The Wonderful Mr Willughby: the First True Ornithologist
Rob Hume reviews Tim Birkhead's latest title, which celebrates the life and works of Francis Willughby.
05/08/2018
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Rob Hume reviews Tim Birkhead's latest title, which celebrates the life and works of Francis Willughby.
05/08/2018
Andy Stoddart finds Richard Chandler's latest book on waders to be outstanding.
22/07/2018
Andy Stoddart finds this title to be a comprehensive, authoritative and beautifully illustrated introduction to Europe's waders.
15/07/2018
Rob Hume delves into this in-depth monograph dedicated to one of our most charismatic – yet often maligned – resident birds.
08/07/2018
David Callahan explores a new atlas of the British capital's regular avian species.
19/06/2018
Dominic Mitchell is left thoroughly impressed by a new photo guide to a popular birding destination.
17/06/2018
This self-published tome documents all the rare and scarce species in a well-watched region. James Hanlon is impressed.
13/05/2018
Mark Avery learns all about avian nomenclature in this book about how birds got their names.
05/05/2018
Mark Cocker reviews a photographic collection which is as much about avian beauty as it is about memorable images of birds.
07/04/2018
Tony Langford reviews a new comprehensive history of birding in one of Britain's most productive counties.
01/04/2018
Nárgila Moura finds a revised edition of the classic ecological guide to South America "extremely useful".
26/03/2018
Martin Woodcock finds a new general guide to Africa's avifauna both useful and unusual.
04/03/2018