MikeMules
Well-known member
Hi all,
It's time to finally bite the bullet, and buy a European/British Field Guide. Mostly, so I can get an idea about what you are all talking about; I have a Nth American Fieldguide (Audubon Guide to Western and Eastern Nth America), so I can follow most of the Canadian/US bird conversations, but birds such as Dunnock, Gadwall, Honey Buzzard and Ring Ouzel leave me scratching my head.
So what do you recommend? Collins Bird Guide (Mullarney, Svensson, Zetterstroem and Grant) is readily available for AUS$40, which at the current exchange rates is about 12 pounds. Is that a fair price, or should I keep looking? Or should I order in another field guide?
I'm going to head over to Europe for the first time at the end of the year, but won't be going to the UK. I'll be either in Portugal and Spain, or France, or Germany, so the guide will need to cover these areas too.
Thanks for your help.
It's time to finally bite the bullet, and buy a European/British Field Guide. Mostly, so I can get an idea about what you are all talking about; I have a Nth American Fieldguide (Audubon Guide to Western and Eastern Nth America), so I can follow most of the Canadian/US bird conversations, but birds such as Dunnock, Gadwall, Honey Buzzard and Ring Ouzel leave me scratching my head.
So what do you recommend? Collins Bird Guide (Mullarney, Svensson, Zetterstroem and Grant) is readily available for AUS$40, which at the current exchange rates is about 12 pounds. Is that a fair price, or should I keep looking? Or should I order in another field guide?
I'm going to head over to Europe for the first time at the end of the year, but won't be going to the UK. I'll be either in Portugal and Spain, or France, or Germany, so the guide will need to cover these areas too.
Thanks for your help.