Note: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- The RSPB -- Introduction -- A Nature Reserve on Your Doorstep -- Making a Wildlife Garden -- Boundaries, Borders and Lawns -- Trees -- Shrubs -- Peanuts, Scraps and Slug Pellets -- Log Piles and Compost Heaps -- Wildflower Meadows -- Buildings -- Water Features -- Seasonal Management -- Monthly Guide -- Predation in the garden -- The Green Gardener -- Secret Garden -- Species Accounts -- Mammals -- Hedgehog -- Mole -- Brown Long-eared Bat -- Common Pipistrelle -- Identification of Mouse-sized Mammals -- Common Shrew -- Pygmy Shrew -- Bank Vole -- Field Vole -- Wood Mouse -- House Mouse -- Brown Rat -- Grey Squirrel -- Red Squirrel -- Rabbit -- Fox -- Badger -- Muntjac -- Roe Deer -- Birds -- Grey Heron -- Sparrowhawk -- Pheasant -- Gulls -- Tawny Owl -- Woodpigeon -- Feral Pigeon -- Collared Dove -- Swift -- Ring-necked Parakeet -- Waxwing -- Green Woodpecker -- Great Spotted Woodpecker -- Swallow -- House Martin -- Pied Wagtail -- Dunnock -- Wren -- Robin -- Spotted Flycatcher -- Pied Flycatcher -- Blackbird -- Identification of Thrushes -- Song Thrush -- Mistle Thrush -- Fieldfare -- Redwing -- Blue Tit -- Great Tit -- Coal Tit -- Long-tailed Tit -- Blackcap -- Nuthatch -- Crows -- Jay -- Magpie -- Starling -- Bullfinch -- Goldfinch -- Chaffinch -- Brambling -- Greenfinch -- Siskin -- Lesser Redpoll -- House Sparrow -- Reptiles and Amphibians -- Grass Snake -- Slow-worm -- Common Frog -- Common Toad -- Smooth Newt -- Newt Tadpoles -- Great Crested Newt -- Palmate Newt -- Common Lizard -- Invertebrates -- Earthworms -- Slugs -- Land Snails -- Water Snails -- Woodlice -- Millipedes -- Centipedes -- Harvestmen -- Mites and Ticks -- Spiders -- Woodlouse Spider -- Wolf Spider -- Money Spiders -- Garden Spider -- House Spiders -- Zebra Spider -- Daddy-Long-Legs Spider. , Insects -- Springtails and Bristletails -- Common Pond Mayfly -- Earwig -- Damselflies -- Dragonflies -- Common Field Grasshopper -- Speckled Bush Cricket -- Green Shield Bug -- Thrips -- Water Bugs -- Common Froghopper -- Leafhoppers -- Aphids -- Cabbage Whitefly -- Common Green Capsid -- Green Lacewing -- Robber Fly -- Scorpion Fly -- Spotted Cranefly -- Mosquito -- Midge -- Soldier Fly -- St Mark's Fly -- Bee Fly -- Drone-Fly -- Hoverflies -- House Flies -- Galls and Gall Wasps -- Ants -- Ichneumon -- Ruby-Tailed Wasp -- Gooseberry Sawfly -- Solitary Wasps -- Social Wasps -- Honey Bee -- Solitary Bees -- Bumblebees -- Ground Beetles -- Flea Beetle -- Soldier Beetle -- Rosemary Beetle -- Beetle Identification -- Furniture Beetle -- Scarlet Lily Beetle -- Ladybirds -- Ladybird Identification -- Lined Click Beetle -- Nettle Weevil -- Rove Beetles -- Water Beetles -- Leaf Miners -- Water Fleas -- Copepods -- Butterflies -- The Whites -- Brimstone -- Peacock -- Comma -- Painted Lady -- Red Admiral -- Small Tortoiseshell -- The Browns -- Small Copper -- Speckled Wood -- Holly Blue -- Common Blue -- Small Skipper -- Moths -- Micro Moths -- Macro Moths -- Common Swift -- Currant Clearwing -- Chinese Character -- Garden Carpet -- Yellow Shell -- Brimstone Moth -- Winter Moth -- Willow Beauty -- Swallow-Tailed Moth -- Peppered Moth -- Hawkmoths -- Hummingbird Hawkmoth -- Silver Y -- Buff-Tip -- Figure of Eight -- White Ermine -- Cinnabar -- Common Footman -- Setaceous Hebrew Character -- Garden Dart -- Heart and Dart -- Large Yellow Underwing -- Lesser Yellow Underwing -- Cabbage Moth -- Sycamore Moth -- Angle Shades -- Red Underwing -- Dark Arches -- Burnished Brass -- Wild Flowers -- Creeping Buttercup -- Common Poppy -- Shepherd's Purse -- Hairy Bitter-Cress -- Hedge Mustard -- Common Violet -- Common Mouse-Ear -- Common Chickweed -- Procumbent Pearlwort. , Good King Henry -- Fat Hen -- Common Orache -- Common Mallow -- Soft Cranesbill -- Black Medick -- White Clover -- Bramble -- Dog Rose -- Biting Stonecrop -- Broad-Leaved Willow-Herb -- Ivy -- Cow Parsley -- Ground Elder -- Petty Spurge -- Common Knotgrass -- Persicaria -- Broad-Leaved Dock -- Stinging Nettle -- Hedge Bindweed -- Lesser Bindweed -- Ivy-Leaved Toadflax -- Ground Ivy -- Speedwells -- Self-Heal -- Hedge Woundwort -- Red Dead-Nettle -- White Dead-Nettle -- Greater Plantain -- Ribwort Plantain -- Goosegrass -- Common Groundsel -- Scentless Mayweed -- Pineappleweed -- Daisy -- Mugwort -- Creeping Thistle -- Nipplewort -- Dandelion -- Common Sowthistle -- Yellow Composites -- Grasses -- Garden Plants -- Sunflower -- Himalayan Honeysuckle -- Comfrey -- Teasel -- Honeysuckle -- Broom -- Goldenrod -- Michaelmas Daisy -- Great Mullein -- Foxglove -- Hemp Agrimony -- Field Scabious -- Red Valerian -- Lungwort -- Mints -- Lavender -- Barberry -- Firethorn -- Trees and Shrubs -- Hazel -- Silver Birch -- Cultivated Apple -- Dogwood -- Guelder Rose -- Goat Willow -- Ash -- Rowan -- Elder -- Hawthorn -- Pedunculate Oak -- Holly -- Fungi and Non-Flowering Plants -- Stinking Parasol -- Yellow Stainer -- Sulphur Tuft -- Plums and Custard -- Fairy Ring Champignon -- Honey Fungus -- Bonnet Mycena -- Shaggy Parasol -- Dryad's Saddle -- Varicoloured Bracket -- Candle-Snuff Fungus -- Coral Spot Fungus -- Lichens -- Liverworts -- Mosses -- DIY in the Garden -- Nest Boxes for Birds -- Bird Tables -- Hedgehog Boxes -- Garden Ponds -- Insect Homes -- Bat Boxes -- Glossary -- Index -- Picture Credits.

Note: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- The RSPB -- Introduction to the Third Edition -- A Nature Reserve on Your Doorstep -- Making a Wildlife Garden -- Boundaries, Borders and Lawns -- Trees -- Shrubs -- Peanuts, Scraps and Slugs -- Log Piles and Compost Heaps -- Wildflower Meadows -- Buildings -- Water Features -- Seasonal Management -- Monthly Guide -- Predation in the Garden -- The Green Gardener -- Wilding -- Dry Gardens -- Secret Garden -- Mammals -- Birds -- Reptiles and Amphibians -- Invertebrates -- Spiders -- Insects -- Butterflies -- Moths -- Wild Flowers -- Garden Plants -- Trees and Shrubs -- Fungi and Non-flowering Plants -- DIY in the Garden -- Nest Boxes for Birds -- Bird Tables -- Hedgehog Boxes -- Garden Ponds -- Pond Animals ID Guide -- Pond Plants ID Guide -- Insect Homes -- Bat Boxes -- Glossary -- Picture Credits -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- RSPB Scotland -- Map of Birdwatching Locations -- Birds in Scotland -- Using this Book -- Species Accounts -- Mute Swan -- Whooper Swan -- Bewick's Swan -- Bean Goose -- Pink-footed Goose -- White-fronted Goose -- Greylag Goose -- Canada Goose -- Barnacle Goose -- Brent Goose -- Shelduck -- Shoveler -- Wigeon -- Gadwall -- Teal -- Garganey -- Mallard -- Pintail -- Pochard -- Tufted Duck -- Scaup -- Eider -- Goldeneye -- Long-tailed Duck -- Common Scoter -- Velvet Scoter -- Red-breasted Merganser -- Goosander -- Red Grouse -- Ptarmigan -- Black Grouse -- Capercaillie -- Red-legged Partridge -- Grey Partridge -- Quail -- Pheasant -- Red-throated Diver -- Black-throated Diver -- Great Northern Diver -- Little Grebe -- Great Crested Grebe -- Red-necked Grebe -- Slavonian Grebe -- Black-necked Grebe -- Sooty Shearwater -- Manx Shearwater -- Storm Petrel -- Leach's Petrel -- Fulmar -- Gannet -- Cormorant -- Shag -- Grey Heron -- Little Egret -- Osprey -- Red Kite -- Honey Buzzard -- Buzzard -- Marsh Harrier -- Hen Harrier -- Goshawk -- Sparrowhawk -- White-tailed Eagle -- Golden Eagle -- Kestrel -- Merlin -- Peregrine -- Crane -- Water Rail -- Spotted Crake -- Moorhen -- Coot -- Corncrake -- Oystercatcher -- Little Ringed Plover -- Ringed Plover -- Golden Plover -- Grey Plover -- Dotterel -- Lapwing -- Sanderling -- Little Stint -- Curlew Sandpiper -- Purple Sandpiper -- Knot -- Dunlin -- Jack Snipe -- Snipe -- Woodcock -- Ruff -- Black-tailed Godwit -- Bar-tailed Godwit -- Whimbrel -- Curlew -- Green Sandpiper -- Wood Sandpiper -- Common Sandpiper -- Greenshank -- Redshank -- Spotted Redshank -- Red-necked Phalarope -- Grey Phalarope -- Turnstone -- Long-tailed Skua -- Arctic Skua -- Pomarine Skua -- Great Skua or Bonxie -- Little Gull -- Herring Gull -- Common Gull. , Lesser Black-backed Gull -- Great Black-backed Gull -- Iceland Gull -- Glaucous Gull -- Black-headed Gull -- Kittiwake -- Little Tern -- Sandwich Tern -- Common Tern -- Arctic Tern -- Black Tern -- Black Guillemot or Tystie -- Guillemot -- Razorbill -- Little Auk -- Puffin -- Woodpigeon -- Stock Dove (Pigeon) -- Collared Dove -- Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon -- Cuckoo -- Little Owl -- Tawny Owl -- Long-eared Owl -- Short-eared Owl -- Barn Owl -- Nightjar -- Kingfisher -- Green Woodpecker -- Great Spotted Woodpecker -- Skylark -- Shore Lark or Horned Lark -- Swift -- Sand Martin -- Swallow -- House Martin -- Tree Pipit -- Meadow Pipit -- Rock Pipit -- Pied Wagtail -- Yellow Wagtail -- Grey Wagtail -- Waxwing -- Dipper -- Wren -- Dunnock -- Robin -- Bluethroat -- Black Redstart -- Redstart -- Whinchat -- Stonechat -- Wheatear -- Redwing -- Ring Ouzel -- Blackbird -- Song Thrush -- Mistle Thrush -- Fieldfare -- Grasshopper Warbler -- Sedge Warbler -- Reed Warbler -- Blackcap -- Garden Warbler -- Lesser Whitethroat -- Whitethroat -- Yellow-browed Warbler -- Wood Warbler -- Chiffchaff -- Willow Warbler -- Spotted Flycatcher -- Pied Flycatcher -- Goldcrest -- Bearded Tit -- Long-tailed Tit -- Blue Tit -- Great Tit -- Crested Tit -- Coal Tit -- Willow Tit -- Marsh Tit -- Nuthatch -- Treecreeper -- Red-backed Shrike -- Jay -- Magpie -- Chough -- Jackdaw -- Rook -- Carrion Crow -- Hooded Crow -- Raven -- Starling -- House Sparrow -- Tree Sparrow -- Chaffinch -- Brambling -- Greenfinch -- Goldfinch -- Siskin -- Rosefinch -- Linnet -- Twite -- Lesser Redpoll -- Common Redpoll -- Common Crossbill -- Scottish Crossbill -- Parrot Crossbill -- Bullfinch -- Hawfinch -- Yellowhammer -- Lapland Bunting -- Snow Bunting -- Reed Bunting -- Corn Bunting -- Rarities -- Green-winged Teal -- American Wigeon -- King Eider -- Surf Scoter -- Smew -- Mandarin -- Yellow-billed Diver. , Snow Goose -- Night Heron -- Bittern -- Spoonbill -- Glossy Ibis -- Hobby -- Gyr Falcon -- Avocet -- Pectoral Sandpiper -- Temminck's Stint -- Mediterranean Gull -- Sabine's Gull -- Roseate Tern -- Snowy Owl -- Hoopoe -- Wryneck -- Great Grey Shrike -- Icterine Warbler -- Pallas's Warbler -- Red-breasted Flycatcher -- Firecrest -- Ortolan Bunting -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- The power of birds -- Birds and qualit y of life -- Birds and the arts -- Rich in folk history -- Birds for food and sport -- A hidden world -- All about eggs -- What is an egg? -- Size -- Number -- Shape -- Colour and patterns -- Eggs as food -- Eggs in research -- Feathering the nest -- What is a nest ? -- The shape of a nest -- Where to nest ? -- Building materials -- How to make a nest -- Nesting associations -- Adapting to human neighbours -- Defending a territory -- What is a territory? -- Defend ing a territory -- Filling the gaps -- Mapping territories -- Breeding behaviour -- When to breed -- Courtship displays -- Mating systems -- Brood parasites -- Infanticide -- Synchronised hatching -- Brood size -- Who incubates? -- Altricial or precocial? -- Nest management -- Division of labour -- Communal nesting -- What is a colony? -- The benefits of colonial living -- Is it a colony? -- Whose baby? -- The structure of a colony -- Fragile colonies -- Flocking -- What is a flock? -- Why flock? -- Synchronised flying - how do they do it ? -- Traditional flocking areas -- Collective names -- Songs and calls -- What is song? -- The purpose of song -- All the world's a stage -- Verse and chorus -- A season for song? -- Night music -- Song whatever the weather -- Mechanical sounds -- Mimicry -- Female song -- Sub-song -- Communication calls -- The study of birdsong -- How birds learn to sing -- Singing cage birds -- Writing down and recording birdsong -- The juvenile years -- Trials of life -- Leaving the nest -- Survival and longevity -- Average or meanage -- Survival factors -- Discovering old birds -- Age of first breeding -- Population regulation -- Population regulation -- Man-made hazards -- The future -- Migration -- Incredible journeys -- What is migration?. , Why migrate? -- Studying migrants -- Direction -- Timing -- Loop migration -- How far to fly -- How high to fly -- Day or night? -- Flyways across the world -- How do birds navigate? -- Fuel for the journey -- No wings? -- Vagrancy -- Is it all worth it ? -- Feeding -- Dietary niches -- Finding food -- When to feed? -- What to eat -- Techniques for feeding -- Tools for the job -- Energy requirements -- Learning new tricks -- Roosting -- What is a roost ? -- When to roost ? -- Sleep -- Where to roost -- Who get the best roosts? -- Communal roosts -- Birds and weather -- Weather factors -- Weather for migration -- Plumage and moult -- Beautiful plumage -- The value of feathers -- What is a feather? -- Changing feathers -- Preening -- Drying -- A little powder -- Scratching -- Bathing -- Feather care -- Preening -- Drying -- A little powder -- Scratching -- Bathing -- Flight -- Types of flight -- How fast can birds fly? -- Weight restrictions? -- Formation flying -- How do they do it? -- Largest flying birds -- Expert and agile -- Starting young -- Flying under wat er -- Flightlessness -- Vision and other senses -- Eyes -- Good hearing -- How do they smell? -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Image credits.

Note: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Population trends of British birds -- Using this book -- Bird Topography -- Species Accounts -- Rarities -- Further reading and resources -- Index.