What We Are Reading Today: Birds of Belize

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Updated 23 August 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: Birds of Belize

  • It covers all regularly occurring bird species found in the region and features facing-page plates and text that make field identification easy

Authors: STEVE N. G. HOWELL AND DALE DYER 

Belize is one of the world’s premier birding destinations, home to a marvelous array of tropical birds and beautiful habitats ranging from verdant rain forests and extensive wetlands to rolling pine savannas and the country’s famed barrier reef.

“Birds of Belize” is the essential illustrated pocket guide to this birder’s paradise.

It covers all regularly occurring bird species found in the region and features facing-page plates and text that make field identification easy. 

 


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Dragonflies of Britain and Ireland’

Updated 16 December 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Dragonflies of Britain and Ireland’

Authors: Dave Smallshire and Andy Swash

Dragonflies of Britain and Ireland is the only comprehensive photographic field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of the region. 
Written by two of Britain’s foremost Dragonfly experts, this fully revised and updated fifth edition features hundreds of stunning images and identification charts covering all 58 resident, migrant and former breeding species, and seven potential vagrants.
The book focuses on the identification of both adults and larvae, highlighting the key features.
Detailed species profiles provide concise information on identification, status and trend.