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• All the photos of any species
• All the illustrations by any artist
• All the letters by any author
• All the articles on any topic, e.g. identification
• All the BBRC rarities reports
• All mentions of your own name!!

Now available: Volume 101 update

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This download will install all of British Birds Volume 101 (2008) into your copy of BBi.

This volume of the esteemed journal covers a typically wide range of topics, from the use of stable-isotope analysis through tricky identification conundrums, to the status of the Eagle Owl in Britain.

NOTE: this is a large download (178 MB) and will take some time to download, especially on a slow connection. If you are unable to download large files please email sales@birdguides.com for information on how to get the update.

Subscribers to British Birds magazine can obtain this download at a discounted price of £10: click here to verify your subscription and to add the discounted download to your shopping basket. A link to the download file will be given at the end of the order process.

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• typical habitats
• nest sites
• nests
• eggs (most showing several examples of variation)
• young (most showing several different stages, from hatching to fledging, and many juveniles)
• adults for many species mainly at nests
• concise text information for every species
• the latest BTO data for almost 100 species

More details...	Related products:  Breeding Birds of the Western Palearctic: Nests, Eggs, Nestlings, Fledglings and Habitats

If you are passionate about the breeding cycle of birds, this DVD-ROM will take you on an amazing journey exploring the rich and diverse breeding biology of the avifauna of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The vast collection of photographs presented on this DVD-ROM is the result of the most extensive effort ever undertaken to document the breeding cycle of birds. Decades of painstaking fieldwork by Peter and Richard Castell, supplemented by other skilled photographers from many countries, has resulted in a unique visual record of breeding birds in the Western Palearctic. This edition includes almost 9000 images, covering no fewer than 735 of the 756 species that breed in the region. Many aspects of reproductive biology are covered, including:

• typical habitats
• nest sites
• nests
• eggs (most showing several examples of variation)
• young (most showing several different stages, from hatching to fledging, and many juveniles)
• adults for many species, mainly at nests
• concise text information for every species

More details...	Related products:  Breeding Birds of Britain and Ireland: Nests, Eggs, Nestlings, Fledglings and Habitats

This DVD-ROM reference guide provides comprehensive multimedia coverage of all 61 butterfly species that regularly occur in Britain and Ireland (including the recently split Réal's Wood White). This new edition contains over 200 video clips presented using the latest high-quality digital video technology and filmed by professional natural history cameraman Derek Budd. 100 beautiful still photographs have been added, all maps updated with the latest distribution data and the text species accounts revised. You can easily compare any species side by side, with simultaneous video and wonderful illustrations by Richard Lewington. There are also evocative spoken commentaries for every species by naturalist Richard Williamson.

Plus, it's now possible to add your own content - such as notes, photos or even video - all automatically integrated with the published assets for each species.

This DVD-ROM is produced in association with, and endorsed by, Butterfly Conservation. BirdGuides will donate £2 to Butterfly Conservation for every copy sold.

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Over 330 video clips covering the 240 rarest birds ever seen in Britain, including the best of the footage from the Birding Plus video series as well as highlights from the BirdGuides archive. That's gorgeous shots of birds like the Nottingham Cedar Waxwing, the Grove Ferry Baillon's Crake and fascinating record footage of birds like the Druridge Bay Slender-billed Curlew and the Wembury Gyr Falcon and a database that lists all the sightings of all those species, searchable by county and able to generate graphs breaking down the sightings into years, months and age of bird.

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• Over 1000 new video clips running for 5 hours.
• Video library re-edited and reprocessed to provide even better image quality, viewable at any size.
• Stunning still photos of most species as well as beautiful illustrations
• Based on the acclaimed software that powers BWPi - it's easy to compare any images or sounds
• Songs and/or calls of almost every species.
• Illustrations of every species by top artists such as Alan Harris and John Gale.
• Updated BirdFile text includes the latest population details.
• Revised commentaries by Dave Gosney to reflect recent distribution changes.
• Add your own photos or recordings.

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• It's bigger! In version 2.0 the entire contents of the BWPi 2006 disk have been added to the original BWPi to make a single integrated DVD-ROM.
• It's even better! The texts have been updated to cover recently 'split' species and to include the latest population data. There are hundreds of new video clips. And all 6 volumes of the journal BWP Update are now included.
• Now you can add your own content! A new feature of the 2.0 software is the facility to drag and drop your own photographs, video clips, sound recordings and texts so that they seamlessly integrate with the rest of BWPi's encyclopaedic content. Imagine integrating your own personal photo library with this definitive reference.
• And it's £60 cheaper! The new price of £139.95 (inc. VAT) includes the entire contents of two disks previously sold for a combined price of £199.

You can download a PDF containing more information and screenshots here.

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• Over 400 new video clips running for 1.5 hours.
• Video library re-edited and reprocessed to provide even better image quality, viewable at any size.
• Stunning still photos of all species as well as beautiful illustrations.
• Based on the acclaimed software that powers BWPi - it's easy to compare any images or sounds.
• Songs and/or calls of almost every species.
• Illustrations of every species by top artists such as Alan Harris and John Gale.
• Updated BirdFile text includes the latest population details.
• Revised commentaries by Dave Gosney to reflect recent distribution changes.
• Add your own photos or recordings.

This software provides true multimedia coverage of North American birds. Video clips and sound recordings of almost every species seen regularly in eastern America as well as detailed text, photographic images, up-to-date distribution maps, quizzes and list-making features.

• 419 species covered
• Over 1000 extra photographic images
• Top-quality video clips
• Detailed distribution maps

Please note that this software is not compatible with Macintosh OSX 10.5 (Leopard)