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mapAnother ground-breaking title in the highly acclaimed Helm Identification Guide series. Gulls of europe ,Asia and North America looks at this popular family in great detail. The book covers almost all of the world's species, and includes some of our most familiar seabirds as well as many little-known and globally threatened species. This group is notorious for posing immense identification problems, and all of the difficult intermediate plumages are described and illustrated with particular care. This guide, like the others in the series, combines comprehensive text with beautiful and accurate illustrations, and many colour photographs. Confusing species are covered in particular detail. The very latest information on habitat, range, movement and breeding behaviour is accompanied by appropriate maps and many explanatory line drawings. The book is from the same team who produced Terns of Europe and North America and Skuas and Jaegers, both published by Christopher Helm/Pica Press.
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Hardback.544pp.95 colour plates.830 colour phots,43 colour maps.
Seabirds
A Natural History
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The various problems of being a bird which forages at sea, and the array of solutions evolution has produced to counter them are the theme of this book, which will fascinate everyone with an interest in pelagic birds.
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Terns of Europe and North America
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210 x 149 mm.Hardback.224 pp.210 colour photos.41 colour plates. 'British Birds Best Bird Book of the Year 1994
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a guide to identification
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352 pp. Hardback.2nd revised and updated edition.1986.Many black & white photos, sketches etc. This and 'Flight identification of Raptors' should be in every birdwatchers library. Condition Fine in d/w . (5 copies in stock) or new £25.95 Order details here
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Hardback; 336pp.Black & white photos, sketches, maps, charts etc. Condition fine in d/w.1978 1st edition.
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Dr Mike Harris of the institute of terrestrial Ecology, is an international authority on Fratercula arctica, the Atlantic or Common Puffin, and the book reflects his great knowledge of the species.His enthusiasm for this appealing seabird is equally evident and he has succeeded in that difficult task of combining readability with scientific accuracy and detail.
Hardback;224 pp. Black & white illustrations, maps charts etc.1984 1st edition. Condition fine in d/w.
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in Britain and Ireland
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The Oceanographic and coastal features of the British Isles provide a wealth of ideal habitats for breeding seabirds and it is no suprise that British and Irish seabird populations are of international importance, both in sheer numbers and in species diversity. Indeed, for some species British waters are host to the greater part of the worlds population.
Hardback;1991 1st ed.355pp.Maps,photos,b/w illustrations, tables etc. Condition fine in d/w.
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The SKUAS
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Hardback;1987.363pp.b/w photos ,sketches, line drawings, maps, charts etc. Mint in d/w.
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Breeding along the northern coast from British Columbia to Japan, this little known bird dwelt in relative obscurity until it became the focus of a conservation debate which has resulted in a new National Park in the Queen Charlotte Islands where half the world's breeding population breeds. Tony Gaston has carried out the only detailed study of the birds, and his work has revealed the complex social behaviour of the males and the species' response to the variety of predators the face-from Peregrines to Deer Mice.
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This beautifully illustrated book will appeal to all those who have been moved by the peculiar excitement, magic and drama of seabirds, unequalled by any other avian group. The author gives a broad scientific account of the division of the world's 285 seabirds into four orders and fifteen families, of their distribution, breeding habits and diet. He draws attention to many absorbing facets of their behaviour-in some instances, its adaptation to co-existence with man-and the dangers to many species inherent in the pollution of the earth's rivers, lakes and oceans. Order details here
Paperback;159pp.Colour plates and maps. Condition v/good
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There are nearly 300 species of seabirds in the world. This book makes it possible to identify any of them. It also provides a valuable account of the two dozen or so breeding species of the British Isles which form a spectacular and internationally important part of our avifauna. Order details here
Hardback ;292pp.Colour plates, maps line drawings. Fine condition Still one of the best field guides.
