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The British Isles are home, either permanently or for a few months of the year, to about 600 species of bird. Initially, Wildlife Online will cover British corvids (crows) and raptors (hawks and owls). Please select from one of the groups below to learn more about some of the species.

Corvids

Covering the basic natural history of the eight species of corvids found in the British Isles.

Owls

Natural history information on the seven species of owls reported from the UK.

Bibliography

Owls of the World - by Claus König, Friedhelm Weick & Jan-Hendrik Becking
Christopher Helm, London -- 2009 -- ISBN: 978-1408108840

The Snowy Owl - by Eugene Potapov & Richard Sale
T & A D Poyser Ltd. -- 2013 -- ISBN: 978-1408172179

The Eagle Owl - by Vincenzo Penteriani & María del Mar Delgado
T & A D Poyser Ltd. -- 2019 -- ISBN: 978-1472900661

The Tawny Owl - by Jeff R Martin
T & A D Poyser Ltd. -- 2022 -- ISBN: 978-1472943569

Owls of Europe: Biology, Identification & Conservation - by Wolfgang Scherzinger & Theodor Mebs
Christopher Helm -- 2024 -- ISBN: 978-1399410793

Owls: A guide for ornithologists - by Ron Freethy
Bishopsgate Press Ltd. -- 1992 -- ISBN: 978-1852190422

Owls of Europe - by Heimo Mikkola
T & A D Poyser Ltd. -- 1983 -- ISBN: 978-0856610349

Owls: Their natural and unnatural history - by John Sparks & Tony Soper
David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd. -- 1978 -- ISBN: 978-0715349953

Short-Eared Owls - by Bryan Benn
Independently Published -- 2021 -- ISBN: 978-1838480004

The Little Owl: Population Dynamics, Behavior and Management of Athene noctua - by Dries van Nieuwenhuyse, Ronald van Harxen & David H Johnson
Cambridge University Press -- 2023 -- ISBN: 9781009100151

The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar - by Martin Windrow
Corgi Books -- 2014 -- ISBN: 9780552170048

RSPB Spotlight Owls - by Marianne Taylor
Bloomsbury Natural History -- 2020 -- ISBN: 978-1472980281

Owls - by Chris Mead
Whittet Books -- 2011 -- ISBN: 978-1873580837

Owls of Britain & Europe - by Anthony A. Wardhaugh
Blandford Press, Dorset -- 1983 -- ISBN: 978-0713712605

The Book of the Barn Owl - by Sally Coulthard
Apollo Books -- 2022 -- ISBN: 978-1789544770

The Barn Owl - by Mike Read & Jake Allsop
Blandford Books -- 1995 -- ISBN: 978-0713723496

Barn Owls in Britain: Phantoms of the farmyard - by Jeff Martin
Whittet Books -- 2008 -- ISBN: 978-1873580752