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Birds: ID Insights: Identifying the More Difficult Birds of Britain

Birds: ID Insights: Identifying the More Difficult Birds of Britain

Birds: ID Insights: Identifying the More Difficult Birds of Britain

Birds: ID Insights: Identifying the More Difficult Birds of Britain

Overview

Birds: ID Insights is ideal for birders of all levels. Its unique layout, comparing the plumages of similar pairs and groups of species, makes it perfect for identifying the more difficult birds found in Britain and other parts of north-west Europe. It has more images showing how to age birds than any comparable guide, and its handy compact size makes it practical for taking out into the field.
The book is based on a long-running series of identification features in Bird Watching magazine. Author Dominic Couzens and artist David Nurney have spent years compiling the field notes and artworks for this series, and here their efforts are drawn together and made complete in a single volume that is easy to carry in the field and practical for birders to use.
In addition they have expanded the species list from the magazine series and added many new birds, including the likes of Subalpine Warbler, Short-toed Lark, and Red-rumped Swallow. in total, the book covers more than 230 species, with easy-to-identify species such as Magpie and Kingfisher given minimal coverage so that the more difficult ID issues can be covered as fully as possible.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472982131
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 07/14/2020
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.59(w) x 7.82(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dominic Couzens is an ornithologist based in Dorset. He writes for BBC Wildlife and Bird Watching, and has written many books, including Atlas of Rare Birds and Top 100 Birding Sites of the World for New Holland.
Artist David Nurney specialises in birds and has illustrated many books, including Woodpeckers, Nightjars and the RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds.

Table of Contents

Foreword 6

Introduction 7

Bird Groups

Whooper & Bewick's Swans 10

Grey geese 13

Female dabbling ducks 17

Teal & Garganey 22

Female Aytha diving ducks 24

Scoters 29

Eider 33

Female sawbills 36

Winter divers 38

Fulmar and shearwaters 44

Gannet 48

Cormorant & Shag 50

Winter grebes 52

General notes on birds of prey 57

Harriers 62

Buzzards 67

Eagles 75

Goshawk & Sparrowhawk 79

Sparrowhawk & Kestrel 83

Falcons 84

Ringed, Little Kinged & Kentish Plover 92

Large plovers 95

Dunlin 97

Dunlin & Curlew Sandpiper 100

Temminck's & Little Stints 102

Sanderling 104

Ruff 106

Common, Green & Wood Sandpipers 112

Common Redshank, Greenshank & Sported Redshank 114

Godwits 118

Curlew & Whimbrel 120

Snipes & Woodcock 122

Skuas 124

Black-headed Gull 129

Common Gull 130

Small gulls 132

Mediterranean Gulf 138

Herring, Yellow-legged & Caspian Gulls 139

Great & Lesser Black-backed Gulls 144

Glaucous & Iceland Gulls 147

Little Gull 149

Kittiwake, Little & Sabine's Gulls 152

Sea terns 154

Black & White-winged Terns 159

Auks 161

Pigeons & doves 170

Swifts 173

Woodpeckers 174

Shrikes 180

Crows 183

Marsh, Willow & Coal Tits 188

Larks 190

Swallows & martins 196

Sylvia warblers 200

General notes on warblers 203

Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff & Wood Warbler 207

Icterine & Melodious Warblers 212

Reed Warbler & related warblers 213

Starlings 216

Spotted thrushes 218

Blackbird & Ring Ouzel 221

Common & Black Redstarts 223

Stoneehat & Whinchat 227

Wagtails 230

Pipits 238

Chaffinch & Brambling 244

Greenfinch, Siskin & Serin 246

Redpolls 248

Linnet & Twite 251

Yellowhammer, Corn & Girl Buntings 254

Reed, Lapland & other buntings 258

Snow Bunting 264

Glossary 266

Bibliography 267

Other books by New Holland 268

Index 270

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