9 Book of the Year

WINNER: Seabirds: The New

Identification Guide by Peter Harrison, Martin Perrow and Hans Larsson

Published by Lynx Edicions, this exhaustive title provides a wealth of detail and information on the world’s 434 seabird species. Lavishly illustrated with more than 3,800 colour figures, the comprehensive and definitive text covers status and conservation, geographic range, movements and migration, breeding biology and feeding habits, plus identification and latest taxonomic treatments. One reader described it as: “Just the very best all-encompassing seabird guide ever.”