CHICK BOOKS

Self published, soft back, 328 pages, price £16:99 or £19:99 inc p+p. robinsandham@hotmail.co.uk This self published book is a great book to have not just because of the rarities found in this area of Wales but the potential it has of getting you on a host of more commoner birds in the similar areas. There are 2 intriguing charts showing the peak times which match with spring and autumn migration but also the rise in records of birds from 1700 to the present time which actua

Published by Thirsty Books Paperback, 240 pages price £9.99 Alan has brought out his 6th book on wildlife crime starting way back in 2008 with ‘wildlife detective’ and now 9 years later still on the same case with this one bringing us right up to date with recent crime especially with birds of prey related to especially Red Grouse moor management. Some of the new management of these moors are discussed in detail from the removal of deer and Mountain Hares to lesson the effec

Published by Guardian Faber Hardback 344 pages Price £15.99 This is a book which is hard to put down. Miriam picks several European species of owl to study and in most cases meet experts in the field and even go and see the species along with them. The chapters are full of information along with poetry. The chapters often explore her family life in Devon and she encourages the family to join her on her journeys to see the British owls. Miriam’s foreign trips are all adding t

Published by Bloomsbury, hard back 272 pages, price £16.99 Amazing how folk pick up a species and want to write about it without any knowledge of the species! This is not a ‘Derek Ratcliffe’ Raven but someone who has put a lot of time and effort in finding a lot of facts about Raven from historical killing records to the new breeding areas from the White Cliffs of Dover to the Orkney isles. Joe interviews folk [his main job is a journalist] from naturalists in the field to k

Published by Princeton, hardback, 250 pages price £24.95 If you thought you knew all about seabirds think again. This book is packed with new information. Why I hear you ask? Well it is the modern scientific innovations that have suddenly meant ‘we know where you are going’ in the seabird world. Not just where but how deep and what temperature is your stomach! The new information goes on and on with some great sea bird sketches by Bruce Pearson. Yes there are a few maps and c