Suggested Field Guides
Field guides are books, usually poket size ones, that describe (description, drawings, photographs) all the organisms of a category that reside in an area. Today there are many guides that cover large geographical areas as the Mediterranean or Europe. We reccomend some of the best ones:
Field Guides for identification:
Plants | Birds | Reptiles and Amphibians | Mammals | Insects
For the identification of plants:
- Grey-Wilson, Christopher-Blamey, Marjorie (1995) (2nd ed.): Collins Pocket Guide Alpine Flowers of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins Publishers, London.
- Mitchell, Alan and John Wilkinson (1991 repr): The Trees of Britain and Northern Europe. Domino Books Ltd, Jersey.
- Polunin Oleg(1980): Flowers of Greece and the Balcans-A Field Guide-.Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6DP.
- Schonfelder Ingrid & Peter (1990): Collins Photoguide to the Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean. William Collins & Co Ltd, Glasgow.
For the identification of birds:
- Svensson, Lars-Peter J. Grant-Killian Mullarney-Dan Zetterstrom (1999): Collins BIRD GUIDE. HarperCollins Publishers, London.
- Barthel Karl & Paschalis Dougalis (2006): Was fliegt dem da? Der klassiker KOSMOS naturfuhrer
- Heinzel, Hermann-Richard Fitter-John Parslow (12th ed.) (1997): Collins Pocket Guide Birds of Britain & Europe with North Africa & the Middle East. HarperCollins Publishers, London.
- Perrins, Christopher and Sir David Attenborough(gen.ed.) (1987): Collins New Generation Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe. William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London.
For the identification of reptiles and amphibians:
- Arnold, E.N., J.A. Burton, D.W.Ovenden (1978): A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe. William Collins Sons & Co Ltd Glasgow.
For the identification of mammals:
- Corbet, Gordon-Denys Ovenden (1980): The Mammals of Britain and Europe. William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow.
- Burton Maurice(1990) (6th repr ed.): Guide to the Mammals of Britain and Europe. Treasure Press, London.
For the identification of insects:
- Higgins, G. Lionel and Brian Hargreaves (2th ed.) (1985): Collins the Butterflies of Britain and Europe. William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London.
- Chinery Michael(1986): Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe. Collins, Grafton Street, London.