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R170.00
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A Story from the Secret Side of an African River
(All proceeds donated to BirdLife South Africa) Put yourself in a canoe floating down an African river. Idly watch the bushfolk leading their secretive, busy lives. Let your mind drift and imagine ... What if they had the same technology as us? What adventures would they have? This book is filled with humour reminiscent of The Wind in the Willows, with an African techo twist! Suitable for early teens and adult reading. A bushveld love story set on the Zambezi River to nurture a passion of birds and wildlife through many generations. Genre: Fiction Author: Ro Neall ISBN: 978-0-473-34382-8 May 2016
Marion and Prince Edward Island (Coffee Book)
R450.00
The beautiful coffee-table book Marion & Prince Edward: Africa’s Southern Islands authored by Aleks Terauds, John Cooper, Steven Chown and Peter Ryan.
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R500.00 – R900.00
Authors: Nico de Bruyn & Chris Oosthuizen
Pain forms the character is a beautifully and lovingly produced book that gives a thorough portrait of Marion Island and the people who went there under Doc Bester's guidance to understand seals and to eliminate cats. It is a valuable record of the material and social life of a subantarctic community.
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A substantial book about life on Marion Island! This book documents anecdotes from the earliest researchers, past cat hunters to modern sealers who are currently gathering data and monitoring animals at Marion Island. If you’ve been there, this book will bring back memories and if you haven’t been there, this book will make you want to go to Marion! Beautiful photo’s and interesting anecdotes weaved into the factual background of the broader Southern Ocean islands, show that the spirit of adventure and exploration still lives now in the name of science!
R150.00
AUTHORS: CHRIS AND MATHILDE STUART
A guide to the whales, dolphins and seals of Southern Africa and the Southern Ocean
The is easy-to-use identification guide to the whales, dolphins and seals found in Southern African waters and the Southern Ocean is compact yet comprehensive. Close to 50 species occur in the region: from the demonstrative Humpback Whale and Dusky Dolphin to the striking Leopard Seal and massive Blue Whale. This book:
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Guide to Seabirds of Southern Africa
R270.00
AUTHOR: PETER RYAN
Seabirds hold a special place in the hearts of birders, not least because of the challenge of getting to grips with a group of birds that is largely inaccessible, and living in an often hostile habitat. Guide to Seabirds of Southern Africa is the first book focusing exclusively on the nearly 1,000 birds that occur around the southern African coastline and adjacent Southern Ocean.
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Format Paperback
Published March 2017
R400.00
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The definitive guide to Southern Africa’s Little Brown Jobs
Almost a quarter of Southern Africa’s bird species, and half of its endemics, are known by birdwatchers as LBJs or Little Brown Jobs.
R380.00
The definitive guide to Southern Africa’s Shorebirds.
Waders, or shorebirds, represent only a small percentage of the world’s birds, but are unparalleled in popularity among birders.
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Sasol Birds of Southern Africa (5th Edition) Lar...
R450.00About the book:
Now in its fifth edition, Sasol Birds of Southern Africa has been brought fully up to date by its expert author panel, with additional contributions from two new birding experts. Greatly enhanced, this comprehensive, best-selling guide is sure to maintain its place as one of Africa’s most trusted field guides.
Key features of the 5th revised edition:
- More than 800 new illustrations
- Scan and play bird calls using free downloadable app
- Fully revised text (with latest species records), maps and plate annotations
- Fresh input from new contributing authors
- Comprehensive coverage of the region’s birds
45 in stock
Sasol Birds of Southern Africa (5th Edition) PVC...
R390.00About the book:
Now in its fifth edition, Sasol Birds of Southern Africa has been brought fully up to date by its expert author panel, with additional contributions from two new birding experts. Greatly enhanced, this comprehensive, best-selling guide is sure to maintain its place as one of Africa’s most trusted field guides.
Key features of the 5th revised edition:
- More than 800 new illustrations
- Scan and play bird calls using free downloadable app
- Fully revised text (with latest species records), maps and plate annotations
- Fresh input from new contributing authors
- Comprehensive coverage of the region’s birds
The 2015 Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South A...
R50.00
The state of conservation in the region is no better reflected than in The 2015 Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, which assess the extinction threats that plants, reptiles or birds face.
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Sasol Birds of Southern Africa (5th Edition)
R370.00About the book:
Now in its fifth edition, Sasol Birds of Southern Africa has been brought fully up to date by its expert author panel, with additional contributions from two new birding experts. Greatly enhanced, this comprehensive, best-selling guide is sure to maintain its place as one of Africa’s most trusted field guides.
Key features of the 5th revised edition:
- More than 800 new illustrations
- Scan and play bird calls using free downloadable app
- Fully revised text (with latest species records), maps and plate annotations
- Fresh input from new contributing authors
- Comprehensive coverage of the region’s birds