Author: Gerold DoblerPublisher:
ISBN: 9783946429395
Category : Circus cyaneus
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Hen Harrier Poems
Author: Colin SIMMsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781848614291
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Hen Harrier Poems is Colin Simms' fifth collection with Shearsman, and his third devoted to poems on a specific species, following Otters and Martens (2004) and Gyrfalcon Poems (2007). Future plans include volume devoted to poems on merlins and on goshawks. Simms is a naturalist who has observed the harrier and its North American cousin, the marsh hawk, for decades; his poems fuse a rich Bunting-esque diction and sonority with a focused eye and imagination.
Sky Dancer
Author: Gill LewisPublisher: Oxford University Press - Children
ISBN: 0192749269
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Joe has always loved the moorlands above his home: the wildness, the freedom, the peace. But since his father died, everything has changed, and the moors are no longer a place of refuge. Now the whole community is divided over the fate of the hen harriers that nest up there in the heather - and Joe is stuck right in the middle, with a choice to make, and a huge secret to keep. Joe can't do what's right for everyone. But can he find the strength to fight for what he really believes in? Expert storyteller Gill Lewis presents a beautiful tale of loss, expectation, and change - with an important and thought-provoking environmental message.
Bowland Beth: The Life of an English Hen Harrier
Author: David CobhamPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008251924
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
‘An outstanding book’ Spectator The story of the short life and tragic death of Bowland Beth – an English Hen Harrier – which dramatically highlights the major issues in UK conservation.
Rare Birds of North America
Author: Steve N. G. HowellPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691117969
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The first comprehensive illustrated guide to North America's vagrant birds Rare Birds of North America is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the vagrant birds that occur throughout the United States and Canada. Featuring 275 stunning color plates, this book covers 262 species originating from three very different regions—the Old World, the New World tropics, and the world's oceans. It explains the causes of avian vagrancy and breaks down patterns of occurrence by region and season, enabling readers to see where, when, and why each species occurs in North America. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, taxonomy, age, sex, distribution, and status. Rare Birds of North America provides unparalleled insights into vagrancy and avian migration, and will enrich the birding experience of anyone interested in finding and observing rare birds. Covers 262 species of vagrant birds found in the United States and Canada Features 275 stunning color plates that depict every species Explains patterns of occurrence by region and season Provides an invaluable overview of vagrancy patterns and migration Includes detailed species accounts and cutting-edge identification tips
Birds of Prey and Red Grouse
Author: Steve M. RedpathPublisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The relationship between birds of prey and red grouse, the former of conservaton interest and the latter of economic importance, is central to the management of many upland estates. This text describes the results of a study which examined the impact of raptor predation on red grouse numbers. The study was based at Langholm, south-west Scotland, but was extended in part to five other moors elsewhere in Scotland.
Author: Bob McMillanThe Hen Harrier
Author: Donald WatsonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 147294612X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
An acknowledged classic of narrative nature-writing, Donald Watson's The Hen Harrier was the culmination of a lifetime's study of this beautiful upland bird. A gentle, warm and wonderfully written book, The Hen Harrier stems from an age of 'amateur' conservation, from the pen of a man who cared deeply about birds and their habitats, especially of the Scottish borders where he conducted much of his research and painting. The book was among the last of a dying breed; it would be thirty years or more before writing on our natural history would again reach the heights of accessibility to nature-lovers exemplified by Donald Watson and his peers. The book starts with Watson setting down more or less everything known about harriers – which at that time often consisted of information sent by letter to the author, rather than published in a journal – before moving on to the story of Watson's years studying nests in the south-west of Scotland. With a foreword by conservation champion Mark Avery, this edition of Watson's greatest work is particularly timely. The conflict between grouse-shooting interests, which has overseen the virtual extinction of the harrier as a breeding bird in England through illegal persecution, and an increasingly vocal conservationist lobby is the number one conservation issue in Britain today. Donald Watson's narrative soars like a sky-dancing harrier throughout this book. Read it, and be taken back to a simpler age of nature conservation by a true master of the art.
Harriers of the World
Author: Robert E. SimmonsPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198549642
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Harriers are a charismatic group of birds of prey with a worldwide distribution that have long fascinated bird watchers and scientists. Here for the first time the biology of the world's harriers is treated within one over, in readily accessible language. There are detailed comparisons of northern and southern species, descriptions of mating systems and population dynamics life histories, and insights into the selection pressures shaping the birds' life histories. The author addresses such questions as how females choose partners against their apparent self- interest, how they adjust to prevailing circumstances to produce the perfect clutch size, and what underlies variations in size dimorphism and copulation patterns. New information resulting from a DNA examination of the group reveals three new harrier species and allows construction of a new phylogeny of the harriers. The author's twin brother brings the book to life by fine original line drawings of these impressive birds. It will be a treat for all raptor biologists, amateur raptophiles, and behavioral ecologists interested in birds of prey.
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