Illustrated with beautiful paintings in full colour, this book provides a user-friendly guide to over 200 of Britain's most widely seen birds and habitats. From garden visitors to migrants, you will find the book to be both a practical identification guide and a pleasure to read. The detailed paintings of birds show many species in flight, or engaging in characteristic behaviour, such as courtship or feeding. With notes accompanying each bird portrait providing a quick guide to key points for identification, designed to enable you to distinguish a particular species from a similar one and to tell sexes and ages. For bird-watchers and bird-table enthusiasts alike; Superb illustrations capture the likeness of over 200 species for easy identification; Divided into species for easy reference; Information panels for each bird providing information on size, wingspan, feeding, nesting and breeding habits, song and calls; Contains four superb special photographic features: Unmapped walk around Welney Bird Reserve, Bird Reserves, Coastal Birds and Birds of Prey - included is information about walking / cycling in the area, hides, amenities and seasonal variations