by Susan Leigh Tomlinson

For nature-lovers, birders, and students of wildlife and biology, keeping a field notebook is essential to accurately recording outdoor observations. This unique guide offers instruction on how to do it, what to look for, what information should be recorded and how to organize it, basic drawing skills using line and colour and incorporating maps and charts, Also advice on equipment to take in the field and using conventional field guides. Illustrations, 151pp. 2010