Hi Tweets,

>From UKBirdnet

*Here's* a deal: Handbook of the Birds of the Western Palaearctic (usually
acronymised as BWP, and for years has been a *monster* source of good ID
material on European, Asian, North African and North American families, with
many painstaking illustrations which have often made rarity-record
assessment a heckuva lot easier).

Michael Krause writes:

>Hi All
>
>Oxford UP have just sent me a demo of the CD of BWP. It contains the
>complete text of the 9 volume set + the concise, 100s of video clips,
>sounds, etc. You can search and cross reference in lots of ways and you
>can bookmark, make notes and records of your own sightings and
>observations.
>
>There is a choice of English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish and
>Swedish.
>
>It will be available in August at
>
>150+VAT, but this will go up soon.
>
>I think it looks quite impressive and much better value than the hard copy.
>If you want more information or to check system requirement, do contact me
>direct.
>
>(I can also sell you a copy, if you want)
>
>Cheers
>Michael Krause
> <Michael_Krause at CYPHERGROUP.COM>

or...

Steve Preddy writes:

>Michael_Krause wrote:
>
>[The full BWP CD-ROM] ... will be available in August at
>> 150+VAT, but this will go up soon.
>
>Even better, NHBS have a pre-publication offer at 145.41 incl VAT. See
>www.nhbs.com for details or email cthorntn at nhbs.co.uk. A saving of over
>30 if my maths is right. Almost enough for a pair of Chestnut Buntings!
>

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