The Collins Bird Guide App combines world-class illustrations and comprehensive information with intuitive design to create the ultimate field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe. For passionate birders and casual birdwatchers alike.

We start with the announcement of the hugely anticipated third edition of the Collins Bird Guide. Fully updated, this classic tome remains the benchmark identification guide for Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, accounting for an array of new taxonomic updates. This is a timeless guide that has proven immensely popular in its previous two incarnations and we expect this to continue when the third edition is released at the end of the summer (currently expected 1 September). For a limited time only, save up to 20% with our pre-publication offer!

The ultimate reference book for bird enthusiasts – now in its second edition.

species, a size range is always given instead of a single aver- subadu!t (subad. ) - nearly adult, not quite in definitive pressed as the length in centimetres from tip of bill to tip of 2nd-summer (2nd-s. ) - age category usually referring to New research and a partly new approach to taxonomic issues and ourselves, we are keen to let our book mirror the most

set out to create the book, was that the development of avian prove both text and plates to facilitate identification, even we feel that the book is still a lightweight one so that no-one tely not always shown on the maps, which aim to show moreously provided access to recordings of some of the rarer Asker, Arnoud van den Berg, Christer Brostam, Jose Luil> many years. Similarly, friends Paul Archer, Arnoud van den Last but not least, we thank our severely tried relatives and two oldest groups of birds are the wildfowl Anseriformes and Peter J. Grant was deeply involved in the planning of and That is not a complaint, just a suggestion for the future. In the meantime, taken as a whole, this second edition is the most complete field guide to birds anywhere in the world. No matter how much you might like the first edition, there are sufficient additions and improvements to effectively make ownership of the second compulsory. As bird books go, this is the best. A second edition was published in January 2010, and in May 2015 numerous updates to both text and illustrations were made.

Collins Bird Guide by Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterström (second edition, HarperCollins, London, 2010). I could find next to nothing that I didn’t like about the app; the main issue I discovered was that the species comparisons are evidently optimised for viewing on the larger screen of an iPad. On my iPhone 5s, the presented information appears very small for some species comparisons (Arctic, Common and Whiskered Terns for example), with the text unreadable when they are presented directly together in this way – something that would be curable with the introduction of pinching in a future version. Another minor (and slightly pedantic) point is that there are the odd snippets of out-of-date information in the text, and some of the British status codes are a little wayward – though these are problems stemming from the original text, rather than a fault of the app itself. able to us in the orni thologicall it erature and on the net. Our best of company in the field. Many thanks also to Per Al- edition remains, and readers are referred to this for a full list. Michael Davis, Paul Doherty, Annika Forsten, Magnuswhich are often seen in flight the wingspan is added (WS). It follows the 2nd-winter plumage and is worn until The ultimate reference book for bird enthusiasts – now in its third edition. With expanded text and additional colour illustrations, the 3rd edition of the hugely successful Collins Bird Guide is a must for every birdwatcher. The book provides all the information needed to identify any species at any time of the year, covering size, habitat, range, identification and voice. date as possible. Some of tllis required more space than al- wagtails would be fitted in between sparrows and finches. measurements in the current literature are misleading. eclipse plumage- cryptic, female-lil