Blacks Nature Guides: Birds of Britain and Europe anyone using it?!

[chrisjpainter]

have been looking around for a new pocket field guide, and this one caught my eye! after being caught out with the RSPB pocket guide and a Lesser Scaup i want something with a few more birds in it! anyone recommend this one as i like the size and layout but don't know what it's like actually in the field!

Any info?

[dales birder]

Not tried the Blacks,my favourites at the moment are Collinsons Bird Guide,the RSPB handbook of British birds but to fit in the pocket maybe a Mtchel Beazley.For myself I prefer guides with drawings/paintings rather than photos.You always seem to collect more than one,dread to count how many I have bought over the last 50 years or so