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January 25, 2006
Svensson reprint
The BTO is pleased to announce the availability of reprints of the seminal identification guide for ringers and serious birders Lars Svensson's Identification Guide to European Passerines.
Svensson (as it's known to most) has been an absolute essential in every ringers box for decades, and details the characteristics used in determining the age and sex of 229 species and subspecies (including all passerines regularly occurring in Europe). With recent advances in optics though, modern birders now have the opportunity to see many features that were once only seen by ringers. Think about it where else will you find out how to age that spring Arctic Warbler or sort out the wing formula of that tricky Eastern Lesser Whitethroat?
The guide was originally born out of a booklet first published in Swedish in 1964, with the first English-language edition of the current guide published in 1970. In those 35 years, we‚ve gone from brown to orange to blue and finally green, and it is this edition many may be familiar with. A new edition of the guide is in preparation, but this limited reprint is a great opportunity to get hold of the guide now.
To order your copy of Svensson, email sales@bto.org or contact Chris Morley at the BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU. Tel: 01842 750050.
Posted by Surfbirds at January 25, 2006 07:15 AM
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