NOW AVAILABLE - new two-volume The Birds of Fair Isle book set
Fair Isle Bird Observatory is delighted to announce that its new island avifauna - The Birds of Fair Isle - by Ian Andrews, Roger Riddington, Paul Harvey, Will Miles and Rebecca Nason is now available to purchase.
This comprehensive, beautifully illustrated, two volume work celebrates 75 years of dedicated FIBO survey effort and offers the most complete account of the island’s birdlife ever produced.
The two volume set is available to order at £85 plus postage (£7 UK, £25 Europe or £50 worldwide). To secure a copy from our limited print run, please see the information below.
How to buy a copy of our new book
By PayPal or card: to pay using your PayPal account or bank debit/credit card CLICK HERE
By bank transfer to:
Please also send an email to bofi@fairislebirdobs.co.uk with your address etc.
Copies are now also on sale at the SOC in Aberlady, East Lothian and The Shetland Bookshop, Lerwick
If you are based in or near East Lothian, north Nottinghamshire, or Shetland, it may be possible to arrange collection of copies. Please email: bofi@fairislebirdobs.co.uk.
Authors: Ian Andrews, Roger Riddington, Paul Harvey, Will Miles and Rebecca Nason
Assisted by: Steve Arlow, Alexander C. Lees, Deryk N. Shaw and Glen A. Tyler
Additional photography: Alex Penn, Lee Gregory, Roger Broad, Dan Gornall, Georgia Platt and 75 others
Format: 944 full-colour, A4 pages in two volumes with over 800 photographs
Contents: foreword by Roy Dennis, 11 introductory chapters, 401 species accounts, five appendices and a comprehensive bibliography
Publication date: April 2026
Cost: £85 plus postage (£7 UK, £25 Europe or £50 worldwide)
Email: bofi@fairislebirdobs.co.uk
