One of New Statesman's Books of the Year 2021
A Birdwatcher's Yearbook Best Bird Book of the Year
Ninth Place for the 2022 BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year, British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology
Beautiful to hold and to ponder . . . A glorious piece of political advocacy.
---Mark Cocker, New StatesmanA guiding light for all bird fans. . . . This 640-page tour de force follows in the finest traditions of the WildGuides . . . a must-have addition to birdwatchers' libraries.
---Stuart Winter, Sunday ExpressThe most comprehensive, authoritative and ambitious single-volume photographic guide to Europe's birds ever produced. . . . Essential if your birding takes you a little further afield.
---John Miles, Birdwatching MagazineA beautifully produced book, crammed with some of the most exquisite bird photography I've seen in any field guide to date.
---Calvin Jones, Ireland's WildlifeMust-have . . . comprehensive and dazzling photographic guide.
---Stephen Moss, Stephen Moss's 2021 Round-up of Nature BooksEurope's Birds is superbly planned, executed and produced, and is a joy to pick up and browse. It comes highly recommended.
---Chris Kehoe, British BirdsAstonishingly beautifully and technically masterful . . . pin-sharp pictures of hard-to-separate species in almost perfect analogue poses. . . . placed in close proximity to the well-chosen words of a master of fieldguide prose, Mr Rob Hume. The combination is truly superb.
---Mark Cocker, Unofficial BookclubOne of the best and the most complete [field guide] out there.
---Stephen Menzie, British Birds and British Trust for OrnithologyThe book brings the quality of the genre to a new high.
---Ian (DIM) Wallace, Honorary Life President of Flamborough Ornithological Group, and contributing author to The Birds of the Western PalearcticVery useful. . . . The layout is excellent.
---Gordon Hamlett, Birdwatchers' YearbookEssential for anyone visiting this bird-rich area of southern England.
---Jeremy Brock, Scottish BirdsIt's impossible to see how this latest WILD
Guide can be anything but another winning-formula best seller. . . . The quality of the photographs from 350 worldwide photographers displayed in Europe's Birds is mostly stunning, exceptional or simply the best on offer. . . . Open to birdwatchers of all abilities and experience with many, many pages to simply enjoy or from which to verify, learn or check understanding - there is something for everyone.
---Phil Slade, Another Bird BlogIf you are in the market for a new field guide to the birds of Europe, you could do little better than this important new addition to the literature.
---David Gascoigne, Travels with BirdsThe most inclusive and up to date photographic guide of Europe's birds available at a bargain price. Containing all the UK species, this may be the only guide you will ever need.
---Eric Brown, News ShopperThe latest identification guide from WildGuides and as is to be expected is of a very high standard and is the most comprehensive and ambitious one yet. . . . The best identification to Europe's birds.
---Mike King, Gloster BirderEurope's Birds is accessible to birdwatchers of all abilities and experience with many, many pages to simply enjoy or from which to learn or verify an ID - there is something for everyone.
---Frank Lambert, Birder's LibraryThis is the best photographic guide to the birds of Europe currently available!
---Ian Paulsen, The Birdbooker ReportThis will become the new go to book for our next generation of birders.
---Steven Rutherford, British Naturalists AssociationCleverly created multiple-image plates of great photographs laid out to show you 928 species in a variety of plumages and different poses. . . . Amazing value.
---Keith Betton, KingfisherThe artwork of Europe's Birds: An Identification Guide is dazzling, the text condensed and comprehensive, and the layout and design are without peer. Highly recommended.
---Dragan Simic, 10,000 Birds