Collins Bird Guide: The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

Lars Svensson

ISBN 10: 0007113323 / ISBN 13: 9780007113323

Published by HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2001

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 Petersons 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 Zetterstrom, 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. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001530171

Synopsis:

"Collins 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).

About the Author: Lars Svensson is Europe's leading field ornithologist. Killian Mullarney is one of the world's finest bird illustrator's. Winner of numerous awards, this is the first guide that he has illustrated. Dan Zetterstr?m is widely acclaimed for his bird illustrations.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Collins Bird Guide: The Most Complete Guide ...
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Mullarney, Killian; Zetterstrom, Dan
Condition: Very Good