Best book on European waders (1 Viewer)

[Atricapilla]

At the moment the bird guides I use are:-
Collins Bird guide
Beaman and Madge-Bird ID for Europe
Concise edition BWP
Field guide Birds of Middle East
D Forsman-Raptors of Europe
Would it benefit me to buy seperate books on Waders and maybe Warblers, if so which would you recommend, and/or any other ideas for a novice?

 

[Richard D]

At the moment the bird guides I use are:-
Collins Bird guide
Beaman and Madge-Bird ID for Europe
Concise edition BWP
Field guide Birds of Middle East
D Forsman-Raptors of Europe
Would it benefit me to buy seperate books on Waders and maybe Warblers, if so which would you recommend, and/or any other ideas for a novice?

Personally I don't think you can have too many books on birds (my wife might disagree) - wader wise:

Chandler, Richard J. 1989. The Facts on File Field Guide to: North Atlantic
Shorebirds.

Is a fairly good photo guide (and compact enough to carry).

Rosair, David & David Cottridge. 1995. Photographic Guide to the Shorebirds
of the World.

Can be picked up cheaply, and whilst the photos are of mixed standards the text is good (large format though).

One of the newest books is:

Waders of Europe, Asia and North America (Helm Field Guides S.)
Stephen Message, Don Taylor

Which I've not seen, but has been getting fairly good reviews.

 

[Stephen Dunstan]

Shorebirds - surely still the best non photo guide, and better than Message and Taylor for quality of illustrations.

Stephen.

 

[Edward woodwood]

Shorebirds as above

Sylvia warbers by Shirihai and Cottridge

Warblers of western pal by Parmenter and Byers

Warblers by Baker. (Illustrations a bit dodgy)

 

[Dave J]

Warblers by Baker. (Illustrations a bit dodgy)

Illustrations terrible !

Sylvia Warblers superb though, and Warblers Of Western Pal. not bad.

There is supposed to be a new Helm title in preparation that will cover Acrocephalus, Locustella, Hippolais and Cettia. If this appears and is up to usual Helm standards, that just leaves Phylloscopus as the obvious one needing a really decent book.

Dave

 

[Atricapilla]

Illustrations terrible !

Sylvia Warblers superb though, and Warblers Of Western Pal. not bad.

There is supposed to be a new Helm title in preparation that will cover Acrocephalus, Locustella, Hippolais and Cettia. If this appears and is up to usual Helm standards, that just leaves Phylloscopus as the obvious one needing a really decent book.

Dave

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions,I will make enquiries for them back in the UK.

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Also useful is Sample: Warbler songs and calls. Comes with 3 CDs and is only about ten pounds from Postscript books.

http://www.psbooks.co.uk/