Britain's Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland

Might be the best visual bird book I own! I wish they would make similar styles to the book for the USA and other locations.

Dieses Buch ist für jeden Ornithologen ein Muss. Es gibt tolle Farbfotos in einer sehr guten Qualität, die nicht nur schön zu betrachten sind, sondern auf denen der Autor auf viele feine Unterschiede hinweist, die bei der Bestimmung von diversen Arten zu beachten sind. Gerade bei den schwierigeren Arten ist dies sehr hilfreich und eine sehr willkommene Ergänzung zum Standard Bestimmungsbuch der Ornithologen, dem Kosmos Vogel Vogelführer. Interessant sind auch die Hinweise über die Bestände in Großbritannien und Irland. Der englische Text ist auch für Amateure gut verständlich. Das Buch eignet sich auch ideal als Geschenk für Profis. Das Preis-Leistungsverhältnis ist aufgrund der vielen Fotos und des umfangreichen Textes sehr günstig. Da ist man auch gern bereit, ein paar Tage länger auf die Sendung zu warten. Der Versand erfolgt aus dem Ausland. Die Verpackung war optimal, das Buch ist in einem Top-Zustand eingetroffen.

Perfecto.El libro es estupendo. Tiene fallos, pero es una se las mejores guías de fotografías que conozco, si no la mejor

This new guide  Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland (WILDGuides)  is set to become the standard for British and Irish birders. It has instantly become my favourite field guide for the birds of Britain and Ireland. I do have and use virtually all the current bird guides published (Collins, Crossley, RSGB, BTO, Van Duivendijk, et al, along with many which are out of print, so to win me over to this guide was quite a feat!This book is substantial in size (15.8 x 3.5 x 21.5 cm) with 560 pages containing the highest quality photographs of birds in various plumages and sexes and in flight. There is a comprehensive index as well as a short index on a flap at the rear which is very convenient in quickly locating the various types of bird. The paper is of high quality and despite being 3.5cm thick the book opens flat very well. No need to keep your hand on the page while you use it to check out the id of some bird you have photographed. Believe me when I say that this can be an annoying feature of some books! This guide in my opinion excels in distinguishing between male and female of each species and in quickly highlighting the differences with confusing species. This is often done with a clear photo of each of the sexes or species with a further textual annotation appended to the photo. Personally I have been able to make distinctions between male and female of certain species that I had not been able to do before. Of course any good guide will have this information in the text, but for me a photo with some of the key identifying features highlighted helps to aid or reinforce these important features needed by the keen birder who wishes to increase their birding skills. The blending of various bird photos into one page/scene is for the most part very skilfully and artistically done.The opening section of each bird type contains useful information. Indeed, scattered throughout the book there is a considerable amount of very helpful material both in textual and photographic form. The maps in this book are of sufficient size as to be useful. Some guides I have have disappointed me in that the maps are just too small to be readable. No use for a magnifying glass here! The inclusion of migratory paths is often not included in guides of this nature. While these maps cannot be comprehensive due to limited space they will be a very helpful bonus for many readers. This field guide to British birds contains a lot of information on every page. One bit of info which is not icluded is an indicator of what months of the year each species is likely to be present. A simple line bar graph would have remedied this omission.WildGuides have once again set the standard very high. Does it make the other guides obsolete? No. They each have their strengths and weaknesses. If you buy this guide it will undoubtedly give you many enjoyable hours perusal and help anyone in identifying common and rare birds which are to be found in Britain and Ireland. Buy it, you won't be disappointed! I'm glad I bought this on the strength of the high quality of other WildGuides, as there weren't many reviews. I wasn't disappointed. In fact I am delighted to now have this book in my collection. As I said, it is now a favourite among my many bird guides. Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland (WILDGuides)

A lovely piece of work. I look forward to using it in the field.