A New Guide to the Birds of Essex
Author | : Simon Cox |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : 9780902131088 |
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Author | : Simon Cox |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : 9780902131088 |
Author | : Simon Wood |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 657 |
Release | : 2009-01-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1408108720 |
This book is an essential reference for anybody who has watched birds in this amazing county. The County Avifaunas give full details of the status and range of every species recorded in the county in question. Each title covers all species on the county list, with a detailed breakdown of rarity records, and each has introductory sections describing the county's general ecology, climate, weather patterns, its ornithological history and conservation record. Essex is of national and international importance to many migrating and wintering wildfowl and waders, which can be found on the estuaries. Further inland, the Lea Valley harbours important populations of several species within the complex of reservoirs and gravel-pits. Elsewhere, the diverse habits of woodland and parkland, heaths and commons, agricultural land and urban areas mean that at all times of year there is the opportunity to see upwards of 100 species in a day with little effort. This book analyses and summarises all the data collated and documented over the last 200 years and includes available records to the end of 2004. Introductory chapters discuss the geology and habitats of Essex and the amazing fossil bird record. The individual accounts provide an up-to-date status of each species and patterns of occurrence within Essex. A distribution map is included for most breeding species. A breakdown and analysis are provided for all county rarities. Superb line drawings and photographs illustrate the book, all by talented local artists and photographers.
Author | : Charles Wendell Townsend |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Miller Christy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2015-08-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781332235216 |
Excerpt from The Birds of Essex: A Contribution to the Natural History of the County The publication of this work is an attempt to meet what has, I believe, been a long-felt want, similar works having met with acceptance in most other counties. Students of Nature have ever been fully alive to the importance of works describing the Fauna of Counties or other local areas. From such works, the larger general histories of particular countries and regions are built up. Ornithologists, especially, have been very active in publishing local works of this kind. There are now very few of the larger and more important English counties in which some attempt has not been made by a local observer to describe in the form of a book the species of birds which have been observed from time to time to frequent his own particular district. Stevenson's Birds of Norfolk, Mitchell's Birds of Lancashire, Clarke and Roebuck's Vertebrata of Yorkshire, Babington's Birds of Suffolk, Harting's Birds of Middlesex, Macphcrson and Duckworth's Birds of Cumberland, Smith's Birds of Somersetshire, and Mansell-Pleydell's Birds of Dorsetshire, are a few good instances of the kind of work referred to, while there are many more, equally worthy of mention, and others arc known to be in preparation. Hitherto, however, the birds of Essex have not found a chronicler. It is to supply this omission that I have laboured. My present work, for which I have been collecting information and materials for over fifteen years, will, I trust, interest all lovers of Nature, and, in particular, all bird-students, not only within our own county but also throughout Great Britain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Miller Christy |
Publisher | : Nabu Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2014-01-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781295494019 |
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author | : Miller Christy |
Publisher | : Franklin Classics Trade Press |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2018-10-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780344402425 |
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Author | : Simon Holloway |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 867 |
Release | : 2010-01-31 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1408128667 |
The landscape of Britain has been irreversibly changed over the last century. Modern agriculture, urban expansion, industry and transport have all left their mark, altering the face of the countryside forever. Shifting with the changing scene, the fortunes of Britain and Ireland's bird populations have fluctuated dramatically over the years. As current farming practices have evolved, the natural habitats and breeding patterns of many species have been disrupted. Urban and industrial growth has brought with it the pressures of new land use, pesticides, pollution and human interference. The activities of sportsmen, collectors and farmers have also taken their toll over the years. The new Poyser title The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland 1875-1900 is a fascinating book resulting form years of meticulous research by the author, Simon Holloway, who provides an absorbing account of the distribution changes of Britain and Ireland's birds over the last quarter of a century. Large colour distribution maps and their accompanying text paint a species-by-species picture of a period which completely transformed the landscape of this country. It is, says Natural World magazine, "a classic case of 'why did no one write this book before?'...The experienced birder, using a knowledge of species requirements, can only marvel at what the long-vanished landscapes were then like." Birdwatch praises Simon Holloway's achievement, saying: "This book brings together so much information from disparate sources, and its status maps present such a clear picture of our late Victorian avifauna, that it should take its place beside the BTO atlases on the bookshelf." While Birdwatching adds: "If you are interested in the historical side of birds and their populations this book will be an endless source of fascination." As with all Poyser publications, the attention to detail, the lovingly produced illustrations and the sheer breadth of knowledge demonstrated by the autho
Author | : Chlöe Talbot Kelly |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1993-11-11 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : 9780002197236 |
Author | : Christy Miller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780259687733 |
Author | : David K Ballance |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 587 |
Release | : 2000-05-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1783262095 |
This is an ornithological bibliography for the counties of England, Wales, and Scotland and for the Isle of Man. It includes all known books, pamphlets and papers which contain substantial studies of the birds of local areas, from a county down to a back garden or a gravel pit. Each county has an introduction on its boundaries and the history of its ornithology. There has been no comprehensive national publication of this kind since Mullens, Swann and Jourdain's Geographical Bibliography in 1920. The volume also provides a detailed record of the many county and local bird reports and of the ever-increasing number of area surveys produced by statutory and voluntary bodies. The material is arranged by the pre-1974 counties and takes the record up to 1995. There are maps to show the many changes in county boundaries since 1800.The book will be a standard reference work for libraries and collectors, and for anyone interested in the rich and diverse development of local ornithology in its homeland.