Bircham, P.M.M. The Birds of Cambridgeshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1989 pp.x, 280 with b/w. illus and figs. 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£7.00 [ref: 69082]

Bircham, P.M.M. (et al). An Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Cambridgeshire. (Vice County 29) using 2 x 2 kilometre squares (tetrads) 1988-92.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Cambridge Bird Club. 1994 pp.173 with b/w. dist. maps & illus. 8vo. Very minor spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine softback.
By the late 1980s most English counties had produced a 2 kilometre square analysis of breeding birds, known as a Tetrad Atlas. This book contains the results carried with the assistance of the Cambridge Bird Club.
£12.50 [ref: 69104]

Birding World Complete List of the Birds of the Western Palearctic.
1st. Ed. Pub. Birding World. 1995 pp.21. 8vo. Fine softback. Out-of-print. Complete checklist with columns for recording sightings.
£7.50 [ref: 55875]

Birkhead, T. Great Auk Islands. A field biologist in the Arctic.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1993 pp.viii, 275 with colour, b/w. photos and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
In this book Tim Birkhead describes in personal detail the different facets of research and brings to life both the difficulties and the excitement of working in the Arctic.
£40.00 [ref: 68216]

Bishop, Billy. Cley Marsh and its Birds. Fifty years as Warden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Boydell Press. 1983 pp.133 with colour frontis., b/w. photos., illus., and map endpapers. 8vo. Bookplate. Dedication “Best Wishes, April 1983, Billy Bishop” below frontis., and article about Billy Bishop from the Eastern Daily Press, 1983, neatly tipped in on rfep. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. A unique copy.
Comes with two copies of ‘History of Cley Marshes’ by Lieut.-Col. Hubert Blount (1964 & 1968 respectively). The 1968 copy is revised and updated.
£75.00 [ref: 55917]

Bishop, L.B. Birds of the Yukon Region. With Notes on Other Species.
Pub. U.S. Department Agriculture. 1900 pp.48-100. 8vo. Softback. Neat ownership stamps. Contents fine. Original covers nr. fine. Scarce.
£25.00 [ref: 46759]

Blackburn, Mrs. H. Birds from Moidart and Elsewhere. Drawn from Nature by B.
1st. Ed. Pub. David Douglas. 1895 pp.191 with frontis. and 87 b/w. lithographic plates. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. A little spotting to prelims. and only very occasionally internally o/w. contents fine. More recently bound in half-leather over cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration all in fine condition.
The Scottish artist Jemima Blackburn, was known for her illustrations of life in rural Scotland, and for her ornithological works.
£200.00 [ref: 68073]

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Blackburn, T.M. et al. Avian Invasions. The Ecology and Evolution of Exotic Birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 2009 pp.ix, 305 with b/w. figs., tables. 8vo. Bookplate. A vg. softback.
‘Avian Invasions’ unravels the insights that the study of exotic birds brings to the study of biological invasions, avian conservation biology, and the basic principles of ecology and evolution. Recommended.
£17.50 [ref: 56210]

Blaikie, A.H. Nests and Eggs.
Pub. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. c.1920 pp.xvi, 78 with colour plates. Small 8vo. VG. plus hardback.
£5.00 [ref: 46267]

Bland, B. The Profit of Birding.
1st. Ed. Pub. New Holland. 2012 pp.352 with colour photos. and b/w. drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Author Bryan Bland has led thousands of birding tours to more than 70 countries. On one such trip a bemused waiter once posed the question: "Where is the profit in birding?" Bryan is famed as one of birding's greatest story-tellers, and he uses his book to answer this question emphatically. In short, there's more to birding than just birds. Birders and non-birders alike will enjoy the humorous anecdotal narrative, while the lively text is accompanied by many of the author's photographs and exquisite line-drawings.
£5.00 [ref: 64371]