ID Handbook of European Birds at Bird Fair (1 Viewer)

[James Lidster]

an advanced copy of this will be available at the Bird Fair (on the Princeton stand) for those wishing to take a look, including the option to preorder at a discount,
Cheers
James

ID Handbook of European Birds

A groundbreaking two-volume illustrated reference book covering all of Europe’s birds

press.princeton.edu

 

[John Cantelo]

Can I join the queue now?

 

[John Cantelo]

There wasn't a queue but I had two good browses of the book and was most impressed. It will prove to be a very useful bookshelf supplement to the Collins guide even though I remain disappointed that there wasn't room for a map & something on status/population.

 

[NSH]

Agree John, in fact I thought that they were hardly promoting it, as tucked away on the side of their stand! Noted some American passerines included. Good book especially if ordered before the end of July to obtain the discount.

Neil

 

[John Cantelo]

Agreed. You almost had to know it was there to find it. Fingers crossed that it appears on the publication date (20/08) although the middle of the holiday season is surely the worst possible time to release it. Issuing it with a big fanfare at the Bird Fair would have been better! Presumably, inflexible deadlines made this impossible.

 

[Winterdune]

I got my copies through the post today! Woohoo!

 

[russkie]

I got my copy yesterday absolutely fantastic guide. As stated elsewhere this is not your normal 'field guide' like Collins ... more of a specialist guide on plumage variations etc but absolutely brilliant for detailed studies / comparisons. The photos are excellent. A book that looks and feels top quality.

 

[Andy Lakin]

I got my copy yesterday absolutely fantastic guide. As stated elsewhere this is not your normal 'field guide' like Collins ... more of a specialist guide on plumage variations etc but absolutely brilliant for detailed studies / comparisons. The photos are excellent. A book that looks and feels top quality.

Totally agree the addition of close up photos to show the minute details to separate similar species is a fantastic addition. It shows you exactly what to look for to confirm an id. The in hand photos are a great idea as well as things like tail patterns can be crucial. Being able to more accurately age species will be of interest to many no doubt.

Obviously not a field guide but you could take photos of certain plates on your phone to use in the field

 

[Weasel1]

Looking forward to receiving mine, though I guess I'm going to have to wait until the official release date as I ordered through my Birdguides subscription.

If I'd have known it was already available at other stockists I would have ordered from nhbs and been reading it in a couple of days instead of having to wait until the end of August.

 

[Winterdune]

Got mine through Birdguides subscription about a week ago - before the translator got his, apparently!

 

[Essex Tern]

Mine arrived today - my first thoughts are that I hope the possibility of an app or digital version do come to fruition, I am really liking what I am seeing so calling it up on the go by my phone or tablet would be awesome.

 

[KarinP]

The book is fantastic, and I invested in the eBook, available from Princeton University Press. So far it has failed to load on two phones (the file is 'too large to be rendered'), and I keep getting an error message on my tablet which their tech support has been unable to sort out.