- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Collins; illustrated edition edition (7 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007177895
- ISBN-13: 978-0007177899
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 9.9 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 491,451 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
An invaluable pocket-sized guide to the 100 most popular species of bird that you are most likely to find in your town, garden or park
Birdwatching is becoming very popular – over 300,000 surveys were submitted for the 2003 Big Garden Birdwatch with the RSPB. This completely new title in the Collins Wild Guide series incorporates both practical information on each species and expert advice on how to encourage them into your garden.
• Detailed description and ID factfile for each entry, enabling fast and accurate identification
• Contains information on each species' feeding, behavioural habits, breeding, voice and population
• An extensive introduction provides information on nesting sites, water, pests and predators
Each two-page spread is devoted to a different species and illustrated with a colour photograph to aid identification. Compact and easy-to-use, Wild Guide Garden Birds is the perfect introduction to this increasingly popular subject.
About the Author
Stephen Moss has been an active birdwatcher all his life. A journalist and broadcaster, he writes a monthly column for The Guardian and also contributes regularly to Birdwatch magazine. He also produced and directed the highly successful BBC television series Wildlife in your Garden, with Bill Oddie.
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120 of 121 people found the following review helpful
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Nice introduction, with ints on attracting birds to your garden.
It's lovely and compact (3.75 x 4.25 x 0.5 inches), easy to use layout of one bird per page. Each page includes a brief section on identification, habits, feeding, breeding, voice and habitat. Also a clear photo of each bird with some sketches of juveniles.
My only minor dissapointment is on the lack of data on the size of each bird.
It's lovely and compact (3.75 x 4.25 x 0.5 inches), easy to use layout of one bird per page. Each page includes a brief section on identification, habits, feeding, breeding, voice and habitat. Also a clear photo of each bird with some sketches of juveniles.
My only minor dissapointment is on the lack of data on the size of each bird.
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A lovely little book and just what I needed as a non bird watcher to identify what was coming into the garden. The book has a nice layout and is small enough to slip into your pocket.
32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is exactly what it say in the title, a handy little book of the one hundred or so species of the more common garden birds. It is possible, but hardly probable that you may see a Snowy Owl in your back garden, stranger things have happened, but if you do you won't find it in this book. If you live in the wilds of Scotland a Golden Eagle may be perched on your chimney pot at this very moment, but again you will not find it in this book.
Joking apart the book is for those who see a handsome little bird in their garden and think "I wonder what that one is called." This book will help them to identify those birds without having to fork out a great deal of money on an expensive book. It is also useful for those bird clues in crossword puzzles.
Joking apart the book is for those who see a handsome little bird in their garden and think "I wonder what that one is called." This book will help them to identify those birds without having to fork out a great deal of money on an expensive book. It is also useful for those bird clues in crossword puzzles.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not a bad buy....
....but not fantastic. I bought this to try & identify some of the many birds that come into my garden. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Garden twitcher
Collins Gem Garden Birds
I bought this bird book it is called the garden birds, so when i went to look up about sparrow, it was not in there, so why is Swans, Goose, Teal, Pheasant, in this book, when was... Read more
Published 10 months ago by col
collins gem garden birds
The book was well worth the money with loads of info about things to do to get more birds in your garden and the photos of the birds is very good and the info about then is very... Read more
Published 10 months ago by diddys
bird books
We purchased this book to identify the birds we have been feeding in our garden.Along with this we also purchased the birds book. Read more
Published 10 months ago by paul
Great Little Windowsill Guide!!
I am glad I ordered this pocket guide. It is very informative and the clear photos & illustrations of each species both juvenile and adult I have found useful when trying to... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Helen
A Gem of a book!
A great little book to keep on your window sill to identify those garden visitors.
I had been given two bigger more in depth books which didn't do what I wanted so I... Read more
I had been given two bigger more in depth books which didn't do what I wanted so I... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Helen Putterford
It's GRRRREEAATTTTTTT.
Excellent, fast delivery. Book is easy to read and the birds are only ones that could be found in gardens. Excellent for people starting out identifying birds.
Published 17 months ago by Mrs. D. M. Dorrington
Collins Gem - Garden Birds
A wonderful bird book, ideal for all ages of bird lovers and very typical of Collins 'little gem' books.
Published 21 months ago by Superowls
Great litttle guide
I got this book for my mum who has recently retired and was trying to figure out what kind of birds visited her new bird table. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mrs. L. Lomas
Collins Garden Birds
Lovely little book. Everything we need for amateur bird watching. Great price - just hope we see half of the birds shown in the book in our garden!
Published 22 months ago by Mr. M. D. Dugdale
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