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Collins Field Guide: Bird Songs and Calls of Britain and Northern Europe (Contains 2 accompanying CDs)
by: Geoff Sample

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 598
EAN: 9780002200370
ISBN: 0002200376
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: April 18, 1996
Publisher: Collins
Studio: Collins
Sales Rank: 26294

Accessories:

The Concise Guide to British Birds

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- So relaxing...
Lovely book and CD's, so relaxing, just put it on and suddenly your walking with the author listening to the birds! When you go birding and you hear something or need to confirm an identification, the book coupled with easy access to the relevent cd sections works well. The recordings are really good quality as well, which you would expect from a professional sound man. Recommended.

Rating:

- disappointed
I thought this was disappointing. For me there is not enough detail on the chosen birds and no real advice. I thought the layout was chaotic and really lacked in being a useful tool to learn bird calls and songs. To me it was like leaving a microphone out and reeling off whatever calls came along. My advice is that this package is not a useful learning aid and not entertaining or well put together.

Rating:

- Play C.D. on PC
A benefit to playing the C.D. on a PC is that,on screen you get an indexed list of each bird that's playing although, surprisingly, not on disc 2.This can be overcome by going online, selecting the "View" tab at the top of the "Windows Media" screen, then select - Go To - followed by - Media Library.You then can download an index and where there are blank spaces go to - Edit and type in the missing species by referring to page 29 of the accompanying book.

Rating:

- A very good buy for all birdwatchers
This is great value on Amazon for the amount of UK bird songs/calls you get along with an informative book. The only fault I can find is that some of the bird calls merge into others and for the beginner it could be quite confusing. However all in all I would recommend this to any birdwatcher, beginner or intermediate. Experts may find it somewhat boring as there are no real rarities featured.

Rating:

- The best way to learn bird calls yet
A very useful package of 2 CDs and book that cover most, if not all, the birds of Britain.
The book describes the birds calls and if they are on the CDs, as most are, a track number is given.
There are a few birds missing from the CDs, which is a shame, but the 2 disks are full.
A number of birds of prey are missing, and a few Warblers are not included, but maybe they will turn up on Geoff Samples next book/CD that deals just with them.
Other than that, having loads of birds on CD is very useful, as you can skip through tracks with easy.
The recording quality is very good, and with a whispering voice by Geoff telling you what bird is what, it feels like you are there in the field.
Its very relaxing too !

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