Book reviews

Read reviews of the books we hold in the Chris Mead Library, written by our in-house experts. A selection of book reviews also features in our members’ magazine, BTO News.

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All the Birds of the World

Lynx have had a long-term project to produce an exhaustive guide to the birds of the world. It started out with the 17 volumes of the Handbook of the Birds of the World (1992–2013) which has family and species accounts for all birds. This was followed by the two volumes of the Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World (2014–2016). They have now published the third and final stage of this avian odyssey with this current book.

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Wetland Bird Songs & Calls

Author: Jannes Hannu & Owen Roberts

Publisher: New Holland, London

Published: 2013

At first glance, an elegant little book to help you get the hang of wetland bird sounds – a small book, with helpful descriptions and an accompanying CD. However, (and I feel this is a big ...

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Helm Field Guides: Birds of the United Arab Emirates

Author: Simon Aspinall & Richard Porter

Publisher: Christopher Helm, London

Published: 2011

The birds of the Middle East hold a particular attraction to many UK birders, with familiar species cheek-by-jowl with others that occur only as vagrants to our shores. One of the easiest countries to ...

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