Collins Bird Guide

Followingonfromitshugelysuccessfullaunchin1999,CollinsBirdGuide–theultimatereferencebookforbirdenthusiasts–nowentersitssecondedition.Withexpandedtextandadditionalcolourillustrations,thesecondeditionofthehugelysuccessfulCollinsBirdGuideisamustforeverybirdwatcher.Thebookprovidesalltheinformationneededtoidentifyanyspeciesatanytimeoftheyear,coveringsize,habitat,range,identificationandvoice.Accompanyingeveryspeciesentryisadistributionmapandillustrationsshowingthespeciesinallthemajorplumages(male,female,immature,inflight,atrest,feeding:whateverisimportant).Inaddition,eachgroupofbirdsincludesanintroductionwhichcoversthemajorproblemsinvolvedinidentifyingorobservingthem:howtoorganiseaseawatchingtrip,howtoseparatebirdsofpreyinflight,whichduckhybridscanbeconfusedwithwhichmainspecies.Theseandmanyothercommonbirdwatchingquestionsareanswered.Thecombinationofdefinitivetext,up-to-datedistributionmapsandsuperbillustrations,allinasinglevolume,makesthisbooktheultimatefieldguide,essentialoneverybookshelfandbirdwatchingtrip.