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The Sparrowhawk |
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£85.00 |
Ian Newton As a boy in a Derbyshire village,Ian Newton
discovered his first Sparrowhawk nest and so began a continuing fascination with this
relatively common but often elusive bird of prey.Many years later as a scientist with the
Nature Conservancy Council he embarked on a 14 year study of the species in two areas of
SW Scotland,attempting each year to trap and ring all Sparrowhawks present and to find all
of their nests.As a result many individuals were closely studied throughout their lives. More
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Red Data Birds in Britain |
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.... . . . £16.00
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Batten,Bibby
et al.The various Red Data
books prepared by the IUCN and ICBP have set the standards for recognizing birds close to
or at risk of extinction worldwide.This book by focusing on vunerable species living in or
visiting Britain,sets out to define the British situation and to clearly establish both
the importance of British populations and our own responsibilties for contributing to bird
conservation.Compiled by an editorial team drawn from the Nature Conservancy Council and
the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds,it identifies 117 species that demand our
care and attention. Hardback;1990.Illustrated
by Ian Willis.349pp.Tables,charts etc.Condition A1 Mint as new in d/w . |
The Peregrine Falcon |
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£24.00
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Derek
ratcliffe.Dr Ratcliffe's account of this especially interesting bird of prey has
been eagerly awaited and now more than meets expectations.Not only is this a detailed
definitive study by an internationally acknowledged authority,it is also a well composed
work with an easy flow that coceals its author's skilled presentation.Donald Watson has
contributed three colour plates and many line illustrations,and there are maps,diagrams
and more than sixty photographs. Hardback;1980
1st ed.416pp.Excellent work from Donald
watson Condition fine in d/w £ Also available new here.
*See also Cade PEREGRINE
FALCON POPULATIONS Their management and recovery.
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Enjoying Ornithology |
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£24.00 |
Ronald Hickling.(from
inside front cover)..This year 1983,the British Trust
for Ornithology celebrates its first fifty years and this volume records much of the
history of birdwatching and ornithology since the early 1930s.This book is not a history
of the BTO,but many of the trust's achievements helped fashion the development and
direction of ornithology over the decades,and major aspects of the Trust's work rightly
have detailed treaetment.The book ranges widely,it looks at the changing bird as well as
the changing birdwatcher and records the work of related conservation bodies,it considers
the future and the past and includes an extensive section of useful facts and
figures,whilst never loosing sight of the central theme which is the book's title. Hardback:296pp.1983 1st ed.Line drawings,maps,tables.Condition
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Waders their breeding,haunts and watchers |
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£25.00 |
Desmond
and Maimie Nethersole-Thompson.The core of this book is the comprehensive
accounts of the biology and behaviour of 18 species of waders in their breeding haunts.In
addition there are chapters on waders generally,wader spacing and dispersion,the wader
watchers of past and recent times,and two final chapters on new or returning waders and
those pipe dream species that,not too fancifully,may yet breed one day in these
islands.Voice is one of the headings within the species accounts but there is also an
appendix of sonagrams of wader songs and calls;there are tables of data and an
extensive,selected bibliography.Over 100 drawings by Donald Watson. Hardback;400pp.1986.32 b/w photos.line drawings
etc.Nr fine in d/w.
* See also Shorebirds of Europe CD Here |
Birds of the Strait of Gibraltar |
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£40.00 |
Clive Finlayson Whether or not you have ever witnessed the
thousands of raptors,storks and other birds that may make this legendary crossing in a
single day,this book will conjure the spirit of this etraordinary place.
Harback;534pp.B/w
photos,tables,charts,maps etc.Delightful illustrations by Ian Willis.1992 1st ed.Condition
Mint in d/w.
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Birds in Wales |
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£28.00 SOLD |
R.Lovegrove,G.Williams &
I.Williams Illustrated
by Kim Atkinson,Phil Bristow,Terrence Lambert,Darren Rees,Philip Snow & Owen
Williams
More books about Birds and birding in Wales here
This volume sets out for the first time
the historical and current status of all the bird species found in Wales together with
their present distribution.The three authors,all staff of the RSPB in Wales,have between
them,an accumulated experience of some 80 years of first-hand knowledge of birds in the
principality.Their knowledge and love of birds and wales itself makes this authoritive
volume a landmark both in Welsh and ornithological publishing.
Hardback;384pp.March 1994.Mint in
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The Ancient Murrelet |
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£20.00 SOLD |
Anthony
J.Gaston Illustrated by Ian Jones
mapBreeding 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.
249 Pages.Hardback.Mint as new in
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The Dippers |
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£20.00 |
Stepanie Tyler &
Stephen Ormerod Illustrated by Darren Rees Dippers are the world's only truly aquatic
passerine bird fascinating for their remarkable swimming and diving abilities,and the
beauty of their preferred but threatened habitat,the fast flowing streams of the wild
uplands.Territorial behaviour,breeding biology,diet,movements and population dynamics are
all discussed in relation to the Dipper's adaptations to an aquatic lifestyle in
environments coming under increasing pressure from man's current changes in land use.
225 Pages.Hardback.Mint as new in
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Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland |
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£20.00 |
Dr
J.T.R. Sharrock is uniquely placed to write about the rare birds of Britain and
Ireland.He is a member of all three bodies which adjudicate on such records - honorary
secretary of the British Ornithologists Union's records committee and a member of both the
British Birds rarities committee and the Irish records panel.He is also the author of the
companion book 'Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland .In this book 221 species are
covered with line drawings by Robert Gillmor,P.J Grant,R.A Richardson,D.I.M Wallace and
Ian Willis. Hardback;336pp.1976.Fine
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Seventy years of Birdwatching |
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£26.00 SOLD |
HG
Alexander.Seventy Years of
birdwatching is not truly an autubiography,there is too little about the author in
it,though the personality of this exceptional,shy and gentle man comes through.This is a
book about birdwatching,birdwatchers and,above all,birds.It is,in some measure,also a
history of the development of modern ornithology in Britain-although the author's
birdwatching extended over parts of three continents,Europe,India and North America...... Hardback;264pp.Fine in slightly faded spine
d/w.Exceptional illustrations by Robert Gillmor Post Free UK
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