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- ISBN 9781846017186
- Dimensions: 148 x 201mm
- Publication Date: 20 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This beautifully designed RHS Pocket Guide contains everything you need to identify and support the most common garden birds in the UK. Whether you're watching goldfinches on teasels, or making space for wrens to nest, this guide offers year-round guidance and inspiration for every nature-lover.
Along with information on the evolution, biology and behaviour of British birds, the book also contains 30 charmingly illustrated bird profiles and is packed with RHS-approved advice on making bird-friendly spaces in your garden and beyond, making it the perfect companion for your potting bench, sunny garden seat or outdoor ramble.
Part-practical manual and part-celebration of garden birds, this pocket-sized treasure trove is the ideal gift for a nature lover.
Mike Weedon is a lifelong birder and wildlife watcher. He completed a PhD in palaeontology at the University of Bristol, then worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Natural History Museum in London, and at Hokkaido University, Japan. For many years, he has been the assistant editor of Bird Watching, the UK's best-selling monthly magazine for birdwatchers.
Mike's fascination with birds started when he was about eight years old, hiding in the garden shed to watch starlings feeding on the lawn. These days, he does most of his birdwatching around Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, where he lives with his family. His garden, near the city centre, is very much wildlife-oriented, and he has recorded 90 species of bird there, as well as 22 butterfly species, 16 dragonflies and several hundred moths, plus foxes, deer and hedgehogs.
