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The Complete Garden Bird Book: How to Identify and Attract Birds to Your Garden

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    The Complete Garden Bird Book: How to Identify and Attract Birds to Your Garden Author: Format: Paperback First Published: Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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    Pages: 176 Illustrations and other contents: 500 colour artworks ISBN: 9781472937643 Categories: ,

    One of the greatest pleasures of having a garden is being able to identify the great number of different bird species that may feed, bathe and nest there, or simply fly over, particularly during migration.

    This bestseller combines full identification and behavioural features of over 70 common garden bird species with detailed information on attracting birds to your garden. The clear illustrations and text are presented in an easy-to-use format and provide practical bird identification information to the novice birdwatcher. A concise introduction covers ideal garden habitats, binoculars, bird behaviour and feeding birds.
    Stunningly illustrated, yet simple to use, The Complete Garden Bird Book will ensure that you get the maximum pleasure from your garden whatever its size or location.

    Table of contents:
    Introduction
    Bird Topography
    Section One: Watching and Attracting Birds to Your Garden
    Watching Garden Birds
    Ideal Garden Habitats
    Garden Birds Through the Year
    Urban Gardens
    Parks and Open Spaces
    Feeding Birds
    Nest Sites
    Garden Hazards
    Section Two: Identifying the Birds
    Index

    Weight0.38 kg
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    Author Biography

    Mark Golley is a regular contributor to birding magazines and is well known for his refreshing and easy approach to bird identification. He spent four years as warden of the world-famous Cley Marshes nature reserve, close to where he lives in North Norfolk. His books include Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland and Cooking for Birds. Stephen Moss is a naturalist, author and TV producer. His TV credits include Springwatch, Birds Britannia, and Britain's Big Wildlife Revival, while his books include Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, A Bird in the Bush: a Social History of Birdwatching and Tweet of the Day. He has travelled to all seven continents to film and write about wildlife. Stephen is one of Britain's leading nature writers with a monthly column in the Guardian. He also writes for the Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph and magazines including Birdwatch, BBC Wildlife and Countryfile.