Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 3
3. Preface 5
4. Introduction 6
5. Abbreviations, terms 10
6. Volume 1
7. Wildfowl 12
8. Swans 16
9. Geese 20
10. Ducks 32
11. Loons 94
12. Grebes 102
13. Albatrosses 109
14. Petrels, shearwaters, storm petrels 112
15. Gannets 134
16. Cormorants, pelicans 138
17. Herons, storks, flamingos, cranes 147
18. Vultures 176
19. Kites, harriers, accipiters, buzzards, black-winged kites, ospreys 186
20. Eagles 232
21. Falcons 262
22. Rails 290
23. Bustards, partridges, grouse 302
24. Oystercatchers, stilts, stone- curlews, pratincoles, coursers 320
25. Plovers 330
26. Sandpipers 358
27. Snipes, godwits, curlews, Tringa sandpipers 391
28. Phaloropes 434
29. Skuas 438
30. Gulls 452
31. Terns 520
32. Auks 554
33. Sandgrouse, doves 560
34. Cuckoos 570
35. Owls 576
36. Nightjars 590
37. Swifts 594
38. Kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers, hoopoes 604
39. Woodpeckers 612
40. Photo credits 625
41. Index 628
42. Front Matter 2 634
43. Contents 635
44. Volume 2
45. Abbreviations, terms 636
46. Vireos 638
47. Orioles 638
48. Shrikes 640
49. Crows 655
50. Penduline tits, goldcrests 667
51. Tits, reedlings 670
52. Larks 680
53. Swallows 698
54. Reed warblers 706
55. Iduna and Hippolais warblers 728
56. Leaf warblers 740
57. Curruca and Sylvia warblers 770
58. Waxwings 800
59. Nuthatches 802
60. Treecreepers 806
61. Wrens 808
62. Dippers 809
63. Starlings 810
64. Thrushes 816
65. Robins, nightingales 840
66. Redstarts 850
67. Chats 857
68. Wheatears 864
69. Flycatchers 884
70. Wagtails 898
71. Pipits 920
72. Accentors 936
73. Sparrows 940
74. Finches 946
75. Buntings 978
76. American warblers 1022
77. Non-native species 1034
78. The team 1046
79. Bibliography 1049
80. Photo credits 1050
81. Index 1052