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Author: Rob Fray
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2009-08-14
Total Pages: 785
ISBN-13: 0713672331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new title in the successful County Avifaunas series, this is an in-depth study of the status and distribution of every birdspecies known to have occurred in the region, with a detailed review ofrarity records.
Author: David K Ballance
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2000-05-05
Total Pages: 587
ISBN-13: 1783262095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an ornithological bibliography for the counties of England, Wales, and Scotland and for the Isle of Man. It includes all known books, pamphlets and papers which contain substantial studies of the birds of local areas, from a county down to a back garden or a gravel pit. Each county has an introduction on its boundaries and the history of its ornithology. There has been no comprehensive national publication of this kind since Mullens, Swann and Jourdain's Geographical Bibliography in 1920. The volume also provides a detailed record of the many county and local bird reports and of the ever-increasing number of area surveys produced by statutory and voluntary bodies. The material is arranged by the pre-1974 counties and takes the record up to 1995. There are maps to show the many changes in county boundaries since 1800.The book will be a standard reference work for libraries and collectors, and for anyone interested in the rich and diverse development of local ornithology in its homeland.
Author: Rob Fray
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 785
ISBN-13: 1408108917
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe County Avifaunas are a growing series of books, each of which gives details of the status and range of every species on the county list, with a detailed breakdown of rarity records. Each has introductory sections describing the county's ecology and habitats, climate, ornithological history and conservation record. This new avifauna covers Leicestershire and neighbouring Rutland, an area with a particularly strong birding tradition - the Leicestershire & Rutland Ornithological Society is one of the largest county bird clubs in Britain. The region holds some of England's most important inland reservoirs, including the largest, Rutland Water. This massive lake holds some 10,000 wintering birds of a variety of species each year, and has an impressive rarity list as well as some of England's few breeding Ospreys. The county also has important woodlands, gull roosts and river habitats. Rutland Water is the home of the British Birdwatching Fair, the most important trade fair in the birding calendar.
Author: Arthur James Wells
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 1926
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sir Norman Lockyer
Publisher:
Published: 1908
Total Pages: 696
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jennifer Owen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1991-07-18
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9780521343350
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnique documentation of the wildlife that existed in a Leicestershire garden from 1972 to 1986.
Author: Tim Mackrill
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2024-02-29
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1472992628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA highly readable Poyser monograph on one of the most widespread raptors. The Osprey is a large, fish-eating bird of prey. Distinctively marked in deep brown and white, with a piercing yellow eye and powerful hooked bill, the Osprey snatches its prey in spectacular swoops above lakes and wetlands around the world it is one of the most widespread of all birds. Persecuted mercilessly in Britain, it became extinct in the 1890s before returning to the famous Loch Garten in Scotland in the 1950s. The return of the bird has been slow, but reintroduction programmes elsewhere notably at Rutland Water have been successful, and this remarkable raptor is an increasingly common sight in our skies. This Poyser monograph is dedicated to this fine species and includes more than 150 colour photographs. The Osprey looks at the distribution, foraging ecology, migration, breeding behaviour and population dynamics of this spectacular bird, with emphasis placed on conservation efforts both in Britain and in the species' African haunts, which have been discovered only very recently thanks to advances in satellite tagging technology.
