TRACKS and SIGNS OF THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN and EUROPE. Third edition. (Bloomsbury Naturalist). By Roy Brown, John Ferguson, Michael Lawrence and David Lees.

(1987) 2021 3rd edition. Large 8vo paperback (156 x 234mm). Pp416. Colour photographs, colour identification paintings, colour illustrations by David Quinn, Chris Shields and Alan Harris, b/w illustrations by Michael Lawrence, maps, bibliography.

The third edition of this fine book, expanded and rearranged around the new material. Birds leave all sorts of evidence of their presence, even when you never see the bird itself. This is a detailed, well-illustrated and quite scientific description of what this evidence consists of and how to find and assess it. A truly superb book which will enthuse any thinking reader. Chapters include: Field methods and analysis; Tracks and trails; Nests and roosts; Feeding signs, pellets and droppings; Skulls; Feathers. This is a completely revised and updated edition with many new photographs and illustrations. "With so much information under one cover, I think this books is well worth having." (Birds). "I would buy this book for the section on feathers alone..." (Breconshire Wildlife and Naturalist).