How can anyone go on a birding expedition, especially to another country, without a proper field guide? Can't be done, we'd say.
That's why we recommend to our tour participants these four well-known and comprehensive field guide books, so that they can prepare for their expedition. After all, isn't half the fun of a journey in the anticipation and preparation?
Pocket Guide to the Common Birds of Ireland
By Eric Dempsey, illust. by Michael O'Clery
Softcover, 249 pp.
Pub.: Gill and Macmillan, Hume Avenue, Park West, Dublin 12
Eric Dempsey is one of Ireland's leading ornithologists; Michael O'Clery is an illustrator specialising in natural history.
This is a detailed, compact filed guide to the birds most likely to be encountered. Colour plates highlight important features, while the text explains clearly how to identify the birds: calls, songs, and diet, and the habitat in which each is found.
The Complete Guide to Ireland's Birds
By Eric Dempsey, illust. by Michael O'Clery
Hardcover, 262 pp.
Pub.: Gill and Macmillan, Hume Avenue, Park West, Dublin 12
This is the second edition of the Complete Guide, which covers every species of bird recorded in Ireland to date of publication (2002). It does this using a n original layout showing birds in typical poses as well as standard identification plates, and includes the most up-to-date distribution maps and full descriptions of males, females, immatures, voice, diet, and preferred habitat.
Irish Birds
By David Cabot
Hardcover, 240 pp.
Pub.: HarperCollinsPublishers, Ltd., 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8JB
Cabot is one of Ireland's foremost ornithologists and wildlife experts.
For ease of use, this guide groups birds together according to where they are likely to be seen: in gardens, parks and buildings, farmland and hedgerows, woodland and scrubland, moorland and upland, freshwater and coastal areas. Each sections starts with background information about these major habitats.
Complete Irish Wildlife
By Derek Mooney
Softcover, 319 pp.
Pub.: HarperCollinsPublishers, Ltd., 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8JB
Describes the mammals, birds, fish, and butterflies of Ireland likely to be found by the keen amateur naturalist, as well as all the widespread flowers, trees, and shrubs.
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