- Paperback: 624 pages
- Publisher: Yale University Press (1 Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0300101589
- ISBN-13: 978-0300101584
- Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.3 x 0.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,603,516 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"As indispensable as a good field guide."
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- Published in association with A & C Black/Helm.
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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Very welcome and hugely expanded follow-up to the original 1986 guide, with a good balance of breadth of coverage and site detail. The authors must have faced some very difficult decisions in terms of what to leave out, and I'm sure everyone will be able to think of another site that they feel warrants a mention, but that's the inevitable compromise of a single volume covering the whole of Britain. The benefit of this guide over the more detailed regional volumes is that if you happen to be making a trip to an unfamiliar area you can easily locate any birding spots en route that might be worth a visit - without having to splash out for a regional guide that you might only use a handful of times.
Good, clear maps, and although some people have argued that the few colour pages on particular bird species just take up valuable real-estate in the book I personally think they are a nice touch.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a compromise it works very well. Yes there are various forums where people can ask for advice and birding spots in a certain vicinity, but nothing beats the feel of a "real book" to thumb and browse.
Yes you can collect all the various regional guides but will you use them so often? it can be argued regular birders/twitchers will know the areas anyway. Casual birders will enjoy this. I visited Norfolk, Suffolk, Mull and Speyside in a two week period. This book helped a lot - and continues to do so.
Yes you can collect all the various regional guides but will you use them so often? it can be argued regular birders/twitchers will know the areas anyway. Casual birders will enjoy this. I visited Norfolk, Suffolk, Mull and Speyside in a two week period. This book helped a lot - and continues to do so.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Bought it to go on holiday with, popped it in glove box and it proved itself to be a great buy. Took us to places we wouldn't have know were there. I would say that the discriptions of the places outlined are very fair and details, as far I was able to judge, correct.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
THE ONLY ONE YOU'LL NEEDS
Great book, well laid out and a very good read ! ! ! !
Found places I'd not even heard of,
Found places I'd not even heard of,
Published 7 months ago by Steve T
Excellent Book
For anyone interested in Bird Watching this is an excellent reference book; it tells you what to look out for throughout the UK and where to go to see and watch specific birds.
Published 9 months ago by p.y.
Very useful and well researched- excellent guide.
I bought this for our trip to the Scarborough area, Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs, in April. The directions to the venues were easy to follow, down to the best places in... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Bootess
a great book !
I bought this book for my hubby.He is a keen twitcher.He is very impressed and recommends it highly.In all the ordering and the delivery was spot on.
Published 16 months ago by Mrs. D. Jordan
where to watch birds in britain,BOOK
this book will be so valuable when we go visitg the many different bird reserves in the summer.a cracking good read.well pleased.
Published 17 months ago by P. J. Gibbs
worthwhile addition to collection
The beauty of this book is that it gives all the major birdwatching sites in the UK in an edition which can be taken on fieldtrips . Read more
Published 20 months ago by tc airdrie
Very good book, but could be better.
This is indeed a very good book and one that I would recommend whole-heartedly, however, a few tweaks here and there would have resulted in something closer to Mr. Read more
Published 22 months ago by G. S. Palmer
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