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Birds, whales and dolphins, geology and the Atlantic natural world.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A comprehensive 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. Arguably the best all-round wildlife guide for Madeira.
A wildlife and nature travel guide to Madeira for birdwatchers, naturalists and ramblers — 15 routes plus sites across Madeira and Porto Santo, with background on geology, flora and fauna, and sea-life excursions to the Desertas and Selvagens.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Wollaston’s survey of the land and freshwater molluscs of the Atlantic islands including Madeira — a standard 19th-century reference in island malacology.
