The following list provides details of the book sources of information relating to the Rare Birds in Northumberland.
The four parts of Birmingham Ornithology Collections by Watson, P. (2010-11) in pdf format can be accessed here
Adamson, C. M. 1879. Sundry Natural History Scraps. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Adamson, C. M. 1880-81. Some more scraps about Birds. J. Bell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Bayldon, J. M. 1970. A Guide to the Birds of the Bamburgh Area. Harold Hill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Bewick, T. 1821. A Supplement to the History of British Land Birds. Newcastle & London.
Bewick, T. 1847. A History of British Birds (2 vols.). Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Bolam, G. 1912. Birds of Northumberland and the Eastern Borders. H. H. Blair, Alnwick.
Bolam, G. 1932. A Catalogue of the Birds of Northumberland. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 8: 1.
British Ornithologists' Union. 1971. The Status of Birds in Britain and Ireland. Blackwell, Oxford.
Carruthers, M. & Shaw, K. 1986. The Birds of the Tynemouth Area. Unknown.
Chapman, A. 1889. Bird Life of the Borders. Gurney & Jackson, London.
Ennion, E. A. R. 1960. The House on the Shore. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London.
Evans, A. H. 1911. A Fauna of the Tweed Area. David Douglas, Edinburgh.
Fleming, J. 1828. A History of British Animals. Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh.
Galloway, B. & Kerr, I. 1978-83. Northumberland's Birds. Transactions of the Natural History Society, Northumbria.
Gray, R. 1871. The Birds of the West of Scotland. Thomas Murray, Glasgow.
Halliday, W. 1910. The Book of Migratory Birds: Met with on Holy Island and the Northumbrian Coast, to which is added descriptive accounts of Wild Fowling on the Mud Flats, with Notes on the General Natural History of this district. J. Ouseley, Ltd. London.
Hancock, J. 1874. A Catalogue of the Birds of Northumberland and Durham. Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Harting, J. E. 1872. A Handbook of British Birds. Van Voorst, London.
Howse, R. 1899. Index-Catalogue of the Birds in the Hancock Collection. Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Kerr, I. 1992. Lindisfarne's Birds. Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club.
Kerr, I. 2001. Northumbrian Birds. Northumberland and Tyneside Bird Club.
Kerr, I. 2003. The Birds of Holy Island (1st ed.). Privately published.
Kerr, I. 2016. The Birds of Holy Island (3rd ed.). NatureGuides, Ltd.
Latham, J. 1821-28. A General History of Birds (10 vols.). Winchester.
Macgillivray, W. 1837-52. A History of British Birds (5 vols.). Scott, Webster & Geary, London.
Morris, F. O. 1863-67. History of British Birds (8 vols.). Groombridge, London.
Mullens, W. H. & Kirke Swann, H. 1917. A Bibliography of British Ornithology. MacMillan & Co., London.
Noble, Sir G. 1931. Birds of Jesmond Dene. Eyre and Spottiswoode.
Perry, R. 1946. A Naturalist on Lindisfarne. Lindsay Drummond Ltd., London.
Saunders, H. 1899. An Illustrated Manual of British Birds (2nd ed.). Van Voorst, London.
Selby, P. J. 1825. Illustrations of British Ornithology. Lizars, Edinburgh.
Selby, P. J. 1833. Illustrations of British Ornithology (2 vols.). Lizars, Edinburgh.
Turnbull, W. P. 1867. Birds of East Lothian and a portion of the adjoining counties (2nd ed.). Glasgow.
Wallis, J. 1769. The Natural History and Antiquities of Northumberland and of so much of the County of Durham as lies between the Rivers Tyne and Tweed; commonly called, North Bishoprick (2 vols.). London.
Watson, P. 2010-11. Birmingham Ornithology Collections. pdfs.
Witherby, H. F. 1920-24. A Practical Handbook of British Birds (2 vols.). Witherby & Co., London.
Witherby, H. F., et al. 1938-41, et seq. The Handbook of British Birds. H. F. & G. Witherby, London.
Yarrell, W. 1843-45. A History of British Birds, 2nd ed. (3 vols.). Van Voorst, London.
Yarrell, W. (Newton, A. & Saunders, H.). 1871-85. Yarrell's History of British Birds, 4th ed. (4 vols.). Van Voorst, London.