This is a revised and updated fourth edition of the bestselling RSPB Handbook of British Birds.
This unique guide provides a 'biography' of each of the 280 commonest British bird species. It covers all aspects of field identification, using illustrations from the highly acclaimed Handbook of Bird Identification to show all common plumage forms. The text also covers behaviour, breeding biology, population, status, longevity and any other interesting facts about the species concerned. A detailed distribution map is provided for each species.
The rarities section, featuring 26 additional species, has been updated and features two species new to this edition. Six comparison artwork spreads are included to help identify difficult to identify species - such as ducks, waders, warblers, raptors and gulls - alongside one another. The RSPB Handbook provides a complete, single source of basic information to our most familiar birds.
- ISBN10 1472906470
- ISBN13 9781472906472
- Publish Date 27 March 2014 (first published 14 October 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Bloomsbury Natural History
- Edition 4th edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English