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The Jewel Hunter

Monday, January 10, 2011

424 pages, £17.99, Available to buy. Insightful, compelling and laugh-out-loud funny, this is more than a book about birds. It's a true story detailing the lengths to which a man will go to escape his mid-life crisis. A travelogue with a difference.

Bird Watch: A Survey of Planet Earth’s Ecosystems

Monday, January 10, 2011

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256 pages, £36.50, Available to buy. Bird Watch is an illustrated tour of endangered birds and their habitats.

Birds and People: Bonds in a Timeless Journey

Monday, January 10, 2011

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360 pages, £9.99, Available to buy. Birds and People: Bonds in a Timeless Journey unfolds the history of our relationship with the most colourful and familiar of the groups of organisms we share our planet with.

Areas Importantes Para La Conservacion de Las Aves En Los Andes Tropicales

Monday, January 10, 2011

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769 pages, £30, Available to buy. More than 600 researchers contributed to the book, which took eight years to compile. 455 sites are identified, covering 17% of the land area of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuala.

Raptor watch

Monday, January 10, 2011

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419 pages, £15, Available to buy. At least 63 percent of the world's raptors migrate. Raptor Watch, compiled from contributions by over 800 observers worldwide, is a guide to 388 hotspots where these birds can be seen in their thousands.

Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Conservation

Monday, January 10, 2011

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860 pages, Out of print. At the heart of this book are descriptions of all 218 EBAs, including key habitats, major threats and conservation initiatives and a detailed map.

Seabirds on Islands: Threats, Case Studies and Action Plans

Monday, January 10, 2011

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318 pages, Out of print. A series of 16 case studies from around the world, including Indonesia, Greenland, Indian Ocean islands, the Galapagos and the West Indies.

Birds in Europe: Population Estimates, Trends and Conservation Status

Monday, January 10, 2011

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374 pages, Out of print. Birds in Europe: Population Estimates, Trends and Conservation Status covers the European continent from Greenland in the west to the Urals in the east, and from Svalbard in the north to the Canary Islands in the south

Key Areas for Threatened Birds in the Neotropics

Monday, January 10, 2011

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312 pages, £10, Available to buy. Taking a country-by-country, site-based approach, this book documents the 596 most important areas for the conservation of these threatened birds.

European Bird Populations: Estimates and Trends

Monday, January 10, 2011

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160 pages, Out of print. The publication of European Bird Populations: Estimates and Trends means that, for the first time, all pan-European data on bird populations and their distribution are available in one book.

Birds to Watch 2: The BirdLife International World Checklist of Birds

Monday, January 10, 2011

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407 pages, Out of print. New edition of Birds to Watch with c.1,200 species identified as globally threatened using the latest IUCN criteria.

Habitats for birds in Europe

Monday, January 10, 2011

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464 pages, Out of print. This book brings together more than 190 bird and habitat conservation experts from all over Europe, to examine the threats to Europe's eight major habitat types, and propose policies and actions to protect and restore them.