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absolutely packed with gorgeous artwork... As expected from this artist and author team it is very detailed and very accurate Birding World; both experts and beginners alike will learn from... this stimulating work Birdwatch magazine; a remarkable book... the classic guide Country Illustrated

Peter Hayman is one of the best-known and most authoritative ornithologists, bird artists and authors in Europe, renowned for his uniquely meticulous approach to bird illustration. His previous books include the best-selling The New Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe (Mitchell Beazley), The Complete Guide to the Birdlife of Britain and Europe (Mitchell Beazley), Shorebirds of the World (Helm) and The Illustrated Guide to the Birds of South Africa (New Holland/Straak). He lives in Suffolk. Rob Hume has been editor of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds award-winning Birds magazine since 1989. He has written several ornithological books including Discovering Birds, Observer's Birds, and Focus on Birdwatching. He is also the author of The New Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe, and The Complete Guide to the Birdlife of Britain and Europe (both Mitchell Beazley) For 10 years he was a member and Chairman of the national British Birds Rarities Committee that scrutinizes reports of rare birds in Britain.

Key to symbols; Introduction; The parts of a bird; Divers and Grebes; Red-throated Diver; Black-throated Diver; Great Northern Diver; Little Grebe; Great Crested Grebe; Red-necked Grebe; Slavonian Grebe; Black-necked Grebe; Shearwaters, Cormorants and Gannets; Cory's Shearwater; Great Shearwater; Sooty Shearwater; Manx Shearwater; Mediterranean Shearwaters (Balearic and Yelkouan); Storm Petrel; Leach's Storm-petrel; Gannet; Cormorant; Shag; Herons and Pelicans; White pelican; Dalmatian pelican; Little Egret; Great White Egret; Grey Heron; Greater flamingo; Wildfowl; Mute Swan; Bewick's Swan; Whooper Swan; Bean Goose; Pink-footed Goose; White-fronted Goose; Greylag Goose; Canada Goose; Barnacle Goose; Brent Goose; Shelduck; Wigeon; Gadwall; Teal; Mallard; Pintail; Shoveler; Tufted Duck; Scaup; Eider; Long-tailed Duck; Common Scoter; Velvet Scoter; Surf scoter; Goldeneye; Smew; Red-breasted Merganser; Goosander; Birds of Prey; White-tailed Eagle; Marsh Harrier; Hen Harrier; Rough-legged buzzard; Buzzard; Osprey; Kestrel; Merlin; Eleonora's Falcon; Peregrine; Gamebirds, Crakes and Rails; Coot; Oystercatcher; Black-winged Stilt; Avocet; Collared Pratincole; Ringed Plover; Kentish Plover; Golden Plover; Grey Plover; Lapwing; Knot; Sanderling; Little Stint; Curlew Sandpiper; Purple Sandpiper; Dunlin; Ruff; Jack Snipe; Snipe; Waders; Black-tailed Godwit; Bar-tailed Godwit; Whimbrel; Curlew; Spotted Redshank; Redshank; Marsh Sandpiper; Greenshank; Green Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper; Common Sandpiper; Turnstone; Red-necked Phalarope; Grey Phalarope; Gulls, Terns, and Auks; Pomarine Skua; Arctic Skua; Long-tailed Skua; Great Skua; Mediterranean Gull; Little Gull; Sabine's Gull; Black-headed Gull; Slender-billed gull; Audouin's gull; Ring-billed Gull; Common Gull; Lesser Black-backed Gull; Herring Gull; Iceland Gull; Glaucous Gull; Great Black-backed Gull; Kittiwake; Gull-billed Tern; Caspian Tern; Sandwich Tern; Roseate Tern; Common Tern; Arctic Tern; Little Tern; Whiskered Tern; Black Tern; White-winged Black Tern; Guillemot; Razorbill; Black Guillemot; Little Auk; Puffin; Fulmar; Larks, Swallows and Pipits; Short-toed Lark; Lesser Short-toed Lark; Crested Lark; Shore Lark; Meadow Pipit; Rock Pipit; Water Pipit; Yellow Wagtail; Pied Wagtail; Thrushes and Chats; Stonechat; Wheatear; Black redstart; Shrikes, Starlings and Crows; Chough; Jackdaw; Raven; Sparrows, Finches and Buntings; Linnet; Twite; Lapland Bunting; Snow Bunting; Reed Bunting; Others; Rock Dove; Kingfisher; Wren; Index