Customer Reviews:
 A Must for Bird of Prey Enthusiasts July 3, 2007
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
There are literally hundreds of bird identification books on the bookshelves and to be fair most of them are excellent, obviously some are more comprehensive than others and cater for all tastes from the casual watcher right through to the enthusiast. This particular book is more of a specialist book for the bird of prey enthusiast.
"The Pocket Guide to the Birds of Prey of Britain and Europe" explores the different families of the birds of prey, giving detailed habitat, feeding, and breeding information for each bird featured. The book goes into great detail on the individual birds which include of course hawks, owls, eagles, harriers, buzzards, vultures, falcons, shrikes and kites Organized in the nine raptor families the book is well-researched and lots of up-to-date information is given for each species, including most importantly, how to correctly identify the bird.
There is a combination of drawings and photographs. I know that some bird enthusiasts much prefer photographs, but to my way of thinking it is sometimes much easier to identify a bird from a good drawing and the drawings in this book are excellent.
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