British Birds: A Pocket Guide

Rob Hume · Robert Still · Andy Swash · Hugh Harrop · David Tipling

Aug 2019 · WILDGuides Book 114 · Princeton University Press

About this ebook

A carefully designed and lavishly illustrated photographic guide

This innovative and carefully designed photographic guide provides a concise introduction to the identification of the 246 birds most likely to be seen in Great Britain and Ireland. It is the perfect book for anyone wanting to put a name to the birds in their garden, local area or on visits farther afield. Packed with hundreds of stunning photos showing the birds in their many variations, and written and designed by a team of experienced birdwatchers, this is the ideal companion for anyone interested in learning more about the wild birds around us.

• Covers the 246 birds most likely to be seen, plus another 30 or so scarce but regular migrants
  
• Carefully designed to be user-friendly and accessible
  
• Lavishly illustrated with more than 1,000 stunning colour photographs
  
• Easy to use and written in plain English
  

Ratings and reviews

Good photographs and practical recognition guide. (The images are displayed in colour when read in light reading mode as opposed to dark or sepia mode)

terrible it's all in black and white monochrome. how do you expect to identify a bird.

About the author

Rob Hume is a freelance writer, editor and artist, with more than thirty books on birds to his name. Robert Still is publishing director of WILDGuides and a prolific natural history author. Andy Swash is managing director of WILDGuides and a well-known wildlife photographer and author. Hugh Harrop is an award-winning photographer and the owner of the ecotourism business Shetland Wildlife. David Tipling is one of the world's most widely published wildlife photographers and the author or commissioned photographer of many books. The five are also coauthors of the highly acclaimed Britain’s Birds (Princeton WILDGuides).