- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Collins; New edition edition (2 April 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007113323
- ISBN-13: 978-0007113323
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (154 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 57,464 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This book will become the standard guide for many years to come."
-BBC Wildlife
"As essential as binoculars for those who take birdwatching seriously."
-New Scientist
"…go on, buy it and enjoy it – it really is a very good book!"
-RSPB Birds Magazine
"The richest and the most comprehensive of the current guides"
-The Times
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The comprehensive and award-winning Collins Bird Guide, published to great acclaim in 1999, has now been reissued in a compact, stylish paperback edition.
Collins have been the leading publishers of bird field guides for over 40 years. The publication of Roger Tory Peterson’s guide in the 1950s, and the guide illustrated by Hermann Heinzel in the 1970s, were landmarks in field guide publishing. Collins New Bird Guide represents yet another landmark for Collins. Written by Lars Svensson, illustrated by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterström, and translated by David Christie, this is the strongest team ever to produce a field guide.
Collins New Bird Guide provides all the information needed to identify any species at any time of the year, with detailed text on size, habitat, range, identification and voice. Accompanying every species entry is a distribution map and illustrations showing the species in all the major plumages (male, female, immature, in flight, at rest, feeding: whatever is important).
In addition each group of birds includes an introduction which covers the major problems involved in identifying or observing them: how to organise a sea watching trip, how to separate birds of prey in flight, which duck hybrids can be confused with which main species. These and many other common birdwatching questions are answered.
The combination of definitive text, up-to-date distribution maps and superb illustrations, all in a single, portable volume, makes this book the ultimate field guide. It will become essential on every bookshelf and birdwatching trip.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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The best guide I've seen,
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This review is from: Collins Bird Guide: The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe (Paperback)
Since being a child I've been borrowing my dad's weatherbeaten copy of Bertel Bruun's masterpiece, without ever finding an adequate replacement.This one's finally taken over, crammed with beautiful photos, informative text, and great little touches that make identification easier. There's plenty of extra drawings of species' behaviour to get rid of the unavoidable "stuffed animal" nature of bird plates, and each species has a description of song. There's even an easy to read guide to help you ascertain how common British species are. Yes it's pretty crammed, but all with relevant information, in a book that's deserved to be the new standard for birdwatchers everywhere. Dad, you can have your book back now.
108 of 111 people found the following review helpful:
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The best field guide to any avifauna,
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This review is from: Collins Bird Guide: The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe (Paperback)
This book emerged onto a highly competitive market already burgeoning with numerous field guides, most by renowned authors and many having benefitted from improvement over several editions. Quite simply though, this book won instant recognition as the best field guide available for Europe - and perhaps a model for field guides everywhere. Its authors are well known experts in their field having spent many years studying and publishing on the birds of the region. However, the key to the guide's success is the fact that so much more useful information has been condensed into a guide which is much the same size as existing books. The book boasts excellent illustrations, succinct text and handy maps, all presented on a the same page. Small enough to fit into a pocket and cheap, it is a must for anyone even remotely interested in British or European birds. Don't hesitate!
49 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best!,
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This review is from: Collins Bird Guide: The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe (Paperback)
Put purely and simply, this is the best bird identification guide I have ancountered. I have many different ones and they all have their charms but for a truly amazing, comprehensive and detailed list of all the birds of Britain and Europe, this wins hands down. The illustrations are beautiful, and incredibly accurate, with details of all plumages (summer/winter/adult/sub-adult/juvenile), and details of sub-species. General behaviour, physical description, and calls and songs are all detailed superbly. I haven't even had this book for 24 hours yet and already I love it - that says quite alot, I think!
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