Mike Unwin Books

Southern African Wildlife Guide - Expert information and travel advice featuring southern African wildlife, flora and fauna, birdwatching, practical field tips, conservation, safaris and natural history. Includes the Okavango Delta, Zambezi Valley, Kalahari, Luangwa Valley and national parks such as Kruger, Hwange, Chobe and Etosha.

This beautiful and inspiring book tells the stories of 80 birds around the world: from the Sociable Weaver Bird in Namibia which constructs huge, multi-nest 'apartment blocks' in the desert, to the Bar-headed Goose of China, one of the highest-flying migrants which crosses the Himalayas twice a year. Many birds come steeped in folklore and myth, some are national emblems and a few have inspired scientific revelation or daring conservation projects. Each has a story to tell that sheds a light on our relationship with the natural world and reveals just how deeply birds matter to us.

A visually stunning, photographically driven celebration of bird migration-- one of the great marvels of the natural world

A guide to the animals that inhabit planet Earth. Divided by continent, it describes the diversity of wildlife which can be found all over the world, from soaring bald eagles in the Rocky Mountains to dancing lemurs in Madagascar and graceful turtles in the South Pacific. It includes animal records, various facts, a glossary and an animal quiz.

You're flying high over the Himalayan mountains, on a journey filled with danger. The temperature is far below freezing, the air is thin, and golden eagles swoop out of the sky to attack you. This is just one of the 20 incredible migration stories in this book.

This beautiful RSPB Encyclopedia will take you on an incredible journey through the world of birds, helping you find out about the amazing feathered creatures that share our planet. From tropical parrots and toucans to sea birds and eagles, find out all about birds with this informative first guide and reference book. Packed with brilliant photography, fun facts and top bird tips, learn, explore and be amazed by birds big and small.

This is an Internet-linked introduction to the vast variety of the animals that share our world. This book is enhanced by hundreds of carefully selected websites which, accessed through Usborne Quicklinks, allow readers to see pictures, read the field notes of a wildlife photographer, watch videos of animals in their natural habitats and much more.

RSPB Spotlight Crows is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos and features succinct, detailed text written by a knowledgeable naturalist.In Spotlight Crows , Mike Unwin looks at the biology and ecology of all eight UK corvids and investigates why these birds have become deeply embedded in our culture, from children's rhymes and Norse mythology to Shakespeare's plays and the poems of Edgar Allen Poe.Most of the UK's crow species--carrion crow, hooded crow, rook, jackdaw, raven, chough, magpie and jay--are very familiar birds to urban householder and countryside dweller alike. Together they make up the Corvidae family, and they have been deeply intertwined in our lives and culture since prehistoric times.However, familiarity often breeds contempt, and crows--also known as corvids--have long attracted a bad press. Reviled as raiders of crops, feeders on carrion, thieves of jewelry and bullies of smaller birds, crows have often found themselves on the wrong end of a shotgun. Yet the more we learn about them, the more fascinating they become.Behind the behavior some find objectionable lie exceptional intelligence and resourcefulness. These qualities have long captivated scientists and excited the admiration of anyone who takes the time to know crows better.

Introduces the life cycles of the most familiar animal groups.