Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 3
3. Introduction 4
4. The Species Accounts
5. The types of bird 6
6. Wildfowl (swans, geese, ducks) 14
7. Cormorants, divers and grebes 70
8. Seabirds (Gannet, Fulmar, shearwaters, petrels) 86
9. Gulls and terns 102
10. Skuas 156
11. Auks (puffins, guillemots, Razorbill, murrelets) 165
12. Waders (plovers, sandpipers, curlews, godwits, snipe and related species) 173
13. Large waterside birds (herons, bitterns, egrets, ibis, Spoonbill, cranes, storks) 236
14. Bustards 252
15. Crakes and rails (includes Moorhen, coots, gallinules) 254
16. Pheasants, partridges, grouse and related species 263
17. Pigeons and doves 273
18. Sandgrouse 274
19. Owls and nightjars 281
20. Birds of prey (eagles, kites, Osprey, buzzards, harriers, hawks, falcons and related species) 292
21. Kingfishers, cuckoos, Hoopoe, bee-eaters, Roller and parrot 326
22. Woodpeckers 333
23. Aerial feeders (swifts, swallows, martins) 338
24. Larks, pipits and wagtails 347
25. Dipper, Wren, accentors, oriole, starlings and waxwings 366
26. Thrushes, chats and wheatears 376
27. Warblers, cisticola and crests 403
28. Flycatchers 438
29. Tits, nuthatches and ‘creepers’ 443
30. Shrikes 456
31. Crows (includes Jay, Magpie, Nutcracker) 464
32. Sparrows and finches 474
33. Buntings 496
34. Vagrant landbirds from North America 510
35. Birds of uncertain origin and escapes/introductions 522
36. British and Irish Lists, and status and legislation 524
37. Acknowledgements and photographic credits 541
38. Index 552