• A Complete Guide to the Birds, Mammals and Natural History of the Antarctic Continent and Southern Oceans. The best photographs yet from Antarctica, lavishly illustrated, good maps and robust scientific analyses of the status, taxonomy and conservation of all the species likely to be encountered.

Birds of Trinidad and Tobago (Helm Field Guides)
Floyd E. Hayes et al: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• An excellent concise and well illustrated field guide from the Helm Stable featuring all the 470 species likely to be encountered on a visit to Trinidad and Tobago.

The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World
Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• New and up to date. The 6th edition of Clement's essential list of the world's birds. All known species and suspecies are listed. It remains the most established resource on the taxonomy and biogeography of birds for the world birding community.

The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula: Passerines: Vol 2
David Wells: Buy from Amazon.co.uk

• This volume presents the most complete modern summary of the latest surveys and research on all the birds now found in the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Over 380 species are described using data derived from field and museum research, as well as previously unpublished data. A very import reference for any visitor.

Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World (Helm Field Guides) (Paperback)
Derek Onley, Paul Scofield: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• A brand new and thoroughly up to date guide to the most enigmatic of all bird families - the 137 currently accepted species of Procellariformes. Expertly written and well illustrated. Highly recommended to sea watchers everywhere.

Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide: v. 2 (Plates and Maps)
Cemencia Rodner et al: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• The most important book to be published about South American birds for years. It features ALL the 2308 bird species of Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Trinidad & Tobago plus their ranges were they overlap into the Amazon Basin, thus becoming one of the few guides that illustrates many of the birds of Northern Brazil. This volume features all the illustrations (including known sub-species) and maps. (656 pages)

Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide: v. 1 (Species accounts)
Cemencia Rodner et al: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• The sister volume to the above fieldguide featuring the species accounts for all the birds. (880 pages)

Where to Watch Birds in the East Midlands
by Rob Fray (Author): Buy from Amazon.co.uk

• This guide covers the five East Midland counties and includes natural and man-made areas as diverse as the Wash, Rutland Water, Sherwood Forest and the famous migration hot spots found on the Lincolnshire coast. 49 major sites is dealt with in detail, providing information on habitat, access, best times of the year to visit and the species likely to be encountered. Perhaps the most detailed of the series so far.

Where to Watch Birds in World Cities
Paul Milne: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• For the busy traveler with an interest in birds but just a little time in each city, this is the ideal companion. How do you see Clapper Rail in New York, Imperial Eagle in Madrid or Nightingale in London. Let Paul Milne be your guide.....

Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti (Helm Field Guides) (Paperback)
Steve Latta et al: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• This is a valuable addition to the literature of the West Indies. In this book, all 302 species known to have occurred on the islands are described and illustrated and information on the biology and ecology of the birds is also given. This is the only comprehensive field guide devoted to the birds of Hispaniola, providing new information from the authors' personal research on the biology and ecology of the island's avifauna.

Birds of the World: Recommended English Names (Paperback)
Minturn T. Wright: Buy from Amazon.com  or Amazon.co.uk

• "Birds of the World" unifies and standardises the avian nomenclature of the English-speaking regions of the world. It provides recommendations for the English name of every species of bird, and comes complete with a CD-rom containing searchable and sortable Excel files of all the material in the book. Accommodating the very latest taxonomic revisions, this landmark volume will become an invaluable reference on the subject for scholars and ornithologists around the world.

RSPB Guide to Digital Wildlife Photography (Paperback)
David Tipling: 

• David Tipling's photos are simply superb and the advice that he provides on every aspect of digital photography, from equipment, fieldcraft, locations and composition, post-processing and computer manipulation of images, through to getting your photos published is practical, comprehensive and inspiring.
  

RSPB Handbook of British Birds
Peter Holden, Tim Cleeves: Buy from Amazon.co.uk

• The strength of this guide over its rivals is the wealth of information, with notes on population and conservation that you simply don't get in standard guides... illustrations are super and the price is excellent ...buy it

Secret Lives of British Birds (Paperback)
Dominic Couzens, Peter Partington (Illustrator): Buy from Amazon.co.uk

• Beautifully written cameos of the private lives of the UK's birds. Dominic shares his passion and exposes the secrets. There isn't a birder in Britain that couldn't learn something new for this book.

Club George: The diary of a Central Park Birdwatcher
Bob Levy: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• The charming story of one mans facination with a Red-winged Blackbird (George) and his gradual transformation into an ardent and skilled local patch bird watcher in New Yorks Central Park. Full of birdy anecdotes and carefull observations, the book is a delight to read.

Bewick's Swan (Poyser Monographs S.) (Hardcover)
Eileen Rees: Buy from Amazon.co.uk

• I have always loved watching the arrivals of the first wild Bewick's Swans of winter. Eileen Rees shares her passion for Swans in this authorative, learned and yet highly readable personal account containing much previously unpublished research. Well illustrated throughout, including some evocative illustrations by Dafila Scott.

Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde
Tony Clarke: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• Long awaited. This excellent guide is the first to deal exclusively with the birds of this spectacular region. It covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in Macaronesia which comprises the Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde. This has to be the field guide of choice for anyone visiting the islands. The status notes on all the birds are particulary welcome.

Waders of Europe, Asia and North America (Helm Field Guides S.)  
Stephen Message, Don Taylor: Buy from: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• This is the most significant book about waders to come out for some time. All 124 northern hemisphere species are illustrated. The book is in two main sections, the first dealing with birds on the ground and the second looking at flight characteristics with both upper and underwing patterns featured. The book is a real advance for wader fans everywhere.

Collins "Birds" A complete guide to all British and European Species
Dominic Couzens: Buy from: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• A superb coffee table table sized, photographic companion to Collins' own equally excellent European Field Guide. Dominic Couzens is to be congratulated on his clear and informative writing style. He brings the birds alive in a way that a field guide simply doesn't have space to do. There is much to learn in this book even for the most avid of birders. I shall be dipping in for weeks to come.

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10 :
Josep del Hoyo: Buy direct from: Lynx Edicions

• I believe this is the best volume yet in this must have series. There is in depth coverage of all the bird families from Cuckoo Shrikes to Thrushes. Superb photography throughout. Authoritative and thoroughly researched text, magnificent illustrations, maps......go on buy it - you deserve it!

The bedside Book of Birds
Graeme Gibson: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• For literary minded bird watchers everywhere....an avian miscellany....Gibson's book draws on folklore, fine art, poetry and unusual and strange tales to thoroughly excite the reader with his passion for birds....the ideal Christmas gift.

Birds new to Britain:
Pitches & Cleaves: Buy from Amazon.co.uk

• I really enjoyed this book, the accounts evoking treasured memories of journeys to far flung corners of the UK chasing some of the finest birds around. These are the stories of birds never before recorded in Britain, capturing the breathtaking excitement of this unique, once in a lifetime birding experience.

Birds of Southern India:
Grimmett & Inskipp: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• Long awaited! Covering southern India, the superb plates are accompanied by a succinct text highlighting identification, voice, habitat, altitudinal range, distribution and status. The text is on facing pages to the plates, for easy reference. This guide is a perfect size for use in the field and will be the essential companion when visiting this region.