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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797952403321

Autore

Taylor Marianne <1972->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Bloomsbury, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-4729-3247-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

RSPB

Disciplina

598.0941

Soggetti

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 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.