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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788986603321

Autore

Lundy J. N

Titolo

Rare birds in Britain and Ireland [[electronic resource] /] / by J.N. Dymond, P.A. Fraser and S.J.M. Gantlett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Calton [Scotland], : Poyser, 1989

ISBN

1-282-98675-9

9786612986758

1-4081-3963-4

1-4081-3962-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Collana

Poyser Monographs

Altri autori (Persone)

FraserP. A

GantlettS. J. M

Disciplina

598.2941

Soggetti

Rare birds - Great Britain

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 (p. 357) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; SPECIES ACCOUNTS; CATEGORY D SPECIES; EXTREME VAGRANTS; References and bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book by a trio of rare-bird specialists is a successor to two earlier works (long out of print), 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. They have produced not only a book of great fascination for those who delight in rarities for