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Birds, whales and dolphins, geology and the Atlantic natural world.
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Nature & Wildlife
With selection notes
English · 2006 edition
The first field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of Macaronesia — the Canaries, Madeira, the Azores and Cape Verde — covering over 450 species with colour plates and accounts of identification, status, range and voice.
Nature & Wildlife
With selection notes
English · 2019 edition
A photographic identification guide to the whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals of European seas, explicitly including the Macaronesian waters around Madeira — ideal for the island’s whale-watching trips.
Nature & Wildlife
With selection notes
English · 2018 edition
A WILDGuides photographic field guide to the wildlife of Madeira and the Canary Islands — birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and dragonflies — with distribution maps and key sites.
Nature & Wildlife
With selection notes
English · 2019 edition
A nature travel guide linking Madeira’s geology, habitats, plants and animals with routes and wildlife sites. The publisher lists 18 routes and 23 site descriptions, with coverage of Porto Santo and maritime excursions to the Desertas and Selvagens.
Nature & Wildlife
English · 2014 edition
A “where to watch birds” site guide covering all Portuguese territory, including the Madeira and Azores archipelagos — the best places and times to find the region’s endemic taxa, seabird colonies and vagrants.
Nature & Wildlife
English · 2020 edition
A practical, pocket-sized worldwide field guide by cetacean expert Mark Carwardine covering all 93 species, with 500+ illustrations and identification tips — a handy companion for the species-rich waters off Madeira.
Nature & Wildlife
English · 2011 edition
A field guide illustrating all 573 species and subspecies of birds recorded in Macaronesia, with 150 colour plates and 230 maps — covering Madeira’s endemics such as Zino’s Petrel, the Trocaz Pigeon and the Madeira Firecrest.
Nature & Wildlife
Multilingual · 2018 edition
A waterproof pocket dive/snorkel identification guide to 247 marine species around the Azores, Madeira, the Canaries and Cape Verde, each shown with pictograms for habitat, diet and behaviour, named in five languages.
Nature & Wildlife
German · 2011 edition
A diver’s fish identification guide by marine biologist Peter Wirtz, covering about 150 fish species around Madeira, the Canaries and the Azores with 200+ colour photographs (German text).
Nature & Wildlife
English · original edition 1854
Thomas Vernon Wollaston’s pioneering account of the insects of the Madeiran archipelago — a foundational work of island natural history based on his 1840s fieldwork.
Nature & Wildlife
English · original edition 1878
Wollaston’s survey of the land and freshwater molluscs of the Atlantic islands including Madeira — a standard 19th-century reference in island malacology.
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