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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brianfm" data-source="post: 1543353" data-attributes="member: 11997">I'm a bit confused as on the cover of the book its says 'Butterflies of Britain and Ireland' but the review is of 'Butterflies of Britain and Europe'.:h?:Richard Lewington is very good and I must admit I prefer drawings in guide books to photos.  I have R Ls books for odonata. Incidently I was going on a tour with R L as leader, that is until I found out the exorbitent (sp) cost and went to Hungary with a friend and stayed at accomodation owned by an excellent Butterfly guide.  I actually have the old edition of the Collins Butterflies of B + Europe.  Having used it I really dont like it, as the drawings are seperated from the write up.  It's very awkward to use.  I bought it very cheaply on Amazon and learnt the hard way why it was so cheap.  The other thing that I find annoying is that all the plants mentioned are given only their scientific name (I guess that is a must as it covers Europe) and unless you know them all you have to constantly look things up.  I know the new edition has altered in that the drawings are next to the write up so for the field it is an ok book.  I still think the one I have found will be way ahead of it and have far more info, although not really suitable for the field.  Thanks for the link though.</blockquote>