Publications
Aves Sussexiensis, or A Catalogue of Birds found in the County of Sussex, with remarks. Trans. Linnean Soc. 4: 1-30., by William Markwick, published 1795 in Linnaean Society (vol. 4, article, pp.1-30)
On the bones of birds discovered in the strata of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex., by Gideon Mantell, published 1837 in Transactions of the Geological Society of London (vol. S2-5, issue 1, article, pp.175-177) View Online
Abstract:The remains of birds are so seldom found in a fossil state, that a notice of unquestionable relics of this class of animals, however imperfect, cannot fail to be interesting to the geologist and comparative anatomist. Mr. Lyell has well remarked in his Principles of Geology, that it might readily have been anticipated, that the fossil bones of birds would be of rare occurrence, since the power of flight possessed by these animals, preserves them from many casualties by which quadrupeds are destroyed and imbedded; and that even when birds are drowned, or chance to die on the water, the tubular structure of their bones, and their feathery coverings, would generally occasion them to float on the surface, until their carcases were devoured. We find, accordingly, but very few authenticated examples of fossil birds, certainly none (with the exception of those which it is my present purpose to describe) that can be referred to strata of an earlier period than the gypsum beds of the Paris basin. It is true that the thin fragile bones which occur in the slate of Stonesfield were formerly assigned to birds ?, but all these are now known to belong to Pterodactyles.
Soon after my attention was first directed to the fossils of the Wealden of the south-east of England, I discovered in the strata of Tilgate Forest, several bones of such extreme tenuity as could have been required only by animals intended for flight, and some of these, from their close resemblance.
Soon after my attention was first directed to the fossils of the Wealden of the south-east of England, I discovered in the strata of Tilgate Forest, several bones of such extreme tenuity as could have been required only by animals intended for flight, and some of these, from their close resemblance.
Ornithological rambles in Sussex: with a systematic catalogue of birds from that county, and remarks on their local distribution, by A.E. Knox, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., published 1849 (250 pp., London: John Van Voorst) View Online
Catalogue of the Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton. Giving a few descriptive notes, and the localities in which the specimens were obtained., by Edward Thomas Booth, published 1876 (219 pp., Brighton) accessible at: British Library
The Birds and Mammals of Sussex, by F. E. Sawyer, published 1877 in Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society (article, pp.99-)
Sussex Heronries, by Rev. Frederick Henry Arnold, published 1877 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 27, article, pp.110-116) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2112] & The Keep [LIB/500245] & S.A.S. library View Online
On an unpublished manuscript of William Markwick on the birds of Sussex, by J. E. Harting, published 1890 in Zoologist (vol. 14, article, pp.335-345, & p. 379)
The Birds of Sussex, by William Borrer, M.A., F.L.S., published 1891 (xviii + 385 pp., London: R. H. Porter) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries View Online
Occurrence of Baird's Sandpiper in Sussex, England, by Ruskin Butterfield, published April 1901 in The Auk (vol. 18, no. 2, article, p.190)
Birds, by John Guille Millais, published 1905 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 1: Natural History, Geology, pre-medieval Archaeology, the Domesday survey, and Political History, pp.273-298, , facsimile edition published 1973, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905855 & ISBN-13: 9780712905855) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2398] & The Keep [LIB/500089] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
A Geographical Bibliography of British Ornithology from the earliest times to the end of 1918, arranged under counties, by William Herbert Mullens, published 1920 (London: Witherby & Co.) View Online
Notes on Sussex Ornithology, being extracts from the Diaries of Robert Nathaniel Dennis, rector of East Blatchington, by William Herbert Mullens and N. F. Ticehurst, published 1925 (London: H. F. & G. Witherby) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The "Painted Lady" Butterfly in Sussex, by Christopher James Turle, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 7, article, p.336) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]
Nuthatches in a Sussex Garden, by Mildred Perrin, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 10, article, pp.426-428) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]
Redshanks in Sussex. A Reminiscence of Spring, by C. H. Larkin, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 10, article, pp.430-431) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]
Winter Birds in Sussex, by C. H. Larkin, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 13, article, pp.564-565) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]
The Booth Museum of British Birds, by E. J. Bedford, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 1, article, pp.32-35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]
Haunts of the Green Woodpecker, by C. H. Larkin, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 3, article, pp.121-122) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]
The "Stone Runner" in Sussex, by C. H. Larkin, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 4, article, pp.169-170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]
The Windhover, by C. H. Larkin, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 5, article, pp.224-225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]
The Swift, by C. H. Larkin, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 6, article, pp.269-270) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]
The Stone Curlew in the Downs, by C. H. Larkin, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 8, article, pp.369-370) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]
Some Birds of the Downs, by Rosemary Thornton, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 7, article, p.456) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]
In Defence of Hawks, by K. G. Ridgewell, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 6, article, p.386) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]
A Calendar of Jackdaws, by Rev. Howard J. Emmet, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 8, article, pp.549-550) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]
Sea Gulls in Sussex, by Anne Nevar, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 2, article, p.77) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]
The Heronry of Windmill Hill, by Charles H. Larkin, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 4, article, pp.258-259) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]
Some Ancient Dovecotes, by William Law, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 5, article, pp.284-293) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]
Bird-Life on the Sussex Coast, by E. W. Hendy, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 10, article, pp.627-628) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]
Old Dovecotes in the Cuckmere Valley, by William Law, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 10, article, pp.635-640) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]
Some Sussex Moths, by Robert Adkin, F.R.E.S., published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 7, article, pp.456-460) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]
A Humming-Bird in Sussex, by R. B. Richards, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 11, article, pp.712-713) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]
The Booth Collection of British Birds, by Arthur Griffith, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 11, article, pp.730-733; no. 12, pp.802-806) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]
E. T. Booth and His Birds, by The late A. F. Griffith, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 3, article, pp.167-170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]
The Birds Sussex Gave to England, by Eric Hardy, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 7, article, pp.462-463) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]
Some Ancient Dovecotes, by William Law, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 10, article, pp.621-629) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]
The Heronries of Sussex, by E. M. Cawkell, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 8, article, pp.483-486; no. 9, pp.569-572; no. 10, pp.639-642) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500180]
Birds of Eastbourne, by Edward Carleton Arnold, published 1936 (93 pp., Eastbourne: Strange the Printer) accessible at: British Library
With ten coloured and nine half-tone plates from drawings by the author, and various illustrations in the text.
The bird population of an area in Sussex, by Vera Maynard, published November 1936 in Journal of Animal Ecology (vol. 5, no. 2, article, pp.312-318)
Census of 20 acres at Woodwards, Burgess Hill, in 1934-35.
A History of Sussex Birds, by John Walpole-Bond, published 1938 (3 volumes, London: H. F. & G. Witherby) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The Heronries of Sussex, by E. M. Cawkell, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 12, article, p.818) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]
Bird distribution on the South Downs, and a comparison with that of Surrey Greensand heaths, by L.S.V. Venables, published November 1939 in Journal of Animal Ecology (vol. 8, no. 2, article, pp.227-237)
The annual immigration of the wood-pigeon and stock-dove on the coast of East Sussex, by A. Denby Wilkinson, published 1950 in British Birds (vol. 43, no. 8, article, pp.233-238) Download PDF
List of Sussex birds in the Bognor Regis Museum collection, by E. M. Venables, published 1957 (pamphlet, 18 pp., Bognor Regis Natural Science Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4498] & British Library
Bee Boles, by J. Harding, published November 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 4, article, pp.120-122) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library
The natural history of Pagham Harbour. Part 1, The birds and mammals of Pagham Harbour, by W. W. A. Phillips, published 1965 (40 pp., Bognor Regis Natural Science Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [AM 64/1/21] & British Library
The Birds and Flowers of Harting, by Enid Hurtley, Michael Casement and F. C. Johnson, published 1971 (pamphlet, 41 pp., The Harting Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2865] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The Birds and Flowers of Harting, by Enid Hurtley, Michael Casement and F. C. Johnson, published 1977 (Revised edition, The Harting Society) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Selsey Bill, West Sussex, Bird Report 1979, by C. R. Janman and O. Mitchell, published 1979 (Selsey: Janman & Mitchell) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12321] & West Sussex Libraries
Selsey Bill, West Sussex, Bird Report 1980, by C. R. Janman and O. Mitchell, published 1980 (Selsey: Janman & Mitchell) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Selsey Bill, West Sussex, Bird Report 1981, by C. R. Janman and O. Mitchell, published 1981 (Selsey: Janman & Mitchell) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Selsey Bill, West Sussex, Bird Report 1982, by C. R. Janman and O. Mitchell, published 1982 (Selsey: Janman & Mitchell) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
W. H. Hudson. A Biography, by Ruth Tomalin, published 1 January 1982 (314 pp., Faber & Faber, ISBN-10: 0571105998 & ISBN-13: 9780571105991) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Inland feeding by brent geese branta bernicla in Sussex, England, by Philip Round, published May 1982 in Biological Conservation (vol. 23, no. 1, article, pp.15-32)
Birds of Chichester Harbour, by J. Edom, published 1983 (pamphlet, 8 pp., Chichester Harbour Conservancy) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8806] & West Sussex Libraries
Selsey Bill, West Sussex, Bird Report 1983, by C. R. Janman and O. Mitchell, published 1983 (Selsey: Janman & Mitchell) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Birds in Sussex, 1962-1987, published 1987 (pamphlet, Sussex Ornithological Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14337]
Birds in Sussex, 1962-1987, published 1987 (booklet, Sussex Ornithological Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9895]
Birds of Shoreham (and surrounding areas including Brighton, Steyning and Worthing), by John Newnham, published 1988 (Shoreham District Ornithological Society) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The Birds of Selsey Bill, by Owen Mitchell, published 1991 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12579] & West Sussex Libraries
Birds of Sussex, by Paul James, published 1996 (591 pp., Sussex Ornithology Society, ISBN-10: 0952846608 & ISBN-13: 9780952846604) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Sussex Wildlife Trust, A History from 1961 to 1996, by Frank Penfold, published 1996 (Sussex Wildlife Trust, ISBN-10: 1898388091 & ISBN-13: 9781898388098) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The birds and other vertebrates of Rye Harbour, by Paul Troake and Barry Yates, published 2001 (82 pp., Lewes: East Sussex County Council) accessible at: British Library
The Birds of Sussex: A Checklist, published 2002 (pamphlet, Sussex Ornithological Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15054]
Birds of Selsey and Pagham, by Owen Mitchell, published 2003 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
From Pagham Harbour to Denzil Harber, by T. Marr, published 2003 in British birds : an illustrated magazine devoted to the Birds on the British List (vol. 96, part 3, article, pp.132-133)
Hark, The Birds with Cheerful Lays Warble Their Creator's Praise, by Sheila Haines, published Autumn 2004 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 73, article, p.17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/73] & The Keep [LIB/500497]
Birdwatching at the Seaside: Living with Peregrines and Other Birds in a Sussex Coastal City, by Brian Easlea, published 27 October 2008 (viii + 186 pp., Brighton: Pen Press Publishers, ISBN-10: 1906206953 & ISBN-13: 9781906206956) accessible at: British Library
Where to Watch Birds in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, by Paul James, published 2009 (5th edition, Christopher Helm, ISBN-13: 9781408105856) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Birds of Pagham Harbour Local Nature Reserve, by Owen Mitchell, published 2009 (Friends of Pagham Harbour) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
An animal geography of avian foraging competition on the Sussex coast of England, by Michael Campbell, published 2010 in Journal of Coastal Research (article, pp.44-52) Download PDF
The Natural History of the South Downs National Park, by Robin Crane and Rendel Williams, published June 2013 (130 pp., Sussex Archæological Society, ISBN-10: 0904973239 & ISBN-13: 9780904973235) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The book explores the animals, plants and habitat of the South Downs with more than 150 stunning photographs. It was written with the object of enriching people's knowledge of the wildlife and countryside of the Park, not simply by highlighting some special plants and animals, but by giving readers a greater understanding of the evolution of the wild places, the history of nature conservation and the management of habitats and species.
Sussex Ornithological Society: The Sussex Bird Report - 1948 to 2014, published 2014 (periodical) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16392]
Birdwather's Guide to Pagham Harbour, Medmerry and Selsey Bill, by Owen Mitchell, published 2017 (Friends of Pagham Harbour) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries