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Collins bird song books

This page lists books and CD guides to bird songs and calls published by Collins. The most recent books are at the top of the page.


Collins pages

There are eight Collins pages on the site:

GB/Europe field guides
Rest of world field guides
Bird songs and calls
Traveller's Guides
New Naturalist
New Naturalist Monographs
Collins Nature Library
Other bird related books

 

Bird Songs and Calls (Book & 3 CDs)

Geoff Sample

Collins

2010

"The new Collins Bird Songs and Calls includes re-recorded versions of the original habitat CDs – ensuring that they are even clearer, but just as atmospheric – introducing the user to the major bird habitats of Britain and the birds that live in them. This new edition also features a third CD containing a unique guide to identifying more complex songs and calls, with tips on what aspects of the song or call are the distinguishing characteristics. Beginning with simple, similar-sounding songs, it gradually moves through more difficult distinctions and on to a comprehensive section on passerine calls. Species that often occur in the same habitat are treated together. An accompanying full-colour guide explores the historical background to how recordings of bird songs and calls have developed and been appreciated over the years along with species accounts of the behaviour of all of our common birds. Collins Bird Songs and Calls will help you to quickly appreciate the wonderful range of bird voices and discover just what bird song is all about. A walk in the park will never be the same again."

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Garden Bird Songs and Calls (Book & CD)

Geoff Sample

Collins

2009

"Geoff Sample, author of the best-selling Field Guide to Bird Songs and Calls, provides an audio guide to the bird songs you hear in gardens and parks. Garden Bird Songs and Calls includes over 60 minutes of digitally recorded sound and covers 40 of the most common and vocal garden birds. Each recording is introduced by the author with a voice-over that gives a brief interpretation of the song or call. The book contains details of each recording and also gives useful advice on how to listen to and interpret the sounds you hear. If you would like to be able to identify the birds in your garden by sound rather than by sight then this is the guide for you."

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Warbler Songs and Calls of Britain and Europe

Geoff Sample

Collins

2003

"A book and 3 CD set that provides an audio guide to the Warblers of Britain and Europe. The CDs contain high quality recordings of all the Warbler species that occur in Britain and Europe. The book explains how to interpret the sounds and make an accurate identification."

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Garden Bird Songs and Calls (Book & CD)

Geoff Sample

Collins

2000

"In a brand-new recording Geoff Sample, author of the best-selling Field Guide Bird Songs and Calls, provides an audio guide to the bird song you hear in parks and gardens. The CD includes over 60 minutes of digitally recorded sound and covers 40 of the most common and vocal garden birds. Each recording is introduced by the author with a voice-over that gives a brief interpretation of the song or call. The booklet included contains details of each recording and also gives useful advice on how to listen to and interpret the sounds you hear. If you would like to be able to identify the birds in your garden by sound rather than by sight then this is the guide for you."

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Bird Call Identification (Book & CD)

Geoff Sample

Collins Field Guide

Collins

1998

"In Collins Field Guide to Bird Songs and Calls, Geoff Sample introduced a revolutionary way of helping to identify bird songs. In this companion volume he covers a further 130 species and helps the reader to identify some of the trickier and rarer species. Each group is grouped together on the basis of what they sound like. Starting with a common, familiar species, the listener is introduced to the variation between each similar-sounding species. Geoff Sample also explains the major differences between the species, so that the listener can identify the species with ease. The accompanying book highlights these differences and also gives essential background information on when and where you are likely to hear each species singing, further helping to identify the bird."

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Bird Songs and Calls Of Britain and Northern Europe(Book & 2 CDs)

Geoff Sample

Collins

1996

"This unique Collins Field Guide features two CDs providing audio references for Geoff Sample's comprehensive list of songs and calls of the common birds of Britain and Northern Europe. With the CDs organised by habitat and the list of birds by species, together they enable the bird watcher to easily match a song or call with the species. Beginning with a scientific overview of the terminology used, the general meanings of bird songs and calls and their various functions as tools for socialising and communicating, the book then takes you through the list of bird species, examining their sounds and their different meanings. With over two hours of digitally recorded sounds and hundreds of species covered, this is an indispensable guide for any dedicated bird fan, leaving you with a far greater understanding of the natural noises that surround us everyday."

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Last updated January 2014