Chris Packham's Birdwatching Guide: From Beginner to Birder

by D.K. Publishing

Chris Packham's infectious passion for nature will inspire you, as you grow to be an expert birdwatcher.Chris is a lifelong birdwatcher and the perfect guide on a day out bird spotting. Through a series of chapters, from novice to advanced, he can build you from an absolute beginner exploring your own backyard to an accomplished naturalist tracking down rarities off the beaten track.Whether you are in a city or deep in the country, birds are guaranteed and provide an easy doorway into nature. Learn where, when, and how to look and what to look out for. Find out what equipment to buy and how to use it. Discover the different characters and characteristics of birds - from the shy bittern to the bold robin and gymnastic red kite.As you build skills and experience, the book will help you expand horizons from walks with binoculars around your "local patch" to visiting remote wildlife reserves and other nature hotspots, with their contrasting birdlife and different demands, from dense woodland to expansive estuaries teeming with flocks of waders.

160 pages, Hardcover

Published March 7, 2024

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Andrew Atkinson · Rating 2 out of 5]

A very pleasant introduction to birdwatching. Very readable and well illustrated. However, I’m not too sure that anything new is added to the genre.