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The BIRDS of MORAY and NAIRN

£12.00

Martin Cook.The Birds of Moray and Nairn is the first book to be written this century (20th) about the birdlife of these districts which contain some of the most exciting birdwatching habitats in Britain.It provides an up-to-date account of the occurrence and distribution of each of the 267 wild species recorded in the area.Many of these accounts are illustrated by maps,histograms and line drawings.Much historical information is included,as well as descriptions of the main bird habitats and a detailed guide to the best birdwatching localities.The results of bird ringing in Moray & Nairn are also summarised.

Paperback;263pp,1992.b/w photos,nice line drawings.Condition fine

Highland Birds

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£8.00

D.Nethersole-Thompson.Golden Eagle,Osprey and Snowy owls are probably the best known Highland birds.Others are equally exciting.Dotterel,ptarmigan and Snow Bunting nest on the high mountains; Scottish pine crossbills,Crested tits and Capercaillies are in the pine forest and divers and Slavonian grebes on hill lochs.The flows and marshes have Greenshanks and wood sandpipers and remote islands their whimbrels and skuas and Red-necked phalaropes and fork-tailed petrels...

Paperback;111 pp.Many fine colour & b/w photographs,maps

A guide to the birds of Scotland

£6.00

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Eric Hardy.Birdwatchers flock to scotland in increasing numbers to see many birds not normally accessible elsewhere in Britain-nesting Ospreys,eagles,rare grebes,snow buntings,shore larks and huge seabird colonies-or to find new British species,especially in Shetland.This guide to modern bird haunts and recent changes (1978) in Scottish bird-distribution,the first since Kenneth Richmond's pioneer 1968 regional guide to the Birds of Scotland (see below) ,has a much more extensive coverage of the counties,arranged under the new regions and island districts.residents and visitors will find an all-year-round reference from summer nesting haunts to migration watching points and winter flocks and roosts.

Still a very useful guide.Harback;312pp.Pocket size.Black & white photos,maps.Constable 1978.

A Regional guide to the Birds of Scotland

£3.00

Kenneth Richmond.

Similar to the above book,but not as detailed.Both this title and the above feature some sites not outlined in the current 'Helm' where to watch birds in Scotland,and are useful for this extra information.

Hardback, Pocket Size 2 copies £3.00 - £5.50

Wild Venture

A Bird-watcher in Scotland

£11.95

Kenneth Richmond.Kenneth Richmond,well known as an ornithologist,calls Scotland a happy hunting ground for the bird-watcher.Certainly he has found it so,and in Wild Venture he conveys his enjoyment to the reader so keenly that before many pages have been read,we feel ourselves alongside him on his exciting adventures.For Mr Richmond has a very keen eye for his subject and the freshness of his descriptive style makes this a delightful book for the country-lover as well as the more seriously intentioned bird-watcher.Starting with the grandest of British birds.the Golden Eagle,he goes on to describe the many other species of birds he has watched in Scotland,ranging from the impressive Capercaillie to the diminutive,but no less distinguished Red-necked Phalarope.

Hardback;223pp.B/W photos.Cover 'tatty' but o/w good.Very interesting and entertaining.1958.

The Birds of Iona and Mull

 

Henry Davenport Graham

David Douglas (Edinburgh) 1890

£100.00

279 pages,featuring drawings from the authors sketchbook.Extract;-' The Harrier is common,except at breeding time,when he probably retires to the inland hills;at all other times he may be met with hunting along the low land skirting the shores.I have observed that one will sometimes take the same line of country for several days,following the same course and about the same hour.Acting upon this observation I have waylaid them,or rather put myself in the expected line of flight,as no strategy is necessary,and have more than once been rewarded by so cutting off the depredator of chicken yards,or at least of seeing him go by.The Ring-tail, or white rump,which gives name to the female,is a very conspicuous feature as she flies past.She gives the idea of a much heavier bird than the male.The male is a very pretty bird,and is commonly called the White Hawk.One windy day I let one pass me on the seashore,mistaking it for a sea-gull......'

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Hardback;279pp.1890.Covers a little faded but otherwise a bright copy of this rare book

OSPREYS

A Natural and Unnatural History

£22.00

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Ospreys: a natural and unnatural history is a clear,entertaining and up-to-date look at the natural history and status of a bird that has become the symbol of international bird conservation.Special attention is devoted to the successful restoration of threatened osprey populations in Scotland and in New England.The beautiful line illustrations are by noted bird artist Margaret LaFarge.

'Alan Poole has taken our favourite bird and put it in global perspective....a tremendous job.Be sure to get it.'..Roger Tory Peterson

Hardback;246pp.Line drawings,maps,charts B/W photos etc.Fine in D/W.Cambridge university Press 1989 SOLD

Forest nesting Merlins in Scotland

£9.95

Jack Orchel

Recommendations for conserving this rare falcon,published by the Hawk & Owl trust.Colour plates,Paperback.

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The Return of the Sea Eagle

£40.00 John A Love.The White-tailed Sea Eagle is a magnificent and powerful bird of prey which until early last century was not uncommon in the British Isles,especially on the Scottish (and irish) coast(s).In recent years there has been a concerted attempt to reintroduce the bird to its former haunts by a programme of controlled releases on the Isle of Rum.

Hardback;227pp.1983 1st ed.Line drawings,Black & White photographs,charts,maps etc.An excellent monograph on this fascinating bird of prey.Condition fine in d/w.More details here

The BIRDS of Sutherland

£9.95 Alan Vittery illustrated by Dave Pullan.Sutherland is best known by birdwatchers for some of Britain's rarest breeding birds,such as the Black-throated Diver,Greenshank and Common Scoter.Knowledge of the district's bird life has greatly increased in the last few years,and there has been changes in the population and distribution of many species.Alan Vittery's new guide provides up-to-date assessments of the status of nearly 300 species which have occured in the district in recent times,with in-depth accounts,supported by descriptions of a typical year in Sutherland,as well as advice on the best sites for birdwatching.

Paperback;160pp.line drawings,maps etc.Signed by the author.Fine condition.1997.

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