Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!cam-eng!bijl From: bijl@eng.cam.ac.uk (David Bijl) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Birding in Southwest England and Ireland Message-ID: <13114@rasp.eng.cam.ac.uk> Date: 29 Jul 90 16:26:46 GMT References: <36067@vrdxhq.verdix.com> <107582@kean.ucs.mun.ca> Sender: bijl@eng.cam.ac.uk Organization: Cambridge University Engineering Department, UK Lines: 23 A good book on British birds, and the one recommended by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), is in the "Mitchell-Beazley Pocket Guide" series. I think it is called "Birds of Britain". The information is very dense, with small but many useful sketches for every entry. I have several bird books: this one is the best for me. A friend who has been an avid and active bird watcher for 30 years also swears by it. It costs 5.95 pounds. I think it is free with RSPB membership. That is 15 pounds (from memory), and gives you free access to RSPB reserves, which pays of in about 3-5 trips. If you have a partner, he or she can get associate membership for 3 pounds or so. There address is RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, SG19 2DL. For reserve information, check out reserves of RSPB, National Trust, Wild Fowl Nature Trust, etc. I can dig out more information if you like. -- Yours, David Bijl, Cambridge University, England. (email: bijl@uk.ac.cam.eng)