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Tawny Owl
Av Jeff Martin
Häftad, 2022
500 kr
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‘Jeff Martin explores the Tawny Owl’s natural history in the greatest detail. Where controversy has arisen in the literature, he has put forward all points of view so the reader can make his or her own judgements. There seems nothing concerning the biology of this owl that Jeff has not researched.’ …
Sparrowhawk
Av Ian Newton
Inbunden, 2010
852 kr
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Dr Newton is now a senior ornithologist with the Natural Environment Research Council and the book draws on his wide knowledge of the Sparrowhawk, as well as that of other workers in Britain and abroad. The text gives a detailed account of all aspects of the Sparrowhawk's lifestyle, population …
Pied Flycatcher
Av Arne Lundberg, Rauno V. Alatalo
Inbunden, 2010
852 kr
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The Pied Flycatcher is one of Europe's best-studied species. The first detailed work on it was begun in the 1930s by German ornithologists, but it was Lars von Haartman's Finnish study that both established long-term research on the species and founded many of the central themes of modern …
Magpies: The Ecology and Behaviour of Black-Billed and Yellow-Billed Magpies
Av Tim Birkhead
E-bok, 2010
935 kr
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Two species of magpie feature in this book, the Black-billed Magpie, familiar to most Europeans, which occurs throughout much of the northern hemisphere, and the Yellow-billed Magpie, which is confined to California. Magpies are unmistakable in their appearance, voice and extrovert, arrogant …
Wild Geese
Inbunden, 2010
852 kr
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In range , Wild Geese covers the geese of North America, Europe and Asia, and thus the world species except for the Hawaiian Goose or Ne-Ne. The plan of the book is similar to the author's Ducks of Britain and Europe but distribution, status and migration rightly assume a more extensive role in …
Bullfinch
Av Ian Newton
Häftad, 2027
570 kr
Kommande
A readable and enjoyable unravelling of the mysterious lifestyle of one of Britain's most beautiful and familiar finches. A chunky, charismatic bird named after its stocky ‘bull-necked’ appearance, the Bullfinch is a familiar yet declining species of parkland, orchards and forest. One of the most …
Penguins
Av Lloyd Spencer Davis, Martin Renner
Inbunden, 2003
851 kr
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This book looks at 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 night of the Antarctic …
Seabirds
A Natural History
Inbunden, 2004
859 kr
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This new Poyser title takes an in-depth look at the lives of the world's true seabirds - the penguins, tubenoses, peleceaniids, gulls, terns, skuas and auks. These birds all spend much of their lives foraging at sea, but the range of ways that they are adapted to exploit the marine environment and …
Barn Swallow
Inbunden, 2006
851 kr
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The Barn Swallow is a familiar and popular bird throughout the world. It is one of the most widely distributed bird species, breeding in North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa and wintering in South America, southern Africa, southern Asia and even northern Australia. Its habit of nesting …
Greater Flamingo
Av Alan Johnson, Frank Cézilly
Inbunden, 2008
992 kr
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A detailed monograph on an iconic bird of tropical wetlands around the world, the flamingo. With their curious feeding behaviour, peculiar elongated body, gregarious social lives and exotic pink plumage, flamingos are among the most familiar and popular of all the world's birds. They have inspired …
Gyrfalcon
Av Eugene Potapov, Richard Sale
Inbunden, 2005
851 kr
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WINNER OF THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY'S 'BEST SCIENCE BOOK 2006' AWARD This book is the first monograph on one of the most beautiful and admired birds in the world. The Gyrfalcon is the world's largest and most powerful falcon - a truly awe-inspiring bird which inhabits the ferociously inhospitable Arctic …
Weather and Bird Behaviour
Inbunden, 2004
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851 kr
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This classic Poyser title, now in its third revised edition, discusses in depth the various ways in which weather conditions influence bird behaviour. Weather conditions affect food and water availability, decisions about when and how to migrate, timing and success of reproduction, flight style, …
Lapwing
Inbunden, 2007
851 kr
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A detailed, authoritative yet highly readable monograph on one of Britain's best-loved farmland birds, the Lapwing. With its striking green-black and white plumage and distinctive pee-wit call, the Lapwing is one of Britain's best-known birds. Lapwings depend on agricultural land to breed and are …
Birds New to Britain 1980-2004
Av Adrian Pitches, Tim Cleeves
Inbunden, 2005
851 kr
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This guide is fascinating reading for everyone who has an interest in migration and vagrancy in Britain, has made the journey to see any of the birds concerned, or has ever dreamed of finding a 'first' of their own. Britain's position on the edge of the Western Palearctic means that it receives a …
Golden Oriole
Inbunden, 2009
851 kr
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An authoritative yet highly readable monograph on one of Britain's rarest yet most spectacular breeding birds, the Golden Oriole. One of Britain's rarest breeding birds, the Golden Oriole is also one of its most charismatic. Females are a vivid green, while the males of this species are a stunning …
Snowy Owl
Av Eugene Potapov, Richard Sale
Inbunden, 2013
851 kr
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A comprehensive monograph of the beautiful Snowy Owl, famed for its elegant, all-white plumage. The Snowy Owl needs little introduction. This massive white owl breeds throughout the Arctic, wherever there are voles or lemmings to hunt, from Scandinavia through northern Russia to Canada and …
Avian survivors
The History and Biogeography of Palearctic Birds
Inbunden, 2011
851 kr
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Using a fresh approach that classifies birds according to their bioclimatic characteristics, Clive Finlayson views the history and distribution of Palearctic birds from a radical new angle. History and chance events play a central role in a story that has its origins before the asteroid impact that …
Flight Identification of European Raptors
Av R.F Porter, Ian Willis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
852 kr
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For this third edition, the typematter has been reset throughout to accommodate the many revisions and additions to the text. The identification drawings, too, have been reviewed and lan Willis has amended or redrawn elements of most of the Figures and has provided several additional drawings. …
Raven
Inbunden, 2011
852 kr
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The Raven presents a summary of knowledge of its natural history, describing its distribution, feeding habits, association with other animals, and breeding.The Raven is one of the most spectacular and romantic of British birds, but relatively neglected in the modern literature of ornithology. Derek …
Nuthatches
Inbunden, 2002
860 kr
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The Nuthatches is based on the European Nuthatch, with comparative information on the other west Paleartic and world species.The nuthatches are common and widespread birds throughout the Northern Hemisphere, but only poorly studied until quite recently. Erik Matthysen's extensive studies, started …
Tundra Plovers
The Eurasian, Pacific and American Golden Plovers and Grey Plover
Av Des Thompson, Ingvar Byrkjedal
Inbunden, 2002
1344 kr
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This text presents the tundra plovers, comprising of the grey plover and the Eurasian, Pacific, and American golden plovers. Breeding on tundra or northern heaths and moorland, they migrate far south to coastal mudflats, saltings and agricultural landscapes. The text examines the taxonomy, …
Bullfinch
Av Ian Newton
Inbunden, 2027
922 kr
Kommande
A readable and enjoyable unravelling of the mysterious lifestyle of one of Britain's most beautiful and familiar finches. A chunky, charismatic bird named after its stocky ‘bull-necked’ appearance, the Bullfinch is a familiar yet declining species of parkland, orchards and forest. One of the most …
Puffin
Av Mike P. Harris, Sarah Wanless
Inbunden, 2011
860 kr
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A comprehensive monograph on the Atlantic Puffin, the most recognisable and popular of all North Atlantic seabirds.
Golden Oriole
E-bok, 2009
935 kr
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An authoritative yet highly readable monograph on one of Britain''s rarest yet most spectacular breeding birds, the Golden Oriole. One of Britain''s rarest breeding birds, the Golden Oriole is also one of its most charismatic. Females are a vivid green, while the males of this species are a …
Greater Flamingo
Av Alan Johnson, Frank Cézilly
E-bok, 2009
1068 kr
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A detailed monograph on an iconic bird of tropical wetlands around the world, the flamingo. With their curious feeding behaviour, peculiar elongated body, gregarious social lives and exotic pink plumage, flamingos are among the most familiar and popular of all the world''s birds. They have inspired …
Lapwing
E-bok, 2009
935 kr
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A detailed, authoritative yet highly readable monograph on one of Britain''s best-loved farmland birds, the Lapwing. With its striking green-black and white plumage and distinctive pee-wit call, the Lapwing is one of Britain''s best-known birds. Lapwings depend on agricultural land to breed and are …
Kittiwake
Av John Coulson
Inbunden, 2011
852 kr
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An authoritative overview of the biology of the Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla. Returning to its breeding sites in the spring after a winter spent far out at sea, the Kittiwake is a familiar sight around the coasts of Britain and Europe. A pale, medium-sized gull with a 'gentle' expression and bright …
Common Buzzard
Inbunden, 2020
1063 kr
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‘Based on many years of personal research, and a thorough knowledge of the European literature, the authors provide an eminently readable account of the biology of the Common Buzzard. Whatever your interests in birds, I can recommend this book for its content of information and insight.’ – …
Common Eider
Inbunden, 2015
1063 kr
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A monograph of the Common Eider, a large and familiar duck with a long and fascinating cultural history. A common sight around the more northerly shores of the British Isles, the Common Eider is the largest duck in the northern hemisphere. The eider is particularly well adapted to cold-water …
Gyrfalcon
Av Eugene Potapov, Richard Sale
E-bok, 2010
935 kr
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WINNER OF THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY''S ''BEST SCIENCE BOOK 2006'' AWARD This book is the first monograph on one of the most beautiful and admired birds in the world. The Gyrfalcon is the world''s largest and most powerful falcon - a truly awe-inspiring bird which inhabits the ferociously inhospitable …
