Collins Collins Field Guide Bird Songs and Calls of Britain and Northern Europe
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Wed 17, October, 2007
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£22.50
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Description:
This field guide helps to identify bird sounds. The guide is organised by habitat, with atmospheric backgrounds and voice-overs discussing how to tell the difference between each species, so the reader can quickly learn all the calls he can hear when visiting his local wood, or marshland RSPB reserve. Over 158 species are covered, the focus being on common birds and birds that are difficult to separate visually, but easy when the calls are heard. The accompanying booklet gives background information on each species, plus an introductory section on bird song, where and when it can be heard, and how to make your own recordings.
A truly comprehensive multimedia field guide for the avid bird-listener, for quick and easy identification of over 200 birds.
Author:
Geoff Sample
RRP:
£25
Published Date:
18/04/1996
ISBN:
0-00-220037-6
Format
Paperback Hardback
Author
davewalker Wild Member
Registered: January 2007 Posts: 108
Review Date: Fri 9, February, 2007
Would you recommend it? Yes |
Total Spent: £19.99| Rating: 10
Strengths:
A clear,well recorded and narrated guide.Enjoyable time after time
Weaknesses:
none that I noticed
A book and cds for long winter evenings.A superb audio guide to the birds we can hear.
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and good battery life!
almostnormal Officer of the Wild Empire
Registered: March 2007 Location: Broad Hinton (thats near swindon) Posts: 871
Review Date: Wed 17, October, 2007
Would you recommend it? Yes |
Total Spent: £25.00| Rating: 7
Strengths:
clear and concise book and good bird song clips
Weaknesses:
the narration
I bought this when I started doing work in the farmland bird sector in order to refresh my memory of bird song. The bird clips on the cd's are clear and easy to distinguish and the book has some nice information in it as well. The only downside to this guide is the narrative bit of the audio, with the monotonous voice of Geoff Sample telling you where abouts you are, ie. I am now entering a woodland, the trees are swaying the wind is blowing etc. Some people might find that helpful, but it just distracted me from the purpose of the cd.
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