European Bird Guide

Peter H Barthel & Paschalis Dougalis

An authoritative up-to-date bargain-priced pocket field guide with Balearic, Yelkouan & Macaronesian Shearwaters, Tundra & Taiga Bean Geese, Eastern & Spanish Imperial Eagles, Caspian, Yellow-legged & Heuglin's Gulls, European & Siberian Stonechats, Eastern & Western Black-eared Wheatears, Eastern & Western Olivaceous Warblers, Booted & Sykes's Warblers, Eastern & Western Orphean Warblers, Balearic & Marmora's Warblers, Common & Iberian Chiffchaffs, Western & Eastern Bonelli's Warblers, Great Grey & Southern Grey Shrikes, Citril Finch & Corsican Finch and Mealy & Lesser Redpolls.

Covers more than 500 bird species, including all those that commonly breed, pass through or winter in Britain and Europe, plus a number of regular vagrants. It has 70 beautifully illustrated and very accurate full-page colour plates illustrating a variety of plumages and poses for most species. In total the book contains 1,700 bird images. The concise text is packed with essential information on the identification, calls, distribution and status of each species and the account for each species is on the page opposite its illustration. There is a distribution map for most species. The book’s combination of authority and portability make it an essential field companion for any European birdwatcher.

Softback £10.99