| RSPB Pocket Birds (Rspb) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jonathan Elphick, John Woodward
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Category: Book
List Price: £8.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 1697
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0751336785
Dewey Decimal Number: 598
EAN: 9780751336788
ASIN: 0751336785
Publication Date: January 30, 2003
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Great Value for Money July 3, 2007
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
There are literally hundreds of bird identification books on the bookshelves and to be fair most of them are excellent, obviously some are more comprehensive than others and cater for all tastes from the casual watcher right through to the enthusiast.
This a small book and in this case, small is beautiful. Its size is what is important to me. There is nothing worse than having to carry a book around plus a pair of binoculars, camera etc. Obviously the content of the book is very important too and this one will certainly hold its own with any other type of guide. We would expect nothing less from an RSPB book. The photographs are stunning and there is plenty of information on each bird featured. I don't think that you will get a better compact 'field book' than this one.
This is the best POCKET guide February 4, 2006
34 out of 36 found this review helpful
This is the best field guide that I have seen and used, and it's one that actually fits in a pocket! The colour pictures are superb, along with a useful amount of facts and reference material. This is a nicely scaled version of the large format RSPB Bird Guide. I also think that this is a lot of pocketable guide for the money.
Fantastic bird book July 30, 2005
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is an extremely attractive, and informative book with excellent photography throughout - perfect for amateur bird watchers.
The best bird guide around! April 30, 2003
166 out of 167 found this review helpful
One of the best field guides I have seen. It is for birds in both Britain and Europe and is a handy size to carry around. The photographs used are stunning and for each bird there is an amazing amount of information:- Several photos of each bird, with one large photo annotated to show distinguishing features.
- Paragraph explaining many interesting facts about the bird
- Drawings showing the bird in flight (several for birds of prey)
- Type of habitats they live in
- Small map to show regions where they can be found and at what time of year
- Many show both the male and female at different times of the year. Also for some birds the juvenile and immature adult as well.
- Calls of the birds
- Nesting habits
- Feeding behaviour
- Similar types of species
- Small symbols to show size of bird relative to four well known species (which you don’t find in many guides and I find it most useful)
- Often tips to explain any details between closely related species, so you can tell them apart. Basically, a very thorough guide with such a large amount of detail in a useful size. If you need a bird guide, this is the one you should buy. Highly recommended
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