The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds

The approach of using composite photographs to put many images of birds against a background of their habitat is entirely novel in an identification guide and potentially overpowering. It is a book that has divided opinion. Most of us were strongly in favour, because the multiplicity of images of real birds gives a genuine impression of actual identification issues, such as individual variation, and of what it might be like to see these birds in the wild. It is truly remarkable that more than 99% of the photographs are the author’s own. We look forward to further Crossley books, which are now in preparation.