Completely revised and updated Whether you are a beginner or an expert, this beautifully detailed field guide to the common birds of Ireland will give invaluable advice on how to identify each species: their calls, songs, diets and habitats, as well as up-to-date distribution maps of each species. Eric Dempsey s text covers all the important bird identification features, while the superb illustrations of over 200 bird species by Michael O Clery highlight these features in lifelike detail. This long-awaited new edition reflects the changes that have occurred in the distribution and breeding status of Ireland s common birds as well as including species once considered rare but which are now more regularly seen. This is an ideal companion to the Complete Field Guide to Ireland s Birds.