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RSPB Spotlight Owls

Marianne Taylor
RSPB Spotlight Owls Book PDF

Author : Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Wildlife
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 147298028X

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RSPB Spotlight Owls by Marianne Taylor Pdf

Owls are charismatic and exceptionally well-loved characters in British wildlife, and have always held a special place in our folklore and legends. Their nocturnal habits mean few of us have been lucky enough to see them up close. In RSPB Spotlight: Owls Marianne Taylor introduces readers to every aspect of their lives including their physiology, biology and behaviour, as well as their history, and future in conservation in Britain and abroad. Five species of owl currently live in Britain - the Tawny, Barn, Little, Long-eared and Short-eared Owls - and each of them, as well as their relatives abroad, are introduced here in detail alongside top quality colour photographs and fascinating behavioural images, which will delight and inform the whole family. The book begins with a look at owls in general then examines the five British species in more detail. It discusses their evolutionary history and distribution around the world. Their anatomy and adaptations are examined, as well as their natural behaviours including hunting, nesting and mating practices. Next, we are introduced to their life cycles, beginning as eggs, moving onto fledging and independence, migration, and finally death. Marianne also includes a discussion of conservation as it affects owls, and owls' unique relationships with humans and our culture.

RSPB Spotlight Owls

Marianne Taylor
RSPB Spotlight Owls Book PDF

Author : Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472933706

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RSPB Spotlight Owls by Marianne Taylor Pdf

Owls are charismatic and exceptionally well-loved characters in British wildlife, and have always held a special place in our folklore and legends. Their nocturnal habits mean few of us have been lucky enough to see them up close. In RSPB Spotlight: Owls Marianne Taylor introduces readers to every aspect of their lives including their physiology, biology and behaviour, as well as their history, and future in conservation in Britain and abroad. Five species of owl currently live in Britain - the Tawny, Barn, Little, Long-eared and Short-eared Owls - and each of them, as well as their relatives abroad, are introduced here in detail alongside top quality colour photographs and fascinating behavioural images, which will delight and inform the whole family. The book begins with a look at owls in general then examines the five British species in more detail. It discusses their evolutionary history and distribution around the world. Their anatomy and adaptations are examined, as well as their natural behaviours including hunting, nesting and mating practices. Next, we are introduced to their life cycles, beginning as eggs, moving onto fledging and independence, migration, and finally death. Marianne also includes a discussion of conservation as it affects owls, and owls' unique relationships with humans and our culture.

RSPB Spotlight: Robins

Marianne Taylor
RSPB Spotlight Robins Book PDF

Author : Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472912121

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RSPB Spotlight: Robins by Marianne Taylor Pdf

Robins is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos and succinct, detailed text written by a knowledgeable expert. Our most iconic bird, the Robin, is one of the most characterful and familiar of all our garden visitors. Their melodious voices, bright red breasts and cheeky attitudes always endear them to us, but how much do we really know about them? Despite their cute appearance, Robins are aggressively territorial and hold their territories all year. Their year-round presence has helped them become a beloved and instantly recognisable species. In this delightful book, Marianne Taylor provides a revealing account of their life cycle, behaviour and breeding, what they eat and how they hold their territories, and she looks into the many cultural representations of these much-loved little birds. The Spotlight series introduces readers to the lives and behaviour of our favourite animals.

RSPB Spotlight Ducks and Geese

Marianne Taylor
RSPB Spotlight Ducks and Geese Book PDF

Author : Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472971661

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RSPB Spotlight Ducks and Geese by Marianne Taylor Pdf

RSPB Spotlight: Ducks and Geese is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos and features succinct, detailed text written by a knowledgeable naturalist. This will be a detailed 'biography' of ducks and geese that breed in or regularly visit the UK – covering 30 species in all. It will include chapters on the evolution of ducks and geese, their place in the natural world, their anatomy and physiology, various feeding methods, spectacular courtship displays and diverse breeding behaviour. Marianne Taylor will reveal their often epic migrations and examine their social interactions with their own and other species, including their unusual readiness to hybridise. She will also detail their relationships with humankind over the centuries, including their presence in folklore and literature and their role in our lives as both prey and pets. She will also explore their presence as feral and sometimes invasive species outside their natural ranges, and their current status within their native wild ranges as the group includes several species recently recognised as being of global conservation concern.

RSPB Spotlight Swifts and Swallows

Mike Unwin
RSPB Spotlight Swifts and Swallows Book PDF

Author : Mike Unwin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472950109

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RSPB Spotlight Swifts and Swallows by Mike Unwin Pdf

RSPB Spotlight: Swifts and Swallows is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos, and features succinct, detailed text written by a knowledgeable naturalist. People all over Britain and Europe have long welcomed the arrival of swifts and swallows as a promise of summer being just around the corner. And with their similar long wings and dashing flight, it is perhaps understandable that we often confuse the two birds. After all, they have much in common: both feed on flying insects, both breed around buildings, and both are long-distance migrants that spend winter in Africa. But appearances can be deceptive. Swifts and swallows are completely unrelated birds that have adapted through evolution to survive in similar ways. In Spotlight: Swifts and Swallows, Mike Unwin reveals their fascinating lifestyles, explains how and why they have acquired their similarities, and ways in which we can help protect them. The Spotlight series introduces readers to the lives and behaviour of our favourite animals with eye-catching colour photography and informative expert text.

Owls

Marianne Taylor
Owls Book PDF

Author : Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408194768

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Owls by Marianne Taylor Pdf

'Strongly recommended.' - Scottish Birds Everyone loves owls. This beautiful and informative book, illustrated with spectacular photography, contains all the reader needs to know about owls of the northern hemisphere. Two thematic sections cover owl biology as well as species accounts for around 30 species (with emphasis on European and Nearctic species). Written by respected wildlife author and owl expert Marianne Taylor, Owls is ideal for anyone interested in learning more about these awesome hunters of the night. It is comprehensive in coverage and includes all of the owls in the region.

Owls

Marianne Taylor
Owls Book PDF

Author : Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Owls
ISBN : 178240404X

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Owls by Marianne Taylor Pdf

Owls brings together full descriptions and distribution maps for all 225 owl species in the world, illustrated with stunning colour photographs.

The Owl Book

Jane Russ
The Owl Book Book PDF

Author : Jane Russ
Publisher : Nature Book
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1912050420

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The Owl Book by Jane Russ Pdf

The Owl Book, with its stunning photography and fascinating facts, is a must-have for all owl lovers, featuring details of the life cycle and the differences between the many species of owl. Just as in the best-selling title The Hare book, there is a section exploring owls in myth and legends from around the world and owls in art and literature.

RSPB Spotlight: Foxes

Mike Unwin
RSPB Spotlight Foxes Book PDF

Author : Mike Unwin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472912107

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RSPB Spotlight: Foxes by Mike Unwin Pdf

Hero or villain? Few animals divide opinion like the Red Fox. This most successful of the world's wild canids has lived alongside people from time immemorial. Celebrated by some for its resourcefulness and lush pelt, reviled by others for plundering chicken runs and overturning bins, it has worked its way deep into Western. Behind the folklore and tabloid headlines, however, lies a remarkable natural history success story. In Spotlight: Foxes Mike Unwin explores how the Red Fox's versatility has allowed it to thrive across the northern hemisphere, from desert and mountain to farmland and urban jungle. This informative ebook covers all aspects of the Red Fox biology and lifestyle, including hunting and caching food, defending a territory, raising a litter and understanding the secrets of its complex vocalisations and body language. Finally, he examines the complex, often troubled relationship that the Fox has enjoyed and both endured with humankind, and suggests what the future might hold. The new Spotlight series introduces readers to the lives and behaviours of our favourite animals with eye-catching, colour photography and informative expert text.

RSPB Spotlight Kingfishers

David Chandler
RSPB Spotlight Kingfishers Book PDF

Author : David Chandler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472933676

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RSPB Spotlight Kingfishers by David Chandler Pdf

RSPB Spotlight Kingfishers is packed with eye-catching, informative color photos and features succinct, detailed text written by a knowledgeable naturalist.

RSPB Spotlight Hares

Nancy Jennings
RSPB Spotlight Hares Book PDF

Author : Nancy Jennings
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472933652

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RSPB Spotlight Hares by Nancy Jennings Pdf

With their wild glare, swift turn of foot and secretive nature, hares are the rabbit's mysterious and untameable cousin. Always a thrilling wildlife spot, the hare has long been a symbol of Britain's sweeping, open countryside. Hares have also been associated with human culture and folklore for many centuries - their associations with spring can be traced back to the druids. Focussing on our two British species, the Brown Hare (found throughout the UK and widely distributed in Europe and Asia) and its more northerly relative the Mountain Hare (found in Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia and the Russian Federation), RSPB Spotlight Hares offers exciting and up-to-date information on these incredible lagomorphs, with chapters covering their biology, evolution, natural history, behaviour, including courtship rituals, and ecology. Information on some of the more charismatic species of hare found elsewhere in the world and on hares' other relatives, the rabbits and pikas, is also provided. The author discusses in detail Hares' interactions with humans, in agriculture, habitat management, shooting and hunting, as well as in more culinary matters, and reveals why this almost mythical animal of hill and meadow is so sensitive to the changes we make to age-old farming landscapes. The presence and significance of hares in our culture is also discussed, including the Easter hare, Lewis Carroll's mad March hare, and hares as shape-changers. Nancy Jennings also offers useful tips on where and how to see hares for yourself in the wild.

Birds of Italy

Daniele Occhiato,Marianne Taylor
Birds of Italy Book PDF

Author : Daniele Occhiato,Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781399410632

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Birds of Italy by Daniele Occhiato,Marianne Taylor Pdf

The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of Italy. From the Alps and Dolomites in the north to the coastlines of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy has a diverse range of natural habitats. The country is also a migration path across Europe and Africa, making it an exciting place to spot both endemic and migrant birds. This fully revised and updated guide to the birds of Italy by naturalist Marianne Taylor and Italian photographer Daniele Occhiato covers more than 320 birds most likely to be seen on any visit to the country. Portable and reliable, the concise text for each species includes information on identification, songs and calls, behaviour, distribution, and habitat, with each photo carefully selected to aid identification. A guide to the best birdwatching sites in Italy is also included. This is the perfect guide for travellers and birdwatchers visiting this spectacular and bird-rich country in southern Europe.

RSPB ID Spotlight - Birds of Prey

Marianne Taylor
RSPB ID Spotlight Birds of Prey Book PDF

Author : Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Wildlife
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1472974255

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RSPB ID Spotlight - Birds of Prey by Marianne Taylor Pdf

This RSPB-licensed ID guide features 50 artworks illustrating 21 of Britain's bird of prey and owl species. Artworks are printed on one side of the fold-out chart with species grouped taxonomically and helpfully labelled to assist with species identification. On the reverse of the artworks, informative and engaging text is provided about the species, as well as helpful advice on the best reserves for watching birds of prey. Information on RSPB and other campaigns to support these species is also included, as are details of successful UK raptor reintroductions, which of our raptors are currently facing persecution and advice on what to do if you see anything suspicious.

RSPB Spotlight Sparrows

Amy-Jane Beer
RSPB Spotlight Sparrows Book PDF

Author : Amy-Jane Beer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472955951

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RSPB Spotlight Sparrows by Amy-Jane Beer Pdf

Sparrows are often considered familiar to the point of invisibility, but the recent steep decline in numbers of both native British species is a reminder that these unassuming chatterboxes deserve a little more attention. Of all the true sparrow species found worldwide, only two occur in the British Isles. Globally, the story of the House Sparrow is one of dramatic expansion: from humble origins in the Middle East where they spread, along with agriculture, to become the most widely distributed bird on the planet. The smaller, more active Tree Sparrow has also spread extensively, following the domestication of rice rather than wheat, and both species have been heavily persecuted in recent years. In Spotlight Sparrows, Amy-Jane Beer examines the causes behind the decline of these familiar species, and explores their biology and life cycle, social behaviour, and the significant role that sparrows play in human culture, from Shakespeare and Edith Piaf to Captain Jack Sparrow.

RSPB British Birds of Prey

Marianne Taylor
RSPB British Birds of Prey Book PDF

Author : Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472932259

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RSPB British Birds of Prey by Marianne Taylor Pdf

This book is a celebration of British raptors (including owls), with 200 stunning colour photographs. An authoritative text examines the biology and ecology of each species, following their fortunes as British breeding birds from historical times to the present day. This book serves as a showcase of these fabulous birds and highlights the diverse work of the RSPB in ensuring their survival.