Collins Bird Guide delayed again.

[JONNY74]

Has anyone got any idea why the 2nd edition of the Collins bird guide has been delayed until January now. And the paperback is not out until March. It was supposed to be released March this year so will be almost a year late. It has had at least 4 revised release dates this year. Somebody in my family has had it on order for about 8 months and is getting increasingly frustrated. If there is anyone who can throw some light on the matter it would be most appreciated.

[Twitcheruth]

No idea Jonny.......I always thought it was due out next year anyway???
You can pre-order it for Jan 2010 here........it'll be interesting to see if this date is revised too!

[JONNY74]

Hi Ruth, I'm going to wait for the paperback anyway. But it was supposed to be out in March then October then the 5th November then the 27th November. But now its January so I will be surprised if it appears in January. But I'm sure it will be worth the wait.

[Twitcheruth]

Originally Posted by JONNY74

Hi Ruth, I'm going to wait for the paperback anyway. But it was supposed to be out in March then October then the 5th November then the 27th November. But now its January so I will be surprised if it appears in January. But I'm sure it will be worth the wait.

Yes I'm sure it will.......I could do with another copy as mine is falling apart from overuse!!

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by JONNY74

Hi Ruth, I'm going to wait for the paperback anyway. But it was supposed to be out in March then October then the 5th November then the 27th November. But now its January so I will be surprised if it appears in January. But I'm sure it will be worth the wait.

Jonny, I reckon that the book is delayed due to a certain TWO new additions to the British list, namely the Tufted Puffin which turned up in September and, the Eastern-crowned Warbler which was October. Both species were a first for Britain so the delay could well be due to these being introduced into the book.

Just a hunch!

Dennis

[JONNY74]

Your hunch could be a good one Dennis. Suppose we will just have to wait till January to find out.

[zipolly]

Hi dennis
would that be the same eastern crowned warbler we seen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . Ive just bought the collins " The most complete field guide to the birds of britain and europe" the black one with the flying barn owl on the cover and its fantastic , well worth getting if you havent already got it

[Baldingeagle]

Hi.

I got a copy of the second edition from the RSPB reserve at Rainham Marshes last week. They actually had some on Christmas Eve. It seems the RSPB has pre general release copies.

It's as nice as the first edition with some extra pages. A nice book, informative and some good artwork.

[Twitcheruth]

The new copy has a Tern on the cover and is still showing as being a pre-order at Amazon.
Collins Bird Guide: Amazon.co.uk: Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstrom, Peter J. Grant: Books

[zipolly]

the new book with the tern on is "birds of britain and ireland not europe , they are now bringing out seperate books to cover both, the new europe guide has a pair of bullfinches on the cover