The Sound Approach to Birding: A guide to understanding bird sound

Imagine yourself on a Bill Bryson adventure through the treetops, learning about cultural and biological evolution, migration and more, from the world’s leading authorities.

The Sound Approach to Birding is the pioneering book on birdsong by the global leaders in bird sound recording, identification and analysis, Mark Constantine OBE (CEO and co-founder of LUSH) and the Sound Approach team. Readers are invited on a journey through practical field experience, scientific theory and an in-depth understanding of birds and their calls.

Illustrated with stunning original artwork and photographs of over 200 species, the book is accompanied by a bespoke, free-to-download app that allows the reader to listen to original sound recordings of authentic birdcalls alongside the informative text. The Sound Approach to Birding is for beginners, experienced birdwatchers, ornithologists, nature enthusiasts, families and educators to discover more about birdwatching, a wide variety of species and their songs and all in a beautiful gift package.

This edition features extensive updates, revised content, a new cover and new chapters and artwork.

Mark Constantine OBE is a British entrepreneur who co-founded Lush with five friends and creative confidants in 1995. Mark is a trichologist, perfumer and part of Lush’s product development team creating hair, skincare and body creams along with transformative spa treatments. Mark is also Lush’s CEO and the driving force behind the business.

In the 2010 Queen’s New Years Honours list, Mark and his wife Mo Constantine both received OBEs for their services to the beauty industry. Mark has been named five times since 2010 as one of London’s 1000 Most Influential People in the ‘Environment’ and ‘Business Brains’ categories by The Evening Standard newspaper.

Today, Lush operates in 50 countries with over 850 shops, 38 websites shipping worldwide and a global network of native apps, broadcasting channels and digital communities in over 30 languages.

The Sound Approach team is made up of Killian Mullarney, Magnus Robb, Rene Pop and Arnoud van den Berg – world-class experts in bird sound and bird identification, bird illustration and bird photography.