Woodland Bird Songs & Calls

As with the previous title this book would be useful as a guide to learning woodland bird songs and calls, and covers an extensive range of species but, once again, it contains many species never found in Britain and Ireland (and not all of them are identified as such in the book). This could confuse more novice birdwatchers, who could well be attracted to the approach of this book. In that case, with the inclusion of such species as White-backed Woodpecker, Hazel Hen and Rustic Bunting, perhaps this could be a fantastic resource for more experienced woodland birders to brush up on their European bird songs and calls. The fact that certain key European woodland species are missing suggests otherwise, such as Short-toed Treecreeper which is, ironically, most easily separated from the very similar Treecreeper by song! 

Book reviewed by Carole Showell