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Subject: Europe trip
From: Tony Keene <>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:51:20 +0930
I'd second that - Collins is one of the very best field guides going. I've also written a translation guide from English to French, German and Dutch to go with the 1st edition - I lived in Switzerland for a few years and while lots of people speak other languages perfectly, bird names don't translate literally. I don't want to spam the board with it, but if you're interested there's a link to my website below. A good site for Swiss sightings is www.ornitho.ch. I've not been birding around Basel, but a bit further south to the west of Bern there's some fantastic sites like Fanel/Cudrefin and Krummi. In the Alps, there's a number of easily-accessed mountains which have some great birds, although you're near the end of the season for a couple of the places like Schynige Platte and the Rothorn. The Schilthorn is good for Alpine Accentor, Alpine Chough, White-winged Snowfinch and has Lammergeier (but don't call them that there - Bearded Vulture is the preferred name. Famers though Lammergeiers preyed on young lambs and persecuted them to the point of extinction in some areas).
Cheers,

Tony

www.tonykeenebirds.co.uk

On 22/08/2012 08:17, Ed Williams wrote:
Hi Stephen,

Can't get a better field guide to Europe than the Collins Bird Guide - it's 
probably the best field guide ever produced... (in my humble opinion - and many 
others!)

Currently it's $25 including delivery from www.bookdepository.co.uk so you 
can't go wrong!


Cheers,

Ed



Ed Williams
Kingsville VIC

On 21/08/2012, at 9:11 PM, "Stephen Aveling-Rowe" <> wrote:

G'day all,

We're going to Europe on an Organ Study Tour, from Sep. 20 to Oct. 10. (Among 
other organs, I'll be playing the Westminster Abbey organ.) :-D

But I need a few bird books/field guides as well as some good places for 
birding, so I can clock up some good birds while were away. We'll be visiting 
Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France, Holland, and England.

The itinerary is:
FRIDAY 21rd Sept.
Basel, Switzerland

SATURDAY 22rd Sept.
Basel - maybe the Alps and back

SUNDAY 23rd Sept.
Basel – Laufen
Laufen – Muri

MONDAY 24th Sept.
Basel – Heiliggeistkirche
Heiliggeistkirche – Seewen Museum
Seewen Museum

TUESDAY 25th Sept.
Basel – Laufen,   am
Laufen – Basel,   pm

WEDNESDAY 26th Sept.
Basel – Salzburg, Austria, via Zurich

THURSDAY 27th Sept.
Salzburg

FRIDAY 28th Sept.
Salzburg – Linz
Linz – Vienna (stay in Vienna for W'end)


SATURDAY 29th Sept.
Vienna

SUNDAY 30th Sept.
Vienna

MONDAY 1st Oct.
Vienna – Naumburg, Germany
Naumburg - Leipzig


TUESDAY 2nd Oct.
Leipzig, Germany

WEDNESDAY 3rd Oct.
Leipzig – Hamburg

THURSDAY 4th Oct.
Hamburg – Stade
Masterclasses and tutorials all day

FRIDAY 5th Oct.
Hamburg – Paris, France

SATURDAY 6th Oct.
Paris

SUNDAY 7th Oct.
Paris

MONDAY 8th Oct.
Paris – Amsterdam,  Holland
Amsterdam - Ede,  Holland

TUESDAY 9th Oct.
Ede - Amsterdam,
Amsterdam - London,  England

WEDNESDAY 10th Oct.
London
Free day. Birding etc.?  Leave for Sydney, Australia, at 10:05 pm.

If you know of any good spots for birding, and good field guides/bird books to 
buy (field guides preferred, because they are lighter), that would be very much 
appreciated.

Thanks very much,

Stephen



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