The Complete Guide to Ireland's Birds - Hardcover

Dempsey, Eric; O'Clery, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0717134016 ISBN 13: 9780717134014

Publisher: Gill Life, 2002

Synopsis

The Complete Guide to Ireland’s Birds was published in 1993 and quickly established itself as the best and most comprehensive such guide ever produced. It was a best seller.

What made it unique was that it covered all species recorded in Ireland to that date, and did so using an original layout including birds in typical poses as well as standard identification plates. It included the most up to date distribution maps and full descriptions of males, females, immatures, voice, diet and preferred habitat of 312 species. It also had brief descriptions of over 100 rare species.

All these features are retained in the new edition. The principal changes concern the Irish bird population itself. Some species, such as the Corn Bunting, have become extinct while others, such as the Little Egret, are now well established. There have been falls in both Skylark and Lapwing populations and distribution while Corncrakes are re-establishing a breeding population in areas where they have been extinct for almost forty years. In addition, many species have been seen in Ireland for the first time since 1993. The new edition of the Complete Guide reflects these additional species, thus maintaining its coverage of all species recorded in Ireland to date. This completely updated edition will confirm Dempsey and O’Clery’s work as the outstanding guide to Irish birds.

The Complete Guide to Ireland's Birds has jst won a WorldTwitch Book Award for Best Bird Book - Europe. see WorldTwitch >>

Other books by Eric Dempsey The Pocket Guide to the Common Birds of Ireland

About this title

About the Author

Eric Dempsey is recognised as one of Ireland’s leading bird experts and is a professional guide, speaker, wildlife photographer and writer. Eric is also an experienced broadcaster and a member of the ‘Mooney Goes Wild’ team on RTÉ Radio 1. He is the author of the bestselling Finding Birds in Ireland, The Field Guide to Ireland’s Birds, Birdwatching in Ireland with Eric Dempsey and Ireland’s Wildlife Year.

Eric was born and bred in Finglas in north Dublin. When he’s not off travelling the world in search of Victoria’s Riflebirds and Tibetan Snowcock, he is found enjoying and photographing our native Irish birdlife in Co. Wicklow, where he now lives with his wife Hazel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gill Life
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0717134016
• ISBN 13: 9780717134014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 276