RSPB Seabirds

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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A lavish celebration of the seabirds of the British Isles.Seabirds are the living links between land, air and sea. They enjoy a freedom that even humans, with all our technological assistance, can barely imagine. Many species travel mind-boggling distances across the length and breadth of our planet before returning to land to breed in large, deafening and confusingly crowded colonies. Yet within this commotion each mated pair forms a bond of extreme closeness and tenderness that survives separation each winter and may persist for decades.The long and geologically varied coastline of the British Isles provides homes for internationally important numbers of breeding seabirds. Visiting their colonies is always unforgettable, whether they are cliff-faces packed with Guillemots, islands white-capped by clustered Gannets on their nests, flat beaches crowded with screaming Arctic Terns or seaside rooftops overlaid with a second townscape of nesting gulls. The changing fortunes of these seabird cities reveal to us the health of the vast, unseen but incredibly rich marine world that surrounds us.RSPB Seabirds showcases some of our most exciting and enigmatic bird species as vital and living components of one of our greatest natural assets: our coastline. The author presents detailed biographies of all the seabird species that breed in and around the British Isles, and also looks at the many species that breed elsewhere but which, regularly or occasionally, visit British waters. Every page of this sumptuous book features beautiful photographs of wild seabirds engaged in their daily work of hunting, travelling, protecting themselves and their territories, courting and raising a family.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-10-15
Mått:224 x 282 x 26 mm
Vikt:1 240 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:RSPB
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Medarbetare:Tipling,David
ISBN:9781472964502

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Marianne Taylor is a freelance writer, illustrator, photographer and editor. Marianne grew up in the seaside town of Hastings in Sussex, and from an early age she could be found watching and scribbling notes about the behaviour of the Herring Gulls nesting outside her sister’s bedroom window. A passion for all wildlife, but especially birds and most especially seabirds, has been a driving force in her life ever since. Marianne worked in publishing for seven years before taking the plunge as a freelancer in 2007. Since then she has written 19 books for adults and children on a range of natural history subjects.Renowned cameraman David Tipling has worked as a freelance wildlife photographer since 1992. David travels extensively photographing some of the world's most iconic wildlife and one of his specialities is the birds of our seas and oceans. His many awards include the prestigious Nature Photographer of the Year. David's work has featured in countless magazines and newspapers and he has been author or commissioned photographer for more than forty books on birds and wildlife photography.

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A superb new book...packed with fascinating information on how the birds around our coast are faring.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionSeaducks Eider Common Scoter Red-breasted Merganser Other seaducksDivers and grebesRed-throated Diver Black-throated Diver Great Crested Grebe Slavonian Grebe Other divers and grebesTubenoses Fulmar Manx Shearwater European Storm-petrel Leach’s Storm-petrel Other tubenosesGannets, cormorants and relatives Gannet Cormorant Shag Other related speciesPhalaropes Grey PhalaropeSkuas Arctic SkuaGreat Skua Other skuasGulls KittiwakeMediterranean GullBlack-headed GullCommon Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Yellow-legged Gull Great Black-backed GullOther gullsTerns Little TernSandwich TernRoseate Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Other ternsAuksGuillemotRazorbill Black GuillemotPuffin Other auksRecommended readingBibliographyAcknowledgementsPhotographic creditsIndex