Seabirds including
Penguins
New & second-hand books
A Guide to Seabirds on the Ocean Routes
This book provides, in narrative form, an account of all the seabirds likely to be encountered on twenty-five of the world's most heavily travelled ocean routes. Each route is divided into sections, and for each section information is given on both the common and rarer birds - their breeding status and patterns of seasonal migration, as well as distinctive features of appearance and behaviour that might help in their identification....This book is an essential companion to the same author's Field guide to Seabirds.
Hardback;144pp.b/w illustrations, maps.
AUKS
An ornithologists Guide
In this book Ron Freethy has provided a comprehensive study of the auk family-the Alcidae-which comprises over 20 species. With the exception of the Great auk (Pinguinus impennis )the auk family is confined to the seas and coasts of the Northern Hemisphere from the ice of the high arctic seas to the south coasts of Britain and France. Here they fish by diving and gather to breed mostly in huge colonies along rocky shores. Fossil evidence places an ancestor of the auks in the Eocene epoch,70-54 million years ago, and naturalist Ron Freethy considers their long history and evolution together with a detailed account of the behaviour and life-cycle of several species. The text is illustrated with maps, drawings and both black & white and colour photographs of these fascinating and attractive birds.
1987;Hardback.208pp.Colour & B/W photos, drawings, maps etc. Blandford Press.
Seabird Concentrations in the North Sea
Seabird Concentrations in the North Sea
PENGUINS OF THE WORLD
Wayne Lynch
Full colour photos taken by the author 144pp hardback
Penguins
John Love
Describes all 17spp of penguin with details of their behaviour characteristics diving ability & threats to their survival. Paperback Colour photos 72pp 1997
Penguins of the World
The first volume in a new series of spin-offs from the landmark Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, Penguins of the World dispels countless myths about penguins, and offers readers an engaging picture of these unique, much-loved birds.
Paperback;1994.Colour & b/w plates, photos, sketches.
Hardback;263pp.Illustrated by Robert Gillmor. b/w & colour plates, sketches, line drawings, maps ,b/w photographs etc. An excellent study of this group. Post Free UK
The Penguins
Lloyd S. Davies and Martin Renner
This book looks at the natural history of the penguins - an enduringly popular and fascinating group of birds. Penguins are associated in the public consciousness with the icecap of the South Pole , and we are all familiar with images of male Emperor Penguins clustered together through the long nights of the Antarctic winter as they incubate their single eggs on their feet. However, several species occur in warmer regions further north, in southern Africa, South America, Australia, New Zealand and even the Galapagos. All are flightless but are beautifully adapted swimmers and divers, and many are able to travel at high speed on dry land by means of spectacular leaps and belly slides.
234 x 154 mm. c 300pp. Hardback Line drawings and colour photographs.
Seabirds a Natural History
Seabirds a Natural History
Birds of the Atlantic Ocean
Illustrated by one of the all time great seabird artists, Birds of the Atlantic Ocean was published in 1968 by Country life books. The book is a study in words and pictures by Ted Stokes, indicating the character of each species, with wing span, the number and colour of eggs, nesting habits and with the help of maps, its breeding range. It feature 15 of Keith Shackleton's superb oil paintings.
Hardback; Country life 1968.Fine in slightly torn at spine d/w Post Free UK