RSPB British birdfinder / / Marianne Taylor ; design, Julie Dando

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460515203321
• Autore: Taylor Marianne <1972->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, [England] : , : Bloomsbury, , 2012; ©2012
• ISBN: 1-4729-3247-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Collana: RSPB
• Disciplina: 598.0941
• Soggetti: Birds - Great Britain; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Copyright; Title; Contents; Introduction; Finding and watching; Common, scarce and rare; How to use this book; The Birdwatcher's Code; Species accounts; Bewick's Swan; Whooper Swan; Mute Swan; Greylag Goose; Bean Goose; Pink-footed Goose; White-fronted Goose; Canada Goose; Egyptian Goose; Barnacle Goose; Brent Goose; Shelduck; Watching winter waterfowl; Mandarin Duck; Wigeon; Gadwall; Teal; Pintail; Garganey; Shoveler; Mallard; Tufted Duck; Pochard; Scaup; Red-crested Pochard; Ruddy Duck; Eider; Long-tailed Duck; Common Scoter; Velvet Scoter; Goldeneye; Smew; Red-breasted MerganserGoosander; Red Grouse; Ptarmigan; Black Grouse; Capercaillie; Red-legged Partridge; The breeding season; Grey Partridge; Quail; Pheasant; Lady Amherst's Pheasant; Golden Pheasant; Red-throated Diver; Black-throated Diver; Great Northern Diver; Little Grebe; Great Crested Grebe; Red-necked Grebe; Slavonian Grebe; Black-necked Grebe; Fulmar; Cory's Shearwater; Great Shearwater; Sooty Shearwater; Balearic Shearwater; Manx Shearwater; Storm Petrel; Wilson's Petrel; Leach's Petrel; Gannet; Seawatching; Cormorant; Shag; Bittern; Cattle Egret; Great White Egret; Little Egret; Grey HeronPurple Heron; White Stork; Glossy Ibis; Spoonbill; Honey-buzzard; Red Kite; White-tailed Eagle; Marsh Harrier; Hen Harrier; Montagu's Harrier; Goshawk; Sparrowhawk; Common Buzzard; Watching birds of prey; Rough-legged Buzzard; Golden Eagle; Osprey; Kestrel; Merlin; Hobby; Peregrine Falcon; Water Rail; Spotted Crake; ; Corncrake; Moorhen; Coot; Crane; Great Bustard; Oystercatcher; Avocet; Stone-curlew; Little Ringed Plover; Ringed Plover; Kentish Plover; Dotterel; Golden Plover; Grey Plover; Found a rare bird?; Lapwing; Knot; Sanderling; Little Stint; Temminck's Stint; Pectoral SandpiperCurlew Sandpiper; Purple Sandpiper; Dunlin; Ruff; Jack Snipe; Common Snipe; Woodcock; Black-tailed Godwit; Bar-tailed Godwit; Whimbrel; Curlew; Spotted Redshank; Common Redshank; Greenshank; Green Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper; Common Sandpiper; Turnstone; Red-necked Phalarope; Grey Phalarope; Pomarine Skua; Arctic Skua; Long-tailed Skua; Great Skua; Mediterranean Gull; Little Gull; Sabine's Gull; Black-headed Gull; Herring Gull; Common Gull; Lesser Black-backed Gull; Yellow-legged Gull; Iceland Gull; Glaucous Gull; Great Black-backed Gull; Caspian Gull; Kittiwake; Little Tern; Seabird coloniesBlack Tern; Sandwich Tern; Common Tern; Roseate Tern; Arctic Tern; Guillemot; Razorbill; Black Guillemot; Little Auk; Puffin; Rock Dove; Stock Dove; Woodpigeon; Collared Dove; Turtle Dove; Ring-necked Parakeet; Cuckoo; Barn Owl; Little Owl; Tawny Owl; Long-eared Owl; Short-eared Owl; Nightjar; Swift; Kingfisher; Bee-eater; Hoopoe; Wryneck; Green Woodpecker; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Woodlark; Skylark; Woodland birdwatching; Shore Lark; Sand Martin; Swallow; House Martin; Tree Pipit; Meadow Pipit; Rock Pipit; Water Pipit; Yellow Wagtail; Grey Wagtail; Pied/White Wagtail
• Sommario/riassunto: A species-by-species guide that shows you how to find and watch more than 250 species of birds that can be seen in Britain. Some are common; others are rare migrants or scarce breeding books, but this book will tell you the best places to see and watch all of them.