Collins gem birds - Jim Flegg

The only comprehensive pocket-sized photographic guide to over 240 European birds.

This Collins Gem is being reissued in flexibinding, providing the durability of a hardback with teh flexibility of a paperback. The stylish new cover design will enliven this and 70 other bestselling Gems.

Collins Gem Birds provides easily-used identification details linked to full-colour photographs for 240 European species, covering all those that most birdwatchers could expect to see in a lifetime.

Each bird entry includes:

Appearance, colour and distinctive features

Information on juveniles, range and habitat, nests, call and breeding sites

In addition, an introduction covers general information on plumage, habitats and migration, and first-time birdwatchers are given advice on what equipment to buy and where to go to spot.