Birds of Prey

of the world

Illustrated by Trvor Boyer,Malcolm Ellis and David Thelwell

Birds of Prey is a comprehensive guide to one of the most fascinating and varied of all groups of birds.It is fully illustrated throughout in superb colour,and its clear concise text will appeal to armchair naturalists and serious ornithologists alike.The book includes:-Full colour illustrations of all 286 bird of prey species,showing breeding plumage variations.Maps showing distribution of each species,with both summer and winter ranges.

One of the superb illustrations by Trevor Boyer.

Condition Mint as new.Price £20.00 +postage. SOLD

Flight Identification of European Raptors

R.F Porter,Ian Willis,Steen Christensen and B.P.Nielsen.

mapThe identification of the diurnal birds of prey is especially difficult.There is a wide variation in plumage among some species,especially the Eagles and Buzzards,and in all species general outlines and wing positions are much affected by wind and light,and by the birds behaviour at the time.Often,too,the birds are only sighted at long range,and the authors believe that when travelling extensively in Europe even the expert cannot hope to identify more than seventy per cent of the raptors seen.

In this book,the 38 European species have been grouped into seven sections.Each section brings together those species with similar field characters between which confusion can so often,and so easily,arise.The text,succinct and detailed as it is,is greatly enhanced by Ian Willis's fine drawings,and there are 248 photographs especially chosen to illustrate aspects of identification.

A Must for all birders Condition mint in d/w Price £18.00 +postage SOLD

The Peregrine Falcon

Second edition.Derek Ratcliffe

The first edition of The Peregrine Falcon was widely recognised as a classic of its kind,documenting not only the species biology but also the sad tale of its decline due to the impact of pesticides.This extensively revised second edition takes full account of important developments in the story of this bird during the intervening 12 years.

Many of the tables and figures have been revised and brought up to date so that this volume,like it's predecessor,is once againby far the most detailed and readable reference on this most evocative of birds.Donald Watson's colour paintings monochrome washes and line drawings,and original photographs,illustrate the book as before.