Safford, R. and Hawkins, F. The Birds of Africa. Volume 8.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2013 pp.1024 with 63 plates of colour illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £150.00.
A monumental work. Volumes 1 to 7 of ‘The Birds of Africa’ covered the avifauna of continental Africa in-depth. Volume 8 followed in the year 2013. It was the outcome of the aspiration to add a further volume to complete the work through the treatment of the birds of Madagascar, Seychelles, the Comoros, the Mascarenes and their outlying islands - an area collectively known as the Malagasy region.
£135.00 [ref: 54518]

Sage, Bryan. The Ecology of the Egyptian Goose at Holkham Park, Norfolk.
1st. Ed. Pub. Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society 2002 pp.56 with 16 colour photos. 8vo. New softback. Out-of-print.
More than three-quarters of the feral population of Egyptian Geese in the UK can be found in Norfolk and this study profiles their habitat in Holkham Park, Norfolk.
£9.00 [ref: 56817]

Sample, G. Garden Bird Songs and Calls.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2000 pp.32. Comes with an audio CD. 8vo. A new copy in illus. boards. RRP £14.99. Last few copies.
Good fun! ‘Garden Bird Songs and Calls’ includes over 60 minutes of digitally recorded sound and covers 40 of the most common and vocal garden birds. Each recording is introduced by highly regarded bird song recorder, Geoff Sample, with a voice-over that gives a brief interpretation of the song or call.
£12.00 [ref: 44658]

Schulenberg, T.S. et al. Birds of Peru.
Pub. Helm. 2007 pp.656 with 304 colour plates and dist. maps. 8vo. New softback. RRP £29.99.
£27.00 [ref: 43725]

Scott, Don. Harriers: Journeys Around the World. A Personal Quest.
1st. Ed. Pub. Tiercel. 2008 pp.xvii, 182 with colour photos. A new copy in new dw. Limited edition of 700 copies only.
Don set himself a personal goal to see all of the claimed world species of harriers, and by doing so, become the first person to achieve this distinction. The book tells the story of this feat (BTO).
£60.00 [ref: 49670]

Self, Andrew. The Birds of London.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2014 pp.432 with 30 colour photos and over 150 illus. Royal 8vo. A new hdbk. with new dw. RRP £50.00.
Birds of London is the first comprehensive avifauna for the London area ever published.
£45.00 [ref: 47811]

Self, Andrew. The Birds of London.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2014 pp.432 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. Royal 8vo. A new hdbk. in new dw. gently bumped at spine ends. RRP £50.00.
£25.00 [ref: 51484]

Sharpe, C. et al. Manx Bird Atlas. An Atlas of Breeding and Wintering Birds on the Isle of Man.
Pub. Liverpool Univ. Press. 2007 pp.389 with text illus. and distribution maps throughout. A new copy in green cloth which is gilt decorated. In slipcase. RRP £100.00.
Mapping patterns of bird abundance on the Isle of Man during both breeding and wintering seasons, this authoritative atlas reflects the findings of the first structured survey of the Island’s birdlife. It demonstrates the variety of birdlife sustained by the range of habitats occurring on the island.
£30.00 [ref: 46428]

Shrubb, Michael. Feasting, Fowling and Feathers. A History of the Exploitation of Wild Birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 2013 pp.256 with colour photos., illus. and b/w. illus. Royal 8vo. A new hdbk. in new dw., very gently bumped on top edge. RRP £60.00.
Looks at the use of birds as food, for feathers and skins, for eggs, as cage birds, as specimens and for hunting, focusing on Britain, northern Europe and the North Atlantic.
£40.00 [ref: 53453]

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Shrubb, Michael. Feasting, Fowling and Feathers. A history of the exploitation of wild birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 2013 pp.256 with colour photos., illust and b/w. illus. 8vo. A new hdbk. in new dw. RRP £60.00.
Michael Shrubb was a very amiable man, a retired farmer and an accomplished author. In this book, he looks at the use of birds as food, for feathers and skins, for eggs, as cage birds, as specimens and for hunting, focusing on Britain, northern Europe and the North Atlantic.
£55.00 [ref: 51279]