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Birdsong is the natural soundtrack to our lives and can evoke a powerful sense of time, place and season. Often profoundly beautiful, it is also the most effective way to discover many birds, and birds' songs and calls reveal much about their lives and behaviour. But identifying which bird is making which sound can se challenging.brbrWith this groundbreaking and easy-to-use RSPB guide, Adrian Thomas helps you learn and identify bird sounds step by step and at your own pace. Whether you are an experienced birdwatcher or just enjoy hearing the birds in your garden, this new guide will open your ears like never before to the amazing songs and calls around you.brbr- Together the book and CD combine to create an RSPB-endorsed sound guide to more than 100 songs and calls of 65 garden, woodland and farmland birdsbrbr- A reference section describes in detail the sounds of a further 185 birds of Britain and north-west Europebrbr- Beautiful colour photographs, annotated sonograms and 'test yourself' sections are also includedbrbr- The 68-minute narrated recording can also be downloaded to listen to on the go

RSPB Guide to Birdsong

  • Adrian Thomas

    The first ever RSPB-endorsed audio and print guide to enjoying and understanding the birdsong of Britain's best known bird species.
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    Imprint: Bloomsbury Wildlife brPublication date: 04042019 brFormat: 210 x 148 mm | 256 pages
  • About the Author

    Adrian Thomas is a lifelong birdwatcher and naturalist, and has worked at the RSPB for nineteen years in a wide variety of roles. After contributing for many years to iBirdWatching imagazine, his writing now regularly features in iNature's Home iand iGarden Answers iand has also appeared in a range of other magazines. i iHe is the author of three books; iRSPB Gardening for Wildlife i(Bloomsbury, 2010) i, iwinner of the national Garden Media Guild award; iThe Birds of Sussex i(BTO, 2014); and iBest Birdwatching Sites in Sussex i(Buckingham Press, 2003).

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