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Barred Wobbler · Mar 7, 2018

Which one?

Birds of Senegal and The Gambia by Nick Borrow & Ron Demey (Helm)

or

A Field Guide to the Birds of the Gambia and Senegal by Clive Barlow, Tim Wacher and Tony Disley

angusmcoatup · Mar 7, 2018

I used the Borrow guide, which did the job well, few issues and from a quick look at Amazon is a hell of a lot cheaper.

Bubbs · Mar 7, 2018

PostScript books have Birds Of West Africa at £16.99. It is worth a look and I’ve always had great service from them. No I don’t work there ;-))

Steve Lister · Mar 7, 2018

Bubbs said:
PostScript books have Birds Of West Africa at £16.99. It is worth a look and I’ve always had great service from them. No I don’t work there ;-))

But I would prefer a book that did not cover hundreds of species I have no chance of seeing. I would go for one of the two in the original post.

Steve

Bubbs · Mar 7, 2018

Steve Lister said:
But I would prefer a book that did not cover hundreds of species I have no chance of seeing. I would go for one of the two in the original post.

Steve

It was only a suggestion, I’m sure BW can make his own mind up. Why do I bother?

angusmcoatup · Mar 7, 2018

Bubbs said:
It was only a suggestion, I’m sure BW can make his own mind up. Why do I bother?

I wouldn’t take it personally. A fair suggestion but too many similar looking species crammed into the WA book which you’ve no chance of seeing in Gambia. The Gambia/Senegal books at least narrows everything down plus the illustrations are larger and clearer due to space.

Steve Lister · Mar 8, 2018

Bubbs said:
It was only a suggestion, I’m sure BW can make his own mind up. Why do I bother?

Sorry you took offence - none intended obviously.

The West Africa book is worth having but my own stance is that when you are birding a particular area it is best to have a book that covers that area in detail without the distraction of loads of species that don't occur. I quite like the idea of good regional guides such as West Africa or the Indian subcontinent being used to produce smaller books covering a much smaller area.

Steve

dandsblair · Mar 12, 2018

I would go for Borrow

I have both but prefer Borrow with it's concise text and maps on the opposite page.
However the Barlow guide has a lot of useful text including habitat and breeding information albeit at the back of the book with very little information on the facing page.
My Barlow is also i hard back which makes it slightly heavier.

Nutcracker · Mar 12, 2018

angusmcoatup said:
I used the Borrow guide, which did the job well, few issues and from a quick look at Amazon is a hell of a lot cheaper.

Definitely a lot cheaper to Borrow than to buy 8-P3

Barred Wobbler · Mar 12, 2018

dandsblair said:
I have both but prefer Borrow with it's concise text and maps on the opposite page.
However the Barlow guide has a lot of useful text including habitat and breeding information albeit at the back of the book with very little information on the facing page.
My Barlow is also i hard back which makes it slightly heavier.

Thanks Dan. I must say that was the first one I looked at, then I noticed the other, so I thought I'd ask.

Dave Williams · Mar 14, 2018

The illustrations in the Birds of West Africa are not particularly good in my opinion.

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