Bill Oddie's Birds of Britain and Ireland

by Bill Oddie (Author), Clive Byers (Illustrator), Dave Daly (Illustrator), Bill Oddie (Author), Clive Byers (Illustrator), Dave Daly (Illustrator), Stephen Message (Illustrator)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1998

  $3.25

  This beginner's field guide to British birds contains realistic illustrations of each species. There are ten confusion pages which compare and contrast the species that are difficult to distinguish, and the last section of the book is devoted to 55 less-common and quite rare species.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  This is a new and fully updated edition of this popular title. Essentially a beginner's field guide to British and Irish Birds, this is a must-have book for any birder coming to grips with the 200 or so most common species to be found in these countries. Written in Bill's inimitable style, the book enables even the most inexperienced birdwatcher to clearly identify a wide variety of species. The new edition takes into account the most recent changes to the taxonomic order of bird species, includes the latest scientific bird names as well as the common names, contains numerous new pictures, and is fully updated with the latest data on species for which the status has changed since the book was first published, such as the Little Egret. Clear, realistic and accurate illustrations by several leading artists show the birds as they are actually seen in the field. A unique feature of the book is the 10-page section featuring 'confusion species'; these compare and contrast the birds that novice birders often find the most confusing.