellow and Paul Sterry

John Beaufoy Publishing

2015

"An easy-to-use identification guide to 90 bird species most commonly seen in or over the gardens of Britain, Ireland and other parts of Northern Europe. Authoritative text describes key identification features. Overview of classification, making gardens attractive for birds, nest boxes and conservation Every species illustrated in colour. Includes glossary, useful addresses and website contact details. Protective plastic dust cover for durability in the field."

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Bloomsbury Concise Garden Bird Guide

Illustrations: Dan Cole, Sandra Doyle, Bridgette James, Szabolcs Kókay, Stephen Message, David A Sutton

Bloomsbury

In association with The Wildlife Trust

2014

This is a reprint of the New Holland Concise Garden Bird Guide which was published in 2012

"This beautifully illustrated mini field guide is first and foremost a garden bird identification guide containing detailed descriptions of the most commonly encountered species, as well as some rarities and birds you may only see flying overhead in gardens. Eighty-eight species, illustrated with more than 400 superb full-colour artworks, are covered. The book also includes general guidelines on food, feeders, nest boxes and other items that can greatly increase the presence of birds in your garden. A concise written account for each species covers data such as size, general description, voice, habitat, food, occurrence in gardens, and distribution in Britain and the near Continent. The easy-to-follow layouts and superb artworks aid quick and accurate identification, making the book an indispensable reference in the field as well as in the home and garden."

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Bloomsbury Pocket Guide To Garden Birds

Nigel Blake

Bloomsbury Publishing

2014

"This compact title is an essential guide to every aspect of the subject, from when and what to feed the birds to building bird tables and nest boxes and planting a garden that will provide nesting, feeding and roosting places. There is also an ID guide to 83 of the most common garden bird species, including the familiar Chaffinch and Blue Tit and more unusual visitors such as Brambling, Redstart and Tawny Owl. This book is as visually impressive as it is easy to use, with many stunning full-page images to support the authoritative text."

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RSPB Pocket Garden Birdwatch

Mark Ward

4th edition

Dorling Kindersley

2014

"Birdwatching can be done from your doorstep with RSPB Pocket Garden Birdwatch, the perfect guide for taking part in the Big Garden Birdwatch. You'll find all the information you need to create a welcoming garden environment for birds, with explanations of different bird food, feeders and how to site them, including practical projects, such as making a nest box. Identify your birds with over 40 profiles of garden birds, including in-situ photography that shows birds as you see them in the wild along with a helpful size comparison gallery. RSPB Pocket Garden Birdwatch is perfect for the budding birdwatcher or families getting involved in birdwatching together."

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Pocket Guide to Garden Birds

Gerard Gorman

New Holland Publishers

2013

"This compact title is an essential guide to every aspect of the subject, from when and what to feed the birds to building bird tables and nest boxes and planting a garden that will provide nesting, feeding and roosting places. There is also an ID guide to 80 of the most common garden bird species, including the familiar Chaffinch and Blue Tit and more unusual visitors such as Brambling, Redstart and Tawny Owl."

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Garden Birds

Stephen Moss

Collins GEM

Collins

2012

"The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. This is the perfect pocket guide for keen birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts to identify the diverse range of birds that inhabit their gardens. Authoritative text and beautiful photographs show the distinguishing features of each bird, including information on each species' feeding, behavioural habits, breeding, voice and population. An extensive introduction provides information on nesting sites, water, pests and predators. This new edition builds on the strengths of the unrivalled original, covering all birds most likely to be found in our gardens."

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Concise Garden Bird Guide

New Holland Publishers

2012

"This beautifully illustrated mini field guide is first and foremost a garden bird identification guide containing detailed descriptions of the most commonly encountered species, as well as some rarities and birds you may only see flying overhead in gardens. Eighty-eight species, illustrated with more than 400 superb full-colour artworks, are covered. The book also includes general guidelines on food, feeders, nest boxes and other items that can greatly increase the presence of birds in your garden. A concise written account for each species covers data such as size, general description, voice, habitat, food, occurrence in gardens, and distribution in Britain and the near Continent. The easy-to-follow layouts and superb artworks aid quick and accurate identification, making the book an indispensable reference in the field as well as in the home and garden."

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The Garden Bird Handbook

Stephen Moss

New Holland Publishers

2011

"This is a reformatted, redesigned edition of this popular title. Whatever the size, style or location of your garden, this stunning book gives you the perfect introduction to making the most of your space for birds. It provides opportunities for increasing the variety, number and regularity of birds. Written in a friendly and encouraging style, "The Garden Bird Handbook" is packed with practical advice and key information, ranging from planning and maintaining a bird-friendly garden, attracting, observing and feeding the entire range of likely visitors, through to a genuine understanding of bird behaviour. Illustrated throughout with wonderful colour photographs and artworks of the birds in garden settings, there is also a full and handsomely illustrated guide to garden birds, helping accurate identification. A special directory of plants that attract birds helps you plan your garden, and a month-by-month guide is packed with tips on what to look for. As well as the considerable pleasure to be gained from attracting and watching birds in your garden, there is an enormous contribution that you can make to their conservation."

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Garden Birds And Wildlife

Mike Toms and Paul Sperry

Foreword: Chris Beardshaw

BTO / AA

2nd edition

2011

"Garden Birds and Wildlife is a truly unique, must-have guide perfect for all wildlife watchers. The guide includes unique information from the BTO, providing readers with more information about birds and wildlife in their gardens than any other guide. Each entry is accompanied by numerous photographs and illustrations to help with identification, regardless of the time of year or what the bird is doing. The pictures also underline behaviour and help readers understand why the bird behaves the way it does. Each entry is highly detailed and includes distribution patterns and seasonal trends presented in clear, easy-to-use graphs; details of size, food, nest and eggs; bird numbers; and typical lifespan and the longest recorded lifespan."

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Garden Bird Confidential: Discover the Hidden World of Garden Birds

Dominic Couzens

Hamlyn

2011

"Do you really know what's going on away from the bird feeder? Discover the private lives of your bird table regulars in this fascinating expose of the drama behind their everyday survival. There are profiles of over 50 birds, with key information for identifying and learning about their different plumage, song, food and ways you can attract them to your garden. However this book goes further than just the general profile, revealing the more secretive and intimate aspects of their existence, such as: unusual feeding behaviour; territorial conflict; strange relationships with man; and, breeding and nesting oddities."

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Birds in Your Garden

Malcolm Tair

A & C Black

2010

"This is the ideal companion for learning about the birds in your garden, featuring species profiles of all the species you are likely to see, and a wealth of useful advice about attracting birds to your garden and what to feed them. This practical and informative book contains all you need to know about the birds that visit your garden. It is illustrated with many superb colour photographs and full-page portraits."

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Guide to the 'Top 50' Garden Birds

Edward Jackson, Andrew Simms

Illustrations: Chris Shields

Occasional Publication Volume 52

Field Studies Council

2010

"This fold-out chart is designed to help with the identification of the majority of bird species likely to be found in a British garden throughout the year. Choose the colour of the bird and its size, and you should be able to put a name to it. Different forms for males, females and juveniles are shown where appropriate to help with identification. The choice of 'top 50' is based on the relative abundance of species recorded in the UK by the BTO Garden BirdWatch survey, and should make garden bird identification quick and painless."

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Spot 50 Garden Birds

Camilla de la Bedoyere

Miles Kelly Publishing

2010

"Learn how to recognize 50 garden birds with this pocket size guide. Colour illustrations of each species are clearly labelled and accompanied by key information and detailed fact files."

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A Naturalist's Guide to Garden Wildlife

Marianne Taylor and Paul Sterry

John Beaufoy Publishing

2010

"This is an easy-to-use identification guide to 280 species of wildlife most commonly found in the gardens of Britain, Ireland, and other parts of Northern Europe. The guide includes sections on birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, butterflies, moths and other insects, spiders, trees and shrubs, wildflowers , and fungi. There is an informative and user-friendly introduction that includes useful advice on how to attract wildlife to your garden."

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An Illustrated Practical Guide To Attracting & Feeding Garden Birds

Jen Green

Lorenz Books

2009

"Wherever you live, you can easily give nature a helping hand by providing feeders, tables and birdbaths and by erecting nesting boxes and birdhouses. In attracting birds to your garden, you will gain hours of entertainment, and your feathered friends will return the favour by controlling the aphids, slugs and snails that threaten your garden. This books contains a wealth of feeding ideas and suggestions for the best flowers, shrubs, hedges and trees to attract birds. The book also contains an illustrated directory of 80 of the most common garden birds around the world. With its practical advice and over 600 photographs and illustratios, this is the ideal source book for both gardeners and bird lovers."

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RSPB Pocket Garden Birdwatch

Mark Ward

Revised edition

Dorling Kindersley

2009

"Get out in the garden and get spotting with the RSPB - the UK's No.1 bird-lovers' society. Find out how to identify birds and learn about their behaviour, from territorial disputes to courtship, with this pocket-sized guide. Discover which plants, feed and feedboxes will create a bird-friendly environment and have different species flocking to your garden."

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A Guide to the Garden Birds of Britain and Northern Europe

Dave Farrow

Carlton Books

2009/2011

"Birds are one of the best things about having a garden, whether that's a few acres in the countryside or a tiny city roof-space. And the humble garden is one of the most valuable bird habitats available - so the more bird-friendly you can make yours, the greater the range of species that are likely to feed and nest there. Providing food, water, feeders and nesting sites can be very cheap and easy, and the results are often rewarding. This practical and incredibly useful title offers an identification guide to over 80 species of garden birds across Britain and Northern Europe, combined with indispensable advice on providing foodstuffs and suitable habitats. Each species is fully illustrated - showing details such as sexual variance and flight - by the award-winning artists Brin Edwards and Mike Langman. All birds are described with full identification detail, with distribution details and suggestions of suitable foodstuffs, feeders and nestboxes etc. Written with both beginners and the more experienced birder in mind, this major new title really is the only garden bird guide you need."

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The Garden Bird Year: A Seasonal Guide To Enjoying The Birds In Your Garden

Roy Beddard

Foreword: Bill Oddie

New Holland Publishers

2009

"The Garden Bird Year gives both birdwatchers and gardeners alike insights into how to attract both resident and visiting birds to the garden, and how to manage this precious space as a vital resource for birds. This beautifully illustrated book is an appealing and practical guide combining useful hands-on advice about how to maintain your garden, with fascinating information about bird behaviour and detailed descriptions of key species. Author Roy Beddard explains how to plan a range of garden habitats to accommodate the needs of birds in each season of the year. Topics covered in this book include bird behaviour and identification, water and nest sites, and deterring pests and predators. Illustrated throughout with David Daly's beautiful specially commissioned artwork and stunning photography by David Cottridge, this attractive and informative guide reveals everything the reader needs to know about how to make the most of garden birdlife throughout the year."

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Garden Birds And Wildlife

Mike Toms and Dr. Paul Sperry

BTO

2008

"Written by Dr. Paul Sterry, a leading wildlife author and Mike Toms of the B.T.O. (British Trust for Ornithology) "Garden Birds and Wildlife" is a truly unique, must-have guide perfect for all wildlife watchers. The guide includes unique information from the BTO, providing readers with more information about birds and wildlife in their gardens than any other guide. Each entry is accompanied by numerous photographs and illustrations to help with identification, regardless of the time of year or what the bird is doing. The pictures also underline behaviour and help readers understand why the bird behaves the way it does. Each entry is highly detailed and includes distribution patterns and seasonal trends presented in clear, easy-to-use graphs; details of size, food, nest and eggs; bird numbers; and typical lifespan and the longest recorded lifespan."

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Garden Bird Behaviour

Robert Burton

New Holland Publishers

2008

"A comprehensively illustrated overview of all aspects of garden bird behaviour that describes what garden birds do and why they do it. Thought provoking and animated text that analyses everyday bird activity as well as shedding light on some more unusual behaviour such as sparrow 'weddings' and fostering. Packed with over 150 inspirational and original artworks and informative colour photographs."

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Garden Birds

Wild Britain

Reader's Digest

2008

"Gardens would be far less calming and enchanting without the cheerful singing of birds. But how can you tell just which birds you have visiting your garden? With this expert handbook, you will soon be able to recognise their songs, understand their behaviour and appreciate their wonderful plumage.Packed with interesting facts and beautiful illustrations, this authoritative guide will help you to appreciate the birds you see every day in your garden."

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Guide to Garden Wildlife

Richard Lewington

Introduction: Ken Thompson

British Wildlife Publishing

2008

"This beautifully illustrated guide covers all the main animal groups, including pond life, likely to be found in a garden in Great Britain and Ireland. More than 900 exquisitely detailed colour artworks and photographs of over 500 species likely to be found in your garden. Written and illustrated by Richard Lewington, who is generally accepted to be one of Europe's leading natural history artists. Includes detailed descriptions and information on the life history, behaviour and occurrence of the extraordinary variety of wildlife that can be found in gardens. Also includes a general introduction to the ecology of the garden and its species."

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RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife

Peter Holden and Geoffrey Abbott

Christopher Helm

2008

"This RSPB-endorsed guide includes sections covering over 200 of the mammal, bird, amphibian and reptile, invertebrate, spider, insect, butterfly, moth, wild flower, garden plant, tree and shrub, and mushroom and toadstool species you are likely to find in your garden. The concise, practical text covers identification, habits, characteristics, food and garden conservation. Additional introductory sections about garden habitats detail, among other topics, how to plant for the seasons, how to make a pond or bog garden to attract new species into your garden, and how to build a hedgehog box or a nest box for birds to encourage your garden visitors to stick around for longer. This brand new RSPB Handbook provides a complete, single source of basic information to our most familiar garden wildlife."

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The Complete Garden Bird Book

Mark Golley, Stephen Moss and David Daly

New Holland Publishers

2007

"This book combines full identification and behavioural features of over 70 common garden birds as well as detailed, highly-visual information on attracting and encouraging birds to your garden. Stunningly illustrated, yet simple to use, The Complete Garden Bird Book will ensure that you get the maximum pleasure from your garden whatever its size or location."

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Garden Bird Watcher

Rob Hume

New Burlington

2007

"This is an essential tool for any amateur bird watcher, ideal for anyone just getting started or those who want to build their knowledge. The book contains a fascinating introduction to the world of birds: from basic anatomy, feathers, flight, behaviour, migration and navigation, as well as expert tips, techniques and advice on how best to observe birds: where, when and what to look for; basic identification, taking notes, making sketches or taking photographs. Practical advice and information on the essential equipment needed to get started and a 16pp colour section shows 50 bird species most-commonly seen in the UK. Fill in pages for every week of the year offer tips and prompts for recoding birdlife and activity in your garden/neighbourhood."

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The Garden Bird Handbook

Stephen Moss

New Holland Publishers

2006

"The Garden Bird Handbook is packed with practical advice and key information, ranging from planning and maintaining a bird-friendly garden, attracting, observing and feeding the entire range of likely visitors, through to a genuine understanding of bird behaviour. Illustrated throughout with wonderful photographs and full-colour artwork of the birds in garden settings, there is also a full and handsomely illustrated guide to garden birds, helping accurate identification. A special directory of plants that attract birds helps you plan your garden, and a month by month guide is packed with tips on what to look for. As well as the considerable pleasure to be gained from attracting and watching birds in your garden, there is an enormous contribution that you can make to their conservation."

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What's That Bird?: A Quick Reference Guide to the Most Common European Garden Birds

Paul Sterry

Hamlyn

2006

"This is an easy-to-use guide to 200 of the most common European garden birds that includes pictures of males and females, flight patterns and calls so you can quickly identify your visitors. It includes tips for encouraging different birds to nest and feed in your garden."

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The Garden Bird Book

Sarah Whittley

New Holland Publishers

2006

"Gardens are a haven for many birds, and millions of people enjoy watching them. But how easy is it to tell one species from another? The Garden Bird Book is now here to help. Packed with highly visual and easy-to-follow information, this book is a guide for anyone wanting to recognize and identify the birds that visit their garden. The book provides detailed, visual advice on how to attract birds to your garden: what types of food to put out, which bird feeders and nestboxes to go for, and what to do with seemingly 'lost' baby birds. Detailed accounts then look at the 70-plus species that occur regularly in British gardens. It includes annotated illustrations that aid easy recognition, with supporting information on key identification points, behavioural traits, breeding behaviour and feeding habits. A helpful note on confusion species is also provided, and a final section looks at some of the more unusual avian visitors to gardens."

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Tony Soper's Bird Table Book: The Complete Guide to Attracting Birds and Other Wildlife to Your Garden

Tony Soper

David & Charles

2006

"An all-new edition of this classic "Tony Soper" work, with completely revised text and brand new illustrations. This book covers everything you need to know about attracting wild birds to your garden, with details of what feed to put out to attract the maximum variety of birds all year round. It also includes nestboxes, pond building and gardening with wildlife in mind, with advice on attracting frogs, newts, toads, hedgehogs, foxes, badgers and other kinds of wildlife to your garden. It is beautifully illustrated with superbly observed watercolours and line drawings, capturing the essence of wild bird behaviour and appealing to the widest possible readership."

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Garden Birds (Collins Wild Guides)

Stephen Moss

Collins

2005

A pocket-sized guide to a 100 species of bird that you are most likely to find in your garden. The text for each species includes detailed description and an identification factfile, enabling fast and accurate identification. Includes information on feeding, behavioural habits, breeding, voice and population for each species. Introductory chapters provide information on nesting sites, water, pests and predators. There is also advice on how to encourage birds into your garden.

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The Complete Back Garden Birdwatcher

Dominic Couzens and Steve Young

New Holland Publishers

2005

"This book provides everything you need to watch and identify birds throughout the year, with practical advice on encouraging birds into your garden and how to avoid any problems that might arise. The book provides an illustrated identikit, which profiles a selection of common garden birds, followed by detailed sections on typical, easily-observed behaviour, and a breakdown of the types of bird calls to expect and specifically what to look for in each month of the year."

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Garden Bird Behaviour

Robert Burton

New Holland Publishers

2005

"Garden Bird Behaviour explores a wide range of bird behaviour including courtship, territorial behaviour, singing, nesting, flying, feeding, and migration; it's an invaluable guide that will help you get the most out of your birdwatching hobby. Written in a personal and encouraging style, with wonderful photographs and colour artwork, Garden Bird Behaviour is as enjoyable to read as it is informative. The emphasis is on observing the birds that frequent your garden and taking time to spot the different characteristics of each species as they feed, interact or raise their young, in order to gradually build up a comprehensive understanding of their behaviour."

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The Secret Lives of Garden Birds

Dominic Couzens

Illustrations: Peter Partington

Christopher Helm / RSPB

2004

"Have you ever wondered what the birds in your garden get up to when they're not tucking into peanuts and seeds on the birdtable? This book takes us, month by month, into the secret lives of our most familiar garden birds, revealing inspiring, intriguing and scandalous real-life dramas such as the ferocious turf battles of Robins, the profound family ties of Long-tailed Tits and the remarkable sex-life of the Dunnock. The amazing facts that it reveals should help you to understand, encourage and enjoy your garden birds more than ever before. Written with engaging humour and enlivened throughout with colour paintings and photographs, this book should appeal to anyone who enjoys watching birds in their gardens."

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Garden Birds

Stephen Moss

Collins GEM

Collins

2004

"An invaluable pocket-sized guide to the 100 popular bird species that you are most likely to find in your town, garden or park. It also contains expert practical advice on encouraging birds to your garden. This completely new title in the Collins Gem series incorporates both practical information on each species and easy-to-use identification guides. Each page is devoted to a different species and illustrated with a colour photograph to aid identification. Contains information on each species' feeding, behavioural habits, breeding, voice and population. An extensive introduction provides information on nesting sites, water, pests and predators."

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The Garden Bird Handbook

Stephen Moss

New Holland Publishers

2003

"Whatever the size, style or location of your garden, this guide offers suggestions on making the most of your space for birds and increasing the variety, number and regularity of birds. Written in a friendly, encouraging style, the book is packed with practical advice and information, ranging from planning and maintaining a bird-friendly garden, attracting, observing and feeding the entire range of likely visitors, through to a genuine understanding of bird behaviour. Illustrated throughout, there is also a full guide to garden birds to help with accurate identification. A special directory of plants that attract birds is included to help you plan your garden and a month-by-month guide offers tips on what to look for."

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Garden Bird Handbook

Duncan Brewer

Illustrations: Alan Harris

Miles Kelly Publishing

2003

"This handbook featuring 50 European birds is ideal for the young birdwatcher. A superb identification guide, it is also packed with things to do."

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The Complete Garden Bird Book

Mark Golley, Stephen Moss and David Daly

New Holland Publishers

2001

"This book combines full identification and behavioural features of over 70 common garden birds as well as detailed, highly-visual information on attracting and encouraging birds to your garden. Stunningly illustrated, yet simple to use, The Complete Garden Bird Book will ensure that you get the maximum pleasure from your garden whatever its size or location."

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RSPB New Bird Feeder's Handbook

Robert Burton

Dorling Kindersley

2000

"This is a complete guide to attracting and observing garden birds, with tips on creating a bird-friendly environment with imaginative use of garden design and plant selection. It is also a photographic directory identifying features of more than 60 common garden birds."

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Attracting Birds to Your Garden

Stephen Moss and David Cottridge

New Holland Publishers

2000

This 60 page book describes how to garden for birds and how to identify and care for the birds in the garden. The sections of the book are: Gardens for Birds; Bird Calendar; Caring for Birds; Plant Directory; Bird Directory; Useful addresses and further reading.

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The Pocket Guide to Garden Birds

Dominic Couzens and Mike Langman

Mitchell Beazley

2000

"Discover the wealth of birdlife to be discovered in your own garden with this handy and informative guide. Each bird is illustrated in lifelike colour to reveal its distinctive markings, from the colour of the beak and the feathers to the shape of the tail and the body. Each bird's movements are described in simple language to make sure you can identify any garden bird with ease. Its preferred habitat and its seasonal appearance are detailed. Readers will learn how to recognise each species as it perches on the shrub or tree branch or pecks at the feeder."

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Garden Birds of Britain and Europe

Detlef Singer

Collins

1996

A full colour photographic guide to over 100 birds that can be found in gardens, parks and other easily accessible areas in Britain and Europe. Each species is illustrated with 2-5 clear colour photographs covering all the important aspects of the species including the male, female, and juveniles. The text describes key identification and details about distribution, voice, habitat, breeding and feeding. There is also practical advice on how to attract and protect bird in the garden.

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The Complete Garden Bird Book

Roy Beddard

New Holland Publishers

1996

2001 (Paperback)

"This illustrated text combines the attraction and maintenance of a bird-rich garden, with detailed identification and behavioural features of 70 common garden species."

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Birds In Your Garden

Nicholas Hammond

Illustrations: Bruce Pearson

Hamlyn Behaviour Guides

Hamlyn

1995

"A guide to identifying and studying birds in the garden. This book gives an insight into the lives of many common garden birds of Britain and Northern Europe. It includes practical hints for more detailed study and advice on how to encourage birds into the garden."

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Birds In Your Garden: A Month by Month Guide

Tony Soper, Roger Lovegrove

Illustrations: John Busby

Webb & Bower

1989

"A celebration month-by-month of different birds and their activities and behaviour. Practical advice is given on how to attract birds to the garden and how to help thrm through winter. It also has a section on identification."

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Field Guide To British Birds: Garden And Countryside

Robert Burton

Octopus Books

1982

"A guide to the most popular birds of urban and rural Great Britain, and reference source for identifying birds and learning more about their behaviour. Each entry contains a wealth of information, including the bird's plumage, size, song, habitat, food, breeding and migration, eggs and nest, along with a distribution map indicating where it can be seen."

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Birds of Wood, Park and Garden

Lars Jonsson

Penguin Nature Guides

Penguin

1978

"This is the first of five handy reference books which cover all bird species regularly nesting or occuring in Europe. This volume deals with the area south of the northern coniferous forests and north of the Mediterranean countries and the Alps."

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RSPB Book Of Garden Birds

Linda Bennett

Hamlyn

1978

With 36 colour plates by Charles Tunnicliffe and line drawings by Robert Gillmor.

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Tony Soper's Bird Table Book: In Colour

Tony Soper

Illustrations: Robert Gillmor

David & Charles

1977

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The New Bird Table Book

Tony Soper

Line drawings: Robert Gillmor

David & Charles

1973

A Pan paperback edition was published in 1975.

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1973 edition

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1975 edition


Garden Birds

John Leigh-Pemberton

Nature Series 536

Ladybird

1967

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Garden Birds

Phyllis Barclay-Smith

King Penguin

1945

Illustrated with colour plates from John Gould's Birds Of Great Britain.

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