Pocket Guide To Garden Birds
Published on 27. December 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-4729-6611-7 (ISBN)
Description
This compact title is an essential guide to every aspect of the subject, from when and what to feed the birds to building bird tables and nest boxes and planting a garden that will provide nesting, feeding and roosting places.
There is also an ID guide to 83 of the most common garden bird species, including the familiar Chaffinch and Blue Tit and more unusual visitors such as Brambling, Redstart and Tawny Owl.
This book is as visually impressive as it is easy to use, with many stunning full-page images to support the authoritative text.
Printed on quality paper, the paperback format with flaps adds to the book's durability in the field and provides built-in page-markers for quick reference.
There is also an ID guide to 83 of the most common garden bird species, including the familiar Chaffinch and Blue Tit and more unusual visitors such as Brambling, Redstart and Tawny Owl.
This book is as visually impressive as it is easy to use, with many stunning full-page images to support the authoritative text.
Printed on quality paper, the paperback format with flaps adds to the book's durability in the field and provides built-in page-markers for quick reference.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 100 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-6611-7 (9781472966117)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Nigel Blake
Pocket Guide To Garden Birds
E-Book
09/2014
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Natural History
€10.99
Available for download
Nigel Blake
Pocket Guide To Garden Birds
E-Book
09/2014
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Natural History
€10.99
Available for download
Person
Expert birder and photographer Nigel Blake is based in Hertfordshire. His images have featured on the covers of many magazines and other publications and one of his specialities is photographing birds at bird feeders for the RSPB.
Content
Introduction
Mallard
Common Pheasant
Grey Partridge
Red-legged Partridge
Grey Heron
Red Kite
Sparrowhawk
Common buzzard
Peregrine Falcon
Common Kestrel
Moorhen
Coot
Lapwing
Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Ring-nicked parakeet
Cuckoo
Barn owl
Little owl
Tawny owl
Long-eared owl
Short-eared owl
Common swift
Kingfisher
Hoopoe
Green Woodpecker
Magpie
Jay
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Goldcrest
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Crested Tit
Coal Tit
Willow Tit
Marsh Tit
Skylark
House Martin
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow
Common Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Blackcap
Common Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
Waxwing
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Wren
Starling
Blackbird
Redwing
Fieldfare
Song thrush
Mistle thrush
Spotted flycatcher
Pied flycatcher
Robin
Nightingale
Black Redstart
Common Redstart
Stonechat
Wheatear
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Chaffinch
Brambling
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin
Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
Common Crossbill
Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Yellowhammer
Reed bunting
Glossary
Resources
Mallard
Common Pheasant
Grey Partridge
Red-legged Partridge
Grey Heron
Red Kite
Sparrowhawk
Common buzzard
Peregrine Falcon
Common Kestrel
Moorhen
Coot
Lapwing
Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Ring-nicked parakeet
Cuckoo
Barn owl
Little owl
Tawny owl
Long-eared owl
Short-eared owl
Common swift
Kingfisher
Hoopoe
Green Woodpecker
Magpie
Jay
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Goldcrest
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Crested Tit
Coal Tit
Willow Tit
Marsh Tit
Skylark
House Martin
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow
Common Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Blackcap
Common Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
Waxwing
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Wren
Starling
Blackbird
Redwing
Fieldfare
Song thrush
Mistle thrush
Spotted flycatcher
Pied flycatcher
Robin
Nightingale
Black Redstart
Common Redstart
Stonechat
Wheatear
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Chaffinch
Brambling
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin
Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
Common Crossbill
Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Yellowhammer
Reed bunting
Glossary
Resources