As a new birder of nearly 50 years old, I could do with some help in choosing a guide so I can identify birds of the UK.
There are lots of old articles on the internet about which guides are good but are mostly out of date now. I have a copy of the Mitchell Beazley guide which has the pages falling out now and I was looking for something along those lines as this is out of print now.
It seems that the Collins or Collins/BTO or RSPB are the ones which are recommended (by Amazon
) but I'd like to know if someone with experience would recommend a book for beginners to skim through on seeing a new species [given that every species is new to me8-P] which ideally isn't a major inconvenience to carry around which it sounds as if the Collins Guide (Svenson & Mullarney) is.
Are there still books or is id just done by app these days??!
Any ideas would be grate!
There are lots of old articles on the internet about which guides are good but are mostly out of date now. I have a copy of the Mitchell Beazley guide which has the pages falling out now and I was looking for something along those lines as this is out of print now.
It seems that the Collins or Collins/BTO or RSPB are the ones which are recommended (by Amazon
Are there still books or is id just done by app these days??!
Any ideas would be grate!