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Recent content by Jim Martin

  1. Jim Martin

    Australian field guides - a bit of a review.

    Just on this ancient thread (which has miraculously popped up from nowhere – thank you Charles Harper), I've been told by CSIRO that my advance copies of the revised edition of Australian Bird Guide is en route. This will be on sale in the UK and US from October this year.
  2. Jim Martin

    Larks of the World

    Yes it'll now be two volumes (in a slip case - won't be sold separately). Thanks.
  3. Jim Martin

    Field Guide to Birds of Greater Southern Africa

    We're publishing Birds of Angola in 2025. It'll be a Helm field guide. Michael Mills is the author (art by Nik Borrow). Jim
  4. Jim Martin

    Leaf warblers

    Sunbirds 2nd ed. has been submitted and will be publishing next year.
  5. Jim Martin

    Leaf warblers

    Announcing the acquisition of a major new work in the Helm ID Guides series: Leaf Warblers: Identification, Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Genus Phylloscopus by Vincent van der Spek, James Eaton, Jonathan Martinez, Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok, Callan Cohen & Frank Rheindt, with plates by Faansie...
  6. Jim Martin

    Your most anticipated futures books

    Our edition of this mighty book went to press TODAY. Publishing UK 23 November, US 5 March. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/strahans-mammals-of-australia-9781399414227/
  7. Jim Martin

    Your most anticipated futures books

    it'll be a bit later than that. Our edition is out in March. JM
  8. Jim Martin

    Your most anticipated futures books

    What a nasty comment. This is a nice little guide for non-specialists that supersedes Tony's book of a similar title that was published about 15 years ago. Photographs and text revised and updated throughout.
  9. Jim Martin

    Identifying Migratory Birds by Sound

    Announcing the acquisition of this title by Stanislas Wroza. The nocmig bible! It publishes in English in July 2024.
  10. Jim Martin

    Shrikes of the World

    Advance copies of this new title by Norbert Lefranc in the Helm ID Guides series are IN. On my desk anyway.
  11. Jim Martin

    New edition of Birds of India coming?

    Not a rumour. Yes it's true. the new edition is publishing in January 2025.
  12. Jim Martin

    Best bird guides by region...Africa

    A new Helm field guide is on the way – FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS OF ANGOLA by Michael Mills, Nik Borrow & Ron Demey. Publishing in the latter half of 2024.
  13. Jim Martin

    Angola field guide

    I do have some news on this. I've just signed up a new Helm field guide to Angola, by Michael Mills, Ron Demey and Nik Borrow. Publishing 2024. (No field guide currently, no).
  14. Jim Martin

    Best bird guides by region...Asia

    Correct.
  15. Jim Martin

    Best bird guides by region...Africa

    Advance copies of the new edition of Birds of Ghana are HERE. The book publishes early February next year (hardback and paperback editions). Jim
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