Best bird book?

[afroyeti]

Hey guys

Wondering if any of you guys can suggest a decent book for identifying birds, maybe one that deals just with birds in the UK. Not too bothered about size, so one with more pictures would suit me best.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Yeti

[JackBD95]

Collins Bird Guide 2nd edition is a novel sized handbook and is excellant. there are no pictures but the illustrations perfectly show you all of the different phases of plumage etc. very useful. i love it!
hope this helps

[Naturenutz]

A very good book is - Book of british birds published by readers digest AA.If the book has its dust cover there are a pair of wading birds on the cover.if you find the book without its dust cover their is a tawny owl on the book front board.Its quite an old book around 1980,s but republished often and very easy to get hold of and very popular with great illustrations and detail.Available for around £10 or so delivered from online book stores and auction sites .I highly rate it.

[JackBD95]

yes that is a good book

[mightymaiden]

Has to be Collins complete guide to British Birds for me. Excellent book. Great information and pictures.

[SheffieldLass]

RSPB Birds of Britain and Europe by Rob Hume published by DK,

or the Pocket version of the book if you want to take it into the field with you - RSPB Pocket Birds of Britain and Europe by Jonathon Elphick and John Woodward also published by DK. Not quite so much written detail in the pocket version, but pictures are the same, only smaller.

[david156]

I use the collins guide. One copy at home and one in the car.
These are backed up by 'The Birds of the western palearctic' and various other specialised books.

Cheers

[mamma-p]

I have a collins pocket book of british birds, had it for years and love it. Also have a RSPB guide to birds and feeding, can't remember the title but use the collins pocket book all the time.

[nightshade]

I bought most of my bird books from charity shops, these include Collins, Haynes and Readers Digest (AA)
Most useful; Collins Bird Guide.
Most used at home; the Readers Digest Birds of Britain.
Most coveted; the two volume Birds of the Western Paleartic

A useful general Bird Guide and most other Wildlife in one volume;
Collins Complete British Wildlife Photoguide.
You can never have enough books

[Stephen Raff]

Through recommendation I got the Collins Bird Guide (the most complete guide to the birds of Britain and Europe) paperback then went and lost it Confused people endless when I put it on my chrimbo list and said it MUST have the owl on the front cover.... little did I realize the 2nd edition was out

Very good book and has helped me out many times.

Stephen