Practical and portable, this outstanding new field guide is the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date guide to whales, dolphins and porpoises. A fully updated version of Mark’s popular Handbook of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, which was published in 2020, it has more than 500 accurate and detailed illustrations.

Complete with detailed annotations pointing out the most significant field marks, this new pocket-sized field guide covers all 93 species and every subspecies in the world. 

Many of the world's most respected whale biologists have collaborated on the concise text, which is packed with helpful identification tips and accompanied with up-to-date distribution maps for each species. Beautifully designed, to ensure critical information is quickly accessible, this is an indispensable resource that every whale-watcher will want to carry out to sea.

RRP £16.99, buy for £12.99

Published by Bloomsbury in 2022, paperback, 288 pages