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Birds of Europe: With North Africa and the Middle East (Helm Field Guides) [Paperback]

Lars Jonsson (Author, Illustrator)

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Paperback: 560 pages
Publisher: Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd; New Ed edition (30 Jun 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0713652381
ISBN-13: 978-0713652383
Product Dimensions: 20 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 515,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A highly illustrated guide covering all but a few of the Western Paleactic's breeding birds, and includes information on all regularly encountered vagrants.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A "must have" for bird lovers - just for the plates, 11 April 2006

Christopher J. Sharpe "Chris Sharpe" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This is a perfectly viable field guide to the birds of Europe and, if it weren't for the existence of the Collins Guide, it could easily be a top recommendation. One thing marks this book apart from other field guides though: the illustrations are so beautiful that they might have been painted for art's sake alone. I have been fascinated by Jonsson's gulls and shorebirds from an earlier series published by habitat and now to have all the birds together is just wonderful. His paintings capture the "jizz" of the bird better than those of any other artist I know. This book will give great aesthetic pleasure long before (and after) one gets it into the field.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Birds of Europe, 30 Nov 2009

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Very good book excellent price if anyone has an interest in birding, a must for your collection

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5.0 out of 5 stars birds of europe, 7 Jan 2010

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Excellent book. Handy size and drawings are excellent. Bought it as a Christmas present for my husband who is a keen bird watcher and who already has a few books on birds of Britain and Europe. He was thrilled with it and said it contains many references to species not found in his other books. Book arrived very promplty, in plenty of time for Christmas.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Plates Good, Text Eh
I got this book in 2010 because I've heard it was a great guide for Western Palearctic. It kinda was, with some positive an negative ways. Read more

Published 5 months ago by Ismail Hakan Kulacoglu

5.0 out of 5 stars A great field guide and a good read !
I've used this guide on numerous occasions before, but it has always been someone else's that I've borrowed so I knew what the book was like and how it was held in high regard by... Read more

Published 7 months ago by Mike

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful artwork from 'The Master'
This book was first published in 1992, and it held the title of 'Top Birders Field Guide' until the Collins Bird Guide was published in 1999. Read more

Published 16 months ago by Birdnut

5.0 out of 5 stars he best
If you want to know what you are loking at and you are anywhere in europe this is the daddy! ! easy to identify , well laid out, go for it.

Published on 22 Jun 2009 by Mrs. J. Harvey

4.0 out of 5 stars a classic but not very well printed
Considered one of the best fieldguides, I agree. I love Lars Jonsson's work. Poor print quality.

Published on 17 Feb 2009 by Ivens Koen Herman Cecilia

3.0 out of 5 stars The best and worst of Lars Jonsson
This book has a rather complicated pre-history. From 1976 to 1980, the Swedish writer, painter and bird-watcher Lars Jonsson wrote and illustrated a five-volume work on European... Read more

Published on 24 Aug 2008 by Ashtar Command

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