British Birds: A Pocket Guide

Editor/Author Hume, Rob, Still, Robert and Swash, Andy et.al
Publication Year: 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-0-691-18167-7
Category: Science - Biology
Image Count: 743
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

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.

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Table of Contents

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • How to use this book
  • Knowing the parts of a bird
  • Identifying birds
  • GETTING TO THE RIGHT GROUP OF BIRDS
  • Birds on water
  • Standing birds
  • Perched birds
  • Small landbirds
  • Birds in flight
  • Bird habitats
  • BRITAIN'S BIRDS
  • Wildfowl
  • Swans
  • Geese & Shelduck
  • Ducks
  • Waterbirds
  • Cormorants
  • Divers
  • Grebes
  • Seabirds
  • Auks
  • Petrels
  • Shearwaters
  • Gannet
  • Gulls, Skuas & Terns
  • Gulls
  • Skuas
  • Terns
  • Waders
  • Oystercatcher
  • Turnstone
  • Avocet
  • Plovers
  • Snipe & Woodcock
  • Stone-curlew
  • Small sandpipers
  • 'Shanks'
  • Godwits
  • Curlews
  • Phalaropes
  • Large waterside birds
  • Bittern
  • Heron & Egrets
  • Spoonbill
  • Crane
  • Rails & Crakes
  • 'Gamebirds'
  • Quail
  • Pheasant & Partridges
  • Grouse
  • Pigeons & Doves
  • Birds of Prey
  • Eagles
  • Buzzards
  • Osprey
  • Kites
  • Harriers
  • Hawks
  • Falcons
  • Nightbirds
  • Owls
  • Nightjar
  • 'Near-passerines' [Kingfishers, Cuckoos, Parakeets & Woodpeckers]
  • Aerial Feeders [Swifts, Swallow & Martins]
  • Passerines
  • Larks
  • Pipits
  • Wagtails
  • Starling, Waxwing & Dipper
  • Dunnock & Wren
  • Thrushes & Chats
  • Crests & Warblers
  • Flycatchers
  • Nuthatch & Treecreeper
  • Tits
  • Crows
  • Finches, Buntings & Sparrows
  • Finches
  • Buntings
  • Sparrows
  • Rare migrants and regular vagrants
  • Further reading
  • Acknowledgements and photographic credits