Product Description

Whether local or visiting, expert or novice, Where to watch birds in Devon and Cornwall is the essential guide for any active birdwatcher in these counties. All significant birdwatching areas in the region are analysed under the headings 'Habitat', 'Timing', 'Access' and 'Calendar', providing all the information necessary to make the most of each and every trip, whatever the time of year. This substantially revised and expanded edition has new chapters, details of 'clusters' of sites easily accessible from particular holiday or population centres, additional information on access for the car-bound or disabled, as well as numerous examples of recent occurrences and significant status changes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #149057 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-28
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
' A must-read for any active birdwatcher, whether expert or novice ' --BBC Wildlife (March 2009)

'...particularly useful for visiting birders...'
--bto.org (August 2009)

About the Author
David Norman is a long-term member of the Devon Bird Records Assessment Committee and founder of the South Devon Bird Group. He has been birding in the area for over 30 years. Vic Tucker has been birding in Devon and Cornwall for many years, and he has also travelled widely in Europe and the Indian subcontinent in search of birds. he has written notes and articles for Country Life and British Birds.

Customer Reviews

Excellent
An excellent book and a big improvement on the last edition. I've been birding in Devon for years but it helped me find a "lifer" within days.
So far this is the best "Where to watch birds..."I have come across and is really worth getting.

a great book
Where to Watch Birds in Devon and Cornwall: Including the Isles of Scilly and Lundy (Where to Watch Birds)I live in cornwall know most sights but this book is spot on a must to take out or just browse. Now with this book in our car we will be over the border to Devon to some new places , if you are coming to the west country birdwatching just buy it .