Collins birds of Britain & Ireland - Dominic Couzens

A comprehensive guide that provides a unique combination of identification artwork with photographs and sketches that illustrate bird behaviour.

Divided by bird family, each identification plate is arranged to show similar-looking species together. For each one there is are detailed identification illustrations showing the male, female and juvenile. These are supplemented by maps showing breeding and wintering locations, and voice descriptions of songs and calls.

The information or 'notebook' pages that follow describe and illustrate habitats, breeding and feeding behaviour and flight patterns.