Halfway between scientific and pop-sci, with many large gorgeous photos. Divided into types of birds - the waterfowl (eg geese and swans); the seabirds (eg albatross, terns, penguins); the songbirds (swallows, cuckoos); the predators (owls and hawks etc, including my new favourite, Eleonora's falcon); and miscellaneous (budgerigars, quail). Each of these chapters provides an overview of the type, followed by 2-4 pages (including illustrations) for each exemplar.

The text in those pages did get a little skimmable. Sometimes they had tidbits of interesting information about the bird, and of course it included information about their migrations. But there was also a lot of... more general information about size and colour and food source and just... not in an interesting way: in that sense this would be more use as a reference book rather than something to read straight through. ( )