We have just heard from Collins that the Second Edition of the immensely popular Collins Bird Guide will be published in September 2009.
This guide is written by Lars Svensson, one of Europe’s leading ornithologists, with translation by David Christie, and illustrated by two of the world’s finest bird illustrators, Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom.
Covering Britain and Europe, this book provides all the information needed to identify any bird species at any time of year, with detailed text on size, habitat, range, identification and voice.
Accompanying every species entry is a distribution map and colour illustrations (over 3500 in all) to show the species in all the major plumages (male, female, immature, in flight, at rest, feeding). This second edition includes expanded text and additional colour illustrations.
Here’s what Mark Golley of Birding World had to say about the first edition:
`The Collins Bird Guide is undoubtedly the finest field guide that has ever been produced and now deservedly sits in a bird book elite of essential titles – nestling between BWP, HBW and Birds of Europe. The nomenclature and taxonomy may not be to everybody’s liking, but it is a certainty that the magnificent work of Mullarney and Zetterstrom has set the illustrative standard for decades to come and will be admired and enjoyed by thousands of birders worldwide for many years. The word `classic’ is so often over-used these days but, for once, it is a particularly fitting way to refer to this book. This is the last great bird book of the 20th Century, and I am sure that Peter Grant would have been happy knowing that. It is a fitting tribute to him, and his co-author and the world class artists. This book is an absolute gem.’
Pre-order your copy of the Collins Bird Guide today!
