Seabirds: A Complete Guide to the Seabirds of the World (Helm) (1 Viewer)

Dialyt

The Definitive Binocular

• Feb 24, 2008

• #1

So is this book any good? I hear it's good, but is it useful?

I can get this book direct from the publisher for £31.50

( http://www.acblack.com/Catalogue/De...id=2&mscssid=GG14MR2EMGLV9KBMQ9XFEPBB90TQBAM7 )

I thought I might buy it if I hear that it is a really good book and helpful to seawatching, or are you better with other guides now available. Let me know what you think!

 

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Bubbs

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2008

• #2

Still a good book but don't pay that price for it. Many fine secondhand copies available...including several in my cabinets

 

Dialyt

The Definitive Binocular

• Feb 24, 2008

• #3

plates/text

Are the plates and text on facing pages, or are all the plates in one section of the book?

This book looks good too http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gulls-Europ...TF8&coliid=I3RZ4DMRNE3RCU&colid=3UGGD88IQDIDW

Have you seen it?

 

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Bubbs

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2008

• #4

Dialyt said:

Are the plates and text on facing pages, or are all the plates in one section of the book?

This book looks good too http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gulls-Europ...TF8&coliid=I3RZ4DMRNE3RCU&colid=3UGGD88IQDIDW

Have you seen it?

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Harrison: The plates face a brief description and about 60% of the book is taken up with the usual main description, habitiat, range, etc.

If you buy the gulls book make sure it is the updated copy. The first edition was full of faults and had to go to a full reprint.

 

Harold Stiver

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2008

• #5

"Albatross, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World" by Onley and Scofield is probably the most up to date guide available, at least for these families. I like it a lot. I can't recall the price but I think it was reasonable.

 

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grayboots

Member

• Mar 24, 2008

• #6

guide to seabirds of the world

I have this book it's for coffe time reading realy or when there is nothing on tv
and to large to carry around with you .
If you are interested in seabirds of Euorpe and fancy doing a bit of seawatching Flight Identification of European seabirds is a very good
book, i paid £35 but im sure it can be bought quite a bit cheaper now.

 

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The Kerreran

Has hat, will stand in the rain

• Mar 28, 2008

• #7

'Seabirds of the World', and 'Albatrosses, Petrels, and Shearwaters' are both good guides, very thorough, [especially the latter, being so recently updated], but to me they are both flawed in that the plates are too dark in one, and too light in the other; I'm reminded of the old Collins guide to the birds of europe and north africa. The Collins 'Bird Guide' [Mullarney & Svennson] has set the bar much higher, and unless a book can at least get close to that level of depiction, I wouldn't pay more than a tenner for it.
Ok, rant over!

 

thenorthernmonkey

CBWPS Stithians

• Mar 28, 2008

• #8

Dialyt said:

Are the plates and text on facing pages, or are all the plates in one section of the book?

This book looks good too http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gulls-Europ...TF8&coliid=I3RZ4DMRNE3RCU&colid=3UGGD88IQDIDW

Have you seen it?

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top book. my wife bought it me for christmas. shame its too big to take into the field