Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 3
3. Introduction 4
4. How to use this book 6
5. The parts of a bird 7
6. Ageing, sexing and moult 8
7. The species accounts 12
8. The types of bird 14
9. Wildfowl 20
10. Grebes, divers and cormorants 72
11. Seabirds 87
12. Gulls and terns 106
13. Skuas 146
14. Waders . 154
15. Large waterside birds 198
16. Crakes and rails 216
17. Galliforms (quails, partridges, francolins, pheasants and grouse) . Buttonquail 222
18. Bustards 236
19. Pigeons and doves 239
20. Sandgrouse 239
21. Nightjars 248
22. Owls 250
23. Birds of prey 265
24. Cuckoos, kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers and hoopoes 320
25. Woodpeckers 329
26. Aerial feeders (swifts, swallows and martins) 339
27. Larks, pipits and wagtails 348
28. Wrens 372
29. Accentors 373
30. Orioles . Waxwings 376
31. Starlings 378
32. Dippers 381
33. Babblers . Bulbuls 382
34. Thrushes, chats, wheatears and Hypocolius 383
35. Warblers, crests, cisticolas and prinias 412
36. Flycatchers 448
37. Nuthatches, treecreepers and Wallcreeper 452
38. Tits 452
39. Shrikes 466
40. Corvids (jays, crows, nutcrackers and magpies) 471
41. Finches and sparrows 480
42. Buntings 508
43. Endemic landbirds of the Atlantic islands 523
44. Vagrant birds in Europe 530
45. Established introductions 618
46. The status and conservation of Europe’s birds 622
47. Sources of further information 623
48. Acknowledgements and photographers 624
49. Index 628