All the Bird Songs of Britain & Europe

Jean C. Roche | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sittelle
• ASIN: B000005FPP
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,675,072 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Red-throated Diver

2. Black-throated Diver

3. Little Grebe

4. Great Crested Grebe

5. Red-necked Grebe

6. Slavonian Grebe

7. Black-necked Grebe

8. Fulmar

9. Cory's Shearwater

10. Manx Shearwater

11. Storm Petrel

12. Leach's Petrel

13. Gannet

14. Cormorant

15. Shag

16. Pygmy Cormorant

17. White Pelican

18. Bittern

19. Little Bittern

20. Night Bittern

See all 99 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive bird song guide for Europe, March 16, 2000

By 

James Remsen, Jr. (Lindenhurst, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All the Bird Songs of Britain & Europe (Audio CD)

I'm a little bit mystified by the other review available for this title. It seems that the reviewer was expecting something other than a CD of bird songs. Well, what SHOULD be on a CD called "All the Bird Songs of Britain and Europe?" In any event, this is one CD out of four which, together, cover virtually all the birds you are likely to hear (as well as a few you aren't likely to hear, but are thoughfully included anyway) on the European continent.

If you are familiar with the Stokes bird song guides for North America, this is a similarly formatted production. Jean C. Roche, a veteran French natural sound recordist, has edited this comprehensive guide. One species of bird is given per CD track for easy access to each bird's sounds. Sound quality is as good as it is on the Stokes guides, and the sound samples are generally quite long. Only one caveat: there are no announcements of species' names. I assume that since these discs were produced in France but were to be sold elsewhere as well, the producers simply opted not to include announcements rather than record versions in multiple languages. Thus, if you are listening to the guide all the way through, you will have to follow the liner notes to know which bird you are hearing at a given time.

Aside from this, there isn't much to complain about here. If you are going to go birding in Europe, you will have to have this sooner or later. Get all the volumes for a complete guide to European bird sounds.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This is one CD of a four CD set, January 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: BIRD SONGS BRIT & EUROPE V2 (Audio CD)

This is one CD of a four volume set. I ordered this CD and recieved volume 2. It has 100 birds from willow grouse to sandgrouse. A large percentage are not what I think of as song birds. Lots of chirps and rattles. (I am not a birder). I assume the other 3 CDS have a similar number of birds. This appears to be a set for the serious birder, and not for someone who is looking for a musical treat.