Rare And Extinct Birds Of Britain

Author : Linda Gardiner,W. H. Hudson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781528784337

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Rare, Vanishing and Lost British Birds by Linda Gardiner,W. H. Hudson Pdf

First published in 1923, this book deals with the various endangered and recently-extinct birds of contemporary Britain. “Rare, Vanishing and Lost British Birds” is profusely illustrated and contains interesting historical information, detailed descriptions, anecdotes, and other notable information relating to the birds treated. Highly recommended for those with an interest in ornithology. Contents include: “Pelican, Pelicanus Onocrotalus”, “Crane, Grus Cinerea”, “White Spoonbill, Platalea Leucorodia”, “Capercaillie, Tetrao Urogallus”, “Avocet, Recurvirostra Avocetta”, “Great Bustard, Otis Tarda”, “Black-Tailed Godwit, Limosa Belgica”, “Great Auk, Alca Impennis”, “Goshawk, Astur Palumbarius”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on ornithology.

Author : Ralph Whitlock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Birds
ISBN : CORNELL:31924001919954

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Rare and Extinct Birds of Britain by Ralph Whitlock Pdf

Author : J.N Dymond,P.A Fraser,S.J.M Gantlett
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408139639

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Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland by J.N Dymond,P.A Fraser,S.J.M Gantlett Pdf

This trio of rare-bird specialists have produced not only a book of great fascination for those who delight in rarities for their own sake, but one that offers valuable information on changing patterns of arrival which may indicate changes of status of these birds within their breeding range. This book is a successor to two earlier works, Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland (Sharrock 1974) and Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland (Sharrock 1976). It unifies both of the earlier books and updates them, adding more than 80 species to the previous total. The authors have analysed and considered some 45,000 records of scarce and rare birds in Britain and Ireland for the period 1958-85. Extreme rarities outside the period are also listed. More than 300 species accounts are now included, most of them accompanied by histograms of weekly and seasonal occurrences, with maps showing distribution by counties in spring and autumn or at particular times of the year. For rarities with twelve or fewer occurrences during the period 1958-85, the place, date and other relevant information is given for each record. Every species is illustrated by a line drawing, more than 150 of them commissioned for this book, the remainder being selected from the two earlier works.

Author : William Henry Hudson,Linda Gardiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Birds
ISBN : UCAL:$B807765

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Rare, Vanishing & Lost British Birds by William Henry Hudson,Linda Gardiner Pdf

Author : Ian Lewington,Per Alström,Peter Colston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:256902935

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A Field Guide to the Rare Birds of Britain and Europe by Ian Lewington,Per Alström,Peter Colston Pdf

Author : Paul Donald,Nigel Collar,Stuart Marsden,Deborah J. Pain
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408189665

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Facing Extinction by Paul Donald,Nigel Collar,Stuart Marsden,Deborah J. Pain Pdf

Examines extinction in birds, with case studies of critically endangered species and the research initiatives designed to save them.

Author : James Macdonald Lockhart
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226470580

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Raptor by James Macdonald Lockhart Pdf

As evidenced by the incredible success of Helen MacDonald's H is for Hawk, and the legions of fans of Pale Male, the incredible red-tailed hawk of 5th avenue, we are full of rapture for raptors. James Macdonald Lockhart, is among the many who have sought out these incredible birds, and in this lyrical work of natural history he seeks out 15 different raptors, in 15 different landscapes across England: a journey in search of raptors, a journey through the birds and into their worlds. Raptors are by nature scarce and extremely elusive. Of Pandionidae (osprey), Accipitridae (broad-winged harrier, eagle, buzzard, red kite) and Falconidae (peregrine, sparrowhawk etc.) only widespread buzzards, kestrels and kites are easily seen. Lockhart follows loosely the trail of 19th-century Scottish naturalist and artist William MacGillivray (1796-1852), As Philip Hoare wrote of it, James MacDonald Lockhart puts the rapture back in the raptor. This is in-the-moment writing, raw in beak and claw. With its gorgeously felt sense of life and place, Raptor rips at its words, turning them into exquisite portraits of the utter wild, shaping soaring, obsessive beauty out of the British landscape and its imperial birds"

Author : Benedict Macdonald
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781784271886

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Rebirding by Benedict Macdonald Pdf

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION Winner of the Richard Jefferies Society and White Horse Book Shop Literary Prize ‘splendid’ —Guardian ‘visionary’ —New Statesman Rebirding takes the long view of Britain’s wildlife decline, from the early taming of our landscape and its long-lost elephants and rhinos, to fenland drainage, the removal of cornerstone species such as wild cattle, horses, beavers and boar – and forward in time to the intensification of our modern landscapes and the collapse of invertebrate populations. It looks at key reasons why species are vanishing, as our landscapes become ever more tamed and less diverse, with wildlife trapped in tiny pockets of habitat. It explores how Britain has, uniquely, relied on modifying farmland, rather than restoring ecosystems, in a failing attempt to halt wildlife decline. The irony is that 94% of Britain is not built upon at all. And with more nature-loving voices than any European country, we should in fact have the best, not the most impoverished, wildlife on our continent. Especially when the rural economics of our game estates, and upland farms, are among the worst in Europe. Britain is blessed with all the space it needs for an epic wildlife recovery. The deer estates of the Scottish Highlands are twice the size of Yellowstone National Park. Snowdonia is larger than the Maasai Mara. The problem in Britain is not a lack of space. It is that our precious space is uniquely wasted – not only for wildlife, but for people’s jobs and rural futures too. Rebirding maps out how we might finally turn things around: rewilding our national parks, restoring natural ecosystems and allowing our wildlife a far richer future. In doing so, an entirely new sector of rural jobs would be created; finally bringing Britain’s dying rural landscapes and failing economies back to life.

Author : Christopher M. Perrins,David Attenborough,Norman Arlott
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0292755325

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New Generation Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe by Christopher M. Perrins,David Attenborough,Norman Arlott Pdf

Identifies 429 species, describes the life, physical structure, and behavior of birds, and discusses breeding, feeding, migration, nests, eggs, and territories.

Author : Steve Dudley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Rare birds
ISBN : 1472597036

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Rare Birds Day by Day by Steve Dudley Pdf

"Rare Birds Day by Day follows three earlier Poyser titles looking at scarce and rare birds recorded in Britain and Ireland, Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland (Sharrock, 1974), Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland (Sharrock & Sharrock, 1976) and Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland (Dymond, Fraser & Gantlett, 1989). Like these previous books, this latest rare bird title has been brought to you by well-known and experienced British birders and rare bird finders. This book, however, differs markedly from the earlier volumes, in that it moves away from the traditional presentation of species in systematic order. Covering 282 rare species and sub-species (plus records for a further 18 Category D species) found in Britain and Ireland, around 20,000 individual records of rare birds are listed in diary style, with each individual bird appearing on the date on which it was originally found, along with all the other rare birds found on that date between 1958 and 1994. Each record is listed in county order and is accompanied by the finding site, number of birds (for multiple records) and length of stay (for those birds remaining for more than one day). This new and novel way of presenting rare bird data will prove fascinating to anyone with an interest in finding and watching rare migrant and vagrant species. It will also prove a valuable and fun tool for the keenest rarity hunters, enabling them to use the book as a rare bird predictor, by following closely the birds found on each date over the 36 years covered by the book. The book is enlivened with illustrations by Dave Nurney, most of them specifically prepared for this volume."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Author : J. T. R. Sharrock,E. M. Sharrock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Birds
ISBN : CORNELL:31924001891609

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Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland by J. T. R. Sharrock,E. M. Sharrock Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Natural resources
ISBN : UOM:39015055277977

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Wildlife Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Julian P. Hume
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 797 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472937452

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Extinct Birds by Julian P. Hume Pdf

A comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species that have become extinct over the last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. Extinct Birds has become the standard text on this subject, covering both familiar icons of extinction as well as more obscure birds, some known from just one specimen or from travellers' tales. This second edition is expanded to include dozens of new species, as more are constantly added to the list, either through extinction or through new subfossil discoveries. The book is the result of decades of research into literature and museum drawers, as well as caves and subfossil deposits, which often reveal birds long-gone that disappeared without ever being recorded by scientists while they lived. From Great Auks, Carolina Parakeets and Dodos to the amazing yet almost completely vanished bird radiations of Hawaii and New Zealand via rafts of extinction in the Pacific and elsewhere, this book is both a sumptuous reference and astounding testament to humanity's devastating impact on wildlife.

Author : Henry Seebohm
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 0483898538

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A History of British Birds, Vol. 2 by Henry Seebohm Pdf

Excerpt from A History of British Birds, Vol. 2: With Coloured Illustrations of Their Eggs The results of the investigation are not quite so satisfactory as might have been expected. There are so many cases which cannot be explained by protective selection, that the student, not being able in this instance to fall back upon sexual selection, is obliged to assume that many effects are the results of extinct causes. To my mind they are suggestive rather of other powerful factors in addition to protective and sexual selection H. S. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Sam Turvey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199535095

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Holocene Extinctions by Sam Turvey Pdf

This makes a detailed consideration of these extinctions a useful system for investigating the impacts of human activity over time.