Collins Tree Guide: A Vital UK Field Manual for Fast and Accurate Wildlife Identification

An excellent field guide to British and European trees. A bit big and heavy to be called a pocket guide but very comprehensive and well illustrated.

This book is the most comprehensive text I have come across , both from the number of species discussed and the wonderful illustrations . The Author is quite definitive in his treatise on each tree and as covered a wide range of variants . I find it useful for my work as an Engineer , where I have possible issues with trees near buildings . This book will allow me to determine fairly accurately which tree I may be dealing with . Otherwise the book is highly interesting reading . It is indeed encyclopaedic in content and is a worthy companion of anybodies bookshelf .

The detail, the illustrations, fab. Favourite purchase of the year (I know it's only January! I can't wait to whip out my tree knowledge.

good source of fef. added to my collection perfectly.

My mum loved this book. chose this one as it is meant to have all of the trees in the UK, not just the most common which is what I found some of the other books covered. The beginning of the book is great where it helps you to identify branch and leaf type.

This is an extensive compilation of trees that can be found in the UK. The information contained is most informative. It is a book for the more keen naturalist I feel as the variety of trees in any given category could overwhelm the casual observer. For my purposes, however, it is a very good and useful guide.

Trees... something of great beauty and can live a thousand years. Just look around you, how many can you name? I was shocked at my ignorance. We use them for houses, furniture, heating and visual stunning backdrops. A world without trees would not exist. They extract one of the worlds most dangerous greenhouse gases and convert it into oxygen. This book is filled with great information on these amazing living organisms. The drawings are in some ways better than photo's when identifying different types... and they have families and cousins just like us and have preferences, where they like to grow. My only (minor) thing would be that it covers Europe as well as the UK and thus includes a lot of variations of trees that may not be found in the UK. But that said.... if you want to uncover the beauty of one the greatest natural friends we have, this book did it for me.

No dislike, it is a good comprehensive book that works well for me.

This book has all trees and bush type trees. It has clear pictures from all year and is super clear on the basics. I am amazed. Absolute must have for anyone identifying trees.

Well documented, nice pictures and full information.

Highly recommended.

Full of amazing illustrations, detailed information, and everything is so well organized and put together! I only wish the print (letters) were a bit bigger.

Used for art reference. My only complaint is that it wasn’t published in the next larger format. It would have been worth the extra expense.