Overwintering Waterbirds and Waterskiing at Dosthill Lake
by A.N. Banks and M. M. Rehfisch
The Peregrine Falcon Breeding Population of the UK and Isle of Man in 2002
by A.N. Banks, R.H. Coombes, and H.Q.P. Crick
Tony Angell, master artist and naturalist, offers an intimate account of owls he has observed, admired, and depicted for decades For a quarter century, Tony Angell and his family shared the remarkable experience of closely observing pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting box outside their forest home. The journals the author recorded his observations in, and the captivating drawings he created, form the heart of this compelling book-a personal account of an artist-naturalist's...
In a small nest in a large oak tree, the drama begins. A young American Robin breaks open his shell and emerges into a world that will provide the warmth of sunny days and the life-threatening chill of cold, rainy nights; the satisfaction of a full stomach and the danger of sudden predator attacks; and the chance to mature into an adult robin who'll begin the cycle of life all over again come next spring. In The Seasons of the Robin, Don Grussing tells the uncommon life story of one of the most...
"The thinking birdwatcher's book of the year...beautifully written...the Christmas present for the birdwatcher who aspires to be an ornithologist." --BBC Living World Population Ecology of Raptors provides a synthesis of recently discovered facts concerning the population regulation in raptors. The author details their social behaviour, their dispersion, numbers, movements, breeding, and mortality. He also deals with the effects of pesticides and other pollutants on raptors. Including all releva...
Bird Observatories of the British Isles (Poyser Monographs)
by Mike Archer, Mark Grantham, Peter Howlett, and Steven Stansfield
Post-mortem Analysis of Bird Corpses from the Grounding of the MSC Napoli
by M. J. Grantham and S. E. Newson
The Encyclopedia of British Birds
by Donald Campbell and Martin Walters
Birds of East Asia (Princeton Field Guides) (Helm Field Guides)
by Mark Brazil
This is the first single volume guide ever devoted to the eastern Asian avifauna. The eastern Asian region, centering especially on the major islands off the continental coast (including Japan and Taiwan) and the immediately adjacent areas of the Asian continent from Kamchatka in the north and including the Korean Peninsula are an important centre of endemism. Birds endemic to this region include representatives of many of the major families, from the world's largest eagle - Steller's Sea Eagle...
Tracks and Signs of the Birds of Britain and Europe (Helm Identification Guides)
by David Lees, John Ferguson, Michael Lawrence, and Roy Brown
A guide to the tracks and other signs of European birds. It describes, using colour illustrations, the many physical signs that can be found in the field, from feathers and skulls to prey remains and pellets. The volume seeks to enable the ornithologist to establish the presence of a species without necessarily encountering the bird itself. This second edition is revised and updated to include more data and ten new plates of artwork, and it covers a number of extra species.