With more than 900 species and over 4,700 photographs, The Birds of Europe is the most comprehensive and ambitious single-volume photographic guide to Europe's birds ever produced. Detailed descriptions cover the birds in all their plumages - males, females, breeding birds, finishing birds, young birds as well as various subspecies. Fantastic montages of up to 20 photos bring together all the characteristics, behaviours and habitat in one photo, showing realistic observation conditions. The text covers all aspects of identification, including moult and vocalisations, and provides details of distribution, migration status and habitat, supplemented by 540 maps. Easy to use, practical and accessible: a standard work for birders and an indispensable identification book.