The Observer's Book of Birds

The Observer's Pocket Series

by S. Vere Benson

1967. Reprinted. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Genres: Nature, Reference, Nonfiction, Birds, Natural History

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Also known as Stephana Vere Benson.

Reviews

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a neat little pocket guide that covers the most commonly spotted and more charismatic birds in the UK with short concise description of the birds themselves but also their behaviour, calls, and eggs. The illustrations are beautiful, although about half are in black and white.

[Steven Heywood · Rating 4 out of 5]

A neat, though dated, introduction to British birds. The illustrations are beautiful though it's a pity only half are reproduced in colour.

[Sarah Ehinger · Rating 3 out of 5]

The bird pictures in this book are pretty great. I like that it provides an egg description and information about what they eat.

[Danya · Rating 4 out of 5]

i sleep with it under my pillow

[Meg ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful

[Ian]

brilliant should still be in print.