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Iceland birds

To: Denise Goodfellow <>
Subject: Iceland birds
From: Falk Wicker <>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 09:06:38 +1000
Hi Denise,

I second Sonja's suggestion - Collins Bird Guide. The big advantage is it
has all the vagrants in it that are likely to occur.
Not sure the other book covers that.

Cheers,
Falk

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Denise Goodfellow <
> wrote:

> Chris and Sonya,
>
> Thanks very much for your suggestions.  I’ll pass them both onto my
> friends.
>
> Regards
>
> Denise
>
>
> On 30 Apr 2018, at 1:33 pm, Chris Gregory <> wrote:
>
> > Hi Denise
> >
> > The most specific to Iceland Field Guide is "Icelandic Bird Guide" by
> > Johann Oli Hilmarsson. It is a good quality paperback, runs to around 300
> > pages, in English with excellent photos. As it says on the cover
> > "Appearance/Way of Life/Habitat".
> >
> > We found it very useful, especially for the vast array of ducks on the
> > lakes, especially Lake Myvatn. It was on sale in bookshops in *Reykjavík
> > and I seem to remember at the airport.*
> >
> > *Hope this helps*
> > *Chris Gregory*
> >
> > On 30 April 2018 at 13:33, Sonja Ross <> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Denise,
> >>
> >> I used the Collins Bird Guide when we went to Iceland.   Obviously it's
> not
> >> specific to there, but if your friends are travellers, they may find it
> >> handy for other places in Europe.
> >>
> >> Sonja
> >>
> >> On 30 April 2018 at 10:27, Denise Goodfellow <
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Does anyone know of a book of Iceland birds?  I’ve a couple of friends
> >> who
> >>> are not birders, but interested.  One is travelling there later this
> week
> >>> and the other is the Consul.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Denise Lawungkurr  Goodfellow Ph.D.
> >>> PO Box 71
> >>> Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841
> >>> 043 8650 835
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Healesville 3777 Victoria
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