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Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I imagine that it’s a product of the authors’ concerns, but I don’t think it contributes to identification skills or knowledge base. The chapters, however, offer very good introductions to each bird group. Conservation is, of course, very important, but the species accounts already indicate this information.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Britain & Ireland — A Review of the Book

10,000 Birds

I knew I would not be seeing the bird in its rosy-breasted breeding plumage, but somehow seeing the bird in all its forms helped crystallize its appearance in my head. or birds that look very different in their breeding and non-breeding plumages (Shorebirds! I studied it. Sadly, I still did not see the bird.

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