The Sound Approach to Birding: The ultimate guide to understanding bird sound [second edition]

Discover the incredible world of birds through the magic of their song. The Sound Approach to Birding takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the latest research, combining novel scientific theories, entertaining anecdotes, and practical field experience from Mark Constantine OBE and the Sound Approach team, world leaders in bird identification, evolutionary theory and species concepts.

Explore the latest discoveries, while listening to more than 300 original recordings, diving into science, history, and personal adventure, with stunning photographs, illustrations and sonograms throughout. Learn about oscine origins, cultural and biological evolution and migration.

With this comprehensively updated edition, understand how to idenntify a multitude of calls through a variety of life stages - from woodpecker drums to nocturnal migration calls and female bird sounds. Learn how to maximise the use of sound to enhance your field skills and improve your standards of identification, whatever your level of experience.

This edition features extensive updates, revised content, a new cover and new chapters and artwork.

'Few books genuinely alter how people experience birds in the field. Yet again, this offering from The Sound Approach does.’ – David Campbell, editor of Birdwatch magazine

'The new book is a work of art. The whole Sound Approach series is untouchable. It has everything: it’s groundbreaking, funny, educational, and highly digestible to all levels. The books themselves are just beautiful to hold and flick through.’ – Seán Ronayne, ornithologist, award-winning author, and environmental activist