Collins Life Size Birds The Only Guide To Show British Birds At Their Actual Size

A photographic celebration of Britain and northern Europe's richly varied birdlife, this book uniquely presents each species in 1:1 scale.

In a unique new collaboration, Collins have paired up with the respected British Trust for Ornithology, bringing together the most authoritative and up-to-date information in this new field guide to the common birds of Britain and Ireland.

This splendid guide to the birds of Britain and Europe takes you well beyond the information you might find in a field guide. Organized taxonomically, it includes an introduction to each family, with information on food, habitat, eggs, and breeding and nesting behavior. Memorable descriptions and often astonishing facts make even the commonest birds worthy of new attention. A visual feast, Collins Birds features 500 color photographs and more than 1,000 illustrations and maps.

An intermediate guide providing a unique combination of identification artwork with photographs and sketches illustrating bird behaviour. Each spread is designed to show similar-looking species together for easy identification. But as well as being easy to use, it is completely comprehensive, with detailed identification illustrations showing the male, female and juvenile plumages for every species. Alongside the artwork for each species, a colour map shows breeding and wintering locations, so you know when and where you're likely to see it. There are also clear voice descriptions of songs and calls. Species are arranged into their families are accompanied by 'notebook' pages describing and illustrating habitats, breeding and feeding behaviour and flight patterns.