Advantages: useful, informative reference book
Disadvantages: none

...My husband has always had a strong interest in birds and we are very keen to attract them to the garden. We also like, when possible to visit various nature reserves in the UK and also sometimes abroad. The Collins Bird Guide has always been an essential to take with us on these trips, or indeed to have to hand when something a little bit different visits the garden. I think this is an incredibly useful book and I can't dispute its front cover claim that it is 'the most complete field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe. The book is organised in the way that most bird watchers would expect starting with divers and ending with buntings. This apparently is known as the taxonomic order! The book starts with a very useful introduction which pretty much explains how you can get the most out of using the book. It helps you... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of useful information
Disadvantages: Quite large and bulky, expensive

...Where to watch birds in Scotland by Mike Madders and Julia Welstead is part of the Where to Watch Birds guides that covers 21 different titles. Each of these books have different authors but they all follow the same format which has proved so successful that they are now amongst the best selling bird books ever published. Where to watch birds in Scotland has been described as "The definitive guide to finding birds in Scotland" and first published in 1989 it is now in its fourth edition. The book spans 297 pages and is arranged by region. As the title of the book suggests it covers 142 different locations across ten different Scottish regions. Each of the regional sections includes a map showing the different sites that are covered in that section. It must be stated that this book is not an identification guide it is merely... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic Drawings, Very Detailed Information On Every Species
Disadvantages: Quite Expensive

...I have had an interest in Wildlife for as long as I can remember and in particular I have always had a passion for Birds. My Garden is full of Bird feeding devices and I have spent many enjoyable hours at my window watching the Birds feeding there. Any serious Birdwatcher will possess a Field Guide and over the years, since my early teens I have always used the Coll