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Hamlyn Birdwatching Guides series

Hamlyn published a series of Where To Watch Birds books in their Birdwatching Guides series between 1994 and 1996. Each guide covers a geographical area of Europe.

On this page The guides are arranged by publication date with the most recent at the top.


Hamlyn

There are five Hamlyn pages on the site:

- General bird related books
- Where to watch birds
- Species guides
- Bird behaviour series
- Young ornithologists' guides

 

Where to Watch Birds in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus

Hilary Welch, Laurence Rose, Derek Moore, Bill Oddie and Harry Sigg

Illustrations: Mike Langman and Dan Powell

Hamlyn Birdwatching Guides

Hamlyn

1996

"A guide to the best 180 bird-watching sites in the Eastern Mediterranean. Listed are expected species and general introductions give site instructions and explain when the best times to bird-watch are."

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Where to Watch Birds in Holland, Belgium & Northern France

Arnoud D Van Den Berg, Dominique Lafontaine and Clive Byers

Hamlyn Birdwatching Guides

Hamlyn

1996

"This comprehensive guide lists and describes around 200 of the best birdwatching sites in France, Holland and Belgium, covering a variety of habitat types, and includes details of the various species to be seen during each season, illustrations of specialities, sketch maps of major sites and access information for each area. Colour plates feature about 80 birds of the region."

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Where to Watch Birds in Scandinavia

Gustaf Aulen and Johan M. Stenlund

Hamlyn Birdwatching Guides

Hamlyn

1996

"A guide to 200 bird-watching sites in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, with lists of expected species. General introductions give site instructions and specify the best times."

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Where to Watch Birds in Spain And Portugal

Laurence Rose

Hamlyn Birdwatching Guides

Hamlyn

1995

"This birdwatching guide lists 190 of the best sites near holiday destinations in Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, the Azores, the Balearics, the Canaries and Madeira, including a wide variety of different habitat types. Details of birds to be seen at each season, illustrations of specialities, and directions are included for each site."

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Where to Watch Birds in Britain And Europe

John Gooders

Hamlyn Birdwatching Guides

Hamlyn

1994

(There are a number of editions of this book)

"This guide lists over 200 of the best birdwatching sites in Britain, Europe and North Africa, including such habitats as sea-cliffs, beaches, pine forests, deciduous woodland, lakes, rivers, deltas, reedbeds and islands. Details of birds to be seen at each season, illustrations of specialities, and directions, are included for each site."

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Where to Watch Birds in Eastern Europe

Gerard Gorman, Clive Byers and Mark Andrews

Hamlyn Birdwatching Guides

Hamlyn

1994

"This guide lists 150 of the best birdwatching sites in Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, Slovakia, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria). Each country is given its own section, with practical guidance and maps. Each site entry includes details of habitats, bird species and other local fauna, and details of the best seasons for visiting and gaining access."

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Last updated October 2011