Table of Contents

Part 1 How this book works: anatomy; life cycle; identification; in the field. Part 2 Species guide: divers and grebes; petrels and shearwaters; gannets, cormorants and pelicans; bitterns and herons; storks; flamingos; wildfowl; birds of prey; gamebirds; rails, crakes and coots; cranes and bustards; waders; skuas, gulls and terns; auks; pigeons and doves; cuckoos; owls; nightjars; swifts; kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers and hoopoe; woodpeckers and wryneck; larks; martins and swallows; pipits and wagtails; wrens, dippers, waxwings and accentors; chats and thrushes; warblers and allies; flycatchers; tits and allies; nuthatches, wallcreeper and treecreepers; shrikes; orioles; crows; starlings; sparrows; finches; buntings; rare species; vagrants.

About the Author

Rob Hume is a writer, editor, artist, identification expert, and bird tour leader, and is much in demand for his expertise on birds. Rob has worked for the RSPB for 23 years, and now edits the society's magazine, Birds.