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Basic Birding Guide Books - 2006/04/18 21:54 I'm looking for a good British bird indefication book and have seen the offerings at http://www.birding.uk.com/links/Books-Beginners-Guides.html but wasn't sure which one to go for. Has anyone got any feedback or comments?

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Re:Basic Birding Guide Books - 2006/04/18 21:55 Bill Oddie's Birding Pack is my choice http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1843308517/birdingukcom-21

You get a good birdwatching beginners book and a really useful map which shows over 400 birding sites in UK and Ireland. It includes RSPB reserves, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and local Wildlife Trusts sites - plenty of options for beginners and experienced alike.

The book is good too with clear bird illustrations and a useful confusion pages comparing and showing the differences between often confuesd birds.

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Re:Basic Birding Guide Books - 2006/04/18 21:56 I'd go for the RSPB guide for starters. Good clear pictures, good field tips.

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Re:Basic Birding Guide Books - 2006/06/06 19:56 I'll second that! RSPB Birds of Britain and Europe is a great fields guide.
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Re:Basic Birding Guide Books - 2007/01/21 16:57 You should try The "British Birds" book, its good because it is interactive, it allowes you to put notes, pictures and stickers in it to help you remember the bird type.
Its also good because it conains questions to help you identify the bird faster and a quick identification poster.

You can pick it up for about £10 but i manged to get it on offer for £5
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Re:Basic Birding Guide Books - 2008/06/05 20:49 Blogs are the way to go now, not Guide Books. Three is use are

http://secretireland.blogspot.com/2008/05/birdwatching-down-ireland-species.html (for ireland only -general info)

http://www.whatbird.com/ (amazing site)

There are loads more......
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