 | Collins Bird Guide: The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars Svensson
Large format shows those fantastic drawings at a jawdropping size - lush, but for the armchair not the field
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 | Collins Bird Guide: The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars Svensson
The version that you will need for the field!
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 | Birders by Mark Cocker
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.19 I read it in one sitting - took me 9 hours though!
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 | Birds, a Complete Guide to All British and European Species by Dominic Couzens
Buy used from: £24.99 A nice addition to a birdwatching library - gives a slightly different point of view from conventional guides
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 | RSPB Pocket Birds by Jonathan Elphick
Buy used from: £17.57 The field guide that I take everywhere, as it fits a treat in my inside pocket - Photos instead of drawings - and great photos they are too! Often making for easier identification
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 | RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe by Rob Hume
Buy used from: £4.51 And of course I have the larger format for armchair reading - again because the photos are superb - not because I have bad eyesight
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 | RSPB Handbook of British Birds : (Ornithology) : by Peter Holden
Buy used from: £0.45 I really like this book - the pictures are pretty ropey but the facts are far and beyond those you get in a conventional field guide
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| Birds of Prey (Hamlyn Bird Behaviour Guides) by Nicholas Hammond
Buy used from: £19.89 This is a fascinating book for those with a love of raptors
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 | Wildfowl: An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World (Helm Identification Guides) by Steve Madge
HELM pure birding quality - I just lurve this book - It's a must have
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 | The Handbook of Bird Identification: For Europe and the Western Palearctic (Helm Identification Guides) by Mark Beaman
Buy used from: £45.00 An utterly fantastic reference book - Pricey, but well worth the money
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