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The Dotterel

Desmond Nethersole-Thompson

mapThe dotterel is a northern bird,breeding on the highest and barest tops of the Cairngorms,the Grampians and also sparingly in the North of england.It rarely occurs farther south on migration;a few autums ago a small party spent a few days on London Airport,and there is still one farm in Cambridgeshire where migrants regularly halt in spring.But it is a bird of mountains and tundra,and for most birdwatchers a rare and exciting species.The dotterel's breeding behaviour is of particular interest:slightly larger and more brightly coloured than the cock,the hen does the wooing leaving her smaller mate to brood her eggs while she joins other "grass widows"

Desmond Nethersole-Thompson has studied these birds for many years,and knows them and their ways probably better than any ornithologist alive.His book is both a description of dotterels in their remote habitat and a definative account of all aspects of their life history.The book is fully illustrated with 15 black and white photographs,a colour frontispiece,and many maps,figures and tables.(inside front cover)

Hardback;1973 1st edition.A classic and well respected monograph.Condition near fine in d/w.£70.00 (post free UK) * Large painting of Dotterel 60k here Other Scottish Bird books click Here *See also The Snow Bunting

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