Free birdwatching magazine and guide to finding birds
Coatham Marsh is a 134 acre nature reserve bordered by Redcar on two sides, a Steel works and the Sea on another, but its wetland features attract a diverse and important number of birds....
Hartlepool headland & docks
Surrounded on three sides by the sea, the Magnesium Limestone headland or peninsula called the Heugh at Hartlepool is more familiarly known as Old Hartlepool. It has recorded many migrants .
Hurworth Burn Reservoir
Technically in Durham, Hurworth Burn Reservoir is notable for winter wildfowl and good wader passage, especially in autumn. The surrounding farmland offers some variety with wintering thrushes and finches......
Little Gill, Saltburn Gill (which is managed by the Cleveland Wildlife Trust as a nature reserve) and, the most popular and accessible of them all, Riftswood.
Scaling Dam reservoir
Scaling Dam Reservoir was completed in 1958, and was quickly populated by wildlife. The south west corner of the lake was designated a nature reserve in 1972..
Seaton Common & North Gare
Seaton Dunes and Common is a 312 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the outskirts of Seaton Carew. An area of grazing marsh separated from the north sea....
CLEVELAND
Browse a range of New and used Avifauna for the English county of Cleveland.
Also you may wish to view a wide selection of suitable field guides by
The Breeding Birds of Cleveland: A Tetrad Atlas
The book starts by describing how the landscape has developed since the last glaciation, leading to a wide range of habitats within the 230 square miles of Cleveland. The main body is devoted to the accounts of the 127 species breeding in Cleveland. Each account describes the habitat requirements for the species, the historical records for the local area, and concludes by making predictions about its future prospects.
Birds of Cleveland
This book details the status of all 362 known species of birds recorded in Cleveland (northern England) and is complete with illustrations and photographs.
Birdwatching in Clevelandia
Advanced Bird ID Handbook
New Hollands Advanced Bird ID Guide has taken the birding world by storm, being described by leading authorities as ground-breaking, innovative and brilliant, and scooping the prestigious Birdwatch Magazine Bird Book of the Year Award 2010.
Identification Guide to Birds of Britain and Northern Europe
The user-friendly introduction covers geography, climate, taxonomy and nomenclature, habitats, bird identification, and the best places to watch birds. Common birds are then identified using six descriptive groups:
Complete Field Guide to Irish Birds
Eric Dempsey and Michael O'Clery's award-winning The Complete Guide to Ireland's Birds has been continuously in print for almost twenty years. Since the publication of the second edition, many new species have been recorded in Ireland while others have now been afforded full species status. The Complete Field Guide to Ireland's Birds reflects these most recent changes to Ireland's birdlife.
Birds of the Palearctic - Passerines
A field guide to all the passerines or songbirds found from Britain, eastwards to Japan, and as far south as the Sahara and Himalayas. Perfect for the travelling birdwatcher!
This book covers all the perching birds of the Palearctic, a zoographical area running from the British Isles eastwards to Japan, with its southern border marked by the Sahara, the Middle Eastern deserts, and the Himalayas. It covers the whole of the Russian Arctic, China, Tibet, Japan and the whole of Europe – the most popular bird watching area in the world.
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